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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

FOURTH SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 4050 – VALUE ADDED GENERAL ENGLISH

 

 

 

Date & Time: 20/04/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00     Dept. No.                                                                Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

  1. Explain any TEN of the terms/expressions in about 30 words each. (10×2 = 20 marks)

 

  1. Foreign Direct Investment
  2. Gangsterism
  3. Bioethics
  4. Pogrom
  5. Oscar awards
  6. Free Market
  7. Aboriginal People
  8. Dignity of man
  9. Moral Policing
  10. Booker Prize
  11. Election Commission
  12. Religious Fundamentalism
  13. Global Financial Chaos
  14. Pathogenic virus
  15. Vote-bank

 

  1. Answer any EIGHT of the following in about 100 words each.              (8×5 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Religion and politics in India.
  2. The effects of super market culture in India.
  3. Who do you think is the ideal person to tackle the issue of sex education – parents or teachers?
  4. Does Indian culture allow the attack of women in public, as the Rama Sene did? How will you condemn such attacks?
  5. Why does Dr. Manmohan Singh’s friend refer to himself as a ‘half a minister’?
  6. “A.R.Rahman is globalisation’s favourite child.” Explain.
  7. Why do the youth hesitate to enter politics?
  8. Give reasons to show the institutionalization of corruption in India?
  9. How does the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples protect them?
  10. Why does America propose to have greater corporation with China?

 

 

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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 2054/ EL 2062 – POWER COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00     Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 100 Marks

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Answer all the questions:                                                                                           (10×10=100 marks)

 

  1. Elaborate on the types and elements of Communication.
  2. Identify seven common positive and negative gestures that indicate the attitude of an audience and explain them in a tabular column.
  3. Imagine yourself as a participant in a group discussion with four other members on the topic “Education is a preparation for a livelihood as well as living well”. Prepare two rounds of exchanges in the following order; A, B, C, and D.
  4. What are the four important guidelines for an effective group discussion?
  5. Define listening and list out the seven major reasons why people fail to listen.
  6. What are the skills and qualities that interviewers expect in a candidate for recruitment?
  7. What are the objectives and components of career guidance?
  8. Elaborate the factors and the skills required to become an effective public speaker?
  9. Draft a speech on the topic “Climate Change” with an introduction, four main points with illustrations and a suitable conclusion.
  10. Critically examine the following excerpt from President Barack Obama’s inaugural address for the following elements with textual evidence:
  11. Logical presentation
    b. Emotional appeal
    c. Call to action

My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land — a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted — for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor — who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions — that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions — who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them — that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account — to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day — because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control — and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart — not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort — even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

 

 

 

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Loyola College U.G. English April 2009 Literary Appreciation Question Paper PDF Download

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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1053 – LITERARY APPRECIATION

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00   Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

    Answer any six of the following in about 250 words each        (6 x 10 = 60 marks)

 

  1. How do you think Homer Barron died?
  2. Comment on the “positive” thoughts in the poem London Snow
  3. Discuss Herriot’s experiences at the dentist’s as a comment on the medical profession.
  4. Show how silence enhances the feeling of fear in The Silence of the Snow.
  5. Identify the many ways through which Mulk Raj Anand brings out the absurdity of fashion fads.
  6. Elaborate on the connection Colin Mooers draws between capitalism and imperialism.
  7. What implications does marriage have for a man as elaborated by Judy Syphers?
  8. Comment on the advice the father gives the son when the latter sets out on his journey to the university in Hamlet.

SECTION – B

    Answer any two of the following in about 400 words each       (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

  1. Do you agree that the racist and sexist prejudices are detrimental to the development of our country?
  2. Attempt a short essay titled Why Cricket Should Be Banned.
  3. Write a short account/poem/ short story about the traditions of any festival in your community.

 

 

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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1051 – LITERARY APPRECIATION – I

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

SECTION – A

Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each           (10 x 3 = 30 marks)

 

  1. How is the selfish giant transformed?
  2. Why is the love of Romeo and Juliet for each other doomed from the start?
  3. What is Helmer’s initial reaction to the letter?
  4. Give two ways in which the girl child suffers in the poem “I Ask…Why?
  5. Why are the adults eager to get rid of the snow?
  6. Distinguish between the laws of nature and forest laws.
  7. What does W.H.Auden signify by saying the “the death of the poet was kept from his poems”?
  8. Comment on the connection between the glass menagerie and laura.
  9. What lessons for life did A.P.J.Kalam learn from his parents?
  10. What is the usual misconception about love?
  11. Do you agree with George Orwell that sports is an “unfailing cause of ill-will”?
  12. What does the author mean by seeing off the shine?
  13. Why is Brady reluctant to fight against Jack?
  14. Why does the hermit insist that the king should not kill the deer?
  15. Give two reasons why the author wants a wife.

 

SECTION B

Answer any FOUR of the following in about 200 to 250 words each    (4 x 10 = 40 marks)     

 

  1. Discuss the union between plant life and human life as portrayed by Thoreau and Kalidasa.
  2. How does the winter in the giant’s garden turn into spring?
  3. How important are the early influences and experiences critical in shaping one’s future according to Dr. Kalam’s lifestory?
  4. Do you agree with Nora’s reasons for wanting to leave?
  5. Examine Swami and Friends as a humorous account on the importance of sports for young people.

SECTION C

Answer any TWO of the following in about 300 to 400 words each. (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

 

  1. Write a personal account of the ups and downs in the relationship with your mother.
  2. Write a humourous account of an encounter at the beach with the traffic police.
  3. Do you think the cricket news is important enough to be aired on prime time TV?
  4. Write a short essay on violence against women in our television serials
  5. Write an imaginative account of an encounter with a celebrity during a journey by train.

 

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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1057 – GENERAL ENGLISH – I

 

 

 

Date & Time: 29/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                  Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

I  Explain any TEN of the following passages.                                             (10 x 4 = 40)

  1. By this process you can actually remake your life.
  2. But no one descended to the traveler.
  3. The manager stared at him as though he were a pre-historic monster.
  4. Forman. Will you come into the vestry for a minute?

I have something to say to you

  1. Your comrades chase even now the fliers
  2. Tell him to answer this damn telephone.
  3. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
  4. I cannot rest from travel; I will drunk

Life to the lees;

  1. And I pointed out to her a big mirror in block bronze frame hanging in the corner near the portrait of my great-grandmother.
  2.  ‘Well. I don’t know what kind of school they had all that time ago.
  3. …that book is so far ahead of us that it never gets out of date.
  4. Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days. She was thinking about the fun they had.

II Answer any FOUR of the following questions in about 200 words each. (4 x 10 = 40)

  1. Bring out the elements of fantasy in “The crooked mirror”.
  2. Ulysses is an epitome of human desire. Elucidate.
  3. How does Norman Vincent Peale motivate us for a new life?
  4. Explain the steps initiated by Foreman to become a successful business man.
  5. Describe the research carried out by James Howard in “Return to Dust”.
  6. Explain the mystery portrayed in the poem “Listeners”?
  7. Did Margie express her attraction for the old school? Give Reason to your answer.

 

III Do as directed

  1. Use any FIVE of the following Phrases in your own sentence. (10 Marks)
  2. give up 2. take into 3. get into trouble 4. give away
  3. do or die 6. instead of     7. have the mastery of

 

  1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.                   (5 Marks)

I paid a huge sum—-money—-the mirror and never parted—-it until quite recent                                                                                                         times. I used to look—-it even when I was eating and drinking. When retiring—-the night, I always took it—-bed—-me, and wherever I went, I asked—-it to be carried—-me.

 

  1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate tense forms of the verbs given in the brackets. (5 Marks)

 

It—-(be) a source of subdued pride to him that he—-(can) nearly always quiet a whimpering infant by the manner in which he—-(hold) it, and he—-(be) not unconscious of the amused admiration with which mothers and nurses—-(watch) him settle the baby in the crook of his surpliced arm.

 

 

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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

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FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1065 / EL 1061 – ESSENTIAL ENGLISH

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00       Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

  1. REWRITE AS DIRECTED:                                                          (15 Marks)

 

  1. Choose the correct answer:                (3 Marks)
  2. a)  She stopped me —–going home. (from/to)
  3. b)  Shakespeare is one of the —–poets. (greater/greatest)
  4. c)  This is —–own house. (mine/my)
  5. Change the statement into a question:   (1 Mark)
  6. a) Sita became lazy.
  7. Write TWO interrogative sentences using the following words:   (2 Marks)
  8. a) Where b) Why
  9. Join the sentences using the word ‘AND’:   (1 Mark)
  10. a) Clara lifted her bag. She walked along the road.
  11. Fill in the blank a using pronoun:      (1 Mark)
  12. a)  There was no doubt as to ——– the speaker meant.
  13. Fill in the blanks with ARTICLES:    (2 Marks)
  14. a) He is —— honest man.
  15. b) Raj is—– NCC officer.
  16. c)  I have —–red and —- blue pencil.
  17. Fill in the blanks with the correct PREPOSITION:  (2 Marks)
  18. a)  He is gazing—- the sky. (at/in)
  19. b)  It’s a machine ——-washing clothes. (for/to)
  20. c)  They came —–a big bus. (in/by)
  21. d)  She is writing —–a pen. (with/in)
  22. Give OPPOSITES for the UNDERLINED words:  (3 Marks)
  23. a)  He is a broad-minded
  24. b)  The clothes are dry.
  25. c)  Children love domestic

 

  1. a) Read the following and answer the questions given below:     (5 x 3 = 15Marks)

Once there lived a violent elephant in a forest by the side of a village. It would come down to the village and attack the villagers without any provocations. There was a temple where the village folks worshipped the deity every day. There lived a clever mouse in the village. One day the villagers ran for their lives after seeing the elephant. The mouse stood in an important place to draw the attention of the elephant. When the elephant saw the mouse, he became angry and raised its feet to trample it.

A frightened mouse gathered courage and told the elephant, “It’s not good killing people.” The elephant replied, “I have a big belly and whenever I do not get sufficient food, I get angry.” The mouse said, “I’ll take you to a special friend of mine who will offer you as much food as you want.” The mouse took the elephant to the sea-shore and made a sound. A very big whale came and enquired what the matter was. The Whale persuaded the elephant that he would take him to a house with plenty of food in it. And hence it took him to the deepest part of the sea. The whale said that a lot of food is there in the bottom of the sea. The greedy elephant asked the whale to take him there. The whale took a dip and the foolish elephant got drowned in the sea. Next morning the elephant’s body was floating near the sea- shore. The villagers’ joy knew no bounds. The villagers thanked the mouse who played an important role in killing the elephant.

  1. Where did the elephant live and how harmful was the elephant?
  2. How did the mouse persuade the elephant to the sea-shore?
  3. Justify the death of the elephant?
  4. Write your comment on the statement: “It’s not good killing people” according to the

present situation of the world?

  1. Discuss the positive attitude that helped the small mouse in tackling a powerful

Elephant.

 

  1. b) Read the passage given below and write THREE sentences on ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION, SATISFACTION, SHARING, CONCERN FOR LIVING ORGANISMS and VALUE EDUCATION: (5 x 3 = 15 Marks)

 

“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the

earth” – Albert Schweitzer.

Once upon an unfortunate time, there was a hairy thing called ‘man.’ Along with him was a hairier thing called ‘animal.’ Man had a larger brain which made him think he was superior to animals. Some men thought they were superior to others. They became leader men. Leader men said, “We have no need to work; we will kill animals to eat.” So they did. Man increased and animals decreased. Eventually leader men said, ‘There are not enough animals left to eat. We must grow our own food.’ So man grew food. Now, the only animals that had not been destroyed were tiny ones, like rabbits and mice, and these little animals were caught eating some of man’s crops. ‘These animals are a menace. They must die.’ In China they killed all the sparrows; in Australia they killed all the rabbits; in India they killed all the snakes. Every where man killed all wild life. Soon there was none, all the birds were poisoned. Leader men said, ‘At last we are free of pests.’

Man’s numbers increased. The world became crowded with men. They all had to sleep standing up. One day a leader man saw some new creatures eating his crops. These creatures’ name was ‘the starving people.’ ‘These creatures are a menace!’ said the leader man…..

 

III. Rewrite the JUMBLED SENTENCES in a proper sequence:   (5 x 1 = 5 Marks)

  1. When his turn came, he put his hand in his pocket.
  2. Ismail found two good jobs in the Indian Express.
  3. He realized that his purse has been robbed.
  4. He decided to apply for both.
  5. He found a large queue at the stamps counter in the post office.

 

  1. Rectify the errors and rewrite the sentences: (5 x 1 = 5 Marks)
  2. a)  One of the biggest industrial houses in Mumbai are declaring a lock out.
  3. b)  It is very heavy to lift.
  4. c)  He would return back the money.
  5. d)  Rani goes to a beauty-parlour. Isn’t she?
  6. e)  Vijay did not answer the question. Do he?

 

  1. Answer any ONE of the following in about 250 words: (15 Marks)
  2. a)  What are the essential qualities of a true leader?
  3. b)  Explain the responsibilities of the youth?
  4. c)  Discuss: Are women truly Independent?
  5. d)  How will you improve your English Language?

 

  1. Study the PICTURES given below and relate it to LIBERTY, EQUALITY, BROTHERHOOD, TOLERANCE and RELIGION AS VOTE BANK POLITICS in about TEN sentences: (15 Marks)

      

 

FOR VISUALLY CHALLENGED STUDENTS ONLY: (15 Marks)

  1. b) Write a SHORT ESSAY on EDUCATION.

 

VII. Write any ONE of the following in about 200 words: (15 Marks)

  1. a)  Can War on Terror put an end to the Terrorists- Discuss?
  2. b) Can the evils of Child Labour be stopped by strict laws?

 

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U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 1055 – ENGLISH THROUGH INDIAN REFLECTIVE WRITINGS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

I  Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each:                (10 x 3 = 30)

 

  1. How is the tailor associated with Ved Mehta’s family?
  2. What did Gandhi do to steal his wife’s heart?
  3. What is Gandhi’s expectation of a woman?
  4. What is a benefit dinner? What is the reason for the benefit dinner mentioned in the text?
  5. Why is the hero of the story Another Community not given a name?
  6. How does the post master drive away his loneliness in the village?
  7. Comment on Ratan’s affection for the post master.
  8. What does the Arjun tree symbolize to Ketu and his friends?
  9. What is the purpose of the lady’s visit to the town in the story Gifts?
  10. What is Ezekiel’s attitude towards religion and dogma in the poem In India?
  11. How does the poet feel nostalgic about her native place in the poem Hot Noon in Malabar?
  12. How does the girl in the kitchen react on hearing the sound of the airplane?

 

SECTION – B

II  Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each:                (5 x 6 = 30)

 

  1. Bring out the impact of Globalization on Indian agriculture and farming.
  2. “Indias are endless.” What kinds of India does Ved Mehta talk about in Between the Two Worlds?
  3. Describe the life of the Tibetan refugees in Delhi.
  4. Attempt a character sketch of the hero of the story Another Community.
  5. Assess critically Ezekiel’s views on the Indian urban culture.
  6. Describe the treatment meted out to the national bird.
  7. Sketch the character of Chaya in Water.
  1. Comment on the significant role played by prince Abhijit in Mukta-Dhara.

 

SECTION – C

III  Answer the following in about 300 words each:                             (3 x 10 = 30)

 

  1. a) How does the trip to Hardwar become an eye-opener to the author? Discuss.

(OR)

  1. b) What are Gandhi’s views on women? Do you agree with them? Give reasons.
  2. a) Write an essay on the conditions of working women in India.

(OR)

  1. b) Why does the author call the benefit dinner as “commodification of one’s own suffering”?
  2. a) “The personality and teachings of Dhananjaya in Mukta-dhara are similar to those of

Mahatma Gandhi.” Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons.

(OR)

  1. b) List down the causes for water scarcity and suggest means of procuring more water

meeting the needs of Chennai populaion.

 

IV   24. a) Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with suitable articles and

                  prepositions.                                                  (10 x 1 = 10)

 

In another city there was —1— little girl. On the street she lived —2—, there was a small bookstore, glass-fronted. If she stood —3— her toes, her eyes and nose alone would reach the glass window. It stood —-4—- a swiveling bookcase. A small patch of —5—- blue sky, the moonlight threading through it like embroidery, a boat. ——6—– sea and boat and moonlight blended together —-7—- a mass of blueness. She loved blue very much. Every time she reached —8— street corner, her eyes and nose would press ——–9—– the glass. —-10—- shopkeeper noticed her one day and called her in.

 

 

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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 2053/2061 – ENGLISH THROUGH CONTEMPORARY IDEAS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

SECTION – A

Answer the following in about 200 words each:                        (4×10=40 marks)

 

  1. Show how the writer uses the image of the dog to highlight David Lurie’s plight at the end of the novel.

OR

Elaborate on the many kinds of disgrace in J.M. Coetzee’s novel.

 

  1. Highlight aspects of humour in Pi’s religious conversions.

OR

Comment on the ending in The Life of Pi.

 

  1. Discuss the theme in The Artificial Nigger

OR

Write a short essay on the injustice of caste based discrimination in Oorkali

 

  1. Write a short essay on the central concerns in Urmila Pawar’s short story.

OR

Why is the story of Toba Tek Singh pathetic?

 

 

SECTION B

Answer any TWO of the following in about 400 words each:    (2×20=40 marks)

 

  1. Show how the lives of David and Lucy are threatened by new ideas on racist and feminist justice.
  2. Show how Pi’s life at the zoo prepares him for the losses at sea.
  3. Explain the significance of the title Dream Images.

 

 

SECTION C

Answer any ONE of the following in about 400 words:          (1×20 =20 marks)

 

  1. Do you agree that any discrimination based on differences in gender race or caste is

crime against human rights?

  1. As a young citizen of this country what steps will you take to protect and conserve

the environment?

 

 

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EL 1058 – ENGLISH THRO LITERATURE – I

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

I  Answer any TEN of the following in about 50 words each:                (10 x 3 = 30)

 

  1. Why does Jonson call Shakespeare the ‘Soul of the Age’?
  2. Why does Jonson not compare Shakespeare with his peers?
  3. Why is the pleasure-dome a strange invention in Kubla Khan?
  4. Comment on the opening lines of the poem Dover Beach.
  5. Who are the ‘assorted characters’ of ‘death andblight’ in Frost’s Design?
  6. What is India’s gift to the world?
  7. What impression do you form of the child’s father in Night of the Scorpion?
  8. What does the true bore think of himself?
  9. What are a bore’s favourite topics?
  10. What is, according to Shaw, natural slavery?
  11. How do laws of the land protect the citizens?
  12. Why are the peasants compared to ‘swarms of flies’?

 

SECTION – B

II  Answer any FIVE of the following in about 100 words each:                (5 x 6 = 30)

 

  1. How does Jonson pay rich tribute to Shakespeare in his poem On Shakespeare?
  2. Describe the landscape of Kubla Khan’s pleasure-dome.
  3. What is, according to the poet, the ‘design of darkness’?
  4. How does Sarojini Naidu describe the supreme sacrifices made by Indian soldiers

during the First World War?

  1. Describe the various kinds of bores.
  2. What are Shaw’s views on working hours and retirement?
  3. How is vocational education useful?
  4. Which subjects are grouped under humanities? Why?

SECTION – C

III  Answer the following in about 300 words each:                             (3 x 10 = 30)

 

  1. a) What solution does Arnold prescribe to mitigate the sufferings of this dark world? Do you agree

with the poet? Justify your answer.

(OR)

  1. b) How is the poem Night of the Scorpion a true expression of Indian sensibility? Discuss.

 

  1. a) Suggest some remedies to save oneself from bores.

(OR)

  1. b) Write a summary of Shaw’s views on Freedom.

 

  1. a) How did Sindhu finally succeed in winning the landlord’s daughter in The Three Dancing

Goats? Explain.

(OR)

  1. b) Describe the manner in which the Mathematics Master traps Wasserkopf.

 

  1. 24. Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with suitable articles and

prepositions.                                                                                 (10 x 1 = 10)

 

Tom appeared —1— the side walk with —2— bucket of whitewash and —3— long-handled brush. He surveyed —4—fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled —-5—- upon his spirit. Thirty yards of Board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but —-6— burden. Sighing he dipped his brush and passed it —-7—– the topmost plank; repeated the operation; did it again; compared —–8— insignificant whitewashed streak —-9—- the far-reaching continuent of unwhitewashed fence, and sat down —10—- a tree-box discouraged.

 

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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 2060 / 2068 – ENGLISH FOR TECHNICAL WRITING

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00       Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

I.Write short notes on ANY FIVE of the following:          (5 x 5 = 25 marks)

 

  1. Total Quality Management
  2. Use of Colour in Graphics
  3. The Information Superhighway and a Company’s Internal Web
  4. Summary and Executive Summary
  5. The Process of Rewriting
  6. Email and Memo
  7. Progress Reports

                                                               PART – B

 

II.Answer ANY TWO of the following:                             (2 x 15 = 30 marks)

 

  1. Examine the process involved in producing the product in Technical Writing.
  2. Comment on the issue of online versus paper in the context of Technical Writing.
  3. What are the prewriting Research Techniques?

 

PART – C

 

III.Attempt ANY THREE of the following:                       (3 x 15 = 45 marks)   

 

  1. Suppose you are back from a special workshop on Technical Writing. Draft a MEMO for your classmates who could not attend the programme. The memo should be on four or five tips for writing an effective email.

 

  1. You intend to pursue your postgraduate studies in a university outside your state. Write a formal LETTER OF ENQUIRY in the full block format to the PRO of the university on the four or five things you want to know before making your choice.

 

  1. The following short report is poorly formatted. The text is so dense that the readers would have difficulty understanding the content easily. Improve the document’s design to help easy access. Use relevant highlighting techniques.

 

Date                      May 18, 2005

To:                         Matha Collins

From:                    Richard Davis

Subject:                 2005 Switch Port Carriers

 

Attached are the supplemental 2005 Switch Port Carriers that are required to support this year’s growth patterns. As we have discussed in previous phone conversations, the May numbers show a decrease in traffic, but forecasts still suggest increased traffic. Therefore, we are issuing plans for this contingency. If the June forecasts prove to be accurate, the ports being placed in the network via these plans will support our future growth except for areas where growth can not be predicted. Some areas, for example, are too densely populated for forecasting because the company did not hire enough survey personnel to do a thorough job.

 

Following is an update of our suggested Port Additions. For Port 12ABR, add 16 Ports in Austin. For Port 13RgX, add 27 Ports in Houst0n. For Port 981D, add 35 Ports in San Antonio. For Port 720CT, add 18 Ports in Dallas. The total Port Additions will equal 96 and cost $3,590,625.

 

After working long hours on these suggestions, Port Additions should be considered mandatory. However, follow-up forecasts are probably needed due to the short time we were provided to do these studies. If you are going to perform follow-up forecasts, do so before September 1. The survey teams, if you want a successful forecast, need at least three months. Twenty-five team members should be sufficient.    

 

  1. Draw a table for the following information:

 

When the voltage out is 13 V, the frequency out is 926 Hz. When the voltage out is 12.5V, the frequency out is 1.14K. When the voltage out is 12V, the frequency out is 1.4K. When the voltage out is 11V, the frequency out is 1.8K. When the voltage out is 10V, the frequency out is 2.3K. When the voltage out is 9V, the frequency out is 2.8K. When the voltage out is 8V, the frequency out is 3K. When the voltage out is 7, the frequency out is 0 Hz.

 

 

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EL 2056/EL 2052 – ENGLISH FOR SELF ENHANCEMENT

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

  1. Read the following carefully and answer the questions given below:                 (10 marks)

In 1914, Thomas Edison, at the (1) age of 67 (2) olts his factory, which was (3) orhwt a few million dollars, to fire. It had very (4) itletl insurance. No longer a (5) ogyun man, Edison watched his lifetime (6) torfef go up in smoke and said, “There is great (7) aulve in disaster. All our mistakes are burnt up. Thank God we (8) can (9) tsart anew.” In spite of disaster, three weeks (10) aeltr, he invented the phonograph.

 

  1. Rearrange the letters.
  2. What is the moral of the story?
  3. Give a title for this story.

 

  1. (NOT FOR THE VISUALLY CHALLENGENED STUDENTS)

Hidden is a story with the title ‘Discipline’. Make meaningful sentences which would become a story.                                                                                                         (15marks)

Aboywasflyingakitewithhisfatherandaskedhimwhatkeptthekiteupdadrepliedthestringtheboysaiddaditisthestringthatisholdingthekitedownthefatheraskedthesontowatchashebrokethestringguesswhathappenedtothekiteitcamedownisntthattrueinlifesometimestheverythingsthatwethinkareholdingusdownarethethingsthatarehelpingusflythatiswhatdisciplineisallabout

 

III. Read the following carefully and rearrange the sentences to form two separate stories and

      write them neatly.                                                                                                           (15marks) 

 

  1. He asked the flower girl to pack up all the flowers.
  2. Oscar Wilde once passed by a flower shop.
  3. The boy of ten was asked to give blood for his sister.
  4. So saying he went away.
  5. She thought that he was a rich customer on his way to some grand wedding.
  6. In the circumstances, only her brother’s blood was suitable.
  7. As he paid the bill, the overjoyed flower seller asked him where she should deliver the basket.
  8. She needed blood but her blood group was a rare one.
  9. After the blood was taken from him, the boy asked the doctor, “When will I die, doctor?”
  10. A girl of three was seriously ill.
  11. “Throw them away. Their faded look bleeds my sensitive heart.”
  12. After some hesitation he came forward to give his blood happily.

 

  1. Read the following advertisement and fill in the details given in the application form given

       below:                                                                                                                             (10marks)

Advertisement

Wanted a young dynamic person to work as a supervisor in Westside Export Company Private Ltd. Candidates must be a graduate in any discipline. Call 9009632701. Interested candidates can apply with the details given below.

  1. Applicant’s Name:
  2. Post applied for:
  3. Present Position:
  4. Date of Birth:
  5. Qualification:
  6. Other Interests:
  7. Permanent Address:

 

  1. Match the following: (5marks)
    1. I devote two hours from going to college.
    2. He named his son to get this job.
    3. My brother is good for my exercise daily.
    4. Nobody prevented you after Kalam.
    5. He wrote the letter in Maths.

 

  1. Choose the correct answer: (5 marks)
  • pleasing quality                a) treasure  b) charm       c) arrogant
  • person who is studying a) student   b) mechanic  c) baker
  • bring in for the first time a) usual      b) introduce  c) begin
  • teaching and learning a) trick       b) admire      c) education
  • agreement or permission a) consent  b) dozen       c) motive

 

VII. Fill in the blanks as directed:                                                                           (10 marks)                  

  1. I _________ (buy) a new football tomorrow. (Use the right form of verb)

2    Sachin _______ (score) a century in the third ODI against New Zealand yesterday.

(Use the right form of verb)

  1. We ____ ______ ______ (live) in this town for several years.

(Use the right form of verb)

  1. Go and see. Someone ____ _________ (knock) at the door now.

(Use the right form of verb)

  1. She bought ___ dictionary, ___ pen and ____ ink bottle. (Fill in articles)
  2. She was born __ the 9th of June. She lives ____ Singapore. So she travelled ____ a

special flight.                                                                             (Fill in prepositions)

 

VIII. Write briefly about any FOUR of the following in about 50 words each: (4×5=20 marks)

  1. Child Labour
  2. Sports
  3. Education removes ignorance
  4. Global warming
  5. Election in India
  6. God
  7. Answer any ONE of the following in about 200 words each: (10 marks)
    1. Stop violence before it stops you
    2. Buy One Get One Free!
    3. Dream, Dream, Dream

 

X.FOR THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED STUDENTS ONLY.                     (15 marks)

Write a letter to your friend expressing your inability to attend the village festival. Give reasons like

(a) Preparation for the semester exam.

(b) Lack of holidays.

(OR)

Write a dialogue between a teacher and a student with reference to the student’s lack of attendance. Write ten exchanges.

 

 

 

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EL 1054 – ENGLISH FOR LANGUAGE SKILLS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 29/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

  1. Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 150 words each. (5 x 8 = 40)
  2. Why does the poet call the people inside the house ‘a host of phantom listeners’?
  3. “An accurate self-map brings out a highly effective person”. Explain this view with

reference to the lesson “Proacitvity Defined”.

  1. Describe the element of humour in the lesson “What is a tail”?
  2. Explain how the misunderstand arises out of the situation in the lesson “The Night the

ghost got in”?

  1. Who is Ibrahim? Comment on his confession.
  2. Describe the experiences of the women with the mirror in the lesson “The crooked

Mirror”.

  1. How did Foreman reveal his love for his duty as a verger?
  2. What significant role will the mechanical teacher play in future as it is indicated in

“The Fun They Had?

II Attempt any THREE of the following in about 250 words each      (3 x15 = 45)

  1. Attempt a character sketch of Albert Edward Foreman and discuss how he turned out to be a

successful businessman?

  1. Define ‘proactivity’. What characteristics of proactive persons make them always successful?
  2. Quote instances wherein Swami is more imaginative and creative than his friends.
  3. Trace the events that happened in Herman’s house leading to the shooting of a policeman on

the night the ghost got in.

  1. Yussouf is a fine example to prove that we should love our enemies too. Discuss.

III Answer any ONE of the following in about 300 words                             (1 x 15 =15)

  1. Based on Swami’s experiences and your own experiences, what are your suggestions to make

college life a memorable?

  1. There are at least three systems of education – the ancient system of Gurukula, the present

school system and the future tele book system. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of

each these systems and indicate the system that you would cherish most.

 

 

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EL 1064 / EL 1060 – ENGLISH FOR EMPOWERMENT

 

 

 

Date & Time: 29/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                  Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

  1. Read the following passage and give your answers in about 30 words each:(5 x 2 = 10)

 

Socialism aims, then, at substituting the motive of social service for the motive of private profit. It holds that men will do better work to make the good life, with the leisure and financial competence it requires, possible for a society. In fact in the long run it is better for themselves, then they will at present consent to do for a society which compels them to enrich the exploiters of their labour in order to avoid starvation for themselves. If socialism is wrong in making this assumption, if the psychology of human being is such that they will not work willingly and well for society but only for themselves, then the whole of the socialist edifice falls to the ground, for this doctrine is the foundation upon which it rests. Either men are socially minded in the sense described, or they are not, and cannot be made so

  1. What is the chief aim of socialism?
  1. Why are men expected to work better in a socialistic setup?
  2. How does the present work that we do for ourselves benefit the exploiters?
  3. What is the basic assumption of socialism that can make it work?
  4. How can socialistic attitude be developed in the citizens?

 

II.                Read the following passage and give your answers in about 30 words each:-

 

The National council of educational research and training (NCERT) has done substantial work in the areas of primary school education and secondary education. They have also created awareness amongst the central and state Governments about the wrongs in the present day implementation of education services in the areas of child education. Even educationists and private school authorities have been informed and cautioned.NCERT has been repaired Minimum Levels of Learning (MLL) data for primary and post-primary levels of school education. And these have been or are being circulated to the authorities concerned. If these are adhered to, the children would be able to acquire required competence in various subjects of study besides improving educational standards.

But as NCERT is only an advisory body it cannot force schools and educationists to implement its fact based findings and so the state governments act upon only that portion of the guidance from NCERT which seems appropriate to them, as do the private schools. In certain areas they may also totally disregard the advice from NCERT.

It is, therefore, quite sensible that the NCERT should be empowered, through appropriate channels, to enforce their guidance. And this becomes more urgent in the area of primary school education where children attending classes I to III with school bags loaded with 10 to 12 books has become the order of the day.

  1. Why can NCERT not enforce its guidelines on schools and educationists?            (2 marks)
  2. What is the nature of substantial work done by NCERT?             (2 marks)
  3. What are the advantages of such guidelines? (2 marks)
  4. What is the remedy suggested by the author to bring out efficiency in educational standard of

children?                                                                                                                 (4 marks)

III.             Read the following passage and give your answers in about 30 words each: (5 x2=10)

 

One day a father, mother, and their 18 year old son went boating. On the bank of the lake was a large notice: BEWARE OF CROCODILE. The family got in to the boat and another couple joined them. And of course there was the boatman himself. Now as the boat was moving, the son kept dipping his hands in the water. Suddenly the whole boat was rocked to-and –fro. Something had caught the boy’s hand, but no one knew what it was. The boat man realized that it was a crocodile and told everyone this. The tug-of-war went on but they could not free the boy’s hand .There were no weapons in the boat. The boat was in the middle of the lake. Even the oars were useless against the thick skin of the crocodile. The boat was almost turning over. Then the boatman told the father “Either you continue to save your son, in which case the boat will surely turn over or all of us will die. I know a crocodile will never let go its hold. Or you throw your son into the water and save us all.” After some painful moments of silence, the father suddenly threw his son into the lake.

 

 

  1. Who went boating?
  2. What was the message written on the notice?
  3. What happened to the boat when the boy kept his hand in water?
  4. Did the persons in the boat save the boy?
  5. What were the two suggestions given by the boatman?

 

  1. Write sentences of your own for the following words given below: (5 x 2 =10)
  2. Check
  1. Realize
  2. Create
  3. Succeed
  4. Remedy
  1. Answer the following questions in a paragraph in about 100 words each:   (2 ´ 5 = 10)
  2. Narrate your feelings and emotions on reading the story, “Mysore Lake?”
  3. Describe the life of the boy after he is taken home by Kanniyammal in the lesson “Poverty

Auction”.

 

  1. Answer the following questions in about 200 words each: (2 x 10 = 20)

22.Which factors did help Yashodha to win her battle against the landlord?

23.Rewrite the story of Pudur’s problem from the point of view of Revathi.As an        educated

youth what solution would you offer to this problem?

 

VII. Read the following passage and answer the following questions in about 30 words each:

 (5 x 2 =10)

A woman came with her little boy to the wise Ali and said,”my son is suffering from a serious problem. He eats dates from morning till night. If I don’t give him any dates, he screams his head off. What shall I do? Please help me”. The wise Ali asked them to come to the same time on the next day. The next day, the women and her son again stood before the Ali.The great master sat the boy on his lap, spoke to him in a friendly way and finally took his dates out of his hand and said ,”My son, think always of moderation. There are other things that taste good.” With these words, he let them go. The women, who were somewhat puzzled, asked “Great master why didn’t  you say this yesterday? Ali answered “My good lady, yesterday I couldn’t have convincingly told to your son what I have told him today, because yesterday I myself had savoured the sweetness of the dates.

 

  1. Why did the women go with her little son to meet the wise Ali?
  2. What did the wise Ali do when the women and her little son came to him for the first time?
  3. What did the wise Ali tell the boy when he came with his mother for the second time?
  4. Why did Ali ask the mother and her son to come on the next day?
  5. What is the moral of the story?

VIII.  Write an essay / story on the following topics:                                     (2 ´ 10 = 20 )

  1. The best day in your life
  2. Parliament election in Tamilnadu.

 

 

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EL 2059/ EL 2063 – ENG. FOR RES.DEVL.THROUGH CUR.TREND

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00       Dept. No.                                                           Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

  1. Choose the correct answer for each question / statement from the lessons  The President’s Address    

and  Our March to Freedom and write only the answer in the answer script.  1×10=10

      

  1. According to our President , keeping one’s house clean and dumping the rubbish in the neighbour’s garden shows :
  2.      a) lack of Hygiene              b)  lack of accountability                    c)  lack of technology
  3. Ambedkar points out that India’s progress, without providing for our weaker sections, would be like a palace built on:
  4. a) a tall mountain             b) a dung heap                        c) A desert
  5. Who said this? “We have never heard of a husband mounting the funeral pyre of his deceased wife.”
  6. a) Gandhi b) Nehru                      c) Tilak
    1. “One half of our society guzzles aerated beverages while the other has to make do with palmfuls of muddy water.” Here ‘aerated beverages’ refers to:
    2. a) Cakes and biscuits b) Non-vegetarian foods       c) Soft drinks like Pepsi
    3. ‘Self regarding purity and righteousness ignoring others has been the bane of our culture’.

Here the word ‘bane’ means;

  1. a) curse b) blessing                   c) celebration

 

  1. The apartheid destruction on our sub-continent is incalculable. What does ‘apartheid mean’?
  2. a) cultural integration b) cultural dis integration   c) racial discrimination

 

  1. The prestigious award that Nelson Mandela won in 1993:
  2. a) Nobel Peace prize b) Nobel Prize for Literature               c) Nobel Prize for

economics.

  1. Nelson Mandela cherishes the ideal of a democratic and free society in which people:
  2. a) accept dictatorship                  b) go to war if necessary                     c)live in harmony with

equal opportunities

  1. ‘Mr. de Klerk himself is a man of integrity’ says Nelson Mandela.Who is Mr.de Klerk?
  2. a) Prime Minister of South Africa b) President of South Africa               c)Secretary-General

of the UN

  1. Apartheid ended in South Africa due to:
  2. a) Armed struggle b) Dictatorship                        c) Mass action and sacrifice by millions

 

  1. Choose the correct answer for each question / statement from the lessons  Student Power – New style and  Adamant Driver pushes girl to death and write only the answer in the answer script                                                                                    

   (1×10=10)      

  1. In the lesson, Student Power- New Style, the students were able to solve a major industrial dispute and reopen the factory because:
  2. a) They asked all the labourers to resign from their post
  3. b) They provided the communications necessary for better human relations
  4. c) They threatened the management with serious consequences
  5. The name of the company where this dispute occurred in February 1971 and closed down for 9 months is:
    a)Standard Motors b)Super Motors           c) General Motors
  6. The students were successful in their attempt to solve their factory problem because they did it on the basis of:
  7. a) what is right b) who is right c) who is more powerful
  8. The school wished that the minister be convinced to change his mind on matters of policy. So they asked for God’s help. What according to a small girl was the answer?
  9. a) God says we should go on a strike when the minister arrives
  10. b) God says we should not to allow the minister inside the school
  11. c) God says we are to make him happy
  12. The minister did not make a mention of his two points of policy for the rest of the tour because:
  13. a) He appreciated all that was being done for and by the children
  14. b) The headmistress sat and discussed the problem of the school for two hours
  15. c) The secretary did not allow the minister to stay in school for more than 15 minutes
  16. The lesson Adamant Driver pushes girl to death is in the form of:
  17. a) Complaint letter to the police b) Grievance letterof the parents     c)Newspaper report
  18. He refused to ply the bus to the village. Here ‘ply’ means:
  19. a) Push b) Repair         c) Drive
  20. The reason the driver gave for the bus not going to the village were:
  21. a) The girl passengers had not paid for the ticket
  22. b) the bus was already late and the roads were bad
  23. c) There was a punctured tyre
  24.        How did Mahalakshmi die?
  25. a) She fell into a ditch
  26. b) Bite of a poisonous snake
  27. c) Road accident
  28. Inspite of repeated requests, the driver refused to budge. Here ‘refused to budge’ refers to:
  29. a) Not taking the bus to the village
  30. b) getting down and allowing the conductor a tea break
  31. c) Refunding their ticket money

 

  1. Choose the correct answer for each question / statement from the lessons  The Window and From a slum dweller to a prize winner and write only the answer in the answer script.

                                                                                                                                                                  (1×10=10)

  1. When the man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate to describe such wonderful things outside the window, the nurse replied :
  2. a) perhaps he wanted to make you feel jealous
  3. b) perhaps he wanted to encourage you.
  4. c) perhaps he wanted to make you unhappy
  5. When the other man look out of the window, he saw:
  6. a) A multi-storeyed building
  7. b) A blank wall
  8. c) a beautiful garden
  9. ‘The Window’ is a good example of:
  10. a) re-engineering situations
  11. b) Communal harmony
  12. c) International peace

 

  1. V.R.Ramaiah, a grade IV employee in Loyola College is also:
  2. a) a talented singer b) a talented painter c) a talented writer

5.The man couldn’t hear the band, he could see it in his mind’s eye. Here the expression ‘mind’s

eye’ means :

a)Visualise             b) Optical Ilusion                    c) Sixth Sense

  1. Mr. Arputham Jockins was not only the President of the National Slum Dwellers Federations

but also the winner of this prestigious award:

  1. a) Oscar b) Booker Prize c) Magsaysay
  2. The demolition of Janata colony galvanized Mr. Jockins into action. Here the word galvanize

means:

  1. a) activate b) paralyze c)discourage
  2. The full form of SPARC – an NGO – Jockins teamed up with- is:
  3. a) Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres
  4. b) Society for the Promotion of Adult Research Centres
  5. c) Society for the Promotion of Alcoholic Research Centers
  6. The lesson The Prophet and the long spoons talks about
  7. a) Religious tolerance
  8. b) Civil liberty
  9. c) Human relationships
  10. When the prophet Elijah said to his escort ‘That is heaven’, he was referring to the

       atmosphere in the:

  1. a) First room
  2. b) Second room
  3. c) Third room

 

  1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:–                                     ( 5×2=10)

Positive change requires letting go of old patterns and taking a fresh approach. It demands going            beyond our preconceived ideas. A story about the relationship of a teacher and student illustrates this principle. A student who thought he had it “all figured out” and knew everything would visit his teacher each day for personal lessons about life. Despite the teacher’s attempts to share her life experience, the student resisted. One day the teacher took a different approach. The teacher asked the student if he would like some tea. The teacher proceeded to set the tea table and brought in a huge pot of piping hot tea. She not only filled the student’s cup, but once the cup was full, she continued to pour. Tea overflowed, streaming onto the table and the beautiful carpet. Shocked, the student jumped up from his chair and started screaming at the teacher, “Stop! You must be crazy! You’re ruining everything! Can’t you see what you are doing?” The teacher continued her pouring as if the student weren’t present until the entire pot was empty. Only then did she look calmly at the student and respond, “If you want to receive my tea, you must keep your cup empty.”

Like a wise student, we can gain insight only if we are open to change. Change is always our teacher, pointing new directions, suggesting new options, testing our potentialities. Change challenges our current reality by forcing a new reality to rush in. If we’re open to it, if our cup is empty, new possibilities fall into our lives. If we’re not open to change, we respond to it like an enemy we have to fend off.

  1. What is required for positive change to occur?
  2. Why did the student resist the Teacher’s attempt to educate him ?
  3. How does a wise student gain insight ?
  4. How does Change become our Teacher?
  5. Do you think the Teacher was successful in her attempt to re-engineer the situation?

Narrate an incident where a Teacher has helped you to change a negative attitude .

 

  1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:–                                        (5×2=10)

 

 In Ability Development from Age Zero, Shinichi Suzuki describes telling a violin student:

‘”Stop playing the violin for one week. There is something you must learn besides the violin. It is the spirit of doing things for other people. … To begin with, pick up your friend’s books when they have fallen…. Live by looking for things to do for other people. This is your homework for the week.”

[The student asked] “…what does doing things for other people have to do with violin practice?” …

“When listening to your performance, I could clearly feel that you were self-centered in your heart. If your heart is set to work for others, then your mind should be able to work more sensitively in an expanded world. If you do so, then more abundant, delicately beautiful expressions will enter your performance. …”

… art becomes higher as humans develop higher. …great talent and a deep, beautiful feeling in the heart are closely tied together.”‘

  1. What was the student asked to stop doing?
  2. What was the homework given to the student ?.
  3. What was wrong with the student?
  4. What was the student to learn besides the violin?
  5. What is the connection between pro-human values and art ?

 

 

  1. Answer  any TWO of the following questions in a paragraph each  ( in 100 words)                 (2×5=10)
    1. What hurdles would Jockins have faced while building up human relationships?
    2. How did the students cement the relationship with the minister?
    3. Attempt a character -sketch of Maanji.
    4. Why should a 60 year old committee member consider Nagar a traitor?
    5. Explain the perspective of the visually challenged man’s positive approach in the lesson ‘The Window’?
    6. How did the school children make an impact on the attitude of the minister in the lesson ‘Student power-New Style’?

 

 

  1. Using the points given  in the passage below and the points given in your text under the heading Building New India, write an essay in about 250 words on  the changes you visualize in various fields ( Science and Technology, politics, education, agriculture etc.) for India to become a developed country by 2020!                                                                                                          (1×10=10)

 

If youth have to sing the song of India, India should become a developed country which is free from poverty,      illiteracy and unemployment and is buoyant with economic prosperity, national security and internal harmony.

To create this transformation we all have to resolve ourselves to work and sweat for the national development. I would like to share the song of youth, which I normally recite with the school children, here at this juncture. I am very happy to see the children present here representing the future generation. Through them I would like to convey the song of youth to all children of our country and the people.

As a young citizen of India, armed with technology, knowledge and love for my nation, I realize, small aim is a crime.

I will work and sweat for a great vision, the vision of transforming India into a developed nation, powered by economic strength with value system.

I am one of the citizens of billion; Only the vision will ignite the billion souls.

It has entered into me; The ignited soul compared to any resource is the most powerful resource on the earth, above the earth under the earth.

I will keep the lamp of knowledge burning to achieve the vision – Developed India.

If we work and sweat for the great vision with ignited minds, the transformation leading to birth of vibrant developed India will happen. This song, when sung in our own beautiful languages will unite our minds for action.

Dr. Abdul Kalam .

 

  1. Write an essay in not more than 200 words on any TWO of the following:                                 (2×10=20)
  2. Redefine the role of an empowered woman at home,  in business,in the field of politics and     education,
  3. Social evils can be eradicated only by education-explain the statement with reference to the current Indian

situation?

 

  1. Child labour is an evil thing. Bring out the disadvantages of child labour and suggest ways to rectify the

condition of  these children  and to abolish child labour completely.

 

  1. Rewrite as Directed:                           (10×1=10)
  2. The spoon became too heavy to handle. ( replace the expression  ‘ too …to ‘ with ‘ so ….that’)
  3. Example:  Would you care for a drink?—–Frame sentences in this pattern  using  a) switch on the fan  b)

open the window ‘.

  1. Correct the following sentences:
  2. Sometimes, Childrens are forced to work after school hours.
  3. Mr. Arputham have come to meet you.
  4. I walked on as fastly as I could until I reached the main road.
  5. I would like you to meet my cousin brother.
  6. We meet to discuss about the subject.

 

  1. Make sentences using the expressions ‘ in spite of ‘ and ‘whether or not’
  2. Maanji was moved by their pitiable condition and voluntarily sent them donations.

(replace using the expression ‘ not only…. .. but also ‘)

 

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   LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

P.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMMON PAPER

NM 43

THIRD SEMESTER – April 2009

EL 3925 – PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE WRITING

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00  Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A

I Identify the error in the following sentences.  The error is in one part of the sentence.

Write the alphabet of that part as your answer.    ( 5 x 1 =15)

  1. Revathi is/ both a dancer/ as well as/ a painter.

A                     B                 C                D

  1. Rajesh told me/ that I am/ready to do/any work.

A                    B             C                 D

  1. I have been/ looking for/my pen/since an hour.

A                 B               C               D

  1. Unless you don’t/listen to me/you /will not succeed.

A                      B           C               D

  1. Yesterday while/ crossing the rail/he was/run out by a train.

A                         B                C                 D

 

II  Each of the following sentences has an error. Correct each sentence and write the

corrected sentence as the answer.                                                              ( 5 x 2 = 10)

  1. Mother with her children were killed.
  2. I congratulated him for his success.
  3. She did not comply to my request.
  4. The collector and District Magistrate are on leave.
  5. He was so young to know better.

 

III Do as directed.                                                   (5 x2 =10)

  1. They were carrying the injured player off the field.(change into passive voice)
  2. He told me that he had lost his umbrella.(change into direct speech)
  3. He worked hard. He failed.(combine into a compound sentence)
  4. Rajan is ——-honourable man.(fill in the blank with a suitable article)
  5. If he had tried hard, he ——— (reach) the target very easily.(fill in the blank with suitable

tense)

 

IV Frame meaningful sentences using any FIVE of the idioms and phrases given below so

as to enable the reader to understand their meaning. ( 5 x 2 =10)

  1. bolt from the blue 2. to beat black and blue 3. hit the nail on the head
  2. to hit below the belt 5. Beat around the bush 6. sitting on the fence
  3. turn a deaf ear to

V  Write a short note on the uses of the punctuation mark ‘comma’. 5 marks

VI  Frame sentences  of your own ;making use of any FIVE of the pairs of words given

below so as to differentiate their meaning.   ( 5 x 2 = 10)

  1. Advice, advise 2. excite, incite  3. childish,childlike
  2. discovery, invention 5. council, counsel 6. beside,besides
  3. continual, continuous.

 

 

PART B

  1. Letter to the editor.      10 marks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.What is the kind of letter?

2.What is the tone of the letter?

3.Is the suggestion acceptable?

4.What is the context of the letter?

5.What is your personal assessment of the letter?

 

  1. Digest to full blown.(Read the news item given below carefully ;and write in 100 words, narrating the incident in your own words. 10 marks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Reduce the passage to 50 words.(from full blown to digest)  10 marks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Develop the idea and write in 150 words on any one of the following. 10 marks.

1.Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka

2.Religious intolerance.

3.youth and politics

 

  1. Attempt an analysis of the Editorial and comment on the important ideas. 10 marks.

 

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      LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

P.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMMON PAPER

KP 53

THIRD SEMESTER – April 2009

CO 3925 – ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS MGT.

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00  Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A                       (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

Answer all questions. Each answers carries maximum of 2 marks. Each answer should be around 10 lines.

  1. Mention any two features of a technical feasibility appraisal.
  2. Why are some entrepreneurs successful? Mention any three success reasons.
  3. Identify any three startup expenses faced by an entrepreneur.
  4. What is BEP analysis?
  5. Why is planning an important step before starting a business idea?
  6. How do entrepreneurs learn from new product features?
  7. What is a ‘cash cow’ (BCG matrix)?
  8. What is a profit and loss a/c?
  9. What are ‘Fixed assets’?
  10. Mention any one path-breaking idea in any field known to you like, education, health, environment, housing etc.

SECTION – B                  (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

    Answer any 5 questions. Each answers carries maximum of 8 marks.

    Answers should be in about 1 page.

 

  1. What are the key characteristics of a small scale business?
  2. How can entrepreneurs save the world from the current recession?
  3. Do a SWOT analysis on any one business known to you.
  4. Is there a special relationship between ‘entrepreneurs’ and ‘emerging economies’ as per the GEM report on Entrepreneurship?
  5. Can entrepreneurs be created in a society? How effective can entrepreneur education be to encourage entrepreneurship?
  6. What suggestions will you give an entrepreneur who plans to build a successful brand?
  7. Can the BCG matrix be usefully adopted in an entrepreneurial venture? Comment with examples?
  8. What is a product life cycle? How does it help build strategies for an entrepreneur?

 

SECTION – C                    (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

     Answer any 2 questions. Each answers carries maximum of 20 marks.

     Answers should be around 4 pages.

 

  1. Prepare a questionnaire to investigate a ‘Business Idea’ of your choice? Describe the business briefly

while explaining the consumer need satisfied, market description, size, location etc. Adopt the reach,

depth, attainability, efficiency and longevity criteria to evaluate your idea.

  1. Describe some services provided by any two financial institutions based in India, who are known to

help Small scale businesses. How do you recognize and create a ‘star’ venture? Comment on the 7

domains of attractive opportunities as recommended by John Mullins.

  1. Prepare a master plan to be submitted to the collector of your district to encourage college students

to take up entrepreneurship as a vocation? Suggest important strategies to the Indian Government to

enhance the spirit of enterprise among Indian youth.

 

 

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     LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

P.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMMON PAPER

WD 45

THIRD SEMESTER – April 2009

CH 3925 – SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00     Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A

Answer the following:                                                                     10 x 2 = 20 marks

  1. What is the significance of science to the industry?
  2. How is transformation of technology different from transfer of technology?
  3. What is green house effect?
  4. Why are forests required to protect environment?
  5. What is meant by bio-ethics?
  6. What is e-mail? Mention an advantage and disadvantage of the same.
  7. Explain ‘drug abuse’ and its consequences.
  8. What is meant by ‘eco balance’?
  9. What is entropy? What is its significance?
  10. What are the qualities of a sane society?

PART B

 Answer any EIGHT of the following:  [300 words]                     8 x 5 = 40 marks

  1. What is meant by socially relevant research? Give some examples.
  2. Give some reasons for under-development in villages compared to cities.
  3. Analyze if environment is affected due to mechanization of industries.
  4. Explain ‘genetic engineering’ and its promises.
  5. Analyze the ethical concepts of organ transplantation.
  6. Give a brief account of electronic revolution.
  7. What is meant by ‘mass media’? How is it significant for a scientist?
  8. What are the differences between theoretical science and experimental science?
  9. Why should a researcher have social concern?
  10. Explain any one recent development in medical science.
  11. Analyze the need of religious faith to scientists.
  12. Explain the need of educating all sections of the society for speedy development of science and technology.

PART C

 Answer any FOUR of the following:    [600 words]                        4 x 10 = 40 marks

  1. How does scientific development affect the culture of a society?
  2. Explain the principle of a nuclear reactor. Analyze advantages and threats of tapping nuclear energy.
  3. Discuss if boom in information technology helps scientists?
  4. Mention some developments in weapons used in wars. Analyze the need of defense research.
  5. Discus the pros and cons of using chemicals (as fertilizers, insecticides etc.) in agriculture.
  6. ‘Scientific developments have formed a cultured and serene society’ – examine this statement using examples and case studies.

 

 

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