FIRST YEAR II SEMESTER ENGLISH MODEL PAPER WITH ANSWERS DEC..2016 TO APRIL..2017

II SEMESTER ENGLISH MODEL PAPER WITH ANSWERS

AT THE END OF SECOND SEMESTER (CBCS PATTERN)

DEGREE EXAMINATIONS

ENGLISH—I   MODEL PAPER

Common for B. A/B.Com/B. Sc (FT) B. Sc (Animation)

(w.e.f Admitted batch 2016-2017)

Time: 3 hrs                                                                                                  Maximum Marks: 75

SECTION- A (PROSE)

Answer any Three of the following questions                           3x5=15

1.       How is the scientist superior to God according to J. B. S Haldane?

2.       Compare and contrast the scientific point of view and God’s eye view?

3.       What are the G. Gardiner’s views on the custom of Shaking Hands?

4.       How does A. G. Gardiner differentiate Shaking Hands with different people?

SECTION- B (POETRY)

Answer any Three of the following questions                           3x5=15

1.       What are the specific features of autumn season according to John Keats?

2.       What is the central idea of the poem Ode to Autumn?

3.       Explain the views of Kishwar Naheed on the exploitation of the women?

4.       Why did Kishwar Naheed compare herself with a commodity?

SECTION- C (SHORT STORY)

         Answer any One of the following                                          1x 10= 10

1.       How did Subbiah meet his tragic end in the story “Half a rupee worth?”

2.       Bring out the humour in Ruskin Bond’s story “The boy who broke the bank”

SECTION- D (ONE ACT PLAY)

         Answer any One of the following                                          1x 10= 10

1.       Bring out the humour in the play “The Proposal”  

2.       Sketch the character of Lomov in the play “The Proposal” 

3.       Property plays a major role in the play “The Proposal”- Discuss.

SECTION- E (LANGUAGE ACTIVITY)            (WITH ANSWERS)

         Answer any Five of the following                                                  5x5=25

I. Change the following sentences into passive voice

     i) Children like chocolates                Ans: Chocolates are liked by children

    ii) Sasi is playing tennis                     Ans: Tennis is being played by Sasi

   iii) Krupa wrote a novel                      Ans: A novel was written by Krupa

   iv) Malli has bought a new car           Ans: A new car has been bought by Malli

   v) Who taught you grammar?             Ans: By whom were you taught grammar?

II. Change the following sentences into indirect speech

i) He said “I am busy now”                               Ans:He said that he was busy then

ii) She said to me “I will meet you tomorrow” Ans:She said that she would meet me the next day

iii) He said, “Do you speak English?”               Ans:She asked whether I speak English

iv) The teacher asked the students, “Did you show me your homework?”

              Ans: The teacher asked the students whether they had showed him their home work.

v) “Have you no sense?” he shouted                  Ans: He shouted whether I had no sense

III. Change the following into other degrees

i) Iron is the most useful metal     Ans: No other metal is as useful as iron

                                    (Into Positive Degree)

ii) Tea is as popular as coffee       Ans: Coffee is not more popular than tea

                                    (Into Comparative Degree)

iii) Imaginary fear is more dangerous the real experience.

                                    (Into Positive Degree)

                                                      Ans: Real experience is not so dangerous as Imaginary fear

iv) Very few sights in nature are as beautiful as a rainbow

                                    (Into Superlative Degree)

                                                      Ans: A rainbow is one of the most beautiful sights in nature

v) No other King was as wise as  Solomon

                                    (Into comparative Degree)

                                                      Ans: Solomon was wiser than any other King

IV. Build a neat a paragraph using the given below

Respect for elders here and there---the young not serious of virtues of the elders----only of their weaknesses---the young too free to be serious----ignorant of values of hard work, economy, decorum---elders also at times inconsiderate---not willing to grant freedom----attempts at shouting and dismissing the young not showing benevolence.

Ans:  Now-a-days very few elders are respected here and there. The young don not take the elders as their models. They are not serious of virtues of elders, but only of their weaknesses. They are so free that they cannot be serious of anything. They are ignorant of values of hard work, economy, decency and decorum. Sometimes the elders are also inconsiderate and indifferent to the youth. They are not willing to grant freedom to the youth. They often take recourse to shouting at and dismissing the youth and their activities without showing benevolence. It is high time that there must be a perfect understanding between the elders and the young.

V. Write a dialogue between two friends discussing their hobbies in five alternative steps

Ans:

Ravi: Hi Prakash! What about your hobbies?

Prakash: Yah! I enjoy reading in my leisure time.

Ravi: It’s a very nice hobby. I too like it but have no enough free time.

Praksh: It does not need a particular free time. You try it at least before going to sleep

Ravi: You are right.

Prakash: Reading gives us a pleasure of information

Ravi: OK from today itself I develop the hobby of reading

Prakash: Nice. Have a good day.

VI. Read the following passage and answer   the questions that follow

In the first season of my crop was good enough to satisfy me, especially the beans and potatoes. The next year did better still, for I dug all the land needed, about a third of an acre, with a spade. I learned from the experience of both years that if one would live simply and eat only the crop which he raised, and raise no more than he ate, then we would need to plant only a small piece of ground. Ancient poetry and old stories suggest that farming was once a holy art; but people farm today with unholy haste and thoughtlessness. Our purpose now is merely to have large farms and large crops. Today the farmer is interested only in the wealth he can obtain from the soil. By greed and selfishness, and a habit of regarding the soil as property, the face of the land is made ugly, farming is lowered in dignity and the farmer leads the meanest of lives.

1. Which crops grew well in the first season?

2. How much land did the narrator dig the other year?

3. What does ancient poetry suggest about farming?

                4. How is soil regarded today?

5. Pick out the word from the passage which means opposite for “beautiful”

Ans:

1.        The beans and potatoes

2.        About a third of half an acre

3.        Farming was once a holy art; but people farm today with unholy haste and thoughtlessness.

4.        The soil as property, the face of the land is made ugly

5.        Ugly

Best Regards,

Sasi Kumar....

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