Acharya Nagarjuna University %28ANU%29 2005 Post Graduate Diploma Journalism %28Oriya%29 English - Question Paper

B.A. / B.Com. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JULY 2005
(Examination at the end of 2nd Year)
Part I (ii) - English
Paper - II - GENERAL ENGLISH
Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks

SECTION
(PROSE)

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

On The 1st day, I should want to see the people whose kindness and gentleness and companionship have made my life worth residing. 1st I should like to gaze upon the face of my dear teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, who came to me when I was a child and opened the outer world to me. I should not merely to see the outline of her face, so that I could Cherish in my memory, but to study that face and obtain in it the residing evidence with which she accomplished the difficult task of my education.

(i) Who is the narrator of these words?
(ii) Who was the 1st person the narrator would like to see?
(iii) What was the reason?
(iv) What exactly did the narrator want to see in her?
(v) What word is used in the passage to mean to look at for long?

(b) learn the subsequent passage carefully and ans the ques. that follow, choosing the right ans : (5)

Ancient India was an advanced knowledge society. Invasions and colonial rule destroyed its institutions and robbed it of its core competence. Its people have been systematically degraded to lower levels of existence. By the time the British left, our youth have lowered their aims and were satisfied earning an ordinary livelihood. India is essentially a land of knowledge and it must rediscover itself in this aspect.

(i) What did destroy Indian institutions and her core competence?

(1) advanced knowledge (2) low levels of existence
(3) invasions and colonial rule (4) ancient society.

(ii) By the time British left, youth were satisfied with

(1) lowered aims (2) knowledge
(3) degradation (4) ordinary livelihood.

(iii) What should India do to get strength?

(1) enhance the aims (2) rediscover itself
(3) struggle to achieve (4) develop itself.

(iv) Meaning of the word sovereignty is

(1) totally independent (2) being powerful
(3) being advanced (4) having quality life.

(v) Antonym of knowledge

(1) ignorance (2) arrogance
(3) incompetence (4) importance.

2. ans any 2 of the subsequent in not more than 100 words every : (2x5=10)

Earning:   Approval pending.