ENGLISH.

FOURTH HONOUR PAPER.

CHARLES H. TAWNEY, ESQ., M.A., C.I.E.

Paper set by J. MANN, ESQ., M.A.

Examiner-N. N. GHOSE, Esq., F.R.S.L.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. State clearly the position of English in the Teutonic group of languages. Mention some of the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon. State some of the modifications which took place in the old Saxou orthography. Comment on the statement that 'the sibilancy of our language is a European proverb.' What traces of old English inflexon are retained in modern English?

2. Give some account of the Ormulum.

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3. Explain the term 'Rune,' and give some accouint of the old Runic writings.

4. Give examples of (a) cumulative grammatical forms, (b) the ambidextral adjective, (c) the formative effect of accent, (d) flexional adverbs, (e) the three adjections.'

5. Write philological notes on the words-daisy, nonce, bask, chattel, adder, newt, new-fangled, silly, gossip.

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6. Estimate Chaucer's importance in English literature. Enumerate his minor works.

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7. Give some account of the origins of the regular English drama, Name and characterize the first English tragedy and the first English comedy.

8. Name and group Ben Jonson's principal plays, and mention his chief characteristics as a dramatist.

9. Characterize the following works, naming their authors, with dates:-The Idea of a Patriot King, Journal of the Plague Year, The Hind and the Panther, The Village Register, Religio Medici.

10. Write a short notice of the Rape of the Lock.

11. Write an English essay on one of the following subjects

(a) Hero-worship.

(b) The value in life of a sense of humour.

(c) Many a man lives a burden to the earth, but a good book is the precions life-blood of a master-spirit, imbalmed and treasured up to a life beyond life.

(d) Poets as interpreters of life.

(e) Government by party.

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PHILOSOPHY.

FIRST PASS PAPER.

Paper set by-BABU KALICHARAN BANURJI, M.A., B.L.

[Candidates are requested to use separate books for their answers to the first and second halves of the paper, and to write on the cover First Half or Second Half,' as the case may be.]

The figures in the margin indicate full marks:

FIRST HALF.

Examiner REV. J. LAMB, M.A., B.D.

1. Explain the scope and method of Psychology,

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2. Analyse, in detail, the perceptive process involved in the percep- 10 tion of one's own body.

3. Explain the nature and conditions of Retention, Reproduction, and

Representation.

4. Explain the nature and relation of Conception and Judgment. 5. Distinguish the provinces of Induction and Deduction.

SECOND HALF.

Examiner-BABU BRAJENDRANATH SIL, M.A.

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1. Explain the comparative advantages of Observation and Experi- 10 ment as methods of scientific investigation.

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2. Illustrate the use of Hypothesis as auxiliary to Induction. 3. Explain the nature, modes, and limits of Scientific Explanation. 4. Explain the process of induction called the method of Difference, 10 and illustrate it by a concrete application.

5. Explain the nature of the argument from Analogy. What has it in common with, and wherein does it differ from, Deduction and Induction ?

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PHILOSOPHY.

SECOND PASS PAPER.

Paper set by-DR. G. THIBAUT, C.I.E., PH.D.

First Half'

[Candidates are requested to use separate books for their answers to the first and second halves of the paper, and to write on the cover or Second Half,' as the case may be.]

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

FIRST HALF.

Examiner-REV. W. S. URQUHART, M.A.

1. Characterize Emotion as distinguished from Simple Feeling. What is understood by the 'expression' of an Emotion ? Analyse the emotion of Wonder.

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2. Distinguish between the primitive forms of Volition and Volition proper. Indicate the main steps in the development of the latter. 3. Psychologically analyse the process in the mind of a person who 13 being solicited by several conflicting motives finally enters on a definite course of action.

4. Why is Ethics called a normative Science? Examine the relation 12 of Ethics to Psychology.

SECOND HALF.

Examiner-BABU MOHITCHANDRA SEN, M.A.

1. Discuss the question whether the motive or the consequences of 12 an action constitute the object of the moral Judgment. Distinguish between motive and intention.

2. State the view held by Intuition lists as to the nature and anthority of Conscience. With what shortcomings may that view be charged?

3. What are the so-called Sanctions of Morality, and what is their place and function in schemes of the Hedonistic type?

4. Expound the ethical theory of Self-realization.'

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grounds is this theory asserted by its aduerents to be superior to other ethical theories?

PHILOSOPHY.

FIRST HONOUR PAPER.

Paper set by-BABU KALICHARAN BANURJI, M.A. B.L.

Examiner-DR. P. K. RAY, D.Sc.

[Candidates are expected to answer the FIRST question, any Two of the next THREE questions, and any FOUR of the remaining questions, in all SEVEN.]

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Examine the grounds on which the possibility of Psychology has 14 been attacked. Con Paychology be kept apart from Philosophy? Discuss the object of Perception. Analyse. in detail,

2. tive process involved in the experience, I perceive the sun.' conscious of the sun' perceived ?

3. Explain the nature and relation of Attention, Abstraction, and Generalization.

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Explain the nature of Belief and its relation to Judgment. Show that Belief is a unique mental state

5. Discuss the nature of the Syllogism.

6. Explain the nature of Scientific lassification. In what way is it subsidiary to Induction ?

7. Explain the scientific conception of Causation. Causation is the formal ground of Induction: show how.

8. Examine the validity of the Inductive Methods as criteria of proof. 15 Use illustrations.

9. Are the Inductive Methods really inductive? Discuss the ques- 15 tion, using illustrations.

10. Explain the theory of Probability and discuss its relation to In- 15 duction.

PHILOSOPHY.

SECOND HONOUR PAPER.

Paper set by-DR. G. THIBAUT, C.I.E., PH.D.

Examiner-BABU KALICHARAN BANURJI, M.A., B.L.

N.B.-Candidates are recommended not to attempt more than THREE questions from A, and FOUR from B. All questions carry the same number of marks.

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Define Emotion. Indicate the difficulties of satisfactorily classify. ing the emotions. Give a critical a count of the more important at. tempts made in this direction by modern philosophers.

2. Indicate the primitive, instinctive sources of the aesthetic feeling,

and show how its higher forms are dependent on intellectual development.

3. Show how the power of Self-control is developed, and illustrate its action from the spheres of Feeling and Thought.

4. Psychology must start from the assumption that the causal law holds good in the life of the will also. If there are limits to this assumption, they will concide with the limits of Psychology.'

Discuss the above position.

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5. Examine the mutual relations of Conduct, Character, and Motive, and show that each of these may justly be regarded a proper object of Moral Judgment.

6. Critically review the more noteworthy attempts made by modern Utilitarian writers to effect a transition from individual to universalistic Hedonism.

7. Explain the meaning of the Kantian Categorical Imperative," and criticize Kant's doctrine from the point of view of the Self-realization theory.

8. Examine the validity of the distinction between Duties of perfect and imperfect obligation.

9. Self-sacrifice is nniversally held to be an essential element of Morality. How do you reconcile this with the theory of Self-realization ? 10. 'The Evolutionist ignores the fact that every rational system must be related to some end.'-Explain.

Paper set by DR. G THIBAUT, C.I.E., PH.D.

Examiner-BABU KALICHARAN BANURJI, M.A., B.L.

Candidates are recommended not to attempt more than FIVE
questions from A, and Two from B.

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A. GENERAL.

1. Give an account of the system of Hobbes, in its psychological, 75 metaphysical, and ethical aspects.

2. Show how the system of Spinoza affiliates itself to that of Descartes. Define, according to Spinoza, the following terms-substance, attribute, mode.

3. Berkeley claims for his teaching that it is in close agreement with the demands of true religion. Explain this Contrast the teaching of Berkeley with that of Malebranche.

4. Fully explain Hume's theory of causality, and show its importance for the development of modern philosophy.

5. Characterize, in contrast, the reactions against Hume's scepticism represented by (a) the Scotch school, and (b) Kant.