B.Sc. (Catering Science and Hotel Management)
DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2017
Second Semester
English
PROSE, EXTENSIVE READING AND COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
(CBCS 2016 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Why did Jesse Owens hit the ground?
2. How did the senior doctor discourage Cronin, when he
was a medical student?
3. What was the habit of the doctor in "Tree Speaks"?
4. What, according to Nehru, is the proper way of paying
homage to Gandhiji?
5. How did the king forgive the bearded man in "Three
Questions"?
6. Why does the narrator want to kill the old man in "The
Tell Tale Heart"?
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7. What possessions does the statue give away in "Happy
Prince"?
8. No other city in India is as big as Bombay. (Give the
comparative and superlative degree).
9. Correct the sentences:
He sat besides me.
The furnitures in this classroom are costly.
10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
There is a bridge the river.
Don't stay there midnight.
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. What do you understand of Hitler from Jesse's
account?
Or
Write a note on Lynd's views on the possession of a
good memory.
12. Discuss the habit of the doctor as illustrated in
"Tree Speaks."
Or
Write a note on the use of pictorial symbols in
writing.
13. Why is the prince called happy? Was he really
happy?
Or
How does Poe create suspense in the story "The Tell
Tale Heart"?
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14. Discuss the difference of expression in direct and
indirect speech.
Or
Give the degrees of comparison for the following
sentences without changing the meaning of the
sentence.
Naomi is not one of the cleverest girls in the
class.
This church is the biggest in Mumbai.
Iron is the most useful of all metals.
15. Illustrate the function of prepositions with adequate
examples.
Or
Correct the following sentences:
The sceneries here are not good.
Scouts wear half pants.
Students should wear white pants
He is my cousin brother.
He walked ten miles by foot.
Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three of the following.
16. How does Jesse Owens share his Olympic experience?
17. How does Rajagopalachari advocate his love for nature in
"Tree Speaks"?
18. Sketch the character of the King in "Three Questions".
19. Analyse the change of adjectives in comparison of degrees
with adequate examples.
20. What are the barriers of effective communication