Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai (DoTE Chennai) 2012 Diploma Electrical and Electronics Polytechnic I st internal - Question Paper

881, HINDUSTHAN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE,
COIMBATORE-32.
Communication English-II MONTHLY TEST-I
SEM / Year: II / I Max. Marks: 40
Date: .01.2012 Time: two hours
Part- A (Grammar) (5x 3=15)
1. change the subsequent phrases into plural form.
a) He is an alumnus of this college.
b) The curriculum must be changed.
c) Her father-in-law is good.
2. Rearranged the jumbled words into a sentence.
a) Our, are, old, in, age, companions, books
b) Year, of, month, the, shortest, the, February, is c) Game, a, is, chance, of, life
3. Convert the subsequent interrogative into assertive.
a) Is not blood thicker than water? b) Can we solve this problem?
c) What a pleasant surprise it is! (Exclamatory into assertive)
4. ans the verbal ques. 1st in affirmative and then in negative.
i) Does she brush her teeth twice a day?
ii) Can you lend me a hundred rupees?
5. Identify the clause in the subsequent phrases.
a) Although he works hard, he never gets rewards.
b) When she reached the station, she obtained no train there.
Part- B (Composition) (3x5=15)
1. learn the subsequent passage carefully and ans the ques. that follow.
Do you ever hear the story of Newton and his little dog, Diamond? 1 day when he was fifty years old, and had been hard at work more than twenty years studying a very difficult subject, he went out of his room, leaving his little dog asleep before the fire. On the table lay a heap of written papers, containing all the facts which Newton had obtained out during these twenty years. When his master was gone, his little dog Diamond jumped upon the table, and overthrew the lighted handle. The papers at once caught fire.
When Newton opened the door, he saw the labours of twenty years written papers were burnt of ashes. There stood little Diamond who had done all the mischief. Almost any other man would have punished the dog. But Newton patted him on the head as kindly as usual, although grief was at his heart.
"O, Diamond, and Diamond" cried he you little know the mischief you have done!"
i. Complete the subsequent.
a) Newton had been hard working about a difficult subject for ……………………….. .
b) The little dog was sleeping before the ……………………………. .
c) The papers on the table were decreased to ……………………… .
d) Newton was type to the dog but filled with ………………….. .
ii. Find the words from the passage which are the opposites of.
a) Never b) easy c) grief d) closed
iii. Find the words from the passage which mean the identical as.
a) Playful misbehavior (Para 3)
b) Tap gently with hand (Para 2)
2. learn the subsequent newsprint report carefully and ans the ques. that follow.

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault, or fracture, in the earth's surface. The tectonic plates on the surface are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges because of friction. When the stress on the edge overcomes the friction, there is an earthquake that releases energy in waves that travel through the earth's crust and create the shaking we feel.An earthquake's magnitude is a measured value of its size and is the identical no matter where you are, or how strong or weak the shaking was in various locations. An earthquake's intensity is a measure of the shaking it creates, and varies with location.A magnitude of eight or higher describes a "great" earthquake; seven to 7.9 is considered "major"; six to 6.9 is "strong"; five to 5.9 is "moderate"; four to 4.9 is "light"; three to 3.9 is "minor"; and less than three is "micro."
Experts have stated that a million people died in earthquakes in the 20th century ¬ and that this century might see 10 times as many deaths, with as many as a million killed in a single quake. That is, unless major efforts are made to fortify the world's growing cities, which are expected to be homes to billions of added residents.
Even though the rate of earthquakes over time seems to be more or less unchanging, the world's population explosion means that more people are moving into quake zones, which are often near coasts. The result, the experts say, is the prospect of continuing trauma.
"It is inevitable," Klaus H. Jacob, an earthquake expert at Lamont-Doherty, the earth sciences research center of Columbia University, stated at the end of the last century. "More and more people, and more and more buildings, are at stake. As the world gets more populous and richer, allowing a more built-up environment, higher buildings and all the infrastructure that supports our civilization, communications and the like, the risk goes up."



3. learn the subsequent advertisement and ans the ques. that follow.

Part –C (Literature) (5x2=10)
1. ans the subsequent ques.
a) The figures uttered greetings to Macbeth in their shrieking voices, addressing him as Governor of Glamis.
i) Who greeted Macbeth and why was he surprised?
b) "He was thinking about the 3rd prophesy?
i) What was the 3rd prophesy?
c) "Green house gases heat up our planet"
i) Name the green house gases?
d) "I told it not, my wrath did grow"
i) What did the poet fail to do?
e) "In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched below the tree"
i) What happened to the enemy?

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