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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
SECONDSEMESTER APRIL 2018
EL 2052- ENGLISH FOR SELF ENHANCEMENT
Date: 20-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
A teacher started off her first class by holdingup a 500-rupee note. In the room of 60, she asked, "Who wants this 500 rupee note?" Almost all hands went up. She said, "I am going to give this note to one of the deserving students but you have to wait." She proceeded to crush the note and then asked, "Who still wants it?" The same number of hands went up in the air. "Okay," she replied, "Let me do this?" And she dropped it on the floor and started to stamp on it with her sandals. Later, she picked it up all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the same hands went into the air. The teacher said, "My students, you have to realize that no matter what I have done to the money, you still want it because it has not decreased in value. It is still worth Rs. 500. Many times in our lives, we are dropped crushed, and grounded into the dirt by circumstances or by failures that come our way. Consequently, we feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value until you feel defeated."
1. What did the teacher do in the classroom?
2. What did she do with the 500 rupee note?
3. Did anyone raise their hands after the rupee note was crushed? Why?
4. Give a suitable title for the story. What is the moral of the story?
5. Make sentences with the following words: value worthless realize
II. Write briefly about any FOUR of the following in about 100 words each:
1. Child Labour
2. Sports
3. Education removes ignorance
4. Global warming
5. Election in India
6. God
III. Complete the following story in about 100 words (10marks)
There was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching his sheep. He cried wolf….
IV. Complete the dialogue with a minimum of TEN exchanges. (10 marks)
Patient May I come in doctor?
Doctor please come in. What's your problem?
Patient …
Doctor …
V. Giving Instructions (10marks)
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Direct your friend from Loyola College to Koyambedu bus stand.

Direct a foreigner from Loyola College to Valluvarkottam
VI. Answer any Two of the following topics in about 100 words each:
1. Explain the ways and means to reduce road accidents.
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of cell phones.
3. The evils of caste system in India.
VII. Answer any one of the following in about 250 words: (1X15=15)
1. Write an essay on the impact of movies on children?
2. What is the role of students in politics in our country? Explain.
VIII. Write a letter to your friend expressing your inability to attend the village festival.
(10 marks)