Bangalore University 2006 B.Com LANGUAGE ENGLISH (-II) - Question Paper

A) ans the subsequent ques. in a word, a phrase or a sentence each: (10 x one = 10)

i) What aspect of Calcutta, was troubling the mind of Mother Teresa?
ii) Write about the main objective of Mother Teresa’s Organisation?
iii) What were the instructions that Mother Teresa wanted her nuns to bear in mind, while interacting with the poor people?
iv) What type of relief work do the missionaries undertake?
v) How many years of training do the missionaries have to undergo?
vi) Who is the inspiration for Mother Teresa and her nuns?
vii) What is the name of Mother Teresa’s Organisation?
viii) How far and wide has the work of Mother Teresa spread?
ix) How does Mother Teresa define her philosophy of work?
x) Write about the 1 quality in Mother Teresa that attracted the volunteers to her work?


B) ans the subsequent in 2 or 3 phrases each: (5x2=10)

i) From the situation of the passage, what are or discuss the subsequent idea
“the sick, the outcaste, earthly sufferers are nothing less than Christ in “distressing disguise”.
ii) “Poverty for us is a freedom”. discuss Mother Teresa’s point of view
iii) Comment on Mother Teresa’s thoughts on work and love.
iv) After intensive training, how do the nuns make their final decision to join Mother Teresa’s organisation?
v) Describe the work of Mother Teresa in the slums of Calcutta.

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6. ans any 5 of the subsequent in 2 or 3 phrases each: (5x2=10)

i) In the short story “Jenks Whiskers”, how many dollars does Solomon pay to Jenks to get him to agree to sell his whiskers and many dollars does Jenks pay to Solomon, to permit him to take off his whiskers?
ii) In Khalil Gibran’s poem “Buying and Selling” who are the ones who meet in the market place?
iii) In the essay “Money and changing life styles”, why does the writer obtain it hard to believe that India is a poor country?
iv) In the short story “The Accursed House”, why does Visconte-de-B-lower the rents and how much does he decrease for his tenants?
v) What is the “one rule” that all bankers follow?
vi) Which are the 2 temples that the poet refers to in the poem “Vachanas of Allama Prabhu”
vii) In the lesson “what is your dream”? why does the beggar call the boy a dreamer?

7. ans any 4 of the subsequent in about half-a-page each: (5x4=20)

i) In the poem “Buying and Selling”, elaborate the gifts of every that khalil Gibran speaks about and how should they be exchanged?
ii) From the essay “Money and Changing Life Styles”, what do you learn about the changing life styles of the children from affluent families?
iii) With reference o the poem “Bankers are just like anybody else, other than richer”, write about the difference in treatment of the poor and the rich by the bankers.
iv) Why does Elisha break his journey to Jerusalem, in the short story “Two Old Men”?
v) With reference to the poem “Snake”, identify and discuss the 2 contrasting voices within the poet?
vi) In the lesson “What is your dream”?, what does the young body dram about, and according to the beggar, how can 1 achieve one’s dreams?

8. ans any 2 of the subsequent in a page each: (2x10=20)

i) Discuss the humour and satire in the short story “Jenks’ Whiskers”.
ii) How does money influence the changing life styles of children and parents from rich families?
iii) Discuss the poem “Snake”, as D. H. Lawrence’s lament for man’s alienation from fellow creatures.
iv) Can we make our dreams come true? explain this point with reference to the lesson “What is your dream”?.

Earning:   Approval pending.