Hall Ticket Number: IL
CENTRE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD

M.PIDL. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, JUNE, 2012
Max. Time: 2 hours Max. Marks: 75 INSTRUCTIONS
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Do NOT reveal your identity in any manner in any part ofthe answer book.

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EnteryourHallTicketNumberontheFIRSTpage ofEACHsection ofthe answer book. This paper comprises THREE SECTIONS in all.

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SECTION A consists of objective type questions and 0.33 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer. No marks will be deducted for questions not attempted.

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SECTION B also consists of objective type questions but there is no negative marking for wrong answers.

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SECTION C requires an essay type answer.

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Write your answers in the space provided. No additional paper or answer book will be given.

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Space for rough work is provided on pages 19 and 20.



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SECTION LANGUAGE [TOTAL MARKS 25]
There are 25 questions to answer. Each question carries ONE MARK. Put a tick mark in the box against the correct answer.
Choose the right item from the options given below.
1. Only a week after the operation she was .from the hospital because of shortage of staff.
o released

o discharged

o let out

o freed


2.
The latest negotiations came to a sudden close with the of renewed agitation.

0 demand
0 note
0 threat
0 call


3.
I hope Ria will turn some day and accept her family.

0 about
0 around
0 against
0 back


4.
Ifyouaredone I'dliketohaveitback.


0 with
0 about
0 off
0 through

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5. A taut face is one that is:
o skinny

o tightly drawn

o relaxed

o young


6. A sombre day is:
o dull

o quiet

o serious

o sleepy


7. Choose the sentence that follows the correct word order.
o There was a dog all night under my window howling.

o There was a dog howling all night under my window.

o Was there a dog howling all under my window night.

o There was a dog all howling under my night window.


8. Choose the sentence that uses the right idiomatic expression.
o My path might be risky; I will cross the bridge, if! come to it.

o My path might be risky; I will cross the bridge, if it comes to it.

o My path might be risky; I will cross the bridge when I come to it.

o My path might be risky; I will cross the bridge when it comes to me.


Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 9 and 10.
From the birth ofcivilization, a multitude ofreligions has developed-­each very complex. We know that prehistoric tribes manifested their religious impulse in animistic and totemic practices. Contemporary world religions have highly developed concepts of Ultimate Reality: for Jews it is Yahweh, for Christians it is the Triune God, for Muslims it is Allah, for Hindus it is Shiva or Vishnu, for Theravada Buddhists it is Nirvana.
9. Which ofthe following propositions is true?
o All religious systems are equally complex.

o All religions have highly developed concepts of
Ultimate Reality.


o The influence oftribal religions is present on contemporary religions.

o Ultimate reality is a contemporary religious development.


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10. Choose the right meaning ofthe word 'totemic practices'.
D Ritual practices by which people appease God D Religious practices involving objects or natural phenomena D Practice ofcannibalism D Appeasing ofevil spirits
11. Given below are some phrases where the word 'snappy' has been used. Choose the one which has been used incorrectly.
D snappy woodwork
D snappy weather
D snappy fire
D snappy conversation

12. Choose the correct sentence.
D If! have won the lottery, I would have bought a house. D IfI had won the lottery I would have bought a house. D If! had won the lottery, I will have bought a house. D IfI have won the lottery I will have bought a house.
Choose the appropriate option to fill in the blanks for questions 13 to 20.
13. It is, also found in German.
D also
D however
D except
D since
14. There are some arbitrary or
D associated D systematic D illogical D musical
intonation patterns in English.
15. At a cine-awards ceremony ajudge said, "This scene portrays the industry. It is therefore that it should get the award."
D poetic justice
D denouement
D unity ofaction
D appropriate

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16. I ifI butI
D would, could, can't
D must, could, wouldn't
D might, could, might not.
D will, can, won't

17.
This law will be useful to society but not common man.

D the, the
D the, null
D the, a
D null, the


18.
I am so hungry, I cOl;lld eat a


D chicken
D pig
D fish
D horse

19. Ashikararide __therains ofSrinagar,abeautifulsunset __thelake,a spectacular journey Srinagar-Leh,--and back to life.
D by, on, in
D through, on, from
D in, by, through
D in, on, from

20. The next day we a walk around the lake to sight some birds, and sunrise.
D planning, hoping, capturing
D planned, hoping, capture
D are planning, hoped, captured
D are planning, are hoping, capture
21. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
D India, one of the most powerful nations on Earth, has a huge population. D India, one of the most powerful nations on Earth has a huge population. D India one of the most powerful nations on Earth, has a huge population. D India one of the most powerful nations on Earth has a huge population.
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22.
Since he had finished his preparation for the examination, he was

D complacent
D complaisant
D compliant
D complainant


23.
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows:


Dinosaurs are everywhere. You see them in movies, books, museums and TV documentaries. These prehistoric beasts may be extinct but they are definitely notforgotten!
Scientists are always discovering new things about dinosaurs. Experts recently figured out that the Stegosaurus had only one spread-out row ofplates down its back, not individual rows. Andfossils ofthe smallest and the largest dinosaurs have been found. What will scientists discover next?
From the paragraph you can infer that:
D You can see dinosaurs only in museums.
D All dinosaurs were very tall.
D The author doesn't like dinosaurs.
D Even now, scientists are interested in dinosaurs.

24. The expression "Shakespeare in nineteenth-century America" means:
o Shakespearean characters were abundantly found in nineteenth­
century America. D Shakespeare was present in nineteenth-century America. D The prevalence of Shakespeare's plays in nineteenth-century
America. D Shakespeare had no influence on nineteenth-century America.
25. Choose the best expression for an advertisement:
D Wanted a nurse for a baby about twenty years old.
D Wanted a nurse about twenty years old for a baby.
D Wanted about twenty years old nurse for a baby.
D Wanted a baby for a nurse about twenty years old.


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SECTION DATA ANALYSIS AND TEACHING TASKS [TOTAL MARKS 25]
There are 13 questions to answer.
The first question carries ONE MARK.
All the other questions carry TWO MARKS each.
Put a tick mark in the box against the correct answer.
1. Study the conversation below:
Your hair looks very lovely today.
Thank you. I just had it cut.
In terms ofthe type ofconversation it may be classified as:
D Statement -response
D Compliment -acceptance
D Offer _.acceptance
D Offer -response

2. Consider the following sets of sentences: An asterisk in front of a sentence indicates that it is unacceptable.
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John must be very rich; he has a palatial house.

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John must not be rich; he lives in a small house.
• *John mustn't be rich; he lives in a small house.


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John must stop driving the car in the interests ofhis health.

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John must not stop driving the car in the interests ofhis health.

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John mustn't stop driving the car in the interests ofhis health.


We may conclude on the basis ofthis data that:
D The grammaticality ofmustn't is based on the meaning with which must
is used in the sentence.
D The grammaticality ofmustn't is arbitrary in English.
D All auxiliaries are not necessarily contracted.
D None ofthe above.

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3. The following are some sentences from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and their corresponding Standard English sentences:
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Ain't misbehaving. am not misbehaving.'

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Ain't got the time. haven't got the time.'

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He ain't do it. didn't do it.'


The above data tell us that:
D In AAVE ain't replaces be, have, do.
D In AAVE ain't replaces be, have, do plus not.
D In AAVE ain't replaces be, have, do plus not and the personal pronoun

can be dropped.
D In AAVE ain't replaces all auxiliary verbs

4. Given below are some English with the word bloody infixed:
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absobloodylutely

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confronbloodytation

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imbloodypossible

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unbebloodylievable


We may conclude that infixation of"bloody" takes place as follows--
D Bloody is infixed after two syllables
D Bloody is infixed before a suffix
D Bloody is infixed after a prefix
D None ofthe above

5. The following three sentences are typical ofIndian English usage-­
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They are having three cars.

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seeing this building everyday.

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Of course, I am believing you.


We can explain their occurrence as the result
D Influence ofthe inherent structure ofIndian languages
D Overgeneralization from other English forms
D neither "a" nor "b"
D both "a" and "b"

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Read the paragraph given below and answer the questions that follow to
The pressure is on. There are bills to pay but there is no money. Work is piling up and time is running out. Arguments are now reaching new intensities at home. The telephone keeps ringing, the neighbours are behaving intolerably. There are bags under your eyes and your hair is going grey....
6.
The paragraph can be effectively used to teach

D gerunds
D simple present tense
D present continuous tense
D agreement


7.
To make students write a similar paragraph, you would ask them to describe:

D The process ofmaking tea
D The last few overs ofan exciting cricket match
D The history ofdinosaurs on earth.
D The causes oftsunami


8.
This paragraph is an example of writing


D which is not sequenced chronologically
D that has no evident topic sentence
both"a" and "b"
D neither "a" nor "b"

Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow to 13).
ON TELEVISION
Roald Dahl
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
In almost every house we've been,

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We've watched them gaping at the screen.
They loll and slop and lounge about,
And stare until their eyes pop out.
Oh yes, we know it keeps them still, They don't climb out the window sill,
But did you ever stop to think,
To wonder just exactly what
This does to your beloved tot?
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
IT MAKES A CillLD SO DULL AND BLIND
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
illS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
HE CANNOT THINK ONLY SEES!
'All right!' you'll cry. 'All right!' you'll say,
'But if we take the set away,
What shall we do to entertain
Our darling children? Please explain!'
We'll answer tllis by asking you,
'What used the darling ones to do?
'How used they keep themselves contented
Before this monster was invented?'
Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,
AND READ and READ, and then proceed
To READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!
One half their lives was reading books!
Such wondrous, fine, fantastic tales
Of dragons, gypsies, queens, and whales
And treasure isles, and distant shores
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars,
And pirates wearing purple pants,
And sailing ships and elephants,
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot,
Stirring away at something hot.
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Oh, books, what books they used to know,
Those children living long ago!
So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the waJI.
Then fill the shelves with lots ofbooks,
Ignoring all the dirty looks,
The screams and yells, the bites and kicks,
And children hitting you with sticks
Fear not, because we promise you
That, in about a week or two
Of having nothing else to do,
They'll now begin to feel the need
Of having something to read.
And once they start boy, oh boy!
You watch the slowly growing joy
That fills their hearts. They'll grow so keen
They'll wonder what they'd ever seen
In that ridiculous machine,
That nauseating, foul, unclean,
Repulsive television screen!
And later, each and every kid
Will love you more for what you did.
9. The most appropriate warm-up activity for the poem could be:
Asking students to list their favourite programme on TV and calculate the amount oftime they spend on TV viewing
o Discuss the invention ofthe Radio and Television

o Ask students to find out the way television works

o None ofthe above


10. To teach language fluency in the class, the most appropriate task could be:
Studying the sentence types in the poem
o Extracting the emphasized parts and asking students to recite them
dramatically


o Getting an effective rendering ofthe poem and making the students listen to it

o Creating role plays and asking the students to enact the role ofparents and children


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11.
The poem is least suited for the teaching of:

D use ofintonation to convey meaning
D punctuation
D gerunds
D communication skills


12.
What kind ofteaching aid can be used most effectively for teaching the poem?

D blackboard and chalk
D video shots of obese children crunching chips with blank looks
D recorded speeches on the evils ofwatching television
D none ofthe above


13.
Ifyou have to teach the following vocabulary items from the poem, which would be the best method ofteaching them?


Words: hypnotized, repulsive, idiotic, ridiculous, nauseating.
D Teach the antonyms and synonyms D Give sentences with blanks, ask students to fmd the word meanings and fill
in the blanks D Give the different forms ofthe adjectives given and demonstrate their use D Brain storm for the different nouns that can be used with these adjectives
and demonstrate how they can be used in context
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Hall Ticket Number
SECTION ESSAY [TOTAL MARKS 25]
Write an essay, giving suitable examples, on any ONE of the following in the space provided on the following pages.
1.
The changing face of Indian English

2.
Promoting a neutral accent for English in India

3.
The viability ofteaching language through literature

4.
Teaching soft skills and teaching English

5.
Advantages and disadvantages of Computer Assisted Language Learning

6.
Acceptability of non-native varieties of English

7.
Teaching in heterogeneous and homogeneous classrooms

8.
English for specific purposes

9.
Translation method ofEnglish teaching

10.
Role plays in teaching English


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