BS-VS/11
225657
225657
GENERAL ENGLISH
Course No. : AA-501
Time Allowed-3 Hours Maximum Marks-80
Note: Attempt all the questions.
1. Attempt any three of the following with reference to the context:
(3×5=15)
(A) In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
(B) She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces thro’ the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume.
(C) What hand and brain went ever paired?
What heart alike conceived and dared?
What act proved all its thought had been?
What will but felt the fleshly screen?
(D) To force the pace and never to be still
Is not the way of those who study birds
Or women. The best poets wait for words.
(E) Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend
More than cool reason ever comprehends
The lunatic, the lover and the poet
Are of imagination all compact.
2. Attempt the following long answer type questions in 250 words each:
(2×7=14)
(A) “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Discuss Santiago’s struggle in the light of this statement.
Or
Write an essay on the use of Christian imagery in Old Man and the Sea.
(B) Trace the autobiographical elements in Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea.
Or
Marlin in Old Man and the Sea symbolizes challenges and risks in human life. Discuss.
3. Attempt the following long answer type questions in 350 words: (10)
Critically analyze the ending of the poem The Lady of Shallot.
Or
Discuss the element of optimism in the poem The Last Ride Together.
4. Prepare a report (in 250 words) for the college newsletter on the Bharat Darshan tour organized by your college. (10)
Or
Prepare a report (in 250 words) on the issues of gender discrimination noticed by you in your city.
5. Attempt all the following sections: (5×1=5)
(A) Do as directed:
(i) I haven’t read this book. (Mark the tone)
(ii) \Stop it! Sit \down. (Write the associated meaning)
(iii) What a wonderful present! (Mark the tone)
(iv) Have you seen my keys? (Mark the tone)
(v) She bought /bread, /cheese, /oranges, and /apples. (Write the associated meaning)
(B) Reproduce the following paragraph after filling in the correct form of the verb given in brackets in consonance with the subject: (5)
Anomie Plaza, like all shopping plazas, ....... (be) designed for automobiles rather than human beings. All natural life has been extinguished; even the weeds along the curb ....... (appear) artificial. But somehow, amidst all the plastic, steel, and concrete, a solitary shrub ....... (manage) to survive. The shrub not in vigorous bloom but certainly alive, ....... (stand) a few yards away from the entrance to Huxley’s department store. It ....... (grow) straight up through the concrete. Now and then a shopper ....... (pause) to examine this odd life form, not for sale in any of the 67 stores. Occasionally, someone will glance around furtively and then ....... (break) off a twig, slip it into a shopping bag, and hurry back to the parking lot. Why people do this ....... (be) a mystery to me, ....... (be) such people intent on preserving life or destroying it? Whatever the case may be, the shrub so far ....... (manage) to survive all assaults.
(C) Rewrite the following with an illustration from the options given:
(5×1=5)
(i) Adam’s Apple has been derived from which of the following Biblical character?
(a) Adam Smith
(b) Adam Afzelius
(c) Adam
(d) None of the above
(ii) Alzheimer’s disease has been named after which German neurologist?
(a) Alois Alzheimer
(b) George Alzheimer
(c) Alzheimirus
(d) None of the above
(iii) Aphrodisiac has been derived from which Greek mythical character?
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Aphra Ben
(c) Aphrodictum
(d) Aphroditus
(iv) Cadbury owes its name to which British businessman?
(a) John Cadbury
(b) Cadbrium Carlos
(c) Bennett Cadbury
(d) None of the above
(v) The word chauvinism has been derived from which French soldier?
(a) Nicolas Chauvin
(b) Steve Chauvin
(c) John Chauvinatt
(d) None of the above
(D) Use the following pairs of homophones into sentences to bring out their meaning: (5×1=5)
(i) Saver, Savour
(ii) Aural, Oral
(iii) Son, Sun
(iv) Marshal, Marital
(v) Due, Dew
(E) Use the following pairs of Homonyms into sentences to bring out their meaning: (5×1=5)
(i) Plain, Plane
(ii) In, Inn
(iii) Lone, Loan
(iv) Idle, Idol
(v) Knead, Need
(F) Correct the following sentences: (6×1=6)
(i) What time do the wedding starts?
(ii) He has gone to jail to see his brother who has been accused of murder.
(iii) The food smell great.
(iv) No sooner does he enter the room than it started to rain.
(v) His company has honoured him with ‘Sole of the Company’ award.
(vi) The criteria set for this selection has not been advertised.
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