University of Delhi 2008 B.Com II English -Stream A - Question Paper

B.ComJII (NS) H

Paper VIII-ENGLISH : Stream A
(Precis, Business Correspondence, Text, etc.)
[Meant for students who have passed
English in Class XII]

(Admission of 2005 and before)
Time : three Hours
Maximum Marks : 75

Attempt All ques..
Section' A
1. discuss with reference to the situation any 4 of the ques. provided beneath (marks 4x4=16 )
(1) 'Self praise is no recommendation.' (The Verger)
(2) 'Dictum Meum Pactum' (My word is my bond).
(The Stock Exchange Welcomes You as a Vis'itor)
(3) 'The only person who likes .change is a wet baby.'
(Unlock Your Own Creativity)
(4) 'I know you, you cautious conservative banks'
(Bankers Are Just Like Everybody Else, other than Richer)

(5) 'Someone else will soon fill
your outlines in this world
Though they say even your voice
leaves a visible trace.'
(If You Are actual To Your Gift)
.
2.Attempt any 3 of the ques. provided beneath in 150 words:
(1) What is wrong with mass production ? (marks 3x5=15 )

(2) discuss 'Freedom is not unilateral, but multilateral',
as per your understanding of The Management Speaks
to the Graduate.
(3) How did Oliver Bacon rise to his position of eminence ?
(The Duchess and the Jeweler)
(4) What is the Socratic Method?
(The Secret of Socrates)
3. Attempt 1 Of the subsequent ques. in about 250 words(marks1x8=8 )
(1) Comment upon Nigeria's 'flowerless garden' in Sam o Nwaojigba's Garden City.
(2) elaborate the possible costs and the rewards of being an "entrepreneur ?
(Are you an Entrepreneur)

part B
4 learn the subsequent passage and ans the ques.
that follow :
(marks5x2=10 )
The thing that he was about to do was to open a diary.
This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were
no longer any laws), but if detected it was reasonably
certain that it would be punished by death, or at lowest
by twenty-five years in a forced-labour camp. Winston
fitted
For whom. it suddenly occurred to him to Wonder grease off. The pen was an archaic instrument, seldom
used even for signatures, and he had procured one,
furtively and with a few difficulty, simply because of a
feeling that the beautiful creamy paper deserved to be written on with a real nib instead of being scratched with

Earning:   Approval pending.