University of Delhi 2005-2nd Year B.Com English

part ‘A’
Q. 1. discuss with reference to the situation any/two of the following: 20
(a) To what end is all this lying, vandalism and misuse ? You are trying to sell; never mind what; never mind How, never mind to whom-just sell, sell, sell!
(b) I inhale the toxin of the tortured air which will imprison my lungs as brass-breasted maidens ride on thick-haired horses, smiling tasteless smiles.
© But it’s not easy. Nothing worth while is ! If David had slain a dwarf instead of Goliath, who would have remembered ?
(d) This is the way we go round and round, in circles. The world’s labour obtains its rythrnn in metres, Emerging from blank verse, treading softly In the freedom of free verse.
(e) This, then was the truffle he had routed out of the Lrth!

Q. 2. provide brief and relevant answers to any 3 of the subsequent : (100-150 words): 18
(a) What is the message of the poem ‘If You Are actual To Your Gift’?
(b) What does C.B. Randall meant by ‘bargaining by exhaustion’ ?
© How did the term ‘mass production’ come into use ?

(d) Why does Dale Carnegie regard a ‘No’ response as a handicap?

Q. 3. (a) What is the significance of the reference number JS/07/M378 ?
Or
(b) Which qualities of Edward Foreman’s character impress you most and why ?

part ‘B’
Q. 4. learn the subsequent passage and provide brief and relevant answers in your own words to the ques. that follow: 10 Our country is blessed with a large variety of natural resources, However resources do not make a country great. We need people, who are educated and skilled, to develop and convert natural re-sources into goods. Thus the people of a country are its greatest resource. After independence, efforts have been made to develop our resources. Progress has been made in agricultural and industrial production. New schools, colleges and hospitals have been opened in every part of the country. This has improved our standard of residing. But still about half the people of our country are poor. They do not get enough to eat and live in slums. The main cause for this is the rapid increase of population.
The size of the population has created many issues. There is shortage of water, food, houses, jobs, schools and hospitals. A large number of people are uneducated and unemployed. 3 out of 4 Indians live in villages. Due to lack of work, most of them come to cities. This creates even more issues because they do not always get a regular job in the

city. The Government is taking steps to solve these issues. Jobs are being given for the poor in the villages and cities. Houses and land are also being alloted to them. Even more important is the opening of schools and hospitals. The solution, however lies in educating the people so as to make them understand that a small family is a happy family.

Earning:   Approval pending.