Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) 2006 B.A Political Science General English - Question Paper

B.A./B.Com./B.Sc./B.B.M. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2006.
(Examination at the end of 1st Year)
Part I - English
Paper I - GENERAL ENGLISH

Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks

PART - A
(ANALYTICAL SKILLS)

1. (a) learn the subsequent passage carefully and ans the ques. that follow : (5 x one = 5)

It was 5 minutes since Dasa was gone when the youngest son cried : 'See there!' out of a hole in the compound wall a cobra emerged. It glided along towards the gate, paused for a moment to look at the gathering in the veranda with its hood half-opened. It crawled under the gate and disappeared along a drain.

(i) Who is the author of the above passage ?
(ii) Why was the youngest son so astonished and cried "see there" ?
(iii) What is the meaning of the word 'glided' ?
(iv) What made the snake pause for a moment ?
(v) Which path did the snake take from hole to the drain ?

(b) learn the subsequent passage carefully and ans the ques. that follow by, chossing the right ans : (5 x one = 5)

Needless to say, Arthur found a divorse for his client. And though he didn't have to buy her a gold watch, he spent for more than that on taking her out to dinner and the theatre in London. Less than a year later they were married. But what Arthur still does not know is that Eve had particularly asked her solicitor to engage a certain young lawyer called Bloxham ?

(i) The author of this lesson is

(1) Arthur Bloxham (2) the solicitor
(3) D.H. Spencer (4) W.R. Lee

(ii) The client mentioned in the passage - is

(1) young officer in the Merchant - Navy
(2) Arthur Bloxham
(3) Mrs. Baker
(4) None of the above.

(iii) Who is a solicitor ?

(1) Arthur Bloxham
(2) A lawyer dealing with divorce cases
(3) A lawyer who prepares legal documents
(4) A priest.

(iv) Why did Eve particularly ask for the lawyer Bloxham ?
(1) His fee is cheap
(2) She still loves him
(3) She wants to entrap him into love
(4) All the above.

(v) The opinion 1 gets of Eve is that

(1) She is a great lover
(2) She is an opportunist
(3) She is a fighter
(4) She is a great human being.

2. (a) accurate the subsequent phrases : (5 x one = 5)

(i) She is ill since last night
(ii) Man is the most perfect piece of God's workmanship

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