TUESDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] CHEMISTRY-PAPER I. N.B.-All definite chemical changes are to be represented by equations. 1. How are the elements classified in accordance with what is known as the Periodic System? In this system copper occurs in the same group with the alkalies, lead with carbon and manganese with the halogens. Point out the analogies between these elements. 2. Give an account of the allotropic forms of sulphur and phosphorus. Point out the conditions under which each form is obtained and its distinctive characters. 17 17 3. How are the various oxides of chlorine prepared? Point out the 16 analogies between chlorine and nitrogen with respect to their power of uniting with oxygen. 4. 25 cc. of a solution which contains 10 grams crude soda in 100 cc. are neutralised by 197 cc. of normal sulphuric acid; 25 cc. of the same solution, after complete precipitation with barium chloride, are diluted to 100 cc., of which 50 cc. are neutralised by 47 cc. normal sulphuric acid. Find the percentage of sodium carbonate and of sodium hydroxide which the soda contains. 17 5. Explain the action of ammonia on the two chlorides of mercury 16 and show what products are formed by the reaction. Explain also the action of "Nessler's solution" on ammonia and ammonium salts, giving the formulæ both of the reagent and of the product of the reaction. 6. Explain why manganese in potassium permanganate and iron in ferric chloride are in a state of higher oxidation than in the manganate and ferrous chloride respectively. How is the oxidation of manganate to permanganate and of ferrous chloride to ferric chloride explained on the basis of the ionisation theory? 17 WEDNESDAY, 18TH NOVEMBER. CHEMISTRY-PAPER II, N. B.-All definite chemical changes are to be represented by equations. 1. Name the principal Hydrocarbons of the Ethelene series, giving 16 their formulæ and general modes of formation. State what relations do they bear to the paraffins. 2. How does Glycerine occur in nature? State how it is synthesised, 17 giving equations. What are its properties and its behaviour and how is it chiefly used at present? Mention the circum- 17 3. In what substances is Succinic Acid found ? stances under which it is formed, and describe the two methods of its preparation. What are its properties? 4. How is pure Benzene prepared? Explain the two general reactions 17 which Alky's may be in reduced into the Benzene nucleus. What are amcteristic properties of Aromatic Hydrocarbons? 6. Explain by what properties Benzyl Alcohol is similar to Aliphatic 16 Alcohols and by what properties it differs from them. How is its constitution proved to differ from that of the isomeric Cresol ? 7. Explain the relation between Rosaniline and Triphenylmethane. How 17 is it prepared on the large scale, and why can it not be obtained from pure Aniline? What are its properties and what is its relation to the Rosaniline Dyes? THURSDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] BOTANY-PAPER I. N.B.-Illustrate your answers with examples and drawings. 1. Give an account of the various forms of symmetry exhibited by the 10 plant body and its members. 2. Describe the homology of a flower to a branch, and give the instances 10 where the internodes within the flower between its whorls become developed. What interpretations may be given to explain the formation of an inferior Ovary? 3. Give an account of the indirect or mitotic division of the nucleus 15 that precedes the cell formation with cell division, and describe the modes of cell formation without division of the cytoplasm. 4. What are growing points? Describe their different types and mention the plants where each type is met with. Give a diagram illustrating the longitudinal section taken through the apical region of the primary shoot of Chara and explain how the growth in length is brought about. 5. Describe the different structures that constitute what is known as Bark. Explain the formation of scaly and ringed barks. What are lenticels? Give a diagrammatic representation of a microscopic section through a lenticel. 6. Describe the following fruits, giving as many instances of plants you know in which they are seen :— Achene, utricle, galbulus, samara, etario and amphisarca. 7. Describe : 15 10 10 15 (a) The peduncle of Cockscomb and Cashewnut. (b) The thalamus of Nelumbium and Strawberry. (c) The inflorescence of Euphorbia, Solanum and Artocarpus. (d) The corolla of Vinca, Nicotiana and Antirrhinum. (e) The andræcium of Asclepias and Orchid. 8. Discuss the nature of Lichens. Describe their modes of reproduction, 15 and give an account of their classification. B 1512-20 ex THURSDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER. [2 P.M. TO 5 P.M.] BOTANY-PAPER II. N.B.-Illustrate your answers with diagrams and examples. 1. Describe the various arrangements met with in plants to secure 10 rigidity and stability against external disturbing causes. 2. Describe the various factors which co-operate in maintaining the trans- 15 piration current in a stem and discuss the arguments for and against each of them. 3. Discuss the various sources of the absorption of nitrogen in a plant 15 body and explain briefy the facts bearing on the subject of certain plants rowing and flourishing in a soil from which all traces of nitrogen compounds have been carefully removed. Give also an account of the physiological significance of Phosphorus, Iron, Potassium and Calcium. 4. Describe the changes of form and structure met with in a plant 30 when grown in darkness and explain how they are brought about. What inference may be drawn from this as to the chemical and mechanical effects of light upon plants? 5. Describe the form of irritability manifested by the leaves of Mimosa 15 pudica and Desmodium gyrans to the alternation of light and darkness, and explain the mechanism of movements of leaves in each case. 6. Describe the striking peculiarities in connection with the pollination 10 of Vallisneria and Aristolochia, and give a succinct account of the phenomena of apospory and apogamy. 7. How are Gamopetala Inferæ and Superæ divided into cohorts. Name 10 the Natural Orders coming under each cohort and briefly indicate their atlinities. 8. Give the general characters of the N. O. Meliacæ, Amarantaceæ 15 and Cyperaceæ. Name the plants belonging to them and discuss their affinities with allied orders. In Sanskrit. RAMKRISHNA GOPAL BHANDARKAR, M.A., Ph.D., C.I.E., Hon. M.R.A.S. KAMALASHANKAR PRANSHANKAR TRIVEDI, B.A. Shams-ul-Ulma Dastur DARAB PESHOTAN SANJANA, In Avesta and SHERIARJI DADABHAI BHARUCHA, Esq. ... Pahlavi. B.A., M.R.A.S. B.. In Gujarati. GOVARDHANRAM MADHAVRAM TRIPATHI, B.A., L.L.B.. ... In History. ...In Philosophy. GAJJAR, M.A., B.Sc., ALEX. R. NORMAND, M.A., B.Sc. ADARJI MERNOSJI MASANI, M. A., B.Sc. ... ... ... MANCHERJI KAVASJI KANGA, M. A., B.SC., L.M. & S. In Natural Science. VASUDEV SHASTRI ABHYANKAR ... In the additional paper for the Sujna Gokulji Zala Vedant Prize. MONDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER. [10 A.M. TO 1 P.M.] ENGLISH-PAPER I. Milton: Selections by E. Myers, Wordsworth: Selections by M. Arnold. Carlyle's Sartor Resartus. N.B.-Candidates are recommended to answer six questions, of which 8 must be one. 1. Discuss the meaning of the phrase "popular literature"; point out the limitations of this kind of literature, and estimate its value to fle world. Illustrate your answer with criticisms of your authors, especially Carlyle. 2. Explain the allusions in the following passages :— (i) O race of Capernaitans! ; Zeal ascends his chariot, drawn with two blazing meteors, resembling two of those which Ezekiel and St. John saw. This will require sinews almost equal to those which Homer gave Ulysses. No music must be heard but what is grave and Dorie. The solemn covenant at Smalcaldia. Neither did Samuel with his own hand abstain from Agag. (ii) They called him the Wandering Jew; Celtic philibegs, Hussar cloaks, Vandyke tippets; Bolivar's cavalry, in the late Columbian wars; The incipient Diogenes was opening his eyes to the light; Did not King Toomtabard, or in other words John Balliol If Field Lane be a Dionysius' Ear, we hear the indictment which 3. Distinguish between Eloquence and Rhetoric, taking the words to indicate higher and lower uses of the gift of language. Illustrate your answer by references to Milton and Carlyle, 4. State clearly, but very briefly, the position assumed by Milton in the Areopagitica; summarise the chief arguments on which he relies; and discuss whether his position is consistent and tenable. 5. Compare the religious and moral teaching of Carlyle with that of Wordsworth. 6. Explain precisely how Nature furnishes Wordsworth with moral inspirations and suggestions. Discuss the value of his arguments. Are they affected by modern scientific views? 7. Point out the autobiographical element present in either Wordsworth or Carlyle, and say what corrections or additions must be made to give a fair idea of the author. S. Explain and develop the thought contained in the following passages: (i) "Shall then so slight a consideration as his hap to be not elective simply, but by birth, which was a mere accident, overthrow that which is moral, and make unpleasing to God that which otherwise had so well pleased him? Certainly not, for if the matter be rightly argued, election, much rather than chance, binds a man to content himself with what he suffers by his own bad election." |