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Code No. : 42107 Sub. Code : G 2 EN 21

U.G. (CBCS) DEGREE EXAMINATION,

NOVEMBER 2015.

Second Semester

Part II – English

PROSE, ONE ACT PLAYS, GRAMMAR AND

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

(For those who joined in July 2012 and afterwards)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (10 × 1 = 10 marks) Answer ALL questions.

Choose the correct answer :

1. Bill could not have described the retreat from

–––––––––

(a) Mons (b) Cypress

(c) Finland (d) None of the above

2. On hearing the footsteps, the mother informs the

–––––––––.

(a) ghost (b) police

(c) author (d) sergeant

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3. ‘The Angel in the house was –––––––––’

(a) killed by Virginia Woolf

(b) paid one pound, ten shillings and six pence

(c) praised by queen Victoria

(d) accommodated by Coventry Patmore.

4. The name of the last son of Maurya is –––––––––

(a) Henry (b) Michael

(c) Bartlie (d) Bartley

5. The name of Lomov's dog is –––––––––

(a) Ugadi (b) Tiger

(c) Moses (d) Stean

6. The title of the poem written by grandmother is

(a) A True Love (b) Miracle

(c) Enchantment (d) Enchantress

7. The fight will stop only if somebody intervenes.

(Rewrite the sentence using 'unless')

8. If you travelled by plane, you ––––––––– (reach)

there on time. (Supply the correct verb)

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9. Priya is a very good dancer. Everybody accepts

that (Combine the simple sentences into a complex

sentence containing a noun clause)

10. This is the girl. She lost her gold chain yesterday.

(Combine the sentence into a complex sentence

containing an adjectival clause)

PART B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)

Answer ALL questions,

choosing either (a) or (b) in about 250 words each:

11. (a) How does A.C. Gardiner bring out the

inability of Bill and Sam to write letters?

Or

(b) Why did Mrs. Bodwell want to go to Peoria?

12. (a) Write a note on Cathleen and Nora.

Or

(b) Narrate the events leading to the writing of

a poem by the grandmother in "Lord Byron's

Love Letter".

13. (a) Combine each of the following pairs of

sentences:

(i) We must reach Delhi tomorrow. It is

very important.

(ii) India is a major power in Asia. That is

accepted by all.

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(iii) You cannot solve such a simple

problem. That is a shame.

(iv) We must obey the traffic rules. That is

absolutely necessary.

(v) The lion is the king of the forest. That

is accepted by all animals.

Or

(b) Fill in the blanks in the following sentences

using 'as' or ‘as if’

(i) He behaved –––––––––he was drunk.

(ii) He arranged the flowers –––––––––

we did last time.

(iii) I found the room ––––––––– I had

left it.

(iv) They seemed terribly worried

––––––––– the world was coming to

an end.

(v) Shalini was very happy –––––––––

she had won the first prize.

14. (a) Complete the following pairs of simple

sentences into simple sentence by using a

participle.

(i) The robbers heard the sound of the

police van. They ran away.

(ii) Ravi got up early in the morning. He

sat down to write a poem.

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(iii) The old man watched the children play.

He remembered his own childhood.

(iv) She was neglected by her friends. She

left the hostel.

(v) He had arranged the function. He couldnot walk away from the hall.

Or

(b) Punctuate the following sentences:

(i) gandhiji nehruji and netaji fought for

indias freedom

(ii) the car stopped the door opened and

two people came out one tall and the

other short

(iii) the hindu one of the leading dailies of

south india has started an edition from

new delhi.

(iv) india is a sovereign democratic

republic.

(v) in intermediate however there are

three options mathematics physics and

chemistry physics chemistry and

biology economics commerce and civics.

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15. (a) Write a letter to the Commissioner,

Tirunelveli Corporation, about a bad road

that needs to be repaired.

Or

(b) Write a dialogue between friends on theirvisit to a zoo.

PART C — (5 × 8 = 40 marks)

Answer ALL questions,

choosing either (a) or (b) in about 600 words each:

16. (a) Attempt an essay on "The Night the Ghost

Got in".

Or

(b) Summarise "A Cup of Tea".

17. (a) How did Maurya lose her husband and sons

in the sea?

Or

(b) Write a criticial appreciation of the one act

play “Waterloo”.

18. (a) Rewrite the following sentences in the

indirect speech:

(i) The doctor explained, "Diseases are

caused by germs."(ii) "You can leave the hospital on

Monday," the nurse said.

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(iii) "I am feeling sick", the boy says.

(iv) The girl told us, "I cannot come today".

Or

(b) Choose the correct form of the verb from

those given in brackets.

(i) All the 40,000 seats in the large

stadium (was/were) occupied.

(ii) Billiards (is/are) an indoor game.

(iii) The principal of the college that has

two thousand students (have/has) a

heavy responsibility.

(iv) Every man and every woman

(like/likes) to be praised.

19. (a) Write an e-mail to your friend congratulating

her on having passed the I.A.S. examination.

Or

(b) Excerpts from an interview are given-below.

Prepare a news report based on these

excerpts.

Reporter : How was your foreign tour ?

Minister : It was a great success. The

President of Indonesia andI discussed various bilateral and

international issues. We have

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reached agreement on a number

of bilateral issues. We have

similar views on several

international issues like arms

reduction, end to apartheid and

making-Indian Ocean a zone of

peace.

Reporter : Have you signed agreements on

any specific topics?

Minister : We signed two agreements

yesterday. One is to increase the

trade between the two

countries. Indonesia will now

offer preferential treatment to

Indian goods. The other

agreement provides for-Indianassistance for setting up

electronics

industrial units in Indonesia.

Reporter : Any other future plans?

Minister : The Indonesian Foreign

Minister will be visiting India in

November. The talks will be

continued then.

Reporter : What is the government doingabout the shortage of sugar in

the country?

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Minister : We are investigating the

reasons for the shortage. We

have some indications that the

shortage is artificial, at least to

some - extent. Meanwhile, weare importing 50,000 tonnes of

sugar to meet the present crisis.

Reporter : Do you think the stock of

foodgrains is sufficient to tide

over the present difficult

season?

Minister : We have enough stock of

foodgrains in the godowns.

There is absolutely no cause for

anxiety

20. (a) Complete the following dialogue:

Student : I am not feeling well –––––––––.

––––––––– you grant me

permission to leave at lunch

break?

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Teacher : All right. ––––––––– the leave

application form and leave it at

the Principal's.

Student : ––––––––– I'll do that right

away.

Or

(b) Write four different expressions that you

would like to use on different situations /

occasions.

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