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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G.DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
THIRDSEMESTER APRIL 2018
16UEL3GE05/EL 3070 ENGLISH FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
Date: 05-05-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
There was a villager. He was illiterate. He did not know how to read and write. He often sawpeople wearing spectacles for reading books or papers. He thought, "If I have spectacles, I can also read like these people. I must go to town and buy a pair of spectacles for myself."
So one day he went to a town. He entered a spectacles shop He asked the shopkeeper for a pair of spectacles for reading. The shopkeeper gave him various pairs of spectacles and a book. The villager tried all the spectacles one by one. But he could not read anything. He told the shopkeeper that all those spectacles were useless for him. The shopkeeper gave him a doubtful look. Then he looked at the book. It was upside down! The shopkeeper said, "Perhaps you don't know how to read."
The villager said, "No, I don't. I want to buy spectacles so that I can read like others. But Ican't read with any of these spectacles." The shopkeeper controlled his laughter with great difficulty when he learnt the real problem of his illiterate customer. He explained to the villager, "My dear friend, you are very ignorant. Spectacles don't help to read or write. They only help you to see better. First of all you must learn to read and write."
a)What is the problem of the Villager?
b)Why did the Villager go to town?
c)What made the Shopkeeper doubtful with the Villager?
Why did the shopkeeper laugh at the villager?
What did the shopkeeper explain to the Villager at the end?
II. Answer any SIX of the following questions in about 100 words each:
1. Why did the husband hide himself inside the firewood bundle in The Magic Moneybag?
2. How do the six visually challenged men describe the elephant?
3. How did the old man help Aniz the shepherd?
4. What lesson do you learn from the story The Ant and the Chrysalis?
5. Describe the contest between the sun and the wind.
6. How did the stork revenge the fox?
7. Explain the theme of the story Superior and Subordinate.
8. What should you do to stay fit and healthy?
III Answer any TWO the following questions in about 300 words each: (2x15= 30)
9. Describe the life of the woodcutter and his wife before and after getting the money bag?
10. Narrate the story The Mysore Lake and justify the decision taken by the father in the story.
11. How did the master reward the three servants in the story The Parable of the Talents?
12. Write an essay on the following topic: My Dream and Challenges
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IV Answer the following: (Grammar)
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles:
She goes to the temple in ……………….. mornings.
She returned after ………………….. hour.
Kiran is …………………. best student in the class.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition:
There are many villages ................... the border.
The boy jumped ...................... the stream.
3. Fill in the blanks with suitable verb form. My grandfather (live/ lives)in Kerala. I (meet/met) my teacher yesterday. She (become/will become) a great singer in future. They (using/are using) my laptop now. She (living/ has been living) in Chennai since 2000.
4. Frame questions for the following statements:
Ravi is reading newspaper now.
He has bought a Smartphone.
Raja will become an actor.
Students have got permission from the principal to use the smart room.
He is my best friend.
5. Fill in the blanks with suitable Adverbs. She smiles (happy/happily) He shouts (loudly/ loud) She speaks English (fluent/ fluently) She spoke to (angrily/angry) He drives (careful/ carefully)
V Observe the following pictures and write TEN sentences. (10 Marks)
For Visually Challenged Only: Write an essay on Global Warming.