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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
FIRSTSEMESTER APRIL 2018
17/16UEL1GE02- COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
Date: 24-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
I Answer any TEN of the following questions in about 50 words each: 10x3=30
1. What was the traveller doing in the poem 'Keep Upright'?
2. Write any three ways by which we can keep our environment green and clean.
3. Who was the last person to receive the ribbon at the end of the story 'Who I am makes a Difference'?
4. Why did the father ask the tenants to leave in the poem 'Felling of the Banyan
5. Why did Matilda live with her aunt?
6. Write the following words in American English
biscuit lorry chips d film bank note to let
7. What was the nickname given to Private Quelch?
8. Who is the narrator in the story' The Poisoned Bread'?
9. Why does the mother 'have to forget' the child in the poem 'Refugee Mother and Child'?
10. What did the boy do with the red plant?
11. What happened in Kilvenmeni?
12. Write any three social problems found in our society.
II Answer the following questions in about 150-200 words each: 2x15=30
13. Write an essay on the caste discrimination as portrayed in 'The Poisoned Bread'.

Give a brief summary of the poem 'Felling of the Banyan Tree'.
14. Explain the steps to be taken to keep our city Clean and Green.

Write an essay on 'Too much knowledge is dangerous'.
III Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: 5x3=15
A crow lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan. "This swan is so white," he thought, "and I am so black. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world."
He expressed his thoughts to the swan. "Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation." The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot explained, "I lived a very happy life until I saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors."
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The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him. After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock. "Dear peacock," the crow said, "you are so beautiful. Every day thousands of people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away. I think you are the happiest bird on the planet."
The peacock replied, "I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet. But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo. I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I
have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. So for past few days, I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere."
1. What did the crow think of the swan?
2. What did the crow say to the peacock?
3. What was the parrot's reply to the crow?
4. Why does the peacock think he is in the zoo?
5. What is the moral of the story?
IV Write the part of speech fir the words underlined: 5x2= 10 marks
1. Jebais a good photographer.
2. My father ordered the tree to be removed.
3. Chennai is a hot city.
4. The roads are narrow.
5. The girl had a pleasant voice.
V Observe the picture and write 15 sentences (15 marks)
For Visually Challenged students only (15 marks)
Write fifteen sentences on Pollution.