Gujarat University 2007 B.A Compulsory English (i Medium) A – Stream Text : Macmillan College Prose and Poetry) - Question Paper

Time : three Hours] [Max. Marks : 70
1. provide short answers to any 5 : (10)
(1) Why did Gandhi decide on voluntary poverty ?
(2) Why was the League of Nations formed ?
(3) How did Kamala behave during the days before her death ?
(4) Why did Stephen Leacock want his photograph to be taken ?
(5) How did Virginia Woolf become a journalist and author ?
(6) In what sense was the art of letter–writing killed by the Penny Post ?
(7) Why did the reporter look at the writer with suspicion and interest ?
(8) Why or how is the donkey ‘very satisfactory’ from the point of the scientists ?
2. (A) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (10)
(i) The school of Barbiana
(ii) ‘Broken English’
(iii) Dasa – the family servant
(iv) Miss Smith
(B) provide short answers to any 3 : (6)
(1) According to Wordsworth, who would be ‘dull of soul” ?
(2) What is it that John Keats’ brain is teeming with ?
(3) When is a ‘flower’ a ‘weed’ ?
(4) How did Tagore’s sense of poverty turn into that of riches ?
(5) In what sense can the gunfire be compared to ‘monstrous anger’ ?
3. Write a passage of about 200–250 words on any 1 : (10)
(i) Mobile phones.
(ii) My 1st day in college.
(iii) Why I study Commerce.

4. learn the subsequent passage and ans the ques. provided beneath : (10)
Producers of goods and services engage celebrities as their brand ambassadors to
promote their products. These well-known personalities from the fields such as films,
TV, sports arts and culture work as models for increasing sales of these producers. They
are paid large sums for this modelling works.
A brand ambassador, once he or she signs a contract with a brand is supposed to
be loyal to the brand. He can’t afford to be caught using a rival product and show a
wrong brand association.
When Toyota Motors signed on movie star Amir Khan as its brand ambassador
for a huge amount of Rs. five crores, many people didn’t believe it to be a worth
investment. But the motor company was more than happy when Amir gladly used
Innova for his wedding reception in Bangalore and parties in Mumbai afterwards.
Amir is known to be attached to all the brands he endorses. Coke is a different case
in point. He specially asks for the ‘Thunda Brand’ every time he wants a soft drink.
a different such celebrity is Sachin Tendulkar. India’s star cricketer is very conscious
about the brand he endorses and is known to take Pepsi only as a soft drink at public
platforms. (As reported in the TOI of 4–1–2006).
ques. :
(1) Why do producers employ celebrities ?
(2) Who these brand ambassadors are ?
(3) discuss the term: ‘a wrong brand association’.
(4) Point out 2 rival products mentioned in the passage.
(5) State whether the subsequent statements are actual or False :
(i) Amir Khan gave Toyota Motors Rs. five crores for an ad contract.
(ii) Amir Khan used Innova as his official car during his wedding.
(iii) Sachin Tendulkar bunks brand association publicly.
(iv) The passage is taken from the Times of India.
(6) obtain out a word used in the passage for every of the subsequent meanings :
(i) competitive
(ii) a sum of money.
5. (A) Fill in the blanks with proper tense forms of the verbs in brackets : (5)
(1) Look, a few birds ______ (sit) on the buffalo.
(2) If he ______ (finish) his work, he can go to play now.
(3) Where is the pen I ______ (give) you yesterday ?
(4) The phone ______ (ring) so I opened the door.
(5) He ______ (be angry) when he learns that you have failed.

(B) Fill in the blanks with improper articles : (3)
(1) Please put it in ______ central part of the stage.
(2) He has ______ M.B.A. degree from ______ European University.
(C) Fill in the blanks with improper forms of the auxiliaries be, do and have : (3)
(1) I ______ not like the movie yesterday.
(2) He ______ swimming when we went to the club.
(3) I ______ already taken my lunch before you came.
(D) Fill in the blanks with improper prepositions : (3)
(1) There was an argument ______the 2 of us.
(2) I like coffee ______ ice–cream.
(3) I saw him getting ______ the bus.
6. (A) Join the words in A with their opposites in B. a few words in B are extra : (4)
A B
(i) distinct – suitable
(ii) humble – clear
(iii) expand – polite
(iv) unfitting – rude
– develop
– unclear
– contract
– stumble
(B) provide meanings of the subsequent words : (3)
(i) hatchet
(ii) antique
(iii) burglar
(C) Do as directed : (3)
(1) She sings well. (Make negative)
(2) He enjoyed the party last night. (Make interrogative)
(3) Paulomi is a Sanskrit name. (Add a question-tag)

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