Loyola College U.G. English Nov 2006 English For Empowerment Question Paper PDF Download

             LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

AP 06

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         EL 1064 – ENGLISH FOR EMPOWERMENT

(Also equivalent to GEL 065)

 

 

Date & Time : 25-10-2006/1.00-4.00           Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

I Answer all the questions                                                                              (10 marks)

 

Choose the correct answer from those given and fill in the blanks.

1.Vellamal was the ————— of Mr. Kumar. (servant, sister, mother)

2.Beethoven was a great ——————-. (scientist, basket ball player, composer)

3.The wanderer had a ——————— on his head. (millstone, pumpkin, sack of sand)

  1. The mullah was a ———————–. (magician, preacher, sultan)

5.The  wise Ali advised the boy to think of ——————. (moderation, temptation, meditation)

  1. The King left the palace door —————–. (closed, open, ajar)

7.The Professor called the student————-. (by name,  ‘son’ , brother)

  1. Old Mother Laima presented the lad with ————–. (a ring, a pair of shoes, mat)
  2. Malla Reddy was the ——————- of Yashoda. (brother, landlord, husband)
  3. The boy was thrown into the lake by ————-. (the boatman, his mother, his father)

 

 

II Two passages from your text are jumbled and given below. Arrange the Two Passages   separately in the right order.                                                         (10 marks)

 

 

  • Starting on his first day in the cell, the Vizier practiced picking up the calf and carrying it up and the steps of the dungeon tower.
  • A magician was performing his art before the sultan and winning the enthusiasm of his audience.
  • Everyone followed with great interest this play, which was going on in front of them.
  • When he saw him saw him, he was overcome with amazement. “ God help me, what a miracle, what a genie.”

 

 

 

 

 

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  • The Mullah, a preacher, wanted to get some nuts for his wife, because she had promised cook him fesenjah, a dish with nuts.
  • You don’t have any talent anyway—away with you to the dungeon. And you won’t be lonely, and so you will have one of your kind right there, you will have calf as a cellmate.
  • I will help you if you do exactly as I tell you. The Mullah said “I promise to do everything as you say, if you can just free me from this terrible jar.”
  • But his vizier gave him pause for thought as he said, “Your Highness, no master falls from the sky. The magician’s art is the result of his industriousness and practice.”
  • The sultan himself was filled with admiration and exclaimed, “God, help me, what a miracle, what a genie!”
  • Wide-eyed and with open mouth, the Mullah watched and said, “Are you a magician?”
  • The Mullah did this, and, behold without any trouble, he pulled his hand out of the jar.
  • “Your highness no master falls from the sky. My strength is the result of my industriousness and practice.”

 

III. Choose the correct answer from your understanding of the various lessons you have    studied:                                                                                               (1×10=10)

  1. Vellamal was Mr. Kumar’s ___________
  2. aunt b. grandmother c. mother d. cousin
  3. Leaders must exercise ______ _______ if they expect to control others.
  4. effective leaders b. self control c. different styles d. negative attitude
  5. The vizier had a ________ as his cell mate.
  6. steer b .donkey c. rabbit d. camel
  7. The scholar had a lot of _________ in the heavy chests.
  8. pearls b. gold c. weapons  d. books
  9. The boy loved to eat a lot of ________.
  10. apples b. water melon c. dates  d. fish
  11. A mullah is a __________.
  12. preacher b.nut cracker c. doctor d. saint
  13. The wanderer had a heavy ____________ around his neck.
  14. pumpkin b. water hose c. millstone d. boulder
  15. Revathi is a 12th standard student from ___________.
  16. Vayalur b. Pudukottai c. Pappapatti d. Vellore
  17. A successful candidate is always ___________.
  18. afraid b. confident c. silent d .lazy
  19. Yashoda’s husband was ______ _______ .

a.Bala Reddy b.Rama Reddy c.John Reddy d.Malla Reddy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IV Answer the following questions from the various lessons you have studied

(10×1=10 marks)

  1. Who according to is a winner?
  2. Why did the kink want to test the courtiers?
  3. How did the problem between Vayalur and Pudur start?
  4. What did the professor ask the student to do in the class?
  5. Mention any one burden the traveler was carrying.
  6. What did Mullah’s want him to do one day?
  7. What answer did wise Ali give to the mother?
  8. How did the fisherman spend his time everyday?
  9. Why was the scholar called wise?
  10. Name any great personality who became successful after meeting with many failures

 

V Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.         (10 marks)

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to depend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for a long time every day. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other began to live, for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and colour of the world outside. The man described all the beautiful things in the park outside. He told him about the people passing by. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour of the rainbow. Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window. He had died peacefully in his sleep. The attendants took his body away. After a little while, the other man asked if he could be moved to the bed next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the change. And after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. He tried very hard to look out of the window. There was only a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who described such wonderful things outside the window. The nurse answered that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said,” Perhaps he just wanted to make you happy.”

Questions:

  1. Why were the two men admitted in the hospital?
  2. How did they spend their time?
  3. What did the man describe?
  4. What happened to the man by the window one morning?
  5. Why did the man encourage the other man in his room?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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VI        Read the following story and answer the questions given below.  (10 marks)

 

The Enlightened Butcher

 

This story from Mahabaratha brings to light that our spiritual achievement is useless if we neglect our duties or Dharma.

 

Kaushika was his parent’s only son. “Mother,” he said one day, “ I want to go off into the jungle and devote myself to spiritual studies.” His mother said with concern, “but son, your father and I are very old. Your father is sick and he can hardly move. If you go away, what will happen to us? Who will attend to our needs?”

 

Kaushika did not listen. He was determined to study the Vedas. His mother cried in vain as she watched her son turn his back on her and leave for the jungle. Eventually Kaushika acquired great mystical powers.

 

One afternoon, as he was meditating under a tree, a crane flew up, and perched herself on a branch above Kaushika. Some bird droppings fell on Kaushika head. Kaushika furiously threw a gaze at the crane. The crane immediately fell dead. The sage felt sorry for what he had done. “How could I have allowed my anger to take over me that way?” He mourned.

 

Later in the day, he went to a village to beg for alms. The lady of the house asked him to wait and went to get some food. Right then her husband arrived. She immediately set aside the pot of food she was taking to the sage and went to her husband. After washing his feet, giving him food, and attending his needs, she came back out to give the alms to the sage. The sage was very insulated. “You put your husband before a pious sage? Do you know the power of a Brahmin?” he asked.

 

She calmly replied, “Yes, a true Brahmin is he who has mastered his anger. Please do not threaten me, I am not a crane that will die with your fiery gaze.” The sage was amazed. How does she know about the crane?” he wondered.

 

The lady continued, “Oh holy one! You are a learned Brahmin but you have not understood the truth about virtue. If you want to be enlightened, go to Dharmavyadha

who lives in Mathura. Anyone will tell you where he lives.”

 

The sage thanked the lady and hurried to Mathura. “He must be a great and learned sage indeed,” Kaushika thought to himself. But when he finally reached Dharmavyadha’s place, he found it to be a butcher’s shop! A very ordinary looking man came out and said, “Welcome holy one. I am Dharmavyadha, the man you seek.”

 

How can a butcher be spiritually enlightened? Kaushika asked in amazement. Dharmavyadha smiled and said with compassion, “ I know the story of the crane and of the woman who sent you here. Come, let us go to my house.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The sage could not contain himself and blurted out, “But killing animals is such a sinful profession! Are you not ashamed?” “I am not,” the butcher calmly said. “ I am engaged in my family trade. I work hard and honestly at it. There is no reason for me to be ashamed of my work!”

 

“Holy one,” continued the butcher. “If I do injury to other creatures, so do you as you did to the crane.” “As we walk on the soil, we are trampling on numerous creatures. Nor is air devoid of creatures. You see the farmer tilling the land? He is killing so many animals that thrive under the soil.”

 

They reached the butcher’s house. The Butcher’s wife was doing her household chores and his two boys were playing. The butcher introduced the sage to his wife and boys. Then the butcher entered the house and touched his parent’s feet. “Here is a learned Brahmin from a far off place,” the butcher told his father. “Welcome, holy one”, the father said.

 

Before leaving the room the butcher remarked, “ My parents are my Gods. My wife and my children attend to them with devotion and love. We consider caring for them to be our greatest duty. In doing one’s duty cheerfully, lies true virtue. This is what the dutiful wife sent you to learn.”

 

“Oh learned one!” the butcher continued, you have run away from your responsibilities and deserted your aged father and mother. Spiritual achievement is useless if one has neglected one’s Dharma, or duties.” The sage remembered his mother crying, “ Who will look after us when you are gone my son?”

 

The sage apologized, “You have shown me the path of true virtue, the true meaning of Dharma, Oh pious one. I am deeply indebted to you”. Kaushika immediately returned to his parents and served them lovingly till the end of their days.

 

Answer the following questions from the passage in complete sentences.

 

  1. Why did Kaushika leave the house and his parents?
  2. Why did Kaushika kill the crane?
  3. Why did the lady in the house make Kaushika wait for his alms?
  4. What is the profession of Dharmavyadha?
  5. How did Dharmavyadha explain the virtue of his profession?

 

 

VII Answer  any one of the following and your should be in five paragraphs.                                                                                                                                 (10 marks)

(a) What do you mean by success? What are the ingredients that go into making a successful person?

(b) How important is relationships in life? Write about the different relationships you        share with the people around you.

 

 

 

 

 

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VIII Answer  any one of the following and your should be in five paragraphs.                                                                                                                               (10 marks)

 

  • We are wanderers in our life carrying the burden of responsibilities. Explain.
  • Write about the different perspectives of the businessman and the fisherman.

 

IX Vocabulary.

 

  1. Match the following. (3 marks)

 

  1. adjoining sea reproduce
  2. remake search
  3. congratulate mistake
  4. looking for compliment
  5. flaw unwilling
  6. reluctant coastal

 

  1. Choose one word substitute to the following expressions.                (3 marks)

 

Virtues, cattle, horror, businessmen, monster, boatman

 

    1. worthy qualities
    2. domesticated animals
    3. extreme fear
    4. one who runs a business
    5. one who provides transport by boat
    6. wicked person

 

 

X Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate words given.                       (4 marks)

 

Scream, convince, tide, puzzled

    1. The child __________ for ice-cream.
    2. Some people are adamant. We cannot _________ them.
    3. On seeing the question paper the candidate was _________.
    4. Time and ______ wait for no man.

 

XI        Use the following hints and write the story in your own words.       (10 marks)

Poor man – in a hut – no wife – no children – worked in the field – one evening – an old man came – the poor man gave food and shelter – old man was satisfied – presented a goose – went away – next morning – the goose – a goose – a golden egg – the poor man sold eggs everyday – became rich – wanted to became rich – wanted to become richer – did not want to wait – killed the goose – lost both.

 

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