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B.Sc. (General) 4th Semester
English (Compulsory) 
(For B.Sc. Only)

Paper: (Same for B.Sc. Microbial & Food Technology & Fashion Designing) 

Time Allowed: Three Hours

Maximum Marks: 40

Note: - Attempt ALL the questions.

1. Attempt any four of the following questions in 50-60 words each selecting two from prose and two from drama:

(i) How did the Conjuror finally take his revenge from the Quick Man in 'The Conjuror's Revenge'?

(ii) How was Huxley impressed by Bose's experiments at the Bose Institute in 'J.C. Bose'? 

(iii) Why did Ramanujan consider 1729 an interesting number in 'Hardy and Ramanujan'? 

(iv) Analyse the role of Lomov in the play 'The Proposal'. 

(v) What do Nora and Cathleen have to find out without letting Maura know in the play 'Riders to the Sea'? 

(vi) Explain with suitable illustration from the play 'Riders to the sea', the use of dramatic irony by the playwriter.

2. Attempt any two questions of the following selecting one from prose and one from drama. The answers should not exceed more than 100-150 words. 

(i) How was marriage and married life treated in ancient India ? How were widows treated in ancient India ? Discuss with reference to chapter 'The Position of Women in India'.

(ii) How did the Conjuror make us laugh throughout in the story 'The Conjuror's Revenge' ? 

(iii) Write a note on the theme of the play "The Proposal' ? 

(iv) 'Although the sea is unseen in the play, it is a living presence in the play. Discuss with reference to 'Riders to the Sea'.

3. Match the words in Column A to their meanings in Column B. 

Column 'A'             Column 'B' 

(a) Emancipation             (a) Dirty 

(b) Untidy              (b) A person who performs

                                             magic to entertain people 

(c) Agony             (c) Liberation 

(d) Conjuror             (d) A piece of land 

(e) Meadows             (e) Pain 

(f) Ten years

4. Draft a report on the recent Fashion Show held in your college, in not more than 150-200 words.

OR

Write a short survey report on the prospects of opening a new branch of a bank in your city.

5. Make a precis of the following passage and suggest a suitable title. Students should devote the whole of their vacation to village service. To this end, instead of taking their walks along beaten paths they should walk to the villages within easy reach of their institutions, and study the conditions of the village folk and befriend them. This habit will bring them in contact with the villagers. During the long vacation they should stay in villages, and offer to conduct classes for village folks to teach them rules of sanitation and attend to the ordinary cases of illness. They should also introduce the spinning wheel among them and teach them the use of every spare minute. In order that this may be done, students and teachers will have to revise their ideas of the use of vacation. Vacation is just the period when student's mind should be free from routine work and be left free for self-help and original development. 10

6. Give advantages of E-mail.

OR

Write a short note on Videoconferencing.

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B.A. /B.Sc. (General) 4th Semester

English (Compulsory)

(For B.A. only & Shastri Semester-IV) 

Time Allowed: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks: 45 

Note :-(1) ALL questions are compulsory.

(2) Attempt all the parts of a question together. 

(3) Read all the instructions carefully.

SECTION-A

1. Answer five questions, selecting at least two from each section (in 50-60 words each)

Poetry Section 

(i) Why does Miss Pushpa smile all the time? (Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.) 

(i) Why is the refugee mother described here different from other mothers? (Refugee Mother and Child) 

(iii) What appears on the background of the photograph? (This is a Photograph of Me) 

(iv) Give the central idea, of the poem 'I Will Embrace Only the Sun'.

Prose Section 

(1) Why do some people hesitate to shake hands with others? (On Shaking Hands) 

(ii) How has the human race improved over the last few thousand years? (No Man is an Island)

(iii) What does the writer tell us about the plight of the journalists? (Freedom of the Press) 

(iv) What happened when Ngugi went to a colonial school? (An Excerpt from Decolonizing the Mind.) 2x5=10

2. Attempt two questions, selecting one from poetry and one from prose in about 100-120 words each:

Poetry Section 

(i) Discuss the trauma, the suffering and the sense of loss that is at the centre of the poem, 'Refugee Mother and Child'.

OR 

Trace the development of thought in the poem 'This is a Photograph of Me.'

Prose Section 

(ii) Trace the arguments of Minoo Masani in favour of the best form of government. (No Man is an Island)

OR 

Summarise in your own words the importance of the freedom of the press as given in the chapter -Freedom of the Press. 3x2=6

SECTION-B 

3. Write a paragraph on any one of the following:

(i) Corruption in Government Offices 

(ii) The Place of English in India 

(iii) Democracy vs. Dictatorship

4. Write a brief report about a horrible rail accident for publication in a newspaper.

OR

 

Write a newspaper report on 'Grow More Trees' to save the environmental pollution.

5. (a) Use the appropriate form of words/pronouns /relative clause :

(1) Tell me __ my book is. (where /which) 

(ü) Let you and__try what we can do. (I, me). 

(iii) This is a grammar book__my friend gave me. (that, whose) 

(iv) Students_ _disobey one punished by teachers. (whom, who) 

(v) She is the girl who likes_ (himself, herself)

(b) Use the following words as nouns and verbs in your sentences:

(i) Aim 

(ii) Record 

(iii) Report 

(iv) Book 

(v) Cook

(c) Combine the following sentences using words given in brackets : 

(1) (a) You must go now. 

(b) Inform your parents that you will be late. (Use either ------- or ) 

(2) (a) Walk fast.

(b) You may miss the train. (Combine using lest)

(3) (a) History teachers us this (b) We have no short cuts to a good life. (Use that)

(4) (a) It was a fine day.

(b) He went out on a picnic. (Use it being)

(5) (a) I called on him.

(b) He was at home. (Use when)

(d) Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own:

(1) To get rid of 

(2) Sort out 

(3) In accordance with 

(4) Corporal punishment 

(5) Freedom of expression.

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