Annamalai University 2007 B.A Economics PROSE AND COMPOSITION - Question Paper
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B.A. / B.Sc. / B.DIT. / B.Music / B.Dance DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2007
(FIRST YEAR)
(PART - II - ENGLISH)
(PAPER - I )
520. PROSE AND COMPOSITION
(Including Dual Degree Courses)
May ] [ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks
I. Answer any THREE of the following questions in about 100 words each :
(3x5 = 15)
1. What experience did Plomer have with car driving ?
2. Attempt a character sketch of private Quelch.
3. What are the controls in the hands of a Pilot for guiding an aeroplane ?
4. Explain Orwells calling the visitors of the book shops as Parenoics and lunatics.
5. Write a brief note on Huxleys Beauty Industry.
6. Why did a traveller develop disappointment, according to Lynd ?
II. Answer any TWO questions in about 300 words each : (2 x 15 = 30)
7. Explain how the B.B.G. is an amusing skit in modern English Institutions.
8. What are the views of L.A.G. Strong about reading ?
9. What are Neville Carduss reflections on Cricket ?
10. Write an essay on the experience of Smiths A Walk Through the Fire.
11. Narrate Daichess views on the American people and civilization in his An Entry into the United States.
29. Children are too active in nature to be controlled.
(Remove Too - to)
30. Prof. Raju said, I have lost my watch, can you find it for me ?
(Change into indirect speech)
.......... Iran. Nasiruddin had ..........
neighbour who was .......... rich merchant,
but .......... great miser.
USAGE - (B)
Rewrite as directed any FIVE of the following:
(5x2 = 10)
24. Raj congratulate me for my success.
(Correct the sentence)
25. I read them for pleasure.
(Change the voice)
26. I chose my own reading.
(Add a question tag)
27. Shalini .......... (visit) her mother yesterday.
(Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb)
28. As soon as she reached home, it began to rain.
(Change into negative)
12. What do you understand the greatness of Gandhiji from Nehrus speech?
III. Answer any ONE of the following in about
300 words : (1x15 = 15)
13. Attempt a character sketch of Estella.
14. Realism in Great Expectations.
15. Give an account of Pips London Life.
IV. Answer any THREE of the following
questions in about 100 words each :
(3x5 = 15)
16. Explain Edisons invention.
17. Sketch the character of Winston Churchill.
18. Bring out the irony in the story The Fortune Teller.
19. How did Sharma find out that the company wanted him to retire prematurely in The Gold Watch ?
20. Bring out the significance of the title of the story End of the Party.
21. Summarise Tagores views on education.
V. Make a precis of the following passage in about one third of its length :
(1 X 10 = 10)
22. Vehicular air pollution control has become a keenly - felt need today. It involves the control of the harmful gases produced by cars, buses and lorries. Since automobile air pollution is quite serious in many of our cities, a concrete programme should be evolved to reduce these emissions. The discharge of pollutants, particularly the offensive black smoke, can only be attributed to inefficient engine performance. Improvement of engine performance will also lead to better fuel economy.
If we look at diesel alone, we find that it accounts for nearly 30 percent of Indias total consumption of petroleum products. It results in a corresponding quantity of pollution. The main consumer of diesel is road transport. Control of vehicular pollution should be based on methods that are in keeping with sound operational economics. Fairly simple and in expensive methods are available to achieve the desired ends.
USAGE - (A)
23. (a) Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
(5)
Mastan lives .......... his uncle ..........
Surat. There is a public garden ..........
their house. Mastan walks .......... it when
he goes .......... college. There is a small
pond .......... the garden. Mastan often
finds two old men sitting .......... a bench
.......... the pond throwing bits of bread
.......... the water. Perhaps they are feeding
the fish.
(OR)
(b) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles :
Nasiruddin was .......... clever man.
He lived in .......... city of Khorasan.
.......... people of Khorasan said he was
.......... cleverest man in .......... whole of
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