UGEN-401

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

(Deemed to be University)
Vidyagiri, Prasanthi Nilayam

B.A/B.A.(Hons)/B.Sc./B.Sc.(Hons)/B.Com(Hons)/B.B.A/B.P.A.(Music)
Fourth Semester Examinations, May 2022
PART-I(A) : GENERAL ENGLISH

General English: English Language Skills-IV

Duration : 3 Hours 14/05/2022 Max. Marks : 100
Note: 1. Answer Sections A, B & C in the answer book provided.
2. Time allotted for Section-A is 20 minutes; hand over Section-A of the Question Paper back to the
Invigilator, after answering it in the first twenty minutes.
3. Comply with the instructions given in the Main Answer Book carefully.

SECTION – A
(20x1=20 Marks)
I. Do as directed.

A) Convert the following sentences as instructed:

1. Unless you practice hard, you cannot become a good player. (Convert into Compound Sentence.)

2. He is a Russian by birth but he speaks Telugu like his mother tongue. (Convert into Simple Sentence.)

3. Attend your classes regularly, or you will fall short of attendance. (Convert into Complex Sentence.)

4. I was glad to know of his success. (Convert into Complex Sentence.)

5. The stadium is so crowded that I cannot find a place to stand. (Convert into Compound Sentence.)

B) Transform the following sentences as instructed:

6. Is not wisdom better than riches? (Convert into Assertive.)

7. The moonlight sleeps upon this bank very sweetly. (Convert into Exclamatory.)

8. Vivekananda was one of the most popular Indian saints. (Convert into Positive degree.)

9. It matters little whether we win or lose. (Convert into Interrogative sentence)

10. I remember my father taking me to the theatre. (Change the Voice.)

C) Synthesise the following sentences as instructed:

11. He opened the drawer. He took out the packet. (Synthesise into a Simple Sentence using participle.)

12. In addition to useful advice, she gave me financial help. (Synthesise into a Compound Sentence.)

13. I cannot afford to buy many books. Therefore, I study in the library. (Synthesise into a Complex
Sentence.)

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14. The man is dishonest. He cannot speak the truth. (Synthesise into a Complex Sentence.)

15. The weather is bad. All the flights have been cancelled. (Synthesise into a Simple Sentence.)

D) Improve the following sentences:

16. The train will arrive within five minutes.

17. To become a practising dentist, many teeth must be cleaned, filled and filed.

18. We travel so that we can explore the world.

19. The trash was taken out by my mother before my little sister was dropped off by the school bus.

20. On my day off, I enjoy stopping at the bank, mow the lawn, and have a conversation with my neighbour.

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Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

(Deemed to be University)
Vidyagiri, Prasanthi Nilayam

B.A/B.A.(Hons)/B.Sc./B.Sc.(Hons)/B.Com(Hons)/B.B.A/B.P.A.(Music)
Fourth Semester Examinations, May 2022
PART-I(A) : GENERAL ENGLISH

General English: English Language Skills-IV

Duration : 3 Hours 14/05/2022 Max. Marks : 100

SECTION – B
(40 Marks)
II. Answer the following, each in about 150 words: (4x5=20 Marks)

1. Narrate two important life events experienced by Narayana Murthy, one that convinced him to study
Computer Science and the other that made him a ‘compassionate capitalist’.

2. Discuss the theme of John Berryman’s “Eleven Addresses to the Lord” in the light of his prayer, “accept
my amazement”.

3. Compare and contrast the freedom movements led by Mandela in Africa and Gandhi in India.

4. Bring out the use of exaggeration and humour in Ogden Nash’s poem “This is Going to Hurt Just a Little
Bit.”

OR

5. According to R. K Narayan, headache is a blessing conferred on mankind by benign providence.

Elaborate.

III. Answer ANY TWO of the following, each in about 250 words: (2x10=20 Marks)

6. Discuss the role that Ben Carson’s mother played in bringing up her two sons.

7. Recount some of Ben Carson’s greatest achievements in the field of paediatric neurosurgery as related by
him in Gifted Hands.

8. Ben Carson’s faith in prayer and God saw him through the most troubled times of his life. Substantiate
this statement with incidents from the text.

SECTION – C
(40 Marks)
IV. Do as directed. (1x15=15 Marks)

9. Based on the following lines, write a dialogue between two friends on the positive and the negative
impact of the Pandemic in our lives today. (word limit: 250 words)
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of
Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had

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nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—” (An
excerpt from the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities)

OR

10. Read the opening lines of a diary entry given below and recreate an adventure story.
(word limit: 200-250 words)

“It was a dark stormy night and I was left all alone to fend for myself on that large estate in the outskirts
of the city…”

V. Write a technical report on the following topic in about 200-250 words: (1x15=15 Marks)

11. A small scale Recycling project that you have taken up on your campus.

VI. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow in two or three lines:
(5x2=10 Marks)
The Guy in the Glass
When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,
And the world makes you King for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that guy has to say.

For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife,

Who judgement upon you must pass.
The feller whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He's the feller to please, never mind all the rest,

For he's with you clear up to the end,
And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.

You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,

And think you're a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.

You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you've cheated the guy in the glass.
- Dale Wimbrow

12. What is the central idea of the poem?

13. Why is the poem titled “The Guy in the Glass”?

14. What do the last two lines of the poem signify?

15. Make a sentence each with words ‘pelf’ and ‘verdict’.

16. Pick out any two adjectives from the poem and use them in a sentence of your own.
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