Periyar University 2007 B.Sc Computer Science Foundation english -1 - Question Paper

(For the candidates admitted from 2003-2004 onwards)
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2005.
First Semester
Foundation Course
ENGLISH — Paper I
Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks
part A — (20 marks)
1. (a) Write the synonyms of the subsequent words :
(2) <
(i) transform (ii) barbarous
(iii) rank (iv) tiny.
(b) What are the antonyms of the subsequent
words : (2)
(i) ability (ii) justice
(iii) positive (iv) usual.
(c) Punctuate the subsequent : (2)
but the teenager keeps expecting it when it is not he grows impatient then adamant disillusioned oscillating ranging from the revolutionary scream now and a political cool so what

(d) Give the accurate spelling of the words provided
beneath : (2)
(i) comon (ii) opinian
(iii) presure (iv) aluring.
(e) Match the subsequent : (2)
(i) Diagonal screen (1) Britain's Naval
hero
(ii) Jinx (2) An extinct
reptile
(iii) Lord Nelson (3) Television
(iv) Dinosaur (4) Bad luck
2. (a) Convert the subsequent as directed: (2)
(i) Society (into an adjective), (ii) Addition (into an adjective), (iii) Develop (into a noun) (iv) Entertain (into a noun).
(b) Add articles wherever necessary : (2)
In today's atomized disjointed technological
society with so little attention paid to individual,
men need more than ever inner strength to carry
them through daily pressures There is
subtlety to man's fate which lies beyond thirteen
channels.
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(c) Fill up the blanks with suitable
prepositions : (2)
They wrote their columns that Jimmy
Mac Crory the Glassgow Celtics had acquired
immortal fame Great Britain having
scored 500 goals.
(d) Put the provided adverbs in the right place : (2)
(i) The story is interesting (very).
(ii) They walk to college (always), (iii) We are going there (definitely), (iv) He is leaving (tomorrow).
(e) Add tag ques. to the subsequent
phrases : (2)
(i) The time has come for us to stop differentiating.
(ii) Indians are tolerant.
(iii) Parents leave their children in front of the T.V. as their babysitters.

Earning:   Approval pending.