General English - BU 2022 Question Paper

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RA-2

B.A.B.Ed./B.Sc.B.Ed. I^st Semester
Examination, 2021-22
Foundation Course
General English

Time : 3 Hours]

[Maximum Marks : 40

Note :- Attempt all questions.

Who is the champion in Whitman's 'O Captain! My Captain!'?
Why is the note of lament so significant in the poem?

What is the central idea in 'Ode to a Nightingale'?

Unit - II

Write a paragraph on any one of the following topic sentences in 100-125 words. 4×1=4

(i) The moonlight added beauty to the festival.

(ii) The first number on the page was her friend's mobile number.

(iii) The audience rose to greet the celebrity.

(iv) The book lay open on the table.

Unit - III

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it : 5×2=10

Kid's primary response to advertising is emotional. And that's what enduring themes tap into. They are basic truths about what motivates kids and what they identify with. Often kids feel dispossessed and overwhelmed in the adult world. In advertising, you can turn that on its head, and kids can be in control what they want more than anything is their own money, freedom to make their own choices, their own room, and so on. Hundreds of kids must have imagined themselves having their own money, freedom, being a film star, or best of all, having their own place to do what they want. This would, in part, account for the success of the best selling toy in history, with two sold every second of the day somewhere in the world _ Barbie. Like many of the best toys, Barbie _ a prop for Kid's imagination _ in this case, the child is projecting herself.

(i) How do kids respond to advertising ?

(ii) Why do kids feel dispossessed and overwhelmed in the adult world ?

(iii) In what way does advertisement help children ?

(iv) What accounts for the good sale of the toy Barbie ?

(v) Provide a suitable title to the passage.

Unit - I

Answer any two of the following questions : 5×2=10

1. Attempt a character sketch of Behrman in 'The Last Leaf'.

2. Explain the message conveyed by Pandit Nehru in 'Tryst with Destiny'.

Unit - IV

Write antonyms of any six words given below and make. Sentences with the antonyms. 6×1=6

(i) Fear

(ii) Knowledge

(iii) Freedom

(iv) Failure

(v) Contempt

(vi) Whisper

(vii) Mournful

(viii) Swaying

(ix) Imported

(x) Magnificent

Unit - V

Do as directed. (Any Ten) 10×1=10

(i) Martha returned the camera ______ apologized for the delay.

(ii) Call me ______. Sunday night.
(Fill in the blank with suitable conjunction)

(iii) Children Played cricket ______ 4.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. (Use a preposition to fill the blank)

(iv) I am ______ a Cake. (Use verb to fill the blank)

(v) The city has ______ roads. (Supply an adjective)

(vi) The rescue team has given up ______ of finding any more survivors.(Use uncountable noun to fill in the blank)

(vii) The ______ necklace went missing. (Supply an adjective)

(viii) She painted the house ______ . (Use reflexive pronoun)

(ix) ______ I was at school, I used to play badminton. (Supply suitable conjunction)

(x) ______ African elephants are not easy to domesti-cate. (Use an article to fill the blank)

(xi) I have ______ my packing. (Use verb to fill the blank)

(xii) The ______ has crossed the Orisa coast. (Supply noun to fill the blank)