M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Second Semester
English
Elective — ENGLISH FOR COMPETITIVE
EXAMINATION
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
Fill in the blanks
1. cow in my house is useful animal.
(Articles)
2. The bridge is built the river the
government of India. (Prepositions)
3. I yoga for the past two years. (Tenses)
4. By this time next year, I finish) my course.
(Tenses)
5. Ox fish (from plural).
6. Brother-in-law datum (form plural).
7. What does reading comprehension aim at?
8. What is learnt through Precis writing?
9. Introduce yourself to an interviewer.
10. How does group discussion assess a candidate's potential?
Sub. Code
4MEN2E2
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Section B X 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles.
Gold is precious metal.
Honest men speak truth.
He looks as stupid as owl.
I would like to meet Brad Pit,
actor.
What did you do with camera I gave
you?
Or
He is going out with German friend.
He remained bachelor all his life.
'What is that noise?' think it is
helicopter.'
I waited for hour and then I went home.
She showed me one-pound coin.
12. Supply the correct form/tense of the verb.
When Sarah (graduate) from
university next year, she (study)
English for nearly four years.
While the children (play) by the
lake, one of them (drop) his ball and
to get it out himself.
Tomorrow around 7.30 pm, I (drive)
through America.
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Builders (finish) the Millennium
Dome by the end of the year 2000.
When I (have) another look I
(realize) the shirt in the laundry
(shrink).
Or
Jessica (never fall) in love until she
Ben two years ago.
Bruce (not stop) studying until he
(cover) all of the exam topics.
When the old woman (hear) that her
grandson (arrest) for robbery, she
(shock).
When Megan (have) problems at
school, her parents (usually help)
her to cope with them.
We (wait) for the bus for nearly half
an hour, but it (not arrive) yet. So I
don't think we (be able to) attend
the meeting on time.
13. Form Plurals
arm
chair
man servant
deer
photo
wife
knife
(viii) scissors
people
life
Or
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Spot the error and rewrite. (Give explanation)
I studied in a boys school
I like Keats's poems.
The chair's leg is broken.
The book is yours'.
Everyone likes rose because of it's beauty.
14. Read the passage and answer the questions
The stunning Baltimore Oriole is a common
summer visitor to eastern and Midwestern
deciduous woodlands, neighbourhoods, and gardens.
Baltimore Orioles winter in the tropics. About 7
inches in length, the male Baltimore Oriole has a
black head, throat, back and wings. Its breast,
stomach, and rump are bright orange. It also has an
orange patch on the top of each wing and white
wing bars. The tail is mostly black with orange
fringes. The female is dull orange throughout.
Baltimore Orioles range throughout the eastern and
Midwestern United States, and can be found as far
west as the Dakotas. At the western edge of their
range, Baltimore Orioles may breed with the
Bullock's Oriole (They were once considered the
same species under the name Northern Oriole).
Baltimore Orioles build unusual pouch like nests
that hang down from branches. They usually nest
high in the trees, but often come down to lower
heights, flashing bright orange and black feathers
to delighted observers. Active and acrobatic by
nature, Baltimore Orioles may even feed upside
down at times. Baltimore Orioles eat insects and
berries. They can easily be attracted to gardens by
nailing orange wedges to tree branches. Baltimore
Orioles are also known to feed at hummingbird
feeders and sapsucker wells.
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What is oriole?
What are the differences between the male
and the female oriole?
How do they make nests?
Describe their eating habits?
How can we attract oriole to our gardens?
Or
Raisins are dried grapes that have been eaten for
thousands of years. Nearly 3,500 years ago, the first
raisins were discovered as grapes that were drying
in the sun on a vine. In medieval Europe, raisins
were used as sweeteners, medicine, and even as a
form of money! In America, raisins were first grown
after an 1873 heat wave in California destroyed its
valuable grape crop, leaving only dried, wrinkly, but
tasty grapes on the vines. Soon, farmers began
developing seedless grapes in California that were
thin-skinned and sweet. These grapes would be
purposely dried in the sun and became the popular
dark raisin we eat and enjoy today. Later, a golden
variety of raisin was made by treating grapes with a
chemical called sulphur dioxide and using special
methods to dry them. Today, central California
remains the centre of the world's raisin industry,
producing nearly 95 percent of the world's raisins.
Its green valleys, sunny climate, and hot
temperatures provide the perfect conditions for
grapes that are dried into raisins.
What is a raisin?
How were raisins uses in medieval Europe?
How was golden variety of raisins made?
How is California associated with raisins?
Which place is considered the centre of raisins
industry? Why?
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15. How will you prepare yourself for an interview for
the post of Lecturer in English?
Or
How is group discussion conducted?
Section C X 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions
George Washington was born
1732.
the American Revolutionary War
1775 and 1783) he was the Commander-in
Chief the American forces.
Washington played an important role
the founding United States.
He became the first President the United
States.
He was President 1789
17. Fill in the blanks with correct verb forms.
Today after I (get)out of class, I
to a movie with some friends.
When you (arrive)in Stockholm, call my
friend Gustav. He (show) you around the city
and help you get situated.
Do you know what you want to do after you
(graduate)?
After I (receive) my Master's from
Georgetown University, I to graduate
school at UCSD in San Diego.
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I (plan) to complete a Ph.D. in cognitive
science.
I (watch) TV when Paul and Simon
arrived.
Do you think he what I said?
18. Fill in the blanks with Noun clause
The king ordered
He said
is known to us.
He said
I cannot rely on
I don't know
He asked
The news has been confirmed.
The belief is almost universal.
It is certain
19. Write a Precis of the following.
Men and women are of equal rank but they are not
identical. They are be peerless pair being supplementary
to one another, each helps the other so that without one
the existence of the other cannot be conceived and,
therefore it follows as a necessary corollary from these
facts that anything that will impair the status of either of
them will involve the equal ruin of them both. In framing
any scheme of women's education this cardinal truth
must be constantly kept in mind. Man is supreme in the
outward activities of a married air and therefore it is in
the fitness of things that he should have a greater
knowledge thereof. On the other hand, noise life is
entirely the sphere of woman and, therefore in domestic
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affairs, in the upbringing and education of children,
woman ought to have more knowledge Not that
knowledge should be divided into water tight
compartment's or that so that some branches of
knowledge should be closed to anyone, but unless courses
of instruction are based on discriminating appreciation of
these basic principles, the fullest life of man and woman
cannot be developed. Among the manifold misfortunes
that may befall humanity, the loss of health is one of the
severest. All the joys which life can give cannot outweigh
the sufferings of the sick. Among the manifold
misfortunes that may befall humanity, the loss of health
is one of the severest. All the joys which life can give
cannot outweigh the sufferings of the sick.
20. Write an imaginary interview for the post of manager in
an export company.
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