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      LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION – GENERAL ENGLISH

SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009

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
   4. “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:
   5. a) Cakes and biscuits b) Non-vegetarian foods       c) Soft drinks like Pepsi
   6. ‘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

 

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

 

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

economics.

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

equal opportunities

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

of the UN

10. Apartheid ended in South Africa due to:
11. 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

 

4. V.R.Ramaiah, a grade IV employee in Loyola College is also:
5. 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

6. 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

 

4. 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 .

 

5. 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 ?

 

 

6. 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 .

 

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

situation?

 

3. 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.

 

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

open the window ‘.

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

 

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

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

 

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