Bangalore University 2008 Post Graduate Diploma Journalism (Oriya) General English(Prior to 2006), / - Question Paper
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I Semester B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Examination, Nov./Dec. 2008 (Semester Scheme) (Prior to 2006) GENERAL ENGLISH Language English (Paper -1)
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 90
Instructions : 1) Answer all the questions.
2) Mention the Sections and question numbers correctly.
SECTION-A
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and prepositions to complete the sentence :
(4x1=4)
The fir tree was placed in ____great tub filled_sand, but no one could
see that it was_tub, for it was covered with greenery and stood __a
gaily coloured carpet.
2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets :
(4x1=4)
Gandhiji knew that India_(be) a very poor country. So he_(want) his
countrymen to_learn the most valuable lesson - not to_(waste)
even a particle of food or a drop of water.
3. Change the voice of the verbs : (4x1=4)
i) The dacoits threatened the inmates of the house.
ii) The young girl fascinated the blind young man.
iii) The boy is writing a letter in his study.
iv) His peers had recognized his outstanding work.
4. Rewrite the following into Indirect Speech : 4
Mrs. Slater said, Take your boots off, Henry. Elizabeth is so prying that she notices the least speck of dirt. Henry said, I am wondering if theyll come at all. When you and Elizabeth quarrelled she said that she would never set her foot in your house again.
5. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct word from those given in the brackets: (2x1=2)
i) The box of eggs_(is, are) broken.
ii) Both Sunith and Sharath_(has, have) done well in their exams.
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Rewrite the underlined words in the sentences with infinite constructions : (2x1=2)
i) The staff hopes that they will shift soon into the new building.
ii) The owner threatened that he would evacuate his tenant soon.
A) Choose the correct word and fill in the blanks in the following sentences : (2x 1=2)
i) Sunder quickly_himself to the new surroundings.
(adapted, adopted)
ii) The_of daily essentials has risen rapidly.
(price, prize)
B) Fill in the blanks with the opposites of the words given in the brackets : (2x1=2)
i) He experienced a great sense of_(comfort) as the silence stretched on.
ii) Due to prior appointment it was_(possible) for him to attend the party.
SECTION-B
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :
In 1941 Mama took me back to Moscow. There I saw our enemies for the first time. If my memory is right, twenty thousand German war prisoners were to be marched in a single column through the streets of Moscow.
The pavements swarmed with onlookers, cordoned off by soldiers and police.
The crowd were mostly women - Russian women hands roughened by hardwork, lips untouched by lipstick and thin hunched shoulders which had borne half the burden of the war. Every one of them must have had a father or a husband, brother or a son killed by the German.
They gazed with hatred in the direction from which the column was to appear. At last we saw it.
The generals marched at the head, massive chins stuck out lips folded disdainfully, their whole appearance meant to show superiority over their plebian visitors.
The women were clenching their fists. It was all the soldiers and policemen could do to hold them back.
They saw German soldiers, thin, unshaven, wearing dirty blood-stained bandages, hobbling on crutches or leaning on the shoulders of their comrades, the soldiers walked with their heads down.
The streets became dead silent - the only sound was the shuffling of boots and the thumping of crutches.
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Then I saw an elderly woman in broken-down boots push herself forward and touch a policemans shoulder, saying: Let me through. There must have been something about her made him step aside.
She went to the column, took from inside her coat something wrapped up in a coloured handkerchief and unfolded it. It was a crust of black bread. She pushed it awkwardly into the pocket of a soldier, so exhausted that he was tottering on his feet. And now suddenly from every side women were running towards the soldiers, pushing into their hands bread, cigarettes, whatever they had.
The soldiers were no longer enemies.
They were people.
A) Answer the following in a word, a phrase or a sentence each : (10x1=10)
i) When did the narrator go back to Moscow ?
ii) The narrator was
a) a Russian b) a German c) an Indian
iii) Who were the enemies of the Russians ?
iv) What was the emotion on the face of the onlookers ?
v) How did the Generals march ?
vi) How did the German soldiers look as they marched ?
vii) Who broke through the police cordon ?
viii) What did that person give to the German soldier ?
ix) What did the other women do ?
x) The elderly woman helped the German soldier because:
a) he was her son
b) it was her custom
c) she felt sorry for his condition
d) she was reminded of her son.
B) Answer the following in 2/3 sentences each: (3x2=6)
i) Describe the crowd that had gathered to see the soldiers.
ii) How does the writer describe the Generals and their march ?
iii) What did the elderly woman do when she went towards the column of the soldiers ?
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SECTION-C
9. Answer any five of the following in 2/3 sentences each :
(5x2=10)
i) What did the mother and sister do to the dropping limb of the bird in the poem Gull ?
ii) Why would the fir tree be annoyed with the hare ?
iii) Where do the children play as mentioned in the poem Tears from The Earth ?
iv) Adivasis worshipped their ancestors. (True/False)
v) How many people did the bomb kill and leave wound in the poem The Diameter of the Bomb ?
vi) What did Damus mother ask him to do before he started his new job ?
vii) What was the real name of Toba Tek Singh ?
10. Answer any four of the following in half a page each: (4x5=20)
i) Write about the reaction of the boy on the death of the bird as seen in the poem Gull.
ii) Man refuses to wake up from the deep sleep he has fallen into. Explain with reference to the poem Asleep.
iii) Comment on the pomp and splendour of the fir tree on the Eve of Christmas.
iv) How does man pollute the silver brook as shown in the poem Tears from The Earth ?
v) Write about the influence of modem consumeristic culture on the young people as shown in A Symbiotic Bond.
vi) The white man exploits nature. How does Chief Seattle criticize this attitude of the
whiteman?
11. Answer any two of the following in about a page each :
(2x10=20)
i) Why does the poet wish for his son a life full of freedom in the poem Gull ?
ii) Science and Technology ruin nature. How is this idea brought out in the poem The End of Living, andBeginning ofSurvival.
iii) Knowledge as common property - Expand this idea as applicable to adivasi society.
iv) The poem Saviours is a satire on wars fought in the name of religion. Discuss.
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