Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) 2005 B.Com GENERAL ENGLISH - Question Paper

(a) How did Gandhi decrease his expenditure on food and accommodation?
(b) What factors, according to Dr. Abdul Kalam can make India a super power by 2010.
(c) What qualities are needed to develop good writing skills?
(d) Why did Orwell not like to kill the elephant?

3. ans any 1 of the subsequent in about 200 words :

(a) Summaries Gandhi's experiences in London.
(b) Why does Russell Plead that nations should provide up war?
(c) Narrate in your own words why Orwell finally had to shoot the elephant?

part B
(POETRY)

4. (a) ans any 1 of the subsequent in not more than 100 words : (5)

(i) Why does Blake say that the church is blackening?
(ii) What is the effect of the nightingale's song on keats?
(iii) What is India's gift to the 1st World War?

(b) Expalin any 1 of the subsequent : (5)

(i) "Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, cloud
I fall upon the thorns of life? I bleed !"

(ii) "We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I put away my labour and my leisure too, ...."

(iii) "I wander thro' every charter'd street,
Near where the charter'd Thames does flow".

5. ans any 1 of the subsequent in 200 words : (10)

(a) Sketch the character of Ulyssess.
(b) Attempt an appreciation of the poem, 'Mending Wall'?
(c) Summarise keats' feelings about the actual joy, revealed in nightingale's song?


part C
(SHORT STORIES)

6. ans any 1 of the subsequent in 200 words : (10)

(a) How did Tagore draw the character of Subha?
(b) How does Anton Checkov bring out the hidden Cruelty in the human beings?
(c) How does Mark Twine illustrate how luck can make miracles?

part D
(LANGUAGE WORKS)

7. learn the subsequent passage and make a note on the main points : (8)

A Pundit, once came to Swami Vivekananda with the intention of outshining him in a discussion on Vedantha, but Swamiji was in no mood then to explain Vedantha. He was constantly thinking about the people groaning under the impact of the country - wide famine. He said, "Punditji, 1st of all try to ameliorate the terrible distress that is prevailing everywhere, to still the heart - rendering cry of your hungry countrymen for a morsel of food; after that come to me to have a debate on the Vedantha.

8. Write an essay on 1 of the subsequent : (8)

(a) AIDS - People's awareness.
(b) Women in non-traditional jobs.
(c) Attitude is more important than qualifications.

9. ans any 1 of the subsequent : (8)

(a) Write a report to a news paper about a ghastly accident you have seen.
(b) Write a report commenting on cell phones.

10. Use 4 of the subsequent idioms and phrasal verbs in your own phrases : (8)

(a) call of (b) Pur forth
(c) get rid of (d) believe in
(e) fish our of water (f) lion's share
(g) a feather in one's cap (h) sweet tongue.

11. ans any 1 of the subsequent : (8)

(a) Write a dialogue ranging from a house owner and the tenant regarding rent.
(b) Construct a dialogue ranging from a teacher and a learner wherein the teacher encourages the pupil to prepare well for the exam.
(c) Write a letter to your principal explaining your inability to write the Hope Test.
(d) Write a letter to your friend narrating your future plans.

Earning:   Approval pending.