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GENERAL ENGLISH
Course No. : AA501
Time Allowed-3 Hours Maximum Marks-80
Note: Attempt any three Reference to the context of the following. (3×5=15)
1. 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) His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;
On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;
From underneath his helmet flow'd
His coal-black curls as on he rode
c) The slow movement seems, somehow, to say much more.
To watch the rarer birds, you have to go
Long deserted lanes and where the rivers flow
In silence near the source, or by a shore
Remote and thorny like the heart's dark floor.
d) Who knows what's fit for us? Had fate
Proposed bliss here should sublimate
My being --- had I signed the bond ---
Still one must lead some life beyond,
Have the bliss to die with, dim-descried.
e) The lunatic, the lover, and the poet.
Are of imagination all compact.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold:
That is, the madman; the lover, all as frantic,
Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt;
2. Long answer type (word limit: 250 words each) (7×2=14)
a) Critically appreciate the portrayal of Santiago's relationship with the sea.
Or
Discuss the title of the novel The Old Man and the Sea with reference to its theme.
b) Discuss The Old Man and the Sea as an autobiographical novel.
Or
What is Santiago's role as a fisherman in The Old Man and the Sea? How do the villagers view him?
3. Long Answer Type (Word limit: 350 words) (1×10=10)
a) What is the significance of the "Mirror" in the Poem The Lady of Shallot?
Or
b) What is the theme of the Poem The Poet, Lover and Birdwatcher written by Nissim Ezekiel?
4. Report Writing (1×10=10)
a) Write a report on a road accident of a biker caused due to the negligence of driving rules, in your area.
Or
b) Education Day was celebrated in your college. Essay writing competition, a Panel Discussion and an invited talk on 'Changes in Education Today' were held. Write a detailed report of the celebrations.
5. Grammar
a) Locate the tone and the associated meaning of any five sentences: (5×1=5)
i) Excuse me! This is my seat.
ii) 'Is, that the car you want to buy?
iii) What's the matter?
iv) Your performance was really good.
v) What a beautiful sculpture!
b) Identity the correct option given the brackets any use its correct form in concord with the subject. (5×1=5)
The final step in the production of tomato ketchup ........ (be) packaging. Clear bottles are ........ (fill up/filling up) with tomato ketchup and ........ (cap/capping), ........ (seal/sealing) and ........ (labeling/label). The bottles of tomato ketchup are then ........ (load/loaded) onto trucks for distribution to the wholesale and retail outlets. A bottle of tomato ketchup ........ (cost/price) less than dollars. Don't you think that it should cost more, ........ (take/took) into consideration the amount of work involved, and that almost one kilogram of raw tomatoes is needed to ........ (make/made) a bottle of tomato ketchup?
c) Eponym : Choose the correct option and form a sentence to convey the meaning of the following. (5×1=5)
i) The eponym coined after the name of Ceres, a Roman goddess for grain and agriculture is:
a) Cerebrum
b) Cereal
c) Corn
d) Agrarian
ii) The eponym coined after the name of Mars, the Roman god of War is:
a) March
b) April
c) Romania
d) Mercury
iii) The eponym coined after the name of Frig, a Norse goddess of married love is:
a) Saturday
b) Friday
c) Fortune
d) Neptune
iv) The eponym coined after the name of Thomas Bowdler, a British Doctor:
a) Billiards
b) Brook
c) Bowler
d) Bowdlerise
v) The eponym coined after the name of Hygia, Greek goddess of health:
a) Hygiene
b) Hippopotamus
c) Hellespont
d) Helen
d) Use Homophones in sentences to bring out the difference in their meaning. (5×1=5)
i) Serial , Cereal
ii) Carat , Carrot
iii) Bolder, Boulder
iv) Cue , Queue
v) Disease , Decease
e) Use Homonyms in sentences to bring out the difference in their meaning. (5×1=5)
i) ..... People cannot show the ..... way to success. (idle/ideal)
ii) ..... People, at times have ..... fears. (imaginative/imaginary)
iii) Last month, I went to ..... her and she looked so ..... (seek/sick)
iv) Nobody can ..... what I tell ..... (here/hear)
v) ..... you standing tomorrow. (were/where)
f) Correct the following sentences. (6×1=6)
i) He is independent from his parents.
ii) There I saw his Mom whom he said was away.
iii) This chair is quite cheap at $20.
iv) We do not sell things at credit.
v) I'm too tired that I cannot attend the class.
vi)We want a new house to live.
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