MODEL QUESTION PAPER - 2 FOR BBA & BHM -1 SEM - I

MODEL QUESTION PAPER - 2
FOR BBA & BHM -1 SEM - I

FIRST SEMESTER   PART II –ENGLISH -1

SECTION –A – (10 MARKS)

 

 

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT ANSWER

Answer Section A Continuously

1.     “Too bad my kindergartener wasn’t the judge” what does this statement mean?

2.     What is the thread of link that connects Gandhi, Asoka and Mandela?

3.     What is anthropocentrism?

4.     What is Lynd’s prophesy about the willow-wren?

5.     How did Long respond to Jesse winning the gold?

6.     How did Carnegie come to know about the Chinese father?

7.     How did Carnegie come to know about the Chinese father?

8.     What did the king want to know?

9.     What is the remedy offered by Buckram’s Physician?

10.           Pierre handed over the pie to the Mayor.

SECTION B – (25 marks)

Answer the following in about 100 words each.   (5*5=25)

11.           (a) what points does the author give in support of her contention that there must always be something to compete for?

Or

          (b) what were the various reasons for the biotic degradation?

12. (a) Analyze the character of Luz Long.

or

                    (b) How did Harvey handle a tense situation and win the

                    admiration of his boss?

13. (a) How did the villagers come to the aid of the woman?

Or

                    (b) which is the real gift of God to man – the blessings that he       

                     granted or the blessing he denied?

14. (a) why was Gaultier upset with the Mayor?

Or

                     (b) what happened to the king during the fifth year of his rule?

15. (a) Frame a telephonic conversation. Assume that a customer

            telephones for a call taxi where you are operations manager.

             Include all details needed.

Or

   (b) (i) Give the meaning of the following:

1.     unfastened

2.     alibis

3.     glared

4.     dangle

5.     utilitarian

(ii) Give the antonyms of the following by adding prefixes

1.     voluntary

2.     reserved

3.     appreciate

4.     dismiss

5.     artificial

SECTION C – (40 MARKS)

Answer the following each in about 200 words. (5*8=40)

16. (a) what injustices does Kalam want us to fight? Discuss.

Or

(b) What is the message of the lesson “Competition Matters”? How is it

   conveyed?

17. (a) Critically examine the title “the Unexpected.”

Or

(b) How did the author and Warren minimize their mistakes and win a

      forgiving and generous response in the process?

18. (a) How does Herbert project Nature, God of Nature and man?

Or

(b) Bring out the romantic, medieval and supernatural elements in the

               poem.

19. (a) Justify the title “The Gift of Magi”.

Or

(b) How did the king get answer to his three questions?

20. (a) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

      Do not repeat sentences from the passage.

It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were  being held in Berlin. Because Adolf Hitler childishly insisted that his performers were members of a master race, nationalistic feelings were running high. I wasn’t too worried about all this. I’d trained, sweated and disciplined myself for six years, with the Games in mind. While I was going over on the boat, all I could think about was taking home one or two of those gold medals. I had my eye especially on the Long jump. A year before I’d set the world record of 26 feet 8 inches. Everyone expected me to win that Olympic event hands down.

I was in for a surprise. When the time came for the Long jump trials I was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps. He turned out to be a German named Luz Long. I was told that Hitler had kept him hidden away, evidently hoping he would win the jump. I supposed that if Long won, it would add some new support to the Nazis’ Aryan superiority theory. After all, I am a Negro. A little hot under the collar about Hitler’s ways, I was determined to go out there and really show Der Fuhrer and his master race who was superior and who wasn’t.(Jesse Owens)

1.     in which year was the summer Olympics held in Berlin?

2.     What was the claim of Hitler?

3.     Which race, according to Hitler was the ‘master race’?

4.     Explain the term ‘master race’?

5.     For how many years did Jesse train with the games in mind?

6.     What did Jesse hope to achieve in Berlin?

7.     How would Long’s winning the Long jump event support Hilter’s theory?

8.      What did Jesse want to show?

Or

(b) imagine that you are an employee in a software firm. You need to complete a project but you do not have enough time. Write an official report explaining the facts of the situation and requesting a deadline extension.