B. A./B. Sc./B. Com./B. B. M./B. S. W./BCA Second Semester
Degree Examinations (May – 2016)
Basic English (New Syllabus)
Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 80
Text: Words and Beyond and Language Components
I.
Annotate
any Two of the Following: (2x6
= 12)
a.
Baldeo
was conscious only of a searing pain down his back, and then there was
blackness and the night closed in on him forever.
—The Tiger in the Tunnel – Ruskin Bond
b.
And,
of course, I want a wife who will not demand sexual attention when I am not in
the mood for it.
—Why I Want a wife? – Judy Brady
c.
It
was only later that Hardy decided that Ramanujan was, in terms of natural
mathematical genius.
—Hardy and Ramanujan – C. P. Snow
d.
Angoori
was very proud of her silver jewellery, elated by the mere touch of her
trinkets.
—The Weed – Amrita Pritam
II.
Answer
any one of the following: (1x16 = 16)
a.
Describe
the background of Baldeo and the nature of his duties as a watchman and his
pride of his axe.
b.
“The
Weed” is the story of innocence and ignorance, Elucidate.
III.
Annotate
any Two of the Following: (2x6 = 12)
a.
Between
my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I’ll dig with it.
—Digging – Seamus Heaney
b.
And
our social Psychology workers found
That he was popular
with his mates and liked a drink.
—The Unknown Citizen – W. H. Auden
c.
Remember,
we who take arms against each other.
It is the human earth
that we defile.
—No Men are Foreign – James Kirkup
d.
They
didn’t tell me
how much of my tears
they needed to hoist
a jungle of their
pride;
—Gandhi – Niranjan Mohanty
IV.
Answer any one of the following: (1x16 = 16)
a.
How
does W. H. Auden draw a pen picture of a socially-regimented citizen in a
materialistic Utopia of Modern Age in his poem “The Unknown Citizen”?
b.
‘Plough
and Pen have great impact on the development of human society, but Seamus
Heaney took the Pen’. What did he want to do with it? What was the background
of his family?
V.
Language
Components:
a)
Change
the following into reported speech: (4X
2 = 08)
1.
He
said, “It may rain today.”
—He said that it might rain that day.
2.
“I
am very busy now.” She said to her friend.
—She said to her friend that she was very busy then.
3.
She
said to me, “What are you doing?”
—She asked me what I was doing.
4.
She
said, “Alas! I am undone.”
—She exclaimed sorrowfully that she was undone.
b)
Fill
in the blanks with suitable modals given in the brackets: (4X
2 = 08)
1.
If
it is made of wood, it ……… (can / will)
float.
If it
is made of wood, it will float.
2.
This
is delicious, you ………… (may / ought)
to try some.
This
is delicious, you ought to try some.
3.
Children
over the age of twelve ……….. (will / must)
pay full fare.
Children
over the age of twelve must
pay full fare.
4.
No
civilized country ……….. (should / might)
allow such terrible injustice.
No
civilized country should allow such
terrible injustice.
c)
Frame
‘wh’- questions so as to get the
underlined part as the answer: (4X 2 = 08)
1.
She
is the second child to her parents.
—How manieth child is she to her parents?
2.
In
some districts, farmers
use donkeys for agriculture.
—Where do farmers use donkeys for agriculture?
3.
The
Minister inaugurated the newly constructed bridge.
—What did the Minister inaugurate?
4.
There
are fifty students in the class.
—How many students are there in the class?
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