Madras University (UnOM) 2006 B.Com Corporate Secretaryship English - I - Question Paper

(d) (i) provide the synonyms of the subsequent words : [MARKS 1]
hard, industrious

(ii) provide the antonyms of the subsequent words : [Marks 1]
arrival, divide.

(e) provide the prefixes of the subsequent words [Marks 1]
(i) ___ efficient
(ii) _____ bar.

(f) provide the suffixes of the subsequent words [Marks 1]

(i) Communicate
(ii) Good

(g) Rewrite the subsequent phrases as directed : [Marks 2]
(i) 'They do not want to argue with him. (add a ques. tag)
(ii) They have written their examinations very well. (into passive voice).

4. provide the paraphrase of the subsequent poem: [Marks 10]
Children we are all
Of 1 great father, in whatever clime
Nature or chance hath cast the seeds of life
All tongues, all colours ; neither after death
Shall we be sorted into languages
And tints, white, black, and tawny,
Greek and Goth Northmen, and offspring of hot Aftica ;
The All-father, He in whom we live and move
He, the indifferent judge of all, regards
Nations, and hues, and dialects alike;
According to their works shall they be judged
When even-handed Justice in the scale
Their good and evil weighs.

5. Reconstruct the subsequent passage : (The 1st and the last phrases are provided in their proper places. The rest are jumbled) : [Marks 10]

(a) My friend Ramu went to live in a village.
(b) But it was a very slow animal.
(c) So Ramu. bought a donkey for hundred rupees.
(d) 1 day his new neighbour told him that he must buy a donkey.
(e) Every family there had a donkey to carry things for them.
(f) It did not like to work.

6. Make a precis of the subsequent passage [Marks 10]

All of us are engaged in an unconscious endeavour to distract attention from the respect in which we are inferior to others and to emphasise the respect in which we believe ourselves to be superior.

every of us must feel superior in a few respect; and we try, perhaps unconsciously, to convince the world that this is really the 1 thing that matters. If we are physically superior, then we believe - and try to make others believe - that physical fitness and strength are, after all, the real test of a man. If, on the other hand, we are physically inferior but intellectually superior, then

Earning:   Approval pending.