Gujarat University 2007 B.A English New : ‘B’ Stream - Question Paper

New Course : Text : Singing Rivers and Speaking Stones

1. (a) Answer in brief any 5 of the subsequent : (10)

(i) Why did Jaspal blame the pret for all his troubles ?

(ii) What did grandfather say he wished to do with his money ? (iii) Why was the narrator unable to obey his teacher ?
(iv) Why was Mrs. Farquar fond of Gideon ? (v) What was so special about Manju’s trunk ? (vi) Why did Frigga set out on a long journey ?
(vii) What type of goodies did the mother bring from the hospital ? (viii) Why did Jade obtain her 1st weeks at Mills disturbing ?
(ix) Describe the flags that lined the way to the school. (x) Who were the Brothers Blairaux ?
(b) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (10)

(i) The disturbance caused by the pret

(ii) Frigga’s efforts to save Balder’s life

(iii) Important political events of Germany in 1933 (iv) The last part of Dangal’s struggle

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2. (a) Answer in brief any 3 of the subsequent : (6)
(i) What time of the day or night is the poet talking about in ‘The Listeners’ ? (ii) When you make a new friend what do you want to learn about him or her ? (iii) What is the noisy mansion ? Why does Goldsmith call it that ?
(iv) Is it accurate to say that Blake’s poem is as much in praise of the Creator as it is in praise of the tiger ?
(v) In what ways are people everywhere the identical ?

(b) Match the subsequent words provided in Group A with their meanings provided in

Group B : (4)


abode big and strong
burly open and direct
frail home
frank delicate


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learn the subsequent passage carefully and ans the ques. provided beneath :




(10)
Once a farmer lived in a village with his 4 sons. The sons always quarrelled among themselves. So, the family was unhappy and the work of the farm was not done well. 1 day the farmer called his sons together. He put a few sticks on the ground in front of them. He picked up 1 of the sticks and broke it with his hands. Then he picked up 5 sticks and tied them together. He gave the bundle of sticks to his strongest son and said, “Break them”.
The young man could not break the bundle of 5 sticks. Then the farmer said, “It is easy to break 1 stick. But it is not easy to break 5 sticks if they are together”. The farmer then advised his sons : “Our family is like those sticks. By quarrelling you will become weak; by staying together you will be strong”.
(i) How many sons did the farmer have ? (ii) What did the sons always do ?
(iii) What did the farmer ask his strongest son to do ? (iv) What was the farmer’s advice to his sons ?
(v) Use the subsequent words in phrases of your own :

break, strong


4. Develop a snippet on any 1 of the subsequent : (10)
(i) My National Hero
(ii) T.V. and its impact on life
(iii) A picnic
(iv) Cleanliness in life

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5. (a) Fill in the blanks with improper articles ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ : (4)
(i) Shreya is innocent girl. (ii) stitch in time saves nine.
(iii) He is best learner in the class. (iv) She came hour late.

(b) Fill in the blanks with improper prepositions from the list provided beneath : (6)
in, for, with, to, into, by

(i) Only graduates are eligible this post. (ii) My brother is weak science.
(iii) The cat fell the well.
(iv) Are you familiar this subject ? (v) He was killed a robber.
(vi) Early rising is beneficial health.


(c) Fill in the blanks with proper verbs provided in the brackets : (10)
(i) He (learn) his lessons everyday.
(ii) It rains in the monsoon, it (rain) now.
(iii) They (arrive) from New York this morning. (iv) Versha (attend) the meeting yesterday.
(v) I met your aunt when she (walk) in the garden. (vi) The thief (run) away before the police arrived.
(vii) I (come) next week. (viii) He (be) an honest man.
(ix) Honest persons (do) not tell lies.
(x) Asha (do) not speak English.

Earning:   Approval pending.