[BA —S 1234]
B.A. (CBCS).DEGREE EXAMINATION.
Second Semester
GENERAL ENGLISH
(Common with B.A., B.Sc., B.Com., B.B.A., B.C.A., and BHM & CT) .
(w.e.f, 2016-2017 admitted batch)
Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks
SECTION A
1. Answer any TWO of the following: questions in 75 words each: - (2 x 5 =10)
(a) What are the reasons for the physiological differences between the whites and the blacks? Substantiate with the reasons from your lesson “The Scientific Point of View’.
(b) How does science affect thé life of an average man?
(c) How does Gardiner refer to a greeting without a hands shake?
(d) Narrate the advantages of shaking hands by bringing into comparison some other forms of greeting
2. Answer any TWO of the following questions in 75 words each: (2 x 5=10)
(a) What is.the central idea of the poem “Ode to Autumn’?
(b) What does the speaker symbolize in the first and second stanzas of the poem “Ode to Autumn’?
(c) What are the feelings of the poet about her marriage in “I am not that Woman’?
(d) Why ‘does the poet compare herself. with a commodity in the poem “I am not that Woman” Explain.
3 Answer any TWO of the following questions in 75 words each: (2x5=10)
(a) Bring out the subtle humor and mockery entangled in the story “The Boy Who Broke the Bank’’
(b) What do you think is the actual reason for the collapse of the bank?. What attitude of the people led to this situation?
(c) How do you justify the title of the story ‘Half a Rupee Worth’ in relation to the values of life?
(d) How did Subbaiah meet his tragic end in “Halfa Rupee Worth’?
4. Answer any ONE of the following questions in 75 words each: (1 x 5-= 5)
(a) If Natalia were a little more polite and patient enough, how would have been the situation?
(b) What does the play suggest about Chekhovss attitude towards the class of landowners? Cite evidence to support your answer.
SECTION - B
5. Change the voice of the following sentences (5x1=5)
(a) Ravi hits the ball.
(b) Mohan cleans the room every Sunday.
(c) The old man distributed all his books.
(d) Fire destroyed the town.
(e) Someone has stolen my luggage last night in the train.
6. Change the following sentences as directed (5 x 1 =5)
(a) He said that he would vacate the house the next month. (Change to Direct Speech)
(b) The boy told his mother that he had lost his bag in the school. (Change to Direct Speech)
(c) He said “He lost all his wealth in horse race.” (Change to Indirect Speech) :
d) They said “We will fight for our rights always.’ (Change to Indirect Speech)
(e) The teacher said, “How many of you are willing to participate in the game tomorrow? (Change to Indirect Speech)
7. Choose the right form of degree of comparison: (5 x 1=5)
(a) Sunitha is __________ (the smarter, the smartest) girl in the class.
(b) Iron 13 (more, most) useful than any other metal.
(c) Madurai is __________ (old, older) than any other city in Tamil Nadu.
(d) No other orator is __________ (more, most) powerful than Demosthenes.
(e) The more you study __________ (the better, the best) you score.
8. Rewrite the following sentences as directed : (5x 1=5)
(a) The global temperature is increasing. Life on the earth is at stake. (as, if)
(b) They were shouting. They were in panic. (as, if)
(c) Karna is so kind that 16 sacrificed everything he had. (too-to)
(d) She was so weak that she could not walk (too-to).
(e) He ‘was. so rich that he could never understand the plight of the poor. (too-to)
9. Correct the following sentences wherever necessary: (5 x 1=5)
(a) My car is bigger than his.
(b) He is loving his son more than he. loves his wife.
(c) She has been since three days.
(d) W 6 do not sell goods at credit.
(e) One of the boy is missing in the group.
SECTION - C
10. Write a dialogue of minimum three exchanges on the given context: (5)
A student tries to convince his parents to buy him a sports bike on his next birthday.
11. Develop the following hints, into a passage: (5)
An intermediate student - careless in studies - father warms him - shaving off his head- completely if he fails in the exam - boy loves his fair hair - works hard and passes the exam - then -mother reveals her offering of his hair to God - boy sets disappointed and becomes sick - no escape from tonsure even after recovery.
12. Read the following paragraph and answer. the questions: (5)
My own recollection is that I: had not any high regard for my ability. I used to be astonished whenever I won prizes and scholarships. But very jealously guarded my character. The least little blemish drew tears from my eyes. When merited, or seemed to the teacher to merit, a rebuke, it was unbearable for me. I remember having once received corporal punishment. I did not so much mind the punishment, as the fact that it was considered my desert. I wept piteously. That was when I. was in the first or second standard. There was another such incident during the time when was in the seventh standard. Derabjji Edulji Gimi was the headmaster then. He was popular among the boys, though he was a disciplinarian.
(a) Why as he astonished?
(b) What made him weep?
(c) What did he remember?
(d) Who do you think of the speaker, honest or intelligent?
(e) Who was popular among boys?
