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1nd Term English Part-I BA -I 100
(Section A)
1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the followings:
(i) And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow
(ii) He was talking of you and me, my dear,
He talking of you and me. (2011 Group II)
(iii) The sun is behind me
Nothing has changed since I began
My eye has permitted no change
I am going to keep things like this. (2013 Group I)
(iv) Excuse me, sir, I am not accustomed to listen to such expressions or to such a tone of voice. I
want to hear no more.
(v) We live, so to speak, like spiders, and never see the light. The mice have eaten my livery. It isn’t
as if there were no good people around, for the district’s full of them.
2. Attempt any TWO of the following questions. (220 Words Each) 10
I. Write a note on Shakespeare's accurate observation of life in "All the World's a Stage".
II. Bring out pathos in "Say This City has Ten Million Souls".
III. How does education overcome instinct in "Snake"?
3. Attempt any TWO of the following questions. 10
I. How has Popova been ridiculed in the play? (The Bear)
II. Discuss the element of humour and irony in "The Happy Prince".
III. Things are rotten at the centre and rotten at the core in "The Duchess and the Jeweler". Discuss.
(Section B)
4 . Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end. (Your own constructed
answers will fetch you better marks.) 25
Advertising is essentially the art of communication. As such, its origin can be traced right back to
the origin of the species. "Advertising colouration" is a familiar biological phrase denoting the colours
developed by certain animals to make them stand out against their natural background. It is the
direct opposite of camouflage. There is always a message in these colours, such as; "keep away,
"mind your step", "darling won't you care for a dance?" While camouflage is tricky and timed,
"advertising" is honest, confidant, and forthright, as far as the world of nature goes. In human life,
advertising through the mouth must have begun with the beginning of commerce. The tradition is
still kept alive by hawkers and street vendors in our towns and villages. As regards advertising
through the written word there is archaeological evidence that it was being practiced at least 3,000
years ago. An advertisement offering a gold coin as a reward to anyone tracing out a runaway slave
was unearthed in the ruins of Thebes and is computed to be as old as the third millennium B.C. It was
the prototype of our "lost and found" classified ad that was painted on a wall.
Questions:
(i) What was advertising?
(ii) What does the phrase "advertising colouration" mean?
(iii) What is the difference between camouflage and advertising?
(iv) When did verbal and written advertising begin in human life?
(v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage.
(vi) Make a precis of the passage.
5. Write a dialogue between two friend on upcoming elections.