Register Number :

Name of the Candidate :

1007
B.A. / B.Sc./ B.C.A./ B.Music / B.Dance
DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2011
( INCLUDING DUAL DEGREE COURSE )
( FIRST YEAR )
( PART - II : ENGLISH )
( PAPER - I )

120 /520 . PROSE AND COMPOSITION

May ]

[ Time : 3 Hours
Maximum : 100 Marks

I.

Answer any THREE of the following questions

in about 100 words each:
( 3 5=15)

Describe how the old man made Mr. Smith

walk throgh fire.

2.

What are the inconveniences in having a

telephone in ones house ?

1.

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3.

Give an account of Jacks encounter with a

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29. Tagore wrote poems in Bengali.

black cat.
4.

How did Corporal take revenge on Quelch ?

5.

Write about the importance of cricketer

W.G.Grace.

6.

Give an account of Edison as the night

operator at the railways.

II. Answer any TWO of the following questions in

about 300 words each:
( 2 15=30)
7.

How does C.E.M. Joad analyse civilization?

8.

What are the views of L.A.G. Strong about

reading ?

9.

Give an account of Chumleys life in London.

10. Sketch the character of Dougal Todd in

A.J. Cronins Resurrection.
11. Comment on Hilaries Bellocs art of storytelling with reference to B.B.G.
12. What are Barkers views on marriage ?

(Change the voice.)

30. Sita said, Rani, can you help me in grammar
now ?
( Change into reported speech.)

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Each sentence has ..... statment
followed by ..... short question. They are
separated by means of ..... Comma.
.......Short question is known as .... . tag
question.
USAGE - B
Rewrite as directed any FIVE of the following:
(5 2 = 10)
24. A cat as well as dog are in my house.
(Correct the sentence. )
25. She is beautiful.

( Add a question tag.)

26. The patient ....... (die) already by the time

the doctor ........ (arrive)
(Give the correct tense of the verbs given
in brackets.)
27. She was not dull.

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III. Answer any ONE of the following questions in
about 300 words each:
( 1 15=15)
13. Sketch the character of Joe Gargery.
14. Discuss the meeting of Abel Magwitch with
Pip and its consequences.
15. How does Dickens portray the problems of
orphans in the novel Great Expectations ?
IV. Answer any THREE of the following questions
in about 100 words each:
( 3 5=15)
16. Describe briefly Gandhijis mission in life.
17. Sketch the character of Sir Winston Churchill.
18. Wr i t e a n o t e o n M o t h e r T h e r a s a s
Missionary work.
19. In what circumstances, did Gafur kill
Mahesh ?
20. Sketch the character of Sir Jee.

( Change into affirmative sentence.)

21. Summarise Tagores views on education.

28. This is my brother. He can dance well.

( Combine the above sentences with a
suitable relative pronoun.)

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V. Make a precis of the following passage in about
one-third of its length:
(1 10=10)
22.

We have been inventing machines at a

growing pace now for about three hundred years.
This is a short span even in our recorded history
and it is not a thousand part of our history as men.
In that short moment of our time, we have found
a remarkable insight into the workings of nature.
We have used it to make ourselves for more
flexible in our adaptation to the outside world than
any other animal has ever been. We can survive
in climates which even germs find difficult. We can
grow our own food and meat. We can travel over
land and we can tunnel and swim and fly all in one
body. More important than any of these, we have
come nearest to the dream, which landmark had
that animals might inherit the skills which their
parents learnt. We have discovered the means to
record our experience so that others may live it
again. The history of other animal species shows
that the most successful in the struggle for
survival have been those which were most

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adaptable to changes in their world. We have
made ourselves by means of our tools beyond all
measure more adaptable from any other species,
living or extinct and we continue to do so with
gathering speed. Yet today we are afraid of our
own shadow.
USAGE - A
23. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
(5)
(a) The gas is supplied ......... me .... the gas
board ........ the area ........ which I live. It is
a part ......... a national system.
I arrived ....... my station and carried
up ........ the surface ...... the earth ...... a
moving stair case, again worked .......
electricity.
(OR)
(b) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles :
......... accident took place yesterday ........
train had collided with lorry at .... level
crossing. There was ...... utter confusion at
.... scene of accident.
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