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ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION OCTOBER 2013
B.COM – III SEMESTER (TRAVEL AND TOURISM)
ADDITIONAL ENGLISH
Time: 3 hours. Max Marks: 100
SECTION -A
I. Answer ANY FIVE questions in a word, phrase or a sentence. (5×2= 10)
1. Who was murdered by Adams in the story ‘The Case for the Defence’?
2. Name the instrument used for public executions in the story ‘The Adventures of a
German Student?
3. Who was the first person to share the news of Conqueror’s escape?
4. What did the father do every day, to keep himself busy in the lesson ‘My Mother’s
Hands’?
5. What are the things to the advantage of the Hawk in hunting?
6. In the poem ‘Mushrooms’, ‘who shall by morning inherit the earth’?
SECTION –B
II Write short notes on ANY FOUR of the following in about 100 words. (4×5 =20)
7. Imagery used in Hawk Roosting.
8. Ending of ‘Adventures of a German Student’.
9. Human body parts described in’ Mushrooms’
10. Witnesses in ‘A Case for the Defence ’.
11. Bostock Wombwell’s menagerie.
SECTION –C
III. Answer ANY FOUR of the following in about 250 words. (4×10 =40)
12. What are the various dimensions of love and understanding explored in the story
‘My Mother’s Hands’?
13. What were the conflicting thoughts in Wolfgang’s mind when he took the woman to
his room? Describe the incident which led to his death at the end.
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14. How has Ted Hughes fused admiration and horror into a unified response in the
poem ‘Hawk Roosting’? Give appropriate illustrations from the poem to write your
answer.
15. Comment on the title of the story ‘A Case For The Defence’. What made the murder
trial the strangest?
16. Write a critical appreciation of the poem ‘Mushrooms’.
SECTION – D
IV. Write short notes on ANY TWO of the following. (2×5=10)
17. Swami’s teachers in Albert Mission School.
18. Swami called as ‘Rajam’s tail’
19. The coachman
V. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about two pages. (10×2=20)
20. Do you think the harmonious existence between Swami and his friends is threatened
with the arrival of Rajam? Give reasons for your answer.
21. Describe the role played by the grandmother in Swami’s life.
21. Sketch the character of Swaminathan.
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