[BA -S 2101]
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION
(Under CBCS Semester System)
Second Year -Third Semester
PART I - ENGLISH
(Common for B.A., B.Sc., B.Com., BBA, BCA & BHM & CT/B.Sc. Home Science)
(Effective from 2015-2016 Admitted Batch)
Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks
1. Answer any TWO of the following in about 75 words each: (2 x5 = 10)
(a) How was M.K. Gandhi's constitutional shyness an asset and an advantage? Illustrate with suitable examples.
(b) Comment on the significance of the Dr.Allison episode?
(c) "We've been in a decade of materialization, all markers of identity". Explain the statement.
(d) How does technology differ in case of different people in different parts of the world?
2. Answer any TWO of the following in about' 75 words each: (2x5= 10)
(a) Gabriel Okara's "Once Upon a Time explains what happens when a traditional African culture meets the forces of the western way of life. Discuss.
(b) Comment on the nostalogic tone that runs throughout the poem "Once Upon a Time"
(c) Consider Seamus Heaney's "Digging" as an autobiographical poem.
(d) What do you• think the speaker in "Digging" will dig for with his pen? His past? Truth? Explain.
3. Answer any TWO of the following in about 75 words each: (2x5= 10)
(a) How does Jhumpa Lahiri. Write about the immigrant experience in Interpreter of Maladies.
(b) What does the narrator feel about the Das family?
(c) Explain the idea of time and its passage as being central to the plot of Shashi Deshpande's "The Beloved Charioteer"
(d) Comment on.the significance of the title "The Beloved Charioteer"
4. Answer any TWO of the following in about 75 words each( 2x5= 10)
(a) Bring out the humour in Gunajada Apparao's play Kanyasulkam
(b) Kanyasulkam is a highly thought-provoking social drama dealing with social issues. relevant to the time discuss.
(c) What is the message of the play Kanyasulkam.
(d) Write a note on the practices of witchcraft and sorcery as brought out in Kanyasulkam.
5. Rewrite the following as directed : ( 5x1=5 )
(a) Although she is rich, she is not happy
(Change into compound sentence)
(b) Weather permitting, the match will be held tomorrow afternoon
(Change into compound sentence)
(c) The rain stopped and we continued our journey.
(Change into simple sentence)
(d) Deceived by his friends, he lost all hope
(Change into complex sentence)
(e) Knocking at the gate, he demanded admission.
(Change into complex sentence)
6. Read the following passage and prepare notes. (1 X5=5)
Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them. Ecology also provides information about the benefits of ecosystems and how we can use Earth's resources in ways that leave the environment healthy for future generations. Ecologists study these relationships among organisms and habitats of many different sizes, ranging from the study of microscopic bacteria growing in a fish tank to the complex interactions between the thousands of plant, animal, and other communities found in a desert. Ecologists also study many kinds of environments. For example, ecologists may study microbes living in the soil under your feet or animals and plants in a rainforest or the ocean. The many specialties within ecology, such as marine, vegetation, and statistical ecology, provide us with information tobetter understand the world around us. This information also can help us improve our environment, manage our natural resources, and protect _human health. Some non-native species (plants, animals, microbes, and fungi not originally from a given area) threaten our forests, croplands, lakes, and other ecosystems. Introduced species do this by competing with plants and animals that were originally there, often damaging the environment in the process. For example, the gypsy moth, a native of Europe and Asia, wreaks havoc on great swaths of forest lands by defoliating or eating the leaves off- of trees. At first, highly toxic chemicals, which also poisoned other animals, were the only methods available to control this introduced pest. By targeting vulnerable stages in the moths' life cycle, ecologists devised less toxic approaches to control their numbers.
7. Describe the picture in not less than 5 sentences. (5x1=5)
8. Write a report to the newspaper on ONE of the following topics (5)
(a) Poor sanitation in your city.
(b) Appreciating the local administration for their tourist-friendly initiatives.
9. Expand ONE of the following into a paragraph :(5)
(a) A stitch in time saves nine.
(b) Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
10. Brainstorm ONE of the topics and show it in a diagram. (5)
(a) Leading an Eco-friendly life.
(b) Organizing a New year event.
11. Develop the following hints into a readable passage of 100 words and give a suitable title. (5)
Santosh - clever thief - robs the rich - gives. all to the sick and the needy - other thieves jealous plan to get rid of him - challenge Santosh tosteal the King's pyjamas - Santosh accepts challenge- finds king sleeping - opens a bottle of red ants on the bed - King badly bitten - cries for help -servants rush in pretends to look for ants - Santosh removes King's pyjamas - escapes other thieves umbfounded - accept Santosh their leader.
