B.Sc. (I YEAR) SEMESTER-II ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY
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ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY
CBCS SEMESTER SYSTEM
II SEMESTER : ENGLISH—II
MODEL PAPER
Common for All UG Courses
(w.e.f Admitted batch 2016-2017)
Time:3 Hours Max.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)
Answer any Five of the
following 5x5=25
I. Change the
following sentences into passive voice
i) Children like chocolates
ii) Sasi is playing
tennis
iii) Krupa wrote a novel
iv) Malli has bought a new car
v) Who taught you grammar?
II. Change the following sentences into
indirect speech
i) He said “I am busy
now”
ii) She said to me “I
will meet you tomorrow”
iii) He said, “Do you
speak English?”
iv) The teacher asked the students, “Did you show me your
homework?”
v) “Have you no sense?”
he shouted
III. Change the
following into other degrees
i) Iron is the most useful metal
(Into Positive Degree)
ii) Tea is as popular as coffee
(Into Comparative Degree)
iii) Imaginary fear is
more dangerous the real experience
(Into
Positive Degree)
iv) Very few sights in nature are as beautiful as a rainbow
(Into Superlative Degree)
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.
V. Write a dialogue
between two friends discussing their hobbies in five alternative steps
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”