B.Com-B.COM 3rd Sem ENGLISH LANGUAGE(Bangalore University, Bangalore-2008)

III Semester B.Com. Examination, May2008
(New Scheme)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Time : 1 ½ Hours Max. Marks : 45

Instruction : Answer all the questions.

I. Answer any five of the following in a paragraph each : (5x5=25)

a) What was the secret of Desmond Morris’ mother’s long and healthy life ?

b) Whay did Sigaev decide to buy a net instead of the revolver ?

c) Who is Mr. Crowley ? Why did Mr. Bigger suggest him to paint the copies of the old masters ?

d) Give an example from the essay “It’s none of your business’ to show that ‘one should not share information about one’s personal life with bosses and subordinates’.

e) Describe the incident which made Philip gain maturity.

f) How do we spend most part of our life, according to the poet in, ‘Next, please’ ?

g) Where can God be found, according to Tagore ?

II Write an essay on any two of the following in about a page and a half on each : (2x10=20)

a) When should one say, ‘It’s none of your business’, according to Mc Cormack ?

b) Bring out the significance of ‘Uncle James’ dream in ‘The boy comes home’.

c) What were the various steps taken by Mountbatten immediately after Gandhiji’s assassination ?

d) Account for the frequent changes in Sigaev’s decision in ‘The Avenger’.