Gujarat University 2007 B.A New : ‘A’ Stream (i Medium) Text : College Prose and Poetry - Question Paper

1. (a) ans in brief any 5 of the subsequent : (10)
(i) What is Shaw’s advice to foreign speakers of English language ?
(ii) Why was the League of Nations formed ?
(iii) Why did Gandhi decide on voluntary poverty ?
(iv) Why did Rosemary want to take the young girl home ?
(v) What was the attitude of the teacher while giving a test to the students ?
(vi) What type of photograph does the photographer try to provide the writer ?
(vii) How is the donkey able to thrive on meagre food ?
(viii) Was there really a snake inside the pot ? How do we know ?
(ix) Why did Virginia Woolf take to writing out of necessity ?
(x) Why are fewer letters written today than in the 19th century ?
(xi) How does Nehru illustrate that there was no guile in Kamala ?
(b) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (10)
(i) Dasa
(ii) Rosemary Fell
(iii) Kamala Nehru
(iv) Our estimate of the donkey
2. (a) ans in brief any 3 of the subsequent : (6)
(i) Why does Wordsworth stop on Westminster Bridge ?
(ii) What is the poet’s fear in ‘When I have Fears’ ?
(iii) What does the poet mean by ‘a golden hour’ in the poem ‘The Flower’ ?
(iv) What is the effect of the last line of ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ ?
(v) What is it that helps the poet forget the call of love and fame ?
(vi) Why can the gunfire be compared to ‘monstrous anger’ ?
(b) Match the subsequent words provided in Group A with their meanings provided in Group B. (4)
Group A Group B
Gadget way of speaking
Accent insect
Voluntary mechanical device
Moth without compulsion
3. learn the subsequent passage carefully and ans the ques. provided beneath : (10)
Every desire, every plan, every bit of knowledge is useless unless followed by action. No battle plan has ever won a war, no legal regulations ever prevented a crime, no book ever learn itself. Action is the key. Repeat it to yourself over and over again. Action is the key. Do not wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow may never come. Do not wait for the time to be right. The Time is right now. Do not worry about what to do, or how to do it. Just say when. Say now. start this moment. This previous moment which will never come again. This priceless day, which will end in just a few hours, must be utilized. Live every day to the fullest through action. Would you be proud to say how you spent today, may be the last of your life. Put your alibis and excuses away. Open up your eyes, your heart, your mind. Embrace life, laugh and have fun. But most of all, act and act now. Action is the only thing which will reap the rewards you want. It’s the single most potent ingredient to success. Do not delay. You have but 1 life, and you must not waste today, possibly the last and most precious day of your life. Make today the culmination of your desires, plans; and knowledge. Act now and be successful in life.
ques. :
(i) Why is Action the key to every thing ?
(ii) Why should we not waste our today ?
(iii) elaborate the author’s views about time ?
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(iv) Use the subsequent expressions in phrases of your own :
open up, precious moment.
(v) Suggest a suitable title to the passage.
4. Develop a snippet on any 1 of the subsequent : (10)
(i) My ambition
(ii) Visit to a historical place
(iii) newsprint – a powerful medium
(iv) studying for pleasure
5. (a) Fill in the blanks with improper forms of verbs provided in the brackets : (6)
(i) I ______ (go) to see a friend who ______ (live) in Navarangpura.
(ii) When we ______ (come) out of the train it ______ (rain).
(iii) The train ______ (leave) the station before we ______ (reach) there.
(b) Turn the subsequent phrases into negative and interrogative : (4)
(i) He felt very tired.
(ii) She works very hard.
(c) Rewrite the subsequent phrases using ‘going to’ : (2)
(i) You’ll have a holiday next week.
(ii) Madhu will sing in the concert next month.
(d) Fill in the blanks with proper articles a, an or the : (3)
(i) I met ______ honourable man ______ hour ago.
(ii) There was ______ ugly scar on ______ face of ______ prisoner.
(iii) He entered ______ 1 way street.

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