Kerala University 2009 B.C.A Computer Application Fourth Semester , , 403 – ENGLISH ( – II) - Question Paper

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Fourth Semester B.C.A. Degree Examination, May 2009

(2007 Scheme)

BCA 403 – ENGLISH (Paper – II)

Time : three Hours Max. Marks : 75

I. Annotate any 3 of the subsequent passages :

a) I had sighed with the great poet Wordsworth, who became sad when he saw what man had done to man.

b) 'Nonsense. Do we provide life to our children for our own benefit ?'

c) And if they have to take sides in this world, they can perhaps side only with that society in which, according to Nietzsche's great words, not the judge but the creator will rule, whether he be a worker or an intellectual.

d) But they will not be closed down, because unemployment is a greater political danger than lung cancer.

e) You have submitted to a curtailment of private liberty in order that you may

enjoy a social order which makes your liberty a reality. (3×5=15 Marks)

II. Answer any 2 of the subsequent ques. in 2 or 3 phrases :

a) Why does Seattle think that the white man is an enemy of the earth ?

b) Why does Jerome Weidman believe that the ten words Einstein uttered could form his epitaph ?

c) Which was Satyajit Ray's 3rd film ? How does he define its making ?

(2×7½=15 Marks)

III. Answer any 3 of the subsequent in eighty words every :

a) How does Shashi Tharoor defines his notion of family ?

b) Why does K.R. Narayanan believe that the word 'Republic' is no ordinary word ?


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c) How does Alvin Toffler define the impact of the rise of the computer and the

new economy ?

d) What transformation, according to Bertrand Russell, has teaching undergone during the last hundred years ?

e) Comment on the lines of the poem Nehru quotes in the extract

"Time in Prison : The Urge to Action". (3×5=15 Marks)


IV. ans any 2 of the subsequent in 3 pages every :

a) Write a critical valuation of Luigi Pirandello's story "War".

b) What is Albert Camus' Place among the great authors of the twentieth century ? Comment on his Nobel Prize Acceptance speech.

c) Describe Indira Gandhi's views of the Indian women.

d) How does A.G. Gardiner substantiate his views on liberty in the essay "On the

Rule of the Road" ? (2×10=20 Marks)


V. Supply improper synonyms for the subsequent words and phrases provided in italics :

a) There is not much sustenance in a bowl of soup.

b) His words have instilled confidence in me.

c) We came perilously close to death.

d) Your new job entails a lot of hard work.


e) I hardly expected him to ask such an impertinent ques.. (5×1=5 Marks)


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VI. Insert suitable articles and prepositions wherever necessary in the subsequent phrases :

a) She was youngest 2 daughters most affectionate, indulgent father; and had been mistress his house very early period.

b) India –World's biggest democracy – is currently forefront corporate globalization project. Its 'market' 1 billion people is being pried open WTO. Corporatization and privatization are being welcomed government and Indian elite.

c) Boy approached guard front huge white tent center Oasis.

d) India faces number internal and external challenges : particular, impact global economic slowdown, and tensions and instability neighbourhood.

e) United States election demonstrated how Internet and social networking sites like facebook can be useful tools organising grassroots political compaigns.

(5×1=5 Marks)

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