Gujarat University 2007 B.Ed English - Question Paper

Time : three Hours] [Max. Marks : 70
Instructions : (1) All ques. are compulsory.
(2) Mention clearly the choices you attempt.
1. (A) ans the subsequent ques. in brief : (any five) (10)
(1) How does the author challenge the knowledge of students ?
(2) Why does Gandhiji choose voluntary poverty ?
(3) Does the beggar keep her promise to send a snake charmer ?
(4) Why did Rosemary want to take the young girl home ?
(5) What type of photograph does the writer want ?
(6) How did the police examine the author’s house ?
(7) Why did the writer want to kill the Angel in the house ?
(B) Write short notes on any 2 of the subsequent : (10)
(1) The Photographer
(2) Shaw’s advice on learning English
(3) Rosemary
(4) Voluntary Poverty
2. ans the subsequent ques. in brief : (any three) (06)
(1) Why does Wordsworth stop on the westminister bridge ?
(2) define how the flower plant grew.
(3) What happened to Tagore 1 morning ? What did he discover ?
(4) What is the theme of the poem ‘From Lover’s Gift’ ?
(5) What, according to Owen, is the Anthem for the Doomed Youth ?
3. learn the subsequent snippet carefully and ans the ques. provided beneath it. (10)
The 1st thing which a scholar should bear in mind is that a book ought not to be
learn for mere amusement. Half educated persons learn for amusement and are not to be
blamed for it; they are incapable of appreciating the deeper qualities that belong to a
really great literature. But an young man who has passed through a course of University
training should discipline himself at an early day never to learn for mere amusement. At
once the habit of discipline has been formed, he will obtain it impossible to learn for mere
amusement. He will then impatiently throw down any book from which he cannot
find intellectual food, any book which does not make an appeal to the right emotions
and to his intellect.
ques. :
(1) What is the 1st thing that a scholar should keep in mind ? Why ?
(2) How is an educated man various from others ?
(3) Which type of book would appeal to an educated man ?
(4) What does a learner get by studying a good book ?
(5) provide a suitable title to the passage.
4. Write an essay on any 1 of the subsequent : (10)
(1) Pollution
(2) Health is Wealth
(3) My Future India
5. (A) Match the words in group ‘A’ with their meanings in group ‘B’ : (5)
Group A Group B
(1) eloquence (a) unavoidable
(2) inevitable (b) not famous
(3) strive (c) fluent use of language
(4) determine (d) try hard
(5) undistinguished (e) decide
(B) Fill in the blanks with proper forms of verbs provided in brackets. (5)
(1) What _________ the boys _________ when you entered the class ? (to do)
(2) The farmer _________ the field since the Sun rose. (to plough)
(3) I _________ a letter before I _________ here. (to write, to come)
(4) It _________ for the last 2 hours. (to rain)
(5) My dad _________ Mumbai by six a.m. tomorrow. (to reach)
(C) Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. (5)
(1) This book is full _________ errors.
(2) The labour resulted _________ a grand success.
(3) 1 star differs _________ a different in glory.
(4) My brother is weak _________ science.
(5) He started going _________ school _________ the age of seven.
6. (A) Fill in the blanks with improper articles. (5)
(1) My uncle is _________ union leader.
(2) _________ greedy are hardly contented.
(3) _________ year ago I visited _________ Island.
(4) I am _________ M. Com. from Gujarat University.
(5) Yesterday I saw _________ 1 eyed man.
(B) Fill in the blanks with proper auxiliaries. (4)
(1) He _________ speak French fluently.
(2) We _________ respect our elders.
(3) They _________ to rebel against the authority.
(4) You are suffering from serious illness. You _________ go to doctor.

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