Com 200

Quiz 2

Duration: 30 mins

Marks: 15

Date: 01/11/2016

Please mention your name, roll number and tutors name in the
answer sheet.

A. Do as directed:
5 marks

1. As the drop of water evaporated, over a time of fifteen to twenty

minutes. (Identify whether the given line is a fragment, a run-on or a
complete sentence.)
2. Neither China nor its trading partners (seeks/seek) to introduce
punitive tariffs. (Choose the correct option and rewrite the
sentence. If you dont rewrite, no marks will be awarded.)
3. After Peter the Great died, seven of the eight reigns of the Romonov
line were plagued by either palace revolt or popular revolution.
(Identify whether the given line is a fragment, a run-on or a
complete sentence.)
4. The mood of Beethovens eight quartets (are/is) sombre. (Choose
the correct option and rewrite the sentence. If you dont rewrite, no
marks will be awarded.)
5. A penguins feet never (freezes/freeze). (Choose the correct option
and rewrite the sentence. If you dont rewrite, no marks will be
awarded.)

B. Without changing the order, rewrite these groups of words as a

single paragraph. To do this, decide whether a period (full stop), or a
comma, or no punctuation at all is needed at the end of each group
of words. Do not change the order of the words given below, and
remember to capitalise the first word of each of your new
 sentences.
5 marks

Vegetation covers the earth/ except for those areas

continuously covered with/ ice or utterly scorched by
continual heat/ plants grow most richly/ in fertilized plains
and river valleys /but they also grow at the edge of
perpetual snow in high mountains

C. Rewrite the paragraph by correcting the faulty tense shifts.

5 marks

Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history
and less culture. Today it was revered for a notable prehistory, a
magnificent classical age and a cultural tradition unique in both
character and continuity. This dramatic change in attitude is brought
about by a painstaking investigation of all things Indian. No subject
people, no conquered land, is ever as exhaustively studied as is
India during the period of British rule. It is this aspect of the British
affair in India which formed the subject of this book.