B.Sc-B.Sc Nursing 1st Year ENGLISH(Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab-2013)

B.Sc.(N) [Post Basic (1^st Year)]

BF/2013/07

English

[New Scheme-w.e.f. 2007 admission]

M.M. : 75                                                                            Time : 3 Hours.

Note : Attempt all questions.

1.       Write an essay on any (ONE) of the following in about (350) words:              [15]

          (i)      Protecting our environment    

(ii)     Importance of computer in Nursing Profession

          (iii)    Education for all.

          (iv)    Laughter – The Best Medicine.

2.       Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about the rise in prices of essential articles.                                                                                                         [10]

                                                         OR                                         

You are Nikhil Jain of Nehru Bal Academy Delhi.  You don’t have the facility of a canteen in your college.  Write a letter to the principal requesting him to make  an  arrangement of a good canteen so that the students may get hygienic eatables.     [10]

3.       Write a paragraph in about (100) words on any (ONE) of the following topics:  [10]

          (a)     Health hazards caused by Junk Food         (b)     Forest Fire

          (c)      Importance of music in life               (d)     Love for reading.

4.       Do as directed:

          A.      Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition:                                  [5]

          i)       The children sat __________ the shade of the tree (under, on, in, at).

          ii)      I prefer tea ___________ coffee (for, than, but, to).

          iii)     Sita was married __________ Ram (with, to, of, for).

          iv)     My parents shouted __________ me for failing (with, at, to, for).

v)      The thief walked confidently _________ the street (on, in, to).       

B.      Change the Voice:                                                                   [5]

          i)       Indians Love India.

          ii)      Stella gave me a pen.

          iii)     Jane drives a car.

          iv)     We love peace.

          v)      Everybody loves good students.

C.      Write the synonyms of the following words.                                  [5]

          i)       Admire.

          ii)      Bashful.

          iii)     Destiny.

          iv)     Enthusiasm.

          v)      Polite.

D.      Convert the following sentences into indirect speech.                     [5]

          i)       Maria says, “Dinner is ready”.

          ii)      The principal will say, “Tomorrow is a holiday”.

          iii)     She says, “I am unwell”.

          iv)     Ayushi said, “I have won a prize”.

          v)      She said, “I am tired”.

 P.T.O.

5.       Express your views on :                                                                  [5]

          Female Foeticide.

                                                 OR                                                   

          Euthanasia.

6.       Read the following passage and answer the questions :    

                        Cardiovascular diseases remains the principle cause of death in western countries.  Great advances have been made, however, in diagnosis and treatment.  Diagnosis was improved by the technique of cardiac catheterization, which enables measurement of pressure to be taken in various chambers of the heart and in major blood vessels, and by angiography, an x-ray procedure for viewing these areas.  Newer imaging devices allow estimation of the extent of heart damage in people who have had a heart attack and of the pumping strength of the heart.  Of the many new drugs available, one important class consists of chemicals that block certain functions of the sympathetic nervous system.  These drugs are used for angina pectoris, disturbance of heart rhythm, and hypertension advances in surgery now permits the bypassing of narrowed arterial and vein segments with grafts, the replacement of valves damaged by infection, and the correction of many congenital malformations of the heart.  Heart transplants have been practiced for several years; temporary artificial hearts are sometime used, and permanent artificial heart had been implanted in several patients by the mid 1980s.  Advances in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases include an awareness and increased understanding of such potential risks as smoking, stress, obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood cholesterol.  Since the mid 1920s, the western world has experienced a continuing and dramatic decline in death from coronary heart disease.  This decline has been attributed to changes in diet, medical control of high blood pressure, reductions in smoking, and increased exercise.

(A)    Give meanings of the following words used in the passage.                      (2½)

          i.        Diagnosis    ii.       Estimation  iii.      Hypertension

          iv.      Obesity                 v.       Decline

(B)     Answer the following questions in your own words.                                (12½)

          i.        What is the major cause of death in western countries ?                          

          ii.       How the diagnosis was improved ?

1. What do you mean by angina pectoris ?
2. What does bypass surgery of heart means ?
3. What are the various high risk factors leading to heart diseases ?

         

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Earning:   Approval pending.