B.A. I-Semester Examination
CBS-Is/10(WR/P)
228191
GENERAL ENGLISH
Course No.: UENTC-101

Time Allowed: 3 Hours                                              Maximum Marks: 80

SECTION-A

Write in about 250-300 words: (3×10=30)

1. Analyse the following lines:
"Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them; for they teach not their own use; but that is wisdom without them and above them, won by observation".

(OR)

Write a note on the mingling of the elements of humour, pathos and humanity in Charles Lamb's essay 'Poor Relations'?

2. Write the detailed summary of the poem 'Leave this Chanting'.

(OR)

Evaluate the Central idea of the poem 'If'.

3. Who is the main character in the story 'The Child'? Analyse his/her role in the plot.

(OR)

Comment on the relationship shared by the old teacher and his granddaughter Anshu.

SECTION-B

Attempt any three in about 60-80 words: (3×6=18)

1.      Comment on the title of the essay 'Freedom of the Press'.

2.      Write in brief the message of the essay 'Wings on Fire'.

3.      Analyse the theme of the sonnet 'The World is Too Much with Us'.

4.      Evaluate the gist of the poem 'The Adventurer'.

5.      Comment on the title of the story 'The Last Leaf'.

SECTION-C

1. A. Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it: (5×2=10)

There was a rich couple who was throwing a big New Year party at their house. So they went shopping at the market where everything was of high cost and fixed price. They wanted to maintain their level of standard so didn't mind paying for it. After purchasing all they needed, they called a porter to carry everything and drop it at their home. The porter who came was old aged, not very healthy looking, his clothes were torn, looked as if he wasn't even able to meet his daily needs.

They asked the porter about the charges for delivering their goods at their address. The old porter quoted just Rs. 200, well below the market rate for delivering goods at the couple's home in his cart. Yet, the couple argued and bargained with the porter and finally settled for Rs. 150. The porter was struggling to make even one meal, so he needed anything he could earn.

The couple was very happy thinking how well they bargained with the poor porter and paid him Rs. 150 in advance and left after giving the porter their address for delivery. They reached their home, and one hour passed, two hours passed, but the porter still hadn't delivered their stuff.

The wife started to get angry at her husband, "I always tell you not to trust such a person, but still you never listen to me. Such a person who is not even able to earn to feed himself for one time in a day, you handed him everything we purchased for our big party. I am sure instead of delivering it to our home; he must have disappeared with everything. We must immediately go back to the market to inquire and then to the police station to file a complaint against him".

They both left towards the market. On their way near the market, they saw another porter. They stopped him to inquire about the old porter and noticed that he was carrying their stuff in his cart! The angry wife asked him, "Where is that old thief? It seems you poor thieves are stealing our stuff and going to sell it".

The porter replied. "Madam, please calm down. That poor old man was sick since last month. He wasn't able to earn enough to even have a single meal in a day. He was on the way to deliver your stuff, but being hungry and sick, he couldn't gather the strength to go any further in this heat of the summer. He fell down and while handing me Rs. 150, his last words were 'I had taken an advance for this delivery, you take this and please deliver to this address'."

"Madam, he was hungry, he was poor, but he was an honest man. I was just on the way to complete the old man's last delivery at your home", the porter said. Upon hearing this, the husband had tears in his eyes, but the wife felt so ashamed, she had no courage to look up in her husband's eyes.

1.      Why did the old porter settle for Rs. 150 only as the delivery charges when he had already asked for Rs. 200, a price well below the market rate?

2.      What is the moral of the story narrated in the above passage?

3.      Why did the old porter not deliver the couple's stuff to their address?

4.      Why did the couple buy all the stuff despite the fact that it was of high cost and fixed price?

5.      What could be an appropriate title for the story?

B. i) Identify the consonant sound of the underlined letters: (any three) (3×1=3)

Porter, carry, his, charges, wife

ii) Identify the vowel sound of the underlined letters: (any three) (3×1=3)

poor, old, man, was, sick

2. a) Subject and Verb Agreement. (10×1=10)

Fill in the blanks choosing the correct word: (any ten)

1.      He_______ (do/does) answer.

2.      He ________ (is/are) eating the apple.

3.      John_______ (has played/have played) the football.

4.      Seema_______ (was suppose/is supposed) to marry Ram.

5.      She________ (has finished/is finish) her homework.

6.      She________ (are doing/is pursuing) B.Sc.

7.      They________ (are/is) playing the football.

8.      Each_________ (does/do) a good deal of work around the office.

9.      Both________ (do/does) a good deal of work around the office.

10.  A pencil and an eraser_______ (make/makes) writing easier.

11.  Neither the director nor the actors _______ (are/is) following the lines closely.

12.  Neither the actors nor the director _______ (are/is) following the lines closely.

13.  The Grapes of Wrath _______ (take/takes) a long time to read.

14.  Your pants _______ (is/are) dirty.

15.  The study _______ (show/shows) that 80% of the people of this continent live above the poverty line.

b) Antonyms/Synonyms.

i) Write the antonyms of the following words: (any three) (3×1=3)

lazy, strong, brave, girl, faith.

ii) Write the synonyms of the following words: (any three) (3×1=3)

merry, beautiful, huge, urgent, fake

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

CBS-IVS/5

214528

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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B.A. / B.Sc. / B.Com. V - Semester Examination

BS-VS/11
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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