LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION LANGUAGES
FIRST SEMESTER APRIL 2017
EL 1050 GENERAL ENGLISH I
Date: 28-04-2017 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
I. Answer any ten of the following in about 50 100 words each: (10 X 4 40)
1. What are the different warnings given by birds in "The boy who could speak with birds"?
2. What did the boy do in the jungle in "The Boy who could speak with Birds"?
3. What is the reason for us to adjust our speech style on certain occasions?
4. Mention some of the uses of English in 21st century.
5. What are the drawbacks of science that are portrayed in the poem "Your Attention Please?"
6. Bring out any three instances of poverty as mentioned by Jo Goodwin Parker.
7. Explain the freedom Martin Luther King envisages for the future of African -Americans.
8. How can we prevent deforestation?
9. Why did Swaminathan dislike Monday mornings?
10. What is your assessment on Swami's teachers?
11. How does the poet describe his house in "Ecology"?
12. What did the tramps want to do in "Two Tramps in Mud Time"?
13. How did the post master teach Ratan?
14. How did the post master and Ratan spend their leisure time?
II. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 200 words each: X 6 30)
15. Describe the circumstances under which the post master has to give up his job.
16. Why is Martin Luther's speech considered to be significant?
17. What is the meaning expressed in the poem, Comment on the tone of the entire poem.
18. Bring out the friendship between Swaminathan and his friends in "Monday Morning".
19.How do you substantiate that Poverty is man- made?
20. Bring out the central idea of the poem- "Two Tramps in Mud Time"?
21. What are the different ways in which we can respect the inherent worth of life in Nature with
reference to "The boy who could speak with birds"?
22.When can we say that somebody's speech is acceptable?
III. Answer any two of the following in about 250 to 300 words each: (2X15= 30)
23.Narrate the master and disciple relationship between Ratan and the post master.
OR
What according to Shaw are the advantages in learning to speak well?
24.Have you ever experienced a bitter quarrel with a close relative? How did you feel? Write a letter to
that friend recording your emotions and explaining how you managed the situation.
OR
Write an essay either on "I have a dream" or "Ecology" in about 300 words.