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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
U.G.DEGREE EXAMINATION GENERAL ENGLISH
FIRSTSEMESTER APRIL 2018
EL 1050- GENERAL ENGLISH I
Date: 24-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
I. Answer any SIX of the following in about 50 100 words each: X 10 60)
1. What are the drawbacks of science that are portrayed in the poem "Your Attention Please?"
2. Bring out any three instances of poverty as mentioned by Jo Goodwin Parker
3. What are the different warnings given by the birds in "The boy who could speak with birds"?
4. Mention some of the uses of English in the 21st century.
5. Explain the freedom Martin Luther King envisages for the future of African -Americans.
6. How did the post master teach Ratan?
7. How can we prevent deforestation?
8. What did the tramps want to do in "Two Tramps in Mud Time"?
II. Answer any TWO of the following in about 250-300 words each: (2x20=40)
9. What according to Shaw are the advantages in learning to speak well?
OR
What are the different ways in which we can respect the inherent worth of life in Nature with reference to
"The boy who could speak with birds"?
10. Write a poem on Nature beginning with "Nature is what we see-".
OR
Write an essay on poverty focusing on the plight of students in educational institutions. Also discuss the
efforts taken by colleges and universities to make education a