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ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE

(AUTONOMOUS)

2nd SEMESTER EXAMINATION

B.A./B.Sc.
APRIL – JUNE 2010

ENGLISH[COMPULSORY] CENG1201
(GENERAL)

Friday, May 07, 2010 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Time allowed: 2 hours

Full Marks: 40

Instructions:

 Use fountain pen or ball-point pen of blue or black ink.

 Answer in your own words as far as practicable.
 Do not write anything on the Question paper other than your Roll No.

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1. Answer ANY FIVE of the following: (5x1 = 5)
(a) Why did the poet stop in the woods in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”? (1)
(b) Why according to Shamnath’s mother could she not sleep without snoring? (1)
(c) Why did Shamnath not want to send his mother to Hardwar? (1)
(d) What kind of a voice does a man have in the sixth age according to the poet in “The Seven
Ages of Man”? (1)
(e) Why is the soldier ready to risk his life before the Cannon’s mouth? (1)
(f) What kind of knowledge does the poet wish his countrymen to have in “Where the Mind is
without Fear”? (1)
(g) What is meant by “narrow domestic walls” by Tagore? (1)
(h) Describe the rag woman’s goat in “The Faltering Pendulum”. (1)
(i) What did Johnsy want to paint in “The Last Leaf”? (1)

2. Answer ANY ONE of the following: (1x5 = 5)

(a) Why do you think Shakespeare calls life a ‘strange eventful history’ in the “The Seven Ages
of Man”? (5)
(b) What does the poet mean by ‘dreary desert sand of dead habit’ in “Where the Mind is
Without Fear.”? (5)
(c) Describe the American Boss in “The Boss Came to Dinner.” (5)

3. Answer ANY ONE of the following: (1x10 = 10)

(a) Describe the experience of the traveller in ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’. (10)
(b) Analyse the unique relation between the rag woman and her favourite possessions. (10)
(c) Comment on the significance of the title “The Last Leaf.” (10)

4. (a) Write a letter to a Publishing House, ordering a few books which are unavailable in your
city. (10)
OR
(b) Write a report for a newspaper describing a road accident. (10)

5. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:-
In today’s highly competitive world of trade and commerce, advertisement has become almost
indispensable. Today businessmen and industrialists spend enormous amount to get their wares
publicized so that they can draw the attention of as large a market as possible. Unprecedented
developments of the electronic media, like T.V, internet etc has also made publicity and
advertisement quick and far reaching. The more attractive and alluring the advertisement, the
larger the number of consumers likely to be tempted to obtain the goods and services
advertised. Advertisements often titillate the basic weaknesses of human nature to promote
business.
(a) What is the target of modern businessmen to promote their product? (1)
(b) Why is advertising so important today? (1)
(c) How has it become easy for advertisements to successfully reach the public today?
(1)
(d) How can an advertisement be really effective? (1)

6. (a) Use the noun form of ‘competitive’ in a sentence of your own. (1)
(b) (i) Give the verb form of ‘service’. (1/2)
(ii) Give the noun form of ‘enormous’. (1/2)
(iii) Give the verb form of ‘advertisement’. (1/2)
(iv) Give the noun form of ‘promote’. (1/2)
(c) Give the synonyms of the following words:- (3x1 = 3)

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 ‘wares’, ‘alluring’, ‘basic’.
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