Sikkim-Manipal University of Health Medical and Technological Sciences (SMUHMTS) 2009 B.C.A Computer Application Bc0032 communication skills fallassignment - Question Paper

a) To conclude, like many things in life, it is up to the individual to use TV wisely, or to abuse it and become its slave.
b) By contrast, those who attack TV stat that it makes people lazy by doing every thing for them.
c) Television is here to stay.
d) In other words, it stifles rather than stimulates the imagination.
e) Defenders of TV say that it is a awesome source of info about things we can never hope to see or do in person.
f) Moreover, they say it makes topics interesting which would otherwise be boring and difficult in books.
g) However, is it a boon or a curse?
h) In fact, it has become an indispensable part of our lives.

8. Read the subsequent passage and ans the ques. that follow.
Shravan’s day starts when most other people’s end. 13 year old Shravan Kumar works in a tea shop on Delhi’s Bahadur Zafar Marg, where several newsprint offices are situated. His work starts around 7 in the evening when he begins preparing samosas, coffee and tea. He carries these to several offices, does the dishes, and goes around collecting his money, well into the night. Around 6 in the morning, when all the newsprints are dispatched for distribution and the press employees return home, he prepares his food, has a bath and goes to bed.
Shravan is an orphan who came to Delhi from his village in Bihar in search of work. His dad kept a shop, but was tricked out of it by a deceitful uncle. Despair drove him to alcohol and gambling, and he died of a stroke soon after.
Shravan worked in a tea shop in his village for a while. “When I 1st began washing other people’s cups and glasses”, he recalls, “I used to feel very bad, I would cry.”
Shravan moved to the more lucrative environs of Delhi, where his elder brother Shatrughan had preceded him. A job in a shop selling ice was his 1st taste of a big city life. His mother came to visit him in Delhi, but she fell ill and died soon after. “That was 2 or 3 years ago, I don’t remember exactly when,” the little boy says. Soon Shravan lost his 1st job. His employer still owes him Rs. 500.
subsequent a brief spell of unemployment and a short spell as an assistant at a car park, he joined the tea shop where he is presently employed. The ruthlessness and loneliness of the world has left him shattered. “I think I am all alone in this world,” he says despondently.
Of the Rs 300 that he earns every month now, he deposits Rs 200 in the bank. His bank balance stands at Rs 2000, he says proudly. Survival is his immediate aim but there is a larger objective towards which Shravan is working. He intends to retrieve the land that was mortgaged by his dad. Already Shravan and Shatrughan have paid back the loan of Rs 8000 – only the interest remains to be paid.
Shravan was a dedicated lottery buyer at 1 time, until he realized that it was adding nothing to his income. The cinema remains a favourite form of entertainment – he even wakes up early to see the noon show. “I have no friends here. Who keeps awake late at night and sleeps during the day? I miss my village. There I used to play gully danda and marbles, and I had a lot of friends. When I went to the village last year, I met them. They are still studying and playing games. I want to join them, but it is a ques. of survival for me.”
Shravan’s mother wanted him to own a big shop – “like the 1 his dad owned,” he says wistfully. He dreams of fulfilling her wish. He dreams of getting back their mortgaged land, and returning to the village for good. “I like being in my village. I like the films and the glitter of Delhi, but I prefer the greenery, the trees, and the fields of my village.” May be the grit and intelligence he has shown, alone and friendless, in facing a hostile world, will also win for him his heart’s desire.

ans the ques. provided below:
1. How old was Shravan? ( one mark)
2. Give a note about his parents. (2 marks)
3. How does he spend a typical day? (2 marks)
4. What did he do for recreation? (1 mark)
5. What were Shravan’s hopes / dreams / ambitions? (2 marks)
6. What is your assessment of his future? Write in 3 to 4 phrases. ( two marks)

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