The following table shows the distribution of response times (in milliseconds) for a web server over a period of 100 requests:
| Response Time (ms) | 0–10 | 10–20 | 20–30 | 30–40 | 40–50 | 50–60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Requests | 8 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 10 |
(a) Calculate the Mean and Median response time.
(b) Calculate the Standard Deviation of the response times.
(c) Draw a Histogram for the given data.
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In A ‘Cup of Tea’ by Katherine Mansfield, the emphasis is on situations rather than thecharacter. Comment on the plot and style of the story.,
See Answer →Comment on: The ‘Yellow Wallpaper’ as a self-confessional, psychological thriller.
See Answer →What does the kitchen mean to different women and men? Comment on the symbolicimportance of the kitchen in ‘A Kitchen in the Corner of the House’, by C.S. Lakshmi.
See Answer →‘Sunlight on a Broken Column’ works through juxtapositions, parallels and polarities.Elaborate.
See Answer →Discuss the themes of Dickinson’s poems.
See Answer →Discuss Pandita Ramabai’s contribution to the genre of autobiography.
See Answer →Explain with reference to the context any four of the following (in 100-150 words) :
(a) I wonder if when Years have piled–
Some Thousands –on the Harm–
That hurt them early–such a lapse
Could give them any Balm–
(b) When some day in distant parts she dwells
Where what the people be like? I know not,
Will they awaken her on gentle, mellow sounds?
Or, will they, I misgive, snatch her sleep away?
(c) I willed my Keepsakes – Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable – and then it was
There interposed a Fly–
(d) They’ve quickened now, with life.
Even as you wash rice, fish, vegetables
Even as you peel, cut, bake, stir and cook
The thieving letters on the wall will take wings
(e) But you stand still where the string was broken,
You never guess how many forms you gave me,
I, like Lalla, rose in the late hours of the night,
and lulled you in my lap and woke you up.
Discuss the rise of the English novel.
See Answer →Discuss Dryden’s contribution to English literature.
See Answer →Discuss Lycidas as a pastoral elegy.
See Answer →Discuss fun and humour in ‘Mac Flecknoe’.
See Answer →Discuss ‘Rape of the Lock’ as a mock epic.
Elucidate the central idea of “An Essay on Man.”.
See Answer →Comment on the attitude of the prevailing society towards women in The Duchess of Malfi.
See Answer →Heroic couplet
See Answer →Metaphysical Poetry
See Answer →Characteristics of a mock epic
See Answer →Shakespearean tragedy
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