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Posted By: Jyothi Member Level: Diamond Posted Date: 28 Dec 2007
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2007 Bangalore University B.A Language English (Paper-I) Question paper
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I Semester B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Examination, Nov./Dec. 2007
(Semester Scheme) (Prior to 2006)
GENERAL ENGLISH
Language English (Paper-I)
Time : 3 Hours Max. marks : 90
Instructions : 1) Answer all the questions.
2) Mention the Sections and question numbers correctly.
SECTION - A
(Comprehend and Compose)
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and compositions to complete the sentence. (4x1=4)
“It is--------------individual who is not interested --------- his fellowman, who has ----------greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury--------other”.
2. Fill in the blanks with correct tense forms in the following sentences. (4x1=4)
“Man--------not---------(do, weave) the web of life. He -------- (be) a strand in it. Whatever he ----------(do) to the earth, he does to himself.
3. Change the voice of the verbs in the following sentences. (4x1=4)
1) The servants dragged the Fir tree out of the room.
2) A sniper killed president Kennedy.
3) We will consider your offer.
4) He has done his duty.
4. Rewrite the following into indirect speech. 4
“Go and sit with Tan Master for a while. He is the only elder of our clan here in Mumbai. Go and get his blessings before you start your new job”, his mother said.
5. Fill in the blanks choosing the correct word from those given in brackets. (2x1=2)
a) He --------- for his mistake when it was too late. (repents, repented)
b) Children ------------ playing in the park. (is /are)
6. Replace the underlined words in the sentences below with an infinitive construction. (2x1=2)
a) He has no more money “that he can lose.”
b) He is the only statesman “who cares” for the nation.
7. A. Choose the right word and fill in the blanks in the following sentences. (2x1=2)
a) The passengers will ----------the aircraft at 8.30 p.m. (broad, board)
b) ----------------being a cricketer, he is an actor too. (Besides, Beside)
B. Fill in the blanks with the opposites of words given in brackets using suitable prefixes. (2x1=2)
a) He has committed an -------------- crime. (Pardonable)
b) We should not be ------------- in our studies (Regular)
8. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions set on it.
DO YOU WORRY when you can’t sleep well ? Then it may interest you to know that Samuel Untermyer - the famous international lawyer - never got a decent night’s sleep in his life.
When Sam Untermyer went to college, he worried about two afflictions - asthma and insomnia. He couldn’s seem to cure either, so he decided to do the next best thing - take advantage os his wakefulness. Instead of tossing and turning and worrying himself into a breakdown, he would get up and study. The result ? He began ticking off honors in all of his classes, and became one of the prodigies of the College of the City of New York.
Even after he started to practice law, his insomnia continued. But Untermyer didn’t worry. “Nature”, he said, “will take care of me”. Nature did. In spite of the small amount of sleep he was getting, his health kept up and he was able to work as hard as any of the young lawyers of the New York Bar. He even worked harder, for he worked while they slept !
At the age of twenty - one, Sam Untermyer was earning seventy-five thousand dollars a year ; and other young attorneys rushed to courtrooms to study his methods. In 1931, he was paid - for handling one case - what was probably the highest lawyers fee in all history : a cool million dollars - cash on the barrelhead.
Still he had insomnia - read half the night - and then got up at five A.M. and started dictating letters. By the time most people were just starting work, his day’s work would be almost half done. He lived to the age of eighty-one, this man who had rarely had a sound night’s sleep; but if he had fretted and worried about his insomnia, he would probably have wrecked his life.
We spend a third of our lives sleeping-yet nobody knows what sleep really is. We know it is a habit and a state of rest in which nature knits up the raveled sleeve of care, but we don’t know how many hours of sleep each individual requires. We don’t even know if we have to sleep at all !
A. Answer the following questions in a word, a phrase or a sentence as required. (10x1=10)
a) Name the famous international lawyer who never got sleep.
b) What was the other disease he suffered from ?
c) What did he decided to do when he could not sleep ?
d) What was the outcome of his decision to keep awake and study ?
e) Who took care of him when he suffered from insomnia ?
f) At what age did Untermyer earn seventy five thousand dollars a year ?
g) If Untermyer had worried about insomnia what would have happened to him ?
h) What part of our life do we spend in sleeping ?
i) What is the benefit of sleeping ?
j) Suggest a suitable title for the passage.
B. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each. (2x3=6)
a) What was the problem of Untermyer ? How did he face it ?
b) How did Untermyer benefit from his disease ?
c) What do we know about sleep ?
SECTION - C
9. Answer any five of the following questions in about a paragraph each. (2x5=10)
a) What food did the boy provide to the injured bird in ‘Gull’ ?
b) What was annoying for the Fir tree in the forest ?
c) ---------- trickles from the craggy face of the glacier
(i) A Silver brook (ii) Tears (iii) Rain water.
d) Who have not given a name to their religion in the lesson ‘Symbiotic Bond’ ?
e) Which if the following qualities do not relate to Tan Master ?
(i) Strict disciplinarian
(ii) Highly religious
(iii) Stickler for cleanliness
f) In which two ways does a man use the tree in ‘Asleep’ ?
g) Who were the in mater of the lematic asylum ? Where were they do be sent ?
10. Answer any four of the following in about a page each. (4x5=20)
a) Explain the efforts of the boy to save the bird.
b) Describe the life of the Fir Tree in the forest.
c) Bring out the concept of equality in Adivasi Society.
d) How does Chief Seattle explain the preciousness of air ?
e) Explain the personality of Dr. Ambedkar in brief.
f) Explain the meaning of the title of the poem ‘Asleep’.
11. Answer any two of the following in about a page each. (2x10=20)
a) How does the poem “Gull” explore the close bond between man and nature ?
b) Describe the tragic end of the Fir Tree.
c) Why is Chief Seattle’s speech titled as ‘End of living and beginning of survival’ ?
d) Give an account of Ambedkar’s rally at Mahad.
e) How does the poem ‘Asleep’ bring out the blind race of man for weapons ?
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