[BA-S1134]
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION.
(Under (CBCS))
First Semester
Part -I:GENERALENGLISH
(Common with B.A, B.Sc. B.Com, B.B.A., B.C.A & BHM & CT/B.Sc. H & HA) .
(Effective from 2016-2017 Admitted Batch)
Time: Three hours Maximum:'75 marks
1. Answer any THREE from the following Five questions : (3 x 5 = 15)
(a) What are the factors that constitute a knowledge society according to Abdul Kalam?
(b) How can one judge whether a nation qualified to be a knowledge society?
(c) What are the problems India would face in making Abdul Kalam's dream into a reality?
(d) Describe Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s experiences about Language and literature in “The Language of African Literature”?
(e) What difference does the author point out about the use of English and mother tongue in “The Language of African Literature.
2. Answer any THREE from the following Five questions: (3 x 5 = 15)
(a) Why does the poet prefer non-conventional thinking in “The Road Not Taken”?
(b) After reading the poem “The Road Not Taken” which road do you choose and why?
(c) What do the roads symbolize in the poem “Phe Road Not Taken’?
(d) List the prayers that peasants made for the mother in “Night of the Scorpion’?
(e) Explain how. the feelings of a mother are presented in the poem “Night of. the Scorpion’?
3. Answer any THREE from the following Five questions : (3 x 5 = 15)
(a) Describe the fair that the child went to in the story “The Lost Child”?
(b) Do you think all parents behave in the same as the parents in “The Lost Child’?
(c) Describe the scene after the explosion in “The Loaded Dog”.
(d) Draw a flow chart of the making of the cartridge by Andy and his teammates in “The Loaded Dog”?
(e) How would Dave Regan, Jim Bently, and Page blast the rock in “The Loaded Dog’?
4. Answer any TWO from the following Four questions: (2x5=10)
(a) What. offers are made to shylock to get him to spare Antonio? How are they received in The Merchant of Venice?
(b) Summarize the Court Scene in the drama, ‘The Merchant of Venice"
(c) How does Portia use the law to turn the tables on Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
(d) Describe the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
5. (a) Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms: (5x1=5)
(i) I usually _______(go) to college in my car.
(ii) He ———— (meet) with an accident while he was going to the market.
(iii) The Railway Minister _______(promise) compensation to the landowners last year.
(iv) Man ———— (become) a slave to technological gadgets in the 2lst Century.
(v) You cannot catch the bus if you_______ (not run) fast.
(b) Convert the following statements into full question forms as directed: (2 x 1 = 2)
(i) It is raining outside heavily.
(Change into ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ Question)»
(ii) They came back home. (Start a question with 'when')
(c) Add question tags to the following statements: (3x1=3)
(i) They look like detectives.
(ii) Tea is very hot.
(iii) I don’t think he will succeed.
(d) Rewrite the following sentences correcting the erroneous part: (5x 1=5)
(i) The passengers should take care of their luggages.
(ii) Young people must help old.
(iii) By the time I entered into the room the boy had already slept.
(iv) One of the students are making a lot of noise in the class room.
(v) One must be prudent with his finances.
(e) Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow: (5 x 1=5)
Kashmir has often been described as paradise. The term strikes the visitor as appropriate in more ways than one. The landscape 1s lovely. Kashmir looks refreshingly prosperous and civilized compared with other parts of north India. The valley has a vibrant rural economy that combines wide-ranging ‘farm products such as. rice, apples, vegetables, saffron, milk, meat, fish, etc. They manufacture from carpets to cricket bats. Living conditions are good by Indian standards, and so is the public infrastructure. Kashmir's culture is forward. It is a well-integrated society, with a fine blend of tradition and modernity. Most villages have a mosque as well as an“English Medium School”. Even Kashmiri women seem to enjoy a higher social status than their north Indian counterparts. There is no purdhah for Kashmiri women. There is a positive attitude towards girl’s education.
(i) . What is the most striking aspect about the girls in Kashmiri?
(ii) How is Kashmir often described?
(iii) Compared to many other part of North India, how does Kashmir look like?
(iv) What are the items that the Kashmir people manufacture?
(v) Kashmiri women got rid of one social a practice. What is that?
