- JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION – MARCH / APRIL 2014
BBM – II SEMESTER
GENERAL ENGLISH
Duration: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
SECTION – A
- I) Answer the following questions in a word phrase or a sentence. (5×2=10)
- What made it possible for E. M. Forster to buy a wood of his own?
- Which word in the poem “Buying and selling” refers to clothes?
- Who is the author of the one act play “Refund”?
- What was the geography teacher’s question to Wasserkoff?
- What is becoming a pox on the planet according to George Monbiot?
- II) Write short notes on any four of the following . (4X5=20)
- E.M. Forster’s reflections on owning property. 7. Arundhathi Roy’s views on nuclear weapons.
- The mathematics teacher in “Refund”.
- The problem of green consumerism as expressed in ‘Eco Junk’.
- The discussion about children by parents in the short story ‘War’.
III). Answer the following questions in about two pages each. (3×10=30)
- Write a critical summary of the poem “ Buying and Selling”.
- Compare and contrast the environmental movements of India and America with reference to the essay by Ramachandra Guha.
- Attempt a review of the play ‘Refund’ with specific reference to the element of humour and its critique of present day education.
SECTION – B
- IV) Read the following passage and answer the questions set on them
When we look at the historical side, at all times it had many races, many languages and many religions. There was never any question of saying that this group is the biggest or that is not the biggest. The idea was to accommodate all, and to harmonise all faiths. Even a very conservative legislator like Manu tells us that all the people should learn their own particular traditions. We never believed that all the people should learn their own particular traditions. We never believed that we are a chosen race. We never believed that ours is a chosen religion or a chosen tribe. The historical tradition of each race, of each community, of each tribe were preserved and taught to them. It was this attitude of acknowledging every path, community that has been the tradition which governed the history of our country. You find similarities in the Koran. There it is said: “O mankind, we created you from a single pair of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know each other, not that you may despise each other.” So it was question of what may be regarded as “Sarva- mata –samanvaya- integration of all religions and faiths.
In the greatest periods of our history, when we were able to make a mark, we adopted this attitude of toleration and goodwill. Ashoka sent missionaries to far off countries. He had his great cut out in rock: “Samanvaya Sudha”- concord alone is meritorious. In the next great empire of the country, the Golden Age of the Guptas, Fa Hien, a Chinese traveller, who spent ten years in India, was impressed by the toleration of the people. He testifies that he was allowed to go and do whatever he wanted, and that the people of India never believed in the superiority of their own religion. Harsha Vardhana also followed the religion of freedom.
- Answer the following in a sentence or two. (5×2=10)
- Suggest a suitable title to the passage.
- What tradition has governed the history of India?
- What is Sarva- mata –samanvaya?
- Why the Age of Guptas is called the Golden Age in the history of India?
- What traits of the Indians impressed the Chinese traveller Fa Hein?
- Write a brief note on the importance of religious tolerance in present day India. (1 x 10 = 10)
- Correct the errors in the following sentences. (3×2=6)
- He is working as a teacher in Germany since two years.
- Please return back my mobile immediately.
- Neither he or his brother speak French.
- Change the voice of the verb in the following sentences. (2×2=4)
- Nelson Mandela was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi.
- Thank him.
- Write a brief event report of this year’s college day celebration. (1×10=10)
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