Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada 2012-1st Year B.Tech 1st st semester English-I R10 Set no:1 - Question Paper

Set Code No: R10101 / R10
No. 1
I B.Tech I Semester Regular exams January 2012
ENGLISH - I (Common to all branches)
Time: three hours Max Marks: 75
PART - A All ques. carry equal marks in Part - A [4 x 10 = 40M]
ans any 4 in Part - A
1. Ask your Manager to increase your salaryWrite a dialogue.[10M]
2. explain the importance of life skills.[10M]
3. define an important festival that you celebrate in your village.[10M]
4. Coastal corridor is going to destroy agricultural land as well as environment-Discuss.[10M]
5. provide the meaning of the underlined word and write down your own sentence using the
word.
Jawaharlal Nehru, the 1st Prime Minister of India, in his utterance, asked the people of India to take a pledge that they would work with dedication for the poor and suppressed. The vicious measures of the rich for the exploitation of the poor stunted the economic growth of the country. Hence every citizen must render self-less service substantially, with a vision towards a modern India which has a unique and valuable heritage[10M]
Part-B Note: ans all ques.
6.(a) I. Write the synonyms.
(i) Epic (ii) Redeem (iii) Tryst (iii) Aseptic (iv) Paranoia (iv) Rivals[3M]
II. Write the Antonyms.
(i) Solemn (ii) Unorthodox (iii) Misery (iv) Disapproval (v) Summit (iv) Hospitality[3M]
6.(b) learn the subsequent lines and make a worthwhile snippet. 3M
(i) She nodded her head to refuse and the pot of milk fell down.
(ii) A village girl was carrying a pot of milk on her head.
(iii) She had a fanciful idea that the king had proposed to her.
(iv) She thought that she would sell the milk and become rich.
(v) Her mother had beaten her up and she cried.
(vi) In the identical state of mind, she wanted to reject the kings proposal.[3M]
6.(c) Make similar kind of phrases.
(i) Please close the door! (ii) You may go now. (iii) I want a piece of paper. (iv) May I come in? (v) Alas! What a fall! (vi) Where were you till now?[3M]
6.(d) Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms.
(i) The plane- at four p. m (arrive)
(ii) The train before we reach the station.(leave)
(iii) The boys - cricket in the evening. (play)
(iv) Justice as well as Mercy- it. (allow)

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