Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education 2009 Diploma in Hospital Management (E - English) - Question Paper

1] Which idea is predominantly expressed in this passage? (01)
2] Mention the 2 ways in which a man or woman makes direct contact with society.
(02)
3] What is “Herd Poison”? (01)
4] How does the writer define the chaotic behavior of man? (01)
5] Mention 2 extreme behavioral trends of man. (01)
6] With whom is a man in a crowd compared? Why? (02)
7] provide the meanings of the subsequent words: Panic, Extravagant. (01)
8] They are subjected to sudden excess of rage. (Add a ques. Tag) (01)

Q. four A] Do as directed. [Any Ten] [10 Marks]
1] Our classrooms are swept by the students. [Change the Voice]
2] She speaks too fast to be understood. [Remove Too.]
3] There is nothing better than a busy life. [Add a ques. Tag]
4] Every Dark Cloud has a Silver Lining. [Make Negative.]
5] Hardly anyone ----- (wear) hats these days. They ---- (go) out of fashion.
(Write the accurate form of verb)
6] What a beautiful night! (Make Assertive)
7] The Times Of India is more popular than any other newsprint. (Change the degree)
8] I will talk to him only if he apologies. [Rewrite using Unless]
9] She is ----- artist married to ----- European Engineer. (Insert improper articles)
10] The horse reared. The rider fell. (Join the sentence with an improper conjunction)
11] Wisdom is better than riches. [ Make Interrogative]
12] She is very beautiful. [ Make Exclamatory]

4.B] Insert improper Prepositions. [06 Marks]
(Into, at, an, on, by, in, for, after, due)
1. We keep our hats and scarf’s --- the drawer.
2. He didn’t go out of the house ---- his illness.
3. At current our home is ---- London.
4. We poured the coffee --- the cups.
5. They moored the boat --- the Jetty.
6. I went to Mumbai ---- taxi.

Q.4.C] change the subsequent into Indirect speech [Any Two] [04 Marks]
1. He said, “Will you be there tomorrow? “
2. “Shall I lock the car or leave it unlocked?” He stated.
3. Ram said, “I have just heard the news.”

Q.5.A] Develop into a well-organized snippet [75 words] [Any One] [06 Marks]
1. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
2. The importance of time management.
3. Fast food is bad for health.

Q.5.B. Classify the subsequent words under the provided heads.[Any Four] [04 Marks]
(Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective)
Impudence, Provincial, Disable, Wind-bag, Stair- case, Nickel.

Q.5.C. accurate the errors in the subsequent phrases. [04 Marks]
1. 1 should keep his promise.
2. He is working as the Principal from 1998.
3. He is taller to me.
4. The train leave the station before I reached there.

Q.6.A] provide the Antonyms of the subsequent words. [02 Marks]
Arrival, attract.

Q.6. B] provide the Synonyms for the subsequent words. [02 Marks]
Polite, Lazy.

Q.6.C] Fill in the blanks with improper Homophones [04 Marks]
1. Hari was told to deposit the ----. (check, cheque)
2. Seema will be returning from Mumbai after a ---. (week, weak)
3. The ---- wheel of my car is punctured. (rear, rare)
4. He ___ with the blue pen ( write, right)

Q.6. D] learn the provided text and using the contextual clues, supply the missing word
from the list given. [04 Marks]
[Plantation, tropics, imagine, planter, overcome, temperate, farmers, delightful]
People who like bananas probably ------ that a banana ------ would be a very ----- place in
which to live, and so, it is for people who know and understand the vagaries of the -----. The
banana---must meet and ----- difficulties of which the ----- in the ----- regions have no idea.

E] Punctuate and rewrite the subsequent phrases. [04 Marks]
1. good heavens no she replied that is impossible
2. good-bye she stated see you later shall ring you up if I need anything
3. the teacher asked the students have you learn the article effective communication
4. as soon as you obtain the hotel call me up and provide me the address John said

Earning:   Approval pending.