U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Second Semester
Part II — English
PROSE, EXTENSIVE, READING AND
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
(CBCS 2011 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions in a sentence or two each.
1. What difference does Kalam notice between the foreign
media and the Indian media?
2. What is society's duty to the engineer and the
stockbroker?
3. When did Lynd become a socialist? What were the
circumstances which made him a socialist?
4. How best can we, according to Nehru, pay homage to
Gandhiji?
5. Who wrote the story "After Twenty Years"?
6. What did the conjuror do with the gold watch of the quick
man?
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7. How do the following adverbs change when the direct
speech is changed into indirect speech?
this now here yesterday.
8. Rama is not so tall as Sita. (change into comparative
degree).
9. Correct the error in the following sentence:
The United Nations have a significant role in the world
today.
10. The cutting down ————————— trees upset the
balance ————————— nature.
(Fill in the blanks with the suitable propositions).
Part B 5 25)
Answer the following questions, choosing either or
11. Comment on the three visions of Kalam.
Or
Why can't the artist, fit into a totalitarian set-up?
12. What, according to Lynd, are the uses of
controversy?
Or
What is the appeal made by Nehruji to the Indians
on the occassion of assassination of Gandhiji.
13. What are the skills that the four brothers have
learnt?
Or
Narrate how the quick man spoiled every trick of
the conjuror.
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14. Rewrite the following as directed: × 1
Geetha said to me, "Are you reading the
Bible"? (into indirect)
He said to her, "My son will recover soon".
(into indirect)
She said to him, "Go to church on Sundays".
(into indirect)
Subbu asked me what was doing. (into direct
speech)
Hari asked her when she would go to Madras.
(into direct speech)
Or
Rewrite the following a directed:
Very few boys are as wise as peter.
(into superlative degree)
Maria is one of the cleverest girls in our class.
(into comparative degree)
Bombay is busier than any other city in India.
(into positive degree)
Gold is the brightest of all metals.
(into comparative degree)
No other king was so adventurous as king
Arthur. (into superlative degree)
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15. Frame sentences of your own using the prepositions:
with without since from on.
Or
Complete the sentence:
Everyone of my friends —————————
owns a bicycle.
I am not able to find my camera ——————
Have) any one seen it?
Ram and Rahim ————————— are)
good friends.
Bread and butter ————————— are)
wholesome food.
Most young men today —————————
(feel, feels) insecure.
Part C 10 30)
Answer any three of the following in detail.
16. Write an essay on the conflict between the state and the
artist. How can the conflict be resolved?
17. Discuss the merits and demerits of the three kinds of
discipline, as presented by John Holt.
18. Narrate R.K. Narayan's story "An Astrologer's Day".
19. What are the degrees of comparison? Discuss their uses
by giving examples.
20. What is concord? Explain the concord between the subject
and verb by giving as many examples as possible.
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