Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) 2005 Post Graduate Diploma Journalism (Oriya) GENERAL ENGLISH - Question Paper

(3) temple manager (4) snake charmer

(v) Who became the hero of the day?
(1) mother (2) Dasa
(3) guest (4) old beggar.

2. (a) accurate the subsequent phrases. (5x1=5)
(i) Summons are served on him.
(ii) A pair of shoes are all I want.
(iii) 5 hundred males attended the meeting.
(iv) Many people laid off their lives for our freedom.
(v) Either of your 2 answers are accurate.

(b) Rewrite the phrases as directed. (5x1=5)
(i) 1 man cannot do this. (Change the voice)
(ii) There is no vice as bad as drink. (Change to comparative degree)
(iii) He ordered her not to go out then. (Change to direct speech)
(iv) Hearing the bad news he fainted (Change to complex sentence)
(v) There are beautiful trees---- the bank of the river. (Insert the accurate preposition)

(c) change the subsequent into indirect speech: (2 x one = two )
(i) He said, " Will you listen to such a man"?
(ii) "Oh you have spoiled my best sari", she stated.

(d) Fill in the blanks with accurate forms of verbs provided in the brackets. (5x1=5)
(i) The sun--------- in the east. (rise)
(ii) We--------- the house last year.(paint)
(iii) The maid broke the cup, while she-------- it. (wash)
(iv) It -------- fifty 8 years since India became free. (be)
(v) I------- the letter before he arrived. (write)

(e) Fill in the blanks with suitable words provided at the end of the list. (5)
(i) The poor parents struggled to ------- the children after the famine hit the place.
(ii) She did not know the truth -------- I told her.
(iii) It is necessary to fight ------- the social evils of the society.
(iv) Being a responsible man, he should not have made such a ------- remark.
(v) He ------------- into the rising waters. ( dived, bring up, against, until, flippant)

(f) Rewrite teh subsequent set of jumbled phrases to make them into a coherent passage. (4)
(i) Stepped the Bank into I.
(ii) me Nervous counter at the clerks made the
(iii) my Business could not I so transact.
(iv) Came Bank the out of I at last.

(g) Write an imaginary conversation ranging from 2 friends who have just come out of the exam hall. You are expected to write 8 pieces of dialogues. (4)

(h) Write a snippet using the subsequent hints. (5)
studying - delight - kinds of books - fullman - useful spending of time.
(i) Write in about 100 words on any 1 of the subsequent. (5)
(i) every man's belief is right in his own eyes.
(ii) The influence of electronic media on the youth.
(iii) The sports person I admire.

PART B
(Descriptive Skill )

3. Write an essay on 1 of the following: (1 x 10 =10)
(a) How were the lovers Eve and Arthur reunited?
(b) What do you learn about Churchill's leadership qualities from his speech?
(c) Narrate the story of 'The Topaz cufflinks Mystery'.

4. Write short notes on any 3 of the subsequent. (3x5=15)
(a) Where does man get real wisdom according to Wordsworth?
(b) What is the central idea of the poem, "Laugh and be Merry "?
(c) Why is it difficult to kill a tree according to grieve Patel?
(d) How does Milton express his total faith in God?
(e) define 'The Express' in your own words?

5. Write an essay on 1 of the subsequent. (1 x 10 = 10)
(a) Narrate the story of 'The Refugees' as told by Pearl S. Berck.
(b) Bring out the irony in the story " Lemon Yellow and Fig".
(c) Sketch the character of Aksenov in the story " God sees the truth but waits".

6. (a) discuss any 2 of the subsequent . (2x5=10)
(i) K don't think they'll be able to come.
(ii) Does it mean that there are 2 snakes here?
(iii) It's my system. I'm whats called a 5 shilling dentist.

(b) discuss any 1 of the subsequent. (5)
(i) How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
(ii) How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise.

Earning:   Approval pending.