Bangalore University 2007 P.U.C English Pre-University ch/il, - Question Paper

24. What has become a clinche these days?

25. define any 1 image of a globalised India.

26. What is the privileged India proud of?

27. How did the nineteenth century capitalism develop?

28. Who is the perceptive commentator on the nineteenth century capitalism?

29. Who are the people committing suicide in the other India?

30. According to Karl Polyani the ‘double movement’ is taking place betwen

a) poor and rich
b) globalised India and other India
c) market and state.

31. Who are the victims of globalization?

32. How may Indias do you see in the passage?

33. Which India is distancing from the India of crushing poverty?

V. 34. Report the subsequent conversation: 5

Old man: elaborate you thinking? Have you decided to overlook my request of
buying a buffalo?

Tansukh: I have’nt I was thinking about Kashi’s buffalo.

Old man: Please help me to buy the buffalo.

35. Complete the subsequent by filling in the blanks using improper form of the verbs in brackets. 3x1=3

Melkkoran took a long time to finish teh glass tree. Initially the roots and the trunk of the tree ...............(sculpt) out. Later green glass ............... (need) to carve out the leaves. After the supply of green glass, every leaf ............ (carve) out diligently by melkkoran.


36. Rewrite as directed. 1

When a person loses land and the other resources completely on account of a dam project, he/she is....................


Dis========== palced OR located.






(Use the accurate root word with the prefix to fill in the blanks)

37. Fill in the blanks by choosing the improper expressions provided in brackets. 2x1=2

(washed off, take care of, poke about)

The heavy rain .................. a few of the maggots from the body of Juliane Koepeke, and later she also wanted ............. of her right arm which was getting worse.

38. select the improper linkers from the ones provided in brackets and re-arrange the phrases into a coherent snippet. 5

( in order to, therefore, despite, but)

............... to help people and make their work easy, he decided to continue on with his invention. ............. 1 night they attacked him. ........... the people’s protest and attack. Joe still continued to work on the identical night. Joe was a dedicated inventor.

......................people thought that he would take away their bread.


VI. A) 39. learn the subsequent passage and make notes by drawing and filling in the boxes provided below: 8 x ½ = 4

Rajasthan boasts of its colourful culture, cheerful people and their extraordinary passion for kite flying or patangbazi, a special cultural sport and past time of the region. The kite flying is celebrated to herald the coming of spring. It is also a leisure sport and a passion among foreign tourists too. The people of Rajasthan enjoy the rich tradition of kite flying.

Rajasthan boasts of
...................... ....................... ..........................
1 2 3
Patangbazi is

.............................. and .....................
4 5
Kite flying is
Celebrated to herald
..............................
6

to foreign tourists
kite flying is

........................... ...........................
7 8


B) 40. Write a letter of application in response to the subsequent advertisement which appeared in “Deccan Herald” dated march 10. 2007 (Write XXX for name and YYY for address) 5

Apollo Hospitals in Bangalore require STAFF NURSES.
Qualification: B.Sc / Diploma in General Nursing.
Fluency in English and the local language essential.
Send in applications within seven days.

Apply to : Manager, Personnel Department, No: 29, Ganapathi Street, Bangalore- 560003.

C) 41. Imagine that you have been opted as a union leader and is supposed to address a gathering of students and lecturers of your college. Write a speech in about 100 words focusing on the infrastructure of your college and the necessity of disciplinary attitudes among students. Use the hints provided below): 5

-- Library, toilet facilities.
-- Science labs to be upgraded.
-- studying room, waiting room for girls.
-- Inspire and motivate students to study well and behave properly.

OR

Study the 2 pie charts provided beneath and write a report in 120 words on the education status of women in rural and urban areas. 5

(PIE CHART IS A DIAGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE DRAWN)

Earning:   Approval pending.