Punjab University 2005 B.C.A Computer Application ENGLISH (Comlsory) (il ) - Question Paper

Bachelor of Computer Applications first year,

(April 2005) (PU)

ENGLISH(Compulsory)

PAPER - BCA -01

Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks:100

Note:Attempt any 5 ques..

part - A

1. Write in brief the story 'The Prize Poem' by P.G Wodehouse.

Or

Draw in your words a character sketch of Mrs Merrowdene in Agatha

Christie's Story 'Accident'. (15)

2.Give in your own words the idea contained in the assay "Prayer" written

by Mahatma Gandhi.

Or

How did Caption Robert Falcon Scott and his men meet their end in the

essay "The Last Expedition"? (15)

3 (a) Write in your own words the summary of "Lord Ulin's Daughter".

Or

"On the morning of Christs Nativity". (10)

(b) provide the central idea of : "Animals" Or "Sorrow" (5)

(c) Explian with reference to the context:

Sign no more ladies, sigh no more,

Men were deceivers ever,

1 foot in sea and 1 in shore,

To 1 thing constant never (5)

Or

Oh fame ! If I e'er took delight in thy praises,

'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases,

Than to see the bright eyes of the dear 1 discover,

She thought that I was not unworthy to love her'.

part - B

4. Use any 5 of the subsequent words in phrases of your own words after

changing them as directed in brackets: (10)

Extract (noun)

Desccription (verb)

Suspicion (adjoint)

Gradual (adverb)

Collect (noun)

Amputation (verb)

Difficulty (adjoint)

Natural (adverb)

5. Use any 5 of the subsequent words/phasers in worthwhile sentences:

Agnostic (10)

capsize

Glibly

Repartee

4 Figures

Pull Oneself

Together

Stunned

Dazed

6. Write a letter to the editor of national newsprint stating in your own views

on Indo-Pak relations in the current situation.


Or

Write a letter to the Superintendent of Police complain ting against

increasing incidents of eve-testing in your area. (10)

7. Do as directed: (10)

change the voice:

(1) Who taught you grammar?

(2) The rose smells sweet.

change the narration:

(3) "Do you really come from China?" stated the king,

(4) "Sit down boys", stated the teacher.

Remove too:

(5) He is too clever to not see through your trick.

change the degree of comparison:

(6) No other bowler in the eleven is good as Rajesh.

change the affirmative:

(7) No 1 could deny that was pretty.

change into negative:

(8) He failed to notice me when he came in.

change into exclamatory sentence:

(9) I wish that I were young again.

Compare the sentence:

(10) I would die before!

8. Translate the subsequent into modern Indian Language: (10)

People admire and respect a person who is in complete of his energy.

They consult him whenever they have a issue. They feel they can

trust him in an emergency. He seems to radiate power and vitality.

Such a man gets through a grater amount of work with lesser than the

majority of his companions.

Or

(For Foreign Students Only)

Paraphrase the subsequent passage:

I see something of God every hour of the twenty - 4 face, and moment

then,

In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the

glass,

I obtain letters from God dropt in the street, and ever 1 is sign'd by

God's name,

And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe's I go

Others will punctually come forever and ever.

Earning:   Approval pending.