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B-171
B.Com./B.Sc./BCA/BBA/B.Sc. Home Sci./BFA (Part-I)
Examination, 2023
GENERAL ENGLISH
(Compulsory Paper)
Time : 3 Hours
[ Maximum Marks : 100
Note :- All questions are compulsory.
1.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners :
(i) They were bored because there was ............... to do. (little, a little)
(ii) ............... Soldier was at his post. (every, some)
(iii) Did you buy ............... stamps ? (any, some)
(iv) I haven't got ............... pictures in my bedroom. (any, many)1⁄2×4=2
2.
Frame a sentence each on the given pattern :
(i) Subject + Verb
(ii) Subject + Verb + complement
(iii) Subject + Verb + Object + Complement
(iv) Subject + Verb + Direct Object + Indirect Object1⁄2×4=2
3.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions :
(i) He is good ............... English. (in, at)
(ii) There are seven days ............... a week. (in, on)
(iii) She recovered ............... illness. (with, from)
(iv) We have lived in this place............... 1960. (since, for)1⁄2×4=2
4.
Fill in the blanks with suitable modal auxiliaries :
(i) We ............... do our duties as citizens.
(ii) I ............... climb a tree.
(iii) Children ............... obey their parents.
(iv) ............... I come in.1⁄2×4=2
5.
Change the following sentences into passive voice :
(i) Mr. Sharma teaches us English.
(ii) Hand over the books to me.
(iii) Someone has broken into the house.
(iv) Who had bribed the clerk ?1⁄2×4=2
6.
Change the following sentences into indirect speech :
(i) He said to me, "I wanted to help you."
(ii) The teacher said, "The Sun rises in the East".
(iii) He said, "My book is Lost".
(iv) Gaurav said to his friend, "Work Hard".1⁄2×4=2
7.
Change the following sentences into simple, complex or compound :
(i) I am too old to learn. (Complex)
(ii) Finding his task difficult, he left it. (Compound)
(iii) Being sick, I went to the doctor. (Compound)
(iv) As Balu reached his office, he realised that he had forgotten his files. (Simple)1×4=4
8.
Change the following sentences into negative or interrogative :
(i) She is a sincere person. (Interrogative)
(ii) We are not going to behave like this. (Interrogative)
(iii) Kavita lives far from the school. (Negative)
(iv) It is a hot day today. (Negative)1⁄2×4=2
9.
Read the following passage and answer the following questions given below :
I know poverty and misery and I quite appreciate by personal experience what it is to be poor, what it is to have no clothes; what it is to have no books, what it is to struggle through life and what it is to walk through the streets without an umbrella, without conveyance along miles on dusty roads. I have been through it all and I can understand the difficulties that most of you graduates have to face
I know poverty and misery and I quite appreciate by personal experience what it is to be poor, what it is to have no clothes; what it is to have no books, what it is to struggle through life and what it is to walk through the streets without an umbrella, without conveyance along miles on dusty roads. I have been through it all and I can understand the difficulties that most of you graduates have to face
today. I am speaking from a long experience of 60 years. Please do not imagine that all the 60 years are milk and roses. To be able to accomplish something, I want to tell you that you have to go through such experiences.
I admit success in life is not always to be intelligent and strong and it is to some extent a bit of a gamble, but those who get their minds right and those who know their job sooner or later, will sooner perhaps than later make their way in life. But they should not be disappointed if they do not, they have to face up to life and take it as they find it.
What I say is that the great things in life are not really great things in life. What I love is to enjoy the common things of life. I am happy that I am still able to sleep at night provided I have three miles walk in the evening. I am still able to enjoy a good lunch or a good dinner. I am still able to look at the blue sky and like it. I still like to walk in the open fields and like the smell of the Ragi or the Jowar.
We think that happiness consists of going to pictures and seeing thrilling films and technicolor dramas. Not at all, the great things in life are the God-given things which cost nothing. What you need is the desire to appreciate them. If you have minds and hearts open, you have around you, things which give you joy. There is the butterfly jumping in about in flourishing colours on all sides. Look at the wonderful things that God has given for our enjoyment.
I admit success in life is not always to be intelligent and strong and it is to some extent a bit of a gamble, but those who get their minds right and those who know their job sooner or later, will sooner perhaps than later make their way in life. But they should not be disappointed if they do not, they have to face up to life and take it as they find it.
What I say is that the great things in life are not really great things in life. What I love is to enjoy the common things of life. I am happy that I am still able to sleep at night provided I have three miles walk in the evening. I am still able to enjoy a good lunch or a good dinner. I am still able to look at the blue sky and like it. I still like to walk in the open fields and like the smell of the Ragi or the Jowar.
We think that happiness consists of going to pictures and seeing thrilling films and technicolor dramas. Not at all, the great things in life are the God-given things which cost nothing. What you need is the desire to appreciate them. If you have minds and hearts open, you have around you, things which give you joy. There is the butterfly jumping in about in flourishing colours on all sides. Look at the wonderful things that God has given for our enjoyment.
Questions :
(i) How had the author's childhood been difficult ?
(ii) Why has life been termed as a 'gamble' ?
(iii) What is the greatest lesson being taught through the passage ?
(iv) What are the qualities from the passage that the author wants us to imbibe ?
(v) What according to author are the greatest things in life ?2×5=10
10.
Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each (any ten) :
(i) What is the aim of Digital India Programme ?
(ii) What were Kalam's views on Arabic Prayers ?
(iii) Why does Einstein call himself alone traveller ?
(iv) What was Martin Luther King's contribution towards welfare of Negroes ?
(v) Which quality of Nachiketa impresses you most ?
(vi) What is the message conveyed by the story "three Questions" ?
(vii) What is e-health care ? Discuss.
(viii) What is the third question in the Story "Three Questions" ?
(ix) Why was Yama pleased with Nachiketa ?
(x) Write the plot summary of the play "The Never Never Nest".
(xi) What is the significance of the title "The Heaven of Freedom" ?
(xii) What is the central theme of the poem "Death be not Proud" ?
(xiii) Why does Swami Vivekananda address Kali as 'The Mother' ?2×10=20
11.
Answer the following questions in about 100 words each (any four) :
(i) Why does Kalam say that one should not be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems ?
(ii) What kind of America does Martin Luther king envisage in his speech "I have a Dream" ?
(iii) Discuss the significance of the title "Three Questions".
(iv) Discuss the art of characterization in the play "The Never Never Nest".
(v) Write the critical summary of the poem "The Heaven of Freedom".
(vi) How does the poet compare the strength of Goddess Kali to the forces of Nature ?5×4=20
12.
Make a precis of the passage given in question 9. Also give a suitable title.5
13.
Write an essay in about 150 words on any one of the following :
(i) The role of Education in Personal Development
(ii) Article 370 Abrogation in Kashmir
(iii) Child Sexual Abuse in India.10
14.
Write a letter to your younger brother telling him how he should prepare for the Common University Enterance Test (CUET).5
15.
Write a report on the Camel Festival organised in your city.10