B. A. EXAMINATION.

ای شه جمشید بخت وی مه خورشید تخت وی بت ناهید رخت بزم ترا جلوہ گر خیر و شر ثابقات رای ترا منتظر خشک و تر کائنات خوان ترا ماحضر

خانه تو ماه را پای نهد بر جبین خنجر تو کوه را زخم زند بر جگر چند دل حاسدان تیغ تو آرد بدست جون همه عمرش بود در دل دشمن گذر دشمن اگر همچو مار سوننهد بر خطت کردم مرگش زند بررگ جان نیشتی عدل تو زید که زد عمر و را در زمن

نیست بجز مبتدا هیچ کسی را خبر

وسف لقا - هود اقتد Explain the grammatical construction of .5

with their meanings. Who is meant by ? Narrate briefly what

you know of his history, and mention your authority.

6. Illustrate the allusion or lines 10 and 20 by constructing a sentence in English which shall contain the grammatical terms mentioned therein, and name their English equivalents.

serve.

Virtue is its own reward."

7. Translate into Persian.-(a.) (b.) "The true law is right reason, conformable to the nature of things which calls us to duty by commanding, deters us from sin by forbidding." (c.) Business is not to be postponed; levity and severity have their seasons; the sword is not to be used where negotiation will (d.) Schism and faction ruin a nation. (e.) The Persian language is rich, melodious and elegant: it has been spoken for many ages by the greatest princes in the politest courts of Asia, and a number of admirable works have been written in it, by historians, philosophers and poets who found it capable of expressing with equal advantage the most beautiful and the most elevated sentiment. It must seem strange therefore that the study of this language should be so little cultivated at a time when a taste for general and diffusive learning seems universally to prevail: and that the fine productions of a celebrated nation should remain in manuscript upon the shelves of our public libraries, without a single admirer who might open their treasures to his countrymen, and display their beauties to the light but if we consider the subject with a proper attention, we shall discover a variety of causes which have concurred to obstruct the progress of Eastern literaturo.

PERSIAN PROSE.

Examiner-MAJOR H. S. JARRETT.

1. Translate literally into English:

باري زخميان را ریشی نمانده همه بخشکبند باروت باصلاح آمده . بان خوردگان را شکستی در استخان پیدا نیست همه بتخته بند تابوت درست شده جوانان بازی مشغول گاهي برمي جهند اما از صدمه گلوله - و گاهي بر زمين مي غلطند لیکن در حالت نزع لبهای خندان وافر همه زخم شمشیر - یاران دلچسپ حاضر یعنی پیکانهای تیر • صاحب طبعان اردو ضیافت طبیعت کوده صحیت شعر میدارند بنيه سفينة بهي وا کرده قصیده حسابیه می خوانند - شرطیهاش اینکه تا گذشته ادا نشود صراف بياض بيجك كشوده مثنوي قرضنامه

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ديگر نمي دهم مي شخواند - معني شاه بیتش آنکه بعد ازین داد و ستد نمي کنم . نوکران غزلي ميسرایند مستزادش چنین که ( بهوکرن مرتے هين ) - كهاران ترجیع بندي سر کرده اند سربندش اینکه (آتادد) قرض خواهان قطعه تقاضا میگویند و جاگیر داران مرثية عامل میخوانند *

- شرطية - قصيد,a) Explain fully the prosodical terms) . مرتيه - غزل - قطعه - سربند - ترجیع بند - مستزاد - شاه بیت

(b.) What is the form of the metre mentioned in the sentence

.Give an example لبهای خندان - beginning

Give the imperative (2) - سرائیدن Inflect the imperative of .3

and 1st person singular present tense of the following with their

اشفتن - آلودن . هیشتن - غنودن - سپردن - آختن : meanings

جستن - آمادن - گسیختن - بایستن - آجستن - انباشتن . کافتن

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جستن

4. Translate literally into English:

B. A. EXAMINATION.

دم صباحي که مهر جانکشا از شفق دم حذائي بر افشاند و لشکر هند و نژاد شب را زمان آن موعدهم الصبح در رسید - بنفس نسيم و الصبح اذا تنفس آتش فتنه خورشید تا چرخ و الا بالا گرفت و سپهر کینه ور مهر از دل بدر کرد . خدیو فریدون فرمانند خسرو خاور فراز افق آفاق نورد بر آمده باسر سبا و نهب سبا و تشتيت شمل مفسدین کایدی سیا اشارت رانده هاتف بلا صلای و امتازوا اليوم ايها المجرمون در داد و چاووشان قضا دران يوم الصباح از صياح جوانان پیر تدبیر اوغای ادعای فساء صباح المندرين بگران خوابان منام غفلت رسانید - افواج بحر امواج چون سیل عرم عزم تخريب بنيه وائينه شهر و بدون تحقيق طايع و طاغي و ناهش و راقي که فاى الفريقين احق الامن خشك و تو را ضرمه آتش قهر ساختند . دار الخلافت مدخل آفت و مدار

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مخافت شده آن خوان نعما که مشحون بشحون لذاذات اطايب و فنون رذاذات رغایب بود خوان یغما گشت * مردان سرار سوار زنان را اساور من ذهب و لولو بدست برد پرداختند - و پیادگان دکانهارا بمدكة قهر مصداق اذا دكت الأرض دکا دکا ساختند .

5. Write out the following with vowel-points and give their

بنیه - اوعای - تشتيت - باسر سبا - etymology and primary meanings Give the singulars of (6) بغما - راقي - طائع - ناهش - ابنيه .with their meanings اساور - رغایب - رذاذات اطايب - کایدی

6. Explain the allusions

and and name the source from whence they are drawn. (b.) What is the proper

What other significations do commentators attach ? و يحرم meaning of

to it? Give the singular and plural of the vowel-points. Translate into Persian

7.

censure

Although Akbar's religious innovations were not all introduced at once, and although some of those found to be particularly obnoxious to were cancelled or confined to the palace, yet they did not fail to excite great discontent among the stricter Musalmans, whose disgust was increased by some changes affecting lands granted for religious purposes, which took place in the course of general revenue reform. The complaints of these classes are zealously set forth by an author already referred to: they accuse Akbar of systematic depression of the Musalman religion.

CHEMISTRY.

Examiner-MR. S. A. HILL, B. S. C.

1. Describe some method of preparing hydrogen peroxide, and enumerate its characteristic properties.

2. Distinguish between hard and soft water. The water which supplies some towns in the south of England is softened by the addition of lime. Explain this.

3.

Point out the analogies between the oxides of chlorine and those of nitrogen, and explain why the former element is considered to be a monad and the latter a triad or pentad.

4. Upon what does the luminosity of a flame depend, and why do bodies when burning in oxygen produce a higher temperature than when they burn in air?

5. Write down the formula of the oxides of manganese, and state which of them are found native. How much potassium permanganate would be required to convert 20 grains of ferrous into ferric sulphate? (Mn55, Fe

56.)

6. Describe the composition, mode of preparation, and properties of the class of bodies called alums.

7. A white powder may be either arsenic trioxide, chalk, or white lead. How would you ascertain which it is?

8. Give an account of the usual process of extracting copper from copper pyrites, and state the approximate composition of some of the intermediate products. What are the usual tests for copper both in the dry and in the wet way?

9. Cast iron is found to contain sulphur, phosphorus, silicon, and manganese. Where do these impurities come from, and how may they be removed?

10. Give equations representing the action of slightly diluted nitric acid upon mercury, zinc, silver, gold, iodine, sulphur, and phosphorus.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

Examiner-MR. J. ELIOT, M.A.

1. Why does the temperature of the air usually diminish with elevation ?

2.

3.

State briefly the part played by ice in the economy of nature. Describe the more important features in the motion of glaciers, and explain them on the assumption of the truth of the regelation theory.

4. What are the conditions necessary for the growth of coral reefs? Name the three kinds of coral formations, giving examples of each. Give Darwin's or any other explanation of the origin of the three kinds of coral reefs.

5. State as accurately as you can the figure of the earth. Explain how the exact shape is determined.

6. Explain briefly the origin of the tides. Why is the moon more influential than the sun in producing oceanic tides? State clearly what the velocity of the tidal wave depends upon (a) in the Southern Ocean, (b) in the Bay of Bengal.

7. Upon what conditions does the process of evaporation depend? Name the chief rainless districts of the earth. Explain why Egypt lying in the angle between two warm seas is a region of very slight rainfall.

8. State what information is given by a single reading of the barometer. Sketch briefly the various changes which occur in the atmospheric pressure during the course of a year in Northern India, and assign, so far as you can, the causes of the various changes.

9. What is the mean density of the earth believed to be? Explain clearly any one method of determining approximately the earth's mean density.

10. How does the rotation of the earth affect the atmospheric and the oceanic circulation?

11. Describe briefly the Gulf Stream, discussing its origin and climatic effects.

HISTORY OF INDIA.

Examiner-MR. K. DEIGHTON, B. A.

1. Write a brief summary of the Greek accounts of India. How far may these accounts be relied upon

?

2. Describe the career of Sivaji. What were the main characteristics of the Mahratta rule and policy?

3.

Sketch the administration of Lord Amherst. Characterize the state of Indian finance at this time.

4. Trace the progress of Education in India during the present century. Mention any measures relating to the Press during the same period.

5. Draw an outline map of India showing roughly the extent of the British possessions about the year 1834, and insert the chief mountain ranges, rivers, political divisions, and capitals.

6.

Write historical notices of:-(1) The Treaty of Bassein; (2) The Pindarees; (3) Runjeet Sing; (4) The Goorkha War. [N.B-Candidates may answer either the questions under (a), or (b), or (c), but not parts of each. Only one group is to be answered.] (a.) Arnold's Lectures on Modern History.

1. "The undoubted tendency of the last three centuries has been "to consolidate what were once separate states or kingdoms into a great nation." Illustrate this tendency, with the reaction against it. What is its bearing with reference to recent events in Europe?

2. Discuss the first rise of political parties in England. Why do church questions often end in being political rather than religious? 3. Enumerate the criteria of the credibility of an historical narrative.