English Semester-4th B.A. / BCA / B.Com. / B.Sc. CBCS Previous Year Old Question Paper Jammu University, Under Graduation

B.A. / B.Sc. IV - Semester Examination

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ENGLISH

Course No. : UENTC-401

Time Allowed: 2½ Hours                                                                     Maximum Marks: 80

Section - A

(Long Answer Type Question)

1. Attempt any two:

i) Write a detailed note on elements of humour, wit and satire contained in the play “Arms and the Man”

ii) Sketch the character of Santiago. How is he the Heming way Hero? Does he fulfill the Hemingway code?

iii) Discuss the salient features of Blake’s poem “The Tyger”.

Section- B

2. Explain with reference to the context. Attempt any four questions:

i) And how reduction Oh War War The dream of patriots and heroes A fraud, Bluntsehli a hollow sham, like love.

ii) Where does the Act 1 of the play “Arms and the Man” open? Who is Raina and what is she doing? Why does her mother reprimand her?

iii) How has Santiago treated “The Sea” in the novel “Old Man and the Sea”?

iv) How is the boy’s love for the Old Man Shown? How does he look upon the old man?

v) From which play of Shakespeare, the passage “The Lunatic, The lover, and the poet is taken? Who has spoken these lines and to whom? What does the Duke explain?

Section - C

3. Identify the clauses (Any five sentences)

i) He was pleased to learn that his son was doing well at school.

ii) I want to see how beautiful the Taj Mahal is.

iii) We are responsible for what we do.

iv) Ask whether tea is ready.

v) I met a girl who runs a gambling stall.

vi) I do not like such boys as are idle.

vii) Even if she apologies I shall not visit her house.

4. Do as directed (Any seven):

i) The shirt is too loose for me. (Remove 'too')

ii) Why waste time in reading trash. (Change into Assertive)

iii) Ram is gentle. Ram is not a fool. (Combine into one sentence).

iv) Those, whom Gods love, die young. (Change into interrogative)

v) It is time to stop writing. (Change the voice)

vi) Every rose has a thorn. (Change into negative)

vii) Man finds it difficult to live comfortably. (Use noun form of difficult)

viii) He confessed his guilt (Change into complex sentence)

5. Write an essay on one of the following topics.

a) The Examination system in India.

b) Environmental pollution.

c) Corruption in India - causes and cures.

d) Students and politics.

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