Nalanda Open University
Annual Examination 2017
Bachelor in Computer Application Part-I
Paper-I [Foundation Course in English for Computing
Time: 3.00 Hrs. Full Marks: 80
Answer all questions.
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The new dangers resulting from our more organic society call for certain changes in the kind
of character that is admired. The bold buccaneer, or the great conqueror such as Alexader
or Nepoleon, has been admired and is still admired although the world can no longer afford
this type of character. We come here upon a diffidently. It is a good thing that people should
be adventurous and that there should be scope for individual enterprise, but the adventure
and enterprise, if they are not to bring total disaster, must steer clear of certain fields in
which they was formally possible. You can still, without harm to your fellowmen wish to be
the first man to reach the moon. You may wish to be a great poet or a great composer or a
man who advances the boundaries of scientific knowledge. Such adventure injures no one.
But if Nepoleon is you ideal you must be restrained. Certain kind of anarchic self-assertion
which are splendid to the Literature or tragedy, have come to involve too much risk. A
motorist alone on an empty road, may derive as he pleases, but in crowded traffic he must
obey the rules More and more the lives of the individuals come to resemble the motorist in
traffic rather than the lonely driver in an empty desert. (Bertrand Russel) 5 x 3 15
Choose a suitable title to the passage.
Why can't the modern world afford to have adventurous characters like Alexander
and Nepoleon?
What is splendid in the Literature of tragedy?
What idea does the writer want to convey by giving the analogy of a motrist?
What kind of adventures injures no one?
2. Write an essay of about 400 words on any one of the following: 20
Future of English in India.
Present System of Examination.
Punctuality
Computer Revolution
3. Turn the following into Passive Voice: 05
She may harm you.
Bring a chair
They are repairing the bridge.
My father planted this tree
He will call you.
P.T.O
4. Change into Indirect Speech: 05
She said, "My brother takes exercise daily."
I said to have "U were not working attentively."
The teacher said, "The lunar eclipse occurs only in the full moon night."
The saint said "Happiness lies in content."
The Bible says "The wages of sin is death."
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition: 05
He complained............................Vice Chancellor.
I complained..................................the principal................Raju.
I must complain................your father...................your character
6. Make the following words negative by adding the appropriate pefix 05
Animate Own Climax fortune Deed
7. Write a Paragraph in about 200 words on any one of the following: 10
Rome was not built in a day.
Health is wealth.
All that glitters is not gold.
8. Read the following passage and summarise it to one-third of its length.
Give a suitable title. 15
We all start life as weak, helpless creatures, totally dependent for both our physical
and mental well-being upon those who care for us. It has been demonstrated that, from the
very beginning of its separate existence, the baby requires more than simple attention to its
physical needs. If a baby is to develop satisfactorily, it is not enough merely to feed it and keep
it warm; it needs a mother as a person who will play with it, caress it, and show it affection in
all the hundred ways in which mothers do show love towards a child which has been desired
and and which is welcomed. Babies who are cared for physically, but whose emotional needs
are neglected, develop more slowly and may, in some instances, suffer permanent damage in
that, in adult life, they may never be able to form close emotional ties with any other human
being. Every psychiatrist has seen examples of people who were brought up in institutions and
who, perhaps, were excellently fed and clothed, but whose emotional needs were left quite
unsatisfied. As a result, they grew up into a kind of person who can never keep a friend
because the demands which they make upon others are not those of friendship, but rather
those of a lost child looking for a parent who can never be found. (224 words)