B.A-B.A English 2nd Sem Paper I: GENERAL ENGLISH(Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh-2012)
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(Examination at the end of First Year)
Part I — English
Paper I — GENERAL ENGLISH
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
PART A
(Analytical Skills)
1. (a) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : (5 × 1 = 5)
In the solitude of prison I shall think of you a great deal. I shall sit here wrapped up in my thoughts and you will be a constant companion bringing joy and solace to me. So I shall not be really lonely, and the years on months that I pass here will perhaps bring peace to my mind. I shall make friends with the stars and watch the moon wax and wave, and see the pageant of the world, with all its beauty and horror, as an onlooker from a distant place or a different world.
(i) Name the title and author of this passage.
(ii) Who is the ‘You’ in these lines?
(iii) Where is this person when he wrote these lines?
(iv) Why was he there?
(v) What is the meaning of ‘Solace’?
(b) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the right answer : (5 × 1 = 5)
It would be proper to say that without discipline nothing can be achieved. Just imagine what will happen to the world if the sun suddenly ceases to rise. Definitely the earth will be covered with never-ending darkness and mortifying cold. Similarly, men living in discipline remain happy, contended and prosperous while the indisciplined ones feel melancholy. Man learns the first lesson of discipline in his family and the second one in his school. Punctuality, regularity, honesty are some aspects of discipline that come through practice. Practice in turn moulds our attitudes. Paying taxes is discipline and
so is standing in queues. Thus, discipline is a way of life which is most important for life,
(i) The sun is disciplined because
(1) it rises everyday
(2) it submerges earth in darkness
(3) it gives light when it rises
(4) it stops to rise sometimes
(ii) Who are the people who are happy?
(1) men living in indiscipline
(2) men living in melancholy
(3) men living in contentment
(4) men living in discipline
(iii) What is discipline?
(1) a habit
(2) an attitude
(3) happiness
(4) a way of life
(iv) Discipline moulds attitude, how?
(1) Because practice moulds attitudes
(2) Attitudes are formed through discipline
(3) Because discipline comes through practice and practice moulds attitude
(4) None of the above
(v) What is best thing to say about discipline?
(1) Everything is achieved without discipline?
(2) Nothing is achieved through discipline
(3) Everything is achieved through discipline
(4) None of the above 2. (a) Correct the following sentences : (5 × 1 = 5)
(i) This drawing is perfect than the other one.
(ii) If the two brothers, Jack was quickest.
(iii) The train went away when we reached the station;
(iv) My trousers is a perfect fit.
(v) Farmers work on land, isn’t it?
(b) Rewrite the sentences as directed : (5 × 1 = 5)
(i) Boil the water. (Change into passive voice)
(ii) Pizza tastes good. (Add a question tag)
(iii) ‘‘I will meet him now’’, she said. (Change into Indirect speech)
(iv) He is taller than me. (Use appropriate pronoun)
(v) Ram is the kindest boy in our class. (Change to positive degree).
(c) Change the following into direct speech : (2)
(i) He said that he was in need of money.
(ii) The student requested the principal to grant him leave.
(d) Fill in the blanks with correct forms of verbs given in the brackets : (5 × 1 = 5)
(i) John ————— (like) fresh fruit.
(ii) He ————— (sleep) on the couch.
(iii) He ————— (listen) the music.
(iv) They ————— (write) a book.
(v) I ————— (talk) to him yet.
(e) Fill in the blanks with suitable words given at the end of the list. (5 × 1 = 5)
(i) Always select questions which ————— more marks.
(ii) Play ————— games for one hour daily.
(iii) Avoid group —————.
(iv) Do meditation —————.
(v) Study with ————— understanding.
(Study, clear, fetch, regularly, outdoor) (f) Rewrite the following set of jumbled sentences to make them into a coherent passage : (4)
(i) Alternatively, you can keep a mosquito repellant mat on a low flame chimney
glass while studying.
(ii) Now, put on the fan for 10 minutes and leave it.
(iii) Light a mosquito coil and open all windows for 15 minutes.
(iv) Then keep a mosquito coil outside the room near a window.
(v) All mosquito would have gone away from the room.
(g) Attempt a dialogue between two friends discussing the political situation in their state. (4)
(h) Write a paragraph using the following hints : (5)
Read newspaper – journals – news – write down difficult and new words – use
dictionary – definition – have good stock of vocabulary.
(i) Write in about 100 words on any ONE of the following : (5)
(i) Students and movies
(ii) Football in India
(iii) Rainy season.
PART B
(Descriptive skills)
3. Write an essay on ONE of the following : (1 × 10 = 10)
(a) What was all the fuss about the snake in the grass?
(b) What did Nehru write to his daughter from prison?
(c) What was Dolly’s experience at the dentist?
4. Write short notes on any THREE of the following : (3 × 5 = 15)
(a) How is a tree killed according to the poet?
(b) Describe Masefield’s advice in ‘‘Laugh and Be Merry’’.
(c) Summarize the poem ‘‘go, lovely Rose’’.
(d) Why does Wordsworth want the Tables Turned?
(e) How does the train leave the station? 5. Write an essay on ONE of the following : (1 × 10 = 10)
(a) Mulk Raj Anand’s The Gold Watch is a very touching story of the times, Comment.
(b) What is the story of ‘Lemon, Yellow and Fig’?
(c) How does Akesnov suffer in ‘God sees the truth but waits’? Does he get justice?
6. (a) Explain any TWO of the following : (2 × 5 = 10)
(i) ‘I made some money yesterday,’ he explained. ‘Now you’ll be paid regularly.
(ii) I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
(iii) She’s coming over here to study?
(b) Explain any ONE of the following : (5)
(i) And then it is done.
(ii) Ah, like a comet through flame, she moves entranced wrapt in her music no birdsong, no, nor bough breaking with honey buds, shall ever equal.
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