B.Sc. III (Semester VI) (Biotechnology) Examination, 2018
English (Compulsory) (CGPA)
Breakthrough
Day and Date Wednesday, 28-3-2018 Max. Marks 70
Time 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Instructions All questions are compulsory.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Choose the correct alternative. 14
William Shakespeare adapts and retells the story of Pyramus and Thisbe
in his play
As You Like It A Midsummer Night's Dream
Comedy of Errors Love's Labour Lost
Speaking of Davy's Safety Lamp, Moore is reminded of that
separated Thisbe and her lover.
the fate parents the wall the lion
The party given by the Minister of Education of Mathilde and Loisel was
scheduled on
Sunday, January 18 Monday, January 19
Sunday, January 19 Monday, January 18
Loiselhad saved four hundred francs to buy a gun because
he had interest in shooting
there was a threat to his life
he wanted to present it to the Minister
he wanted to present it to his wife
Mark Twain's Whitewashing the Fence is an extract from
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Prince and the Pauper
The Great American Novel
A great law of human action that Tom discovered to make a person covet
a thing was
to make the thing easy to do
to make the thing difficult to attain
to make the thing simple to attain
to neglect the thing
In the poem the Bazaars of Hyderabad' the goldsmith makes girdles of
gold for
musicians maidens queens dancers
In the poem On Virtue, Phillis Wheatley says that wisdom is higher than
can reach.
a rich a poor a fool a wise
In the poem On Virtue the phrase 'the false joys of time' indicates

joy that cannot be real
joy that is only transitory
joy that cannot be measured by time
joy which is actually sadness
10) In the poem the Bazaars of Hyderabad' tunics, mirrors and daggars
are sold by
Goldsmiths Merchants Ironsmiths Magicians
11) The snails that he eats voraciously are expensive. The underlined clause
is
a noun clause a relative clause
an adverbial clause a prepositional clause
12) 'Ramesh asked me how I grow my carrots'. The underlined clause is

an adverbial clause an adjectival clause
a relative clause a noun clause
13) The tag question for the sentence "No one is asleep" is
are they isn't it aren't they isn't he
14) "You can pay the bill in cash or by cheque". This sentence is a
simple sentence
complex sentence
compound sentence
none of the above
Set P
2. Answer any seven of the following in brief 14
What is metamorphosis How it is used in the story Pyramus and Thisbe
What is the source of the story Pyramus and Thisbe
What is the importance of the wall in the story Pyramus and Thisbe
What is the moral of the story The Necklace
What was the reaction of Mathilde after reading the invitation for the party
Why was Tom in melancholic spirit on the Saturday morning
What did Tom acquire at the end of the day
What did Loisel do to replace the necklace
3. Answer any two of the following 8
What is Phillis Wheatley's attitude to life on earth
What is the theme of the poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad
What does the pursuit of virtue lead to
Answer any two of the following 6
When you do feel stressed, how do you manage it
You are an attendant in a multinational company in Mumbai and you have
been recently married. You find it difficult to pay house rent and other
bills in Mumbai. Besides your parents are old and medical treatment is
needed. What will you do to solve the financial problem
Suppose that you have just been completed your B.Sc. and admitted to
M.Sc. in JNU, Delhi. How will you adapt to the new surrounding there
4. Write in detail the description of your favorite national leader. Remember to
convey the character, thoughts and mood of him/her. 14
OR
Imagine that you are going to college by bus which meets an accident in which
three old men get injured. You take them to the hospital. Narrate in detail the
accident and your experience in the hospital.
5. Read the following passage and write the summary of it 14
The great advantage of early rising is the good start it gives us in our day's
work. The early riser has done a large amount of hard work before other men
have got out of bed. In the early morning the mind is fresh and there are few
sounds or other distractions, so that work done at that time is generally well
done. In many cases the early riser also finds time to take some exercise in
fresh morning air and this exercise supplies him with a fund of energy that will
last until the evening. By beginning so early, he knows that he has plenty of time
to do thoroughly all the work he can be expected to do, and is not tempted to
hurry over any part of it. All his work being finished in good time, he has a long
interval of rest in the evening before the timely hour when he goes to bed. He
gets to several hours before midnight, at the time when sleep is most refreshing
and after a sound night's rest rises early next morning in good health and spirits
for the labours of a new day.
It is very plain that such a life as this is far more conductive to health than that
of the man who shortens his waking hours by rising late and so can afford in the
course of the day little leisure for necessary rest. Anyone who lies in bed late
must, if he wishes to do a full day's work, go on working to a correspondingly
late hour and deny himself the hour or two of evening exercise that he ought
to take for the benefit of his heath. But in spite of all his efforts, he will probably
produce as good results as the early riser, because he misses the best working
hours of the day.
It may be objected to this that some find the perfect quiet of midnight by far
the best time for working. This is no doubt true in certain cases. Several great
thinkers have found by experience that their intellect is clearest and they can
write best, when they burn the midnight oil. But even in such cases the practice
of working late at night cannot be commended. Few men, if any, can exert the
full power of their intellect at the time when nature prescribes sleep, without
ruining their health thereby; and of course the injury done to the health must in
the long run have a bad effect on the quality of the work done.