Eng Ba BSC 2nd Sem 2016

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Exam. Code : 103202
Subject Code: 1001

B.A.lB.Sc. 2nd Semester


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ENGLISH COMPULSORY
Time Allowed-Three Hours] [Maximum Marks-50
SECTION-A
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1. Do as directed. Attempt any sixteen :
(i) What time/coming/your friends/are
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(Correct the order)
(ii) Tell me what you do want.
(Correct the sentence)
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(iii) I wasn't tired, but my friends _
(Complete with an auxillary)
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(iv) I'm too impatient, ?
Yes, you are sometimes. (Put a questiontag]
(v) You have lost weight. (seem)
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(Rewrite the sentence using the verb in bracket)


(vi) Before to bed, I like to have a hot drink.
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(Complete with one word)


(vii) I think you should know the truth. I want _
(Complete the second sentence, similar in meaning
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to the first sentence)


(viii) We stopped petrol. (Use Preposition)
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(ix) I am fed up travelling by train.


(Use Preposition)

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(x) The box was too heavy for me to lift by

(Complete using my own/myself)


(xi) Our car has broken down. This means we can't
go away tomorrow. (Use 'which' to connect)
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(xii) The accident wasn't serious. (nobody/injure)
(Use There is/There was etc.)
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(xiii) The doctor that examined me couldn't find
anything wrong.
(Correct the underlined word)
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(xiv) A cemetery is a place people are buried.
(Complete using who/where)
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(xv) I don't like stories who have unhappy endings.
(Correct the underlined)
(xvi) Nicola plays volleyball Thursday.
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(Put in each or every)


(xvii) I read the book from beginning to end.
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(Rewrite the sentence using 'whole')


(xviii) I went to the cinema by myself. None of _
wanted to come.
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(Use your own idea to complete the sentence)


(xix) This is a very boring place to live. There's
___ to do. (Put in little/a little/few)
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(xx) We took a few pictures. but of


them were very good.
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(Complete with no/none/any)


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SECTION-B
2. Attempt any four questions, choosing at least two
from each prescribed text, in about 15-20 sentences:
TALES OF LIFE
(i) Comment on the role of 'promise' in the story
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'Eveline' .
(ii) Describe the scene at the time of exchanging
lunatics in 'Toba Tek Singh'.
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(iii) .Write a character sketch of Parbhat in 'A Strand
of Cotton'.
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(iv) Write a character sketch of Odarka from the
story 'The Taboo'.
PROSE FOR YOUNG LEARNERS
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(v) "Beauty is something we derive when we get


used to the beast", Discuss R K Narayan's views
in the light of this statement.
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(vi) Describe the impact of Bhopas' performance on


Hugh and Colleen Gantzer.
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(vii) Give a character sketch of Ms Beam in "The


School For Sympathy".
(viii) Describe the sufferings and hardships of AIDS
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patients and the people connected with them.


3x4=12
3. Give the meanings and use the words in sentences.
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Any four:
Evidently Scrutiny
Rattled Invade
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Stigma Swelling. 1x4=4


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4. Enquire about your mother's health in a letter. She
has been unwell for quite a time.
OR
Write a letter to your friend, persuading him to prepare
well for the final examination. 1x4=4
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SECTION-C
5. Attempt any of the two questions:
(i) Bring out the element of humour in 'My Financial
Career' .
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(ii) Discuss 'The Doll's House' as a story of class
conflict and its impact on children's behaviour
and attitude. 1x6=6
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6. Read the passage and answer the questions that
follow:
In the early days of the epidemic men vastly
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outnumbered women among people, infected with HIV.
Indeed initially it took the medical establishment
sometime and a great deal of evidence before it accepted
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the very idea that HIV was a threat to women. The
proportion of females infected by HIV worldwide
steadily grew until by 2002 about half of all people
infected were women and girls. In Southern Africa,
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where almost every family has been touched by AIDS,


infected females outnumbered males by as much as
two to one in some age groups .
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. Questions : .
(i) Is AIDS a great threat only to men?
(ii) What was the position in 2002 ?
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(iii) What is the situation in South Africa ?


(iv) Give meanings of the words :
Epidemic Steadily
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Establishment Outnumbered 2 x4=8

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