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IV. Answer any two of the following questions in 300 words :
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8 D 50800
Narayan’s infatuation for a pen friend in England.
The structure and the theatrical technique used in the play “Naga-Mandala”.

(4x 5 = 20 marks)

Narrate how devotion and love are portrayed in “The Quest’.

Evaluate Amrita Pritam’s “The Weed” as a short story which represents the miserable life
of ordinary women compelled to get married at a tender age ?

Critically evaluate Roots and Shadows.
‘Rani in “Naga-Mandala” is a representative of the Indian Woman’. Substantiate.
(2 x 15 = 30 marks