BBA SEM -1 ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER

BBA SEMESTER MODEL PAPER

FIRST SEMESTER

PART II – ENGLISH

TIME:  Three hours                                            Maximum: 75 marks

SECTION A – (10 MARKS)

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING CHOOSING THE BEST ALTERNATIVE (a) (b) (c) or (d) given below  each question.

(10*1=10)

1. Where the Mind ins without Fear is taken from _________.
2. Ramayana Gitanjali           c. Paradise Lost
3. the school master had a good skill of ________.
4. Speaking arguing             c. communicating
5. Shaw was a member of a committee established by British _____ Corporation.
6. Broadcasting Language                   c. English
7. Dorabji Edilji Gimi was the __________.
8. Teacher           master              c. headmaster
9. Lalajee made a mistake of taking ______ man as his partner.
10. A known a familiar                   c. an unknown
11. Schatz’s father reads a book titled _________ by Howard Pyle.
12. Henry James Howard            c. Tolstoy
13. ____ gave Wasserkopf the idea of getting a refund from the school.
14. Federer Leader              c. Labourer
15. The doctor mentioned in the play “The Never Never Nest” is _________.
16. Mathivanan b. Dr. Martin        c. Dr. Robert
17. The Ganga is a big ________.
18. River           pound               c. Girl
19. Jill put on a _____ dress.
20. Nice           blue                  c. Big

SECTION B – (25 marks)

Answer the following each in about 100 words.

(5*5=25)

11. (a).  write a critical analysis of the poem “The Road Not Taken”. (OR)

(b).  Write a note on the skills of the school master.

12. (a). Write a note on the expectations of public speaker as described by Shaw.(OR)

(b). How does Gandhi compare the subjects Geometry and Sanckrit?

13. (a). why did Lalajee come to Mokameh Ghat?(OR)

(b). How did Swami’s father behave when he went and slept with his granny?

14. (a). why did the mathematics teacher ask Wasserkopf a difficult question when he knew that he would not be able to answer it? (OR)

(b). what is Aunt Jane’s reaction to the installment purchases?

15. (a). Give the noun forms of the following with an appropriate example:

Beautiful, successful, bright, sad, happy, manage, educate, cultivate, honest, sincere. (OR)

(b). Give the adjective forms of the following with an appropriate example:

Success, peace, sadness, proceed, danger, sense, child, strength, play, fever

SECTION C – (40 marks)

Answer the following each in about 200 words.

(5*8=40)

16. (a).  Comment on the central idea of the poem, ‘Where the Mind is without Fear’ by Rabindranath Tagore.(OR)

(b). Discuss the substance of the poem, ‘The Village Schoolmaster’.

17. (a). Explain how simple rules can help people avoid foolish opinions, according to Bertrand Russell.(OR)

(b). Discuss how Gandhi expresses his experiences at school.

18. (a). Discuss how ‘Lalajee’ brings out the gratitude of an Indian to an Englishman.(OR)

(b). Narrate the story of ‘A Hero’ by R.K. Narayan in your own words.

19. (a). Write an essay on the cause of Schatz’s fear of his supposed imminent death and how the fear is dispelled.(OR)

(b). Sketch the character of Wasserkopf.

20. (a). Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow:

An old pries told me this story when I was young. I have since wondered many times where it came from. No one has been able to tell me. Centuries ago a great artist was engaged to paint a mural for the Cathedral in a Sicilian town. The subject was the life of the Jesus. For many years the artist labored diligently, and finally the painting was finished except for the most important figures, the child Jesus and Judas Iscariot. He searched for the models far and wide. One day, while walking in an old part of the city he came upon some children playing in the street. Among them was a twelve year old boy whose face stirred the painter’s heart. It was the face of an angle – a very dirty one, perhaps but the face he needed. The artist took the child home with him, and day after day, the boy sat patiently until the face of the child Jesus was finished. But the painter found no one to serve as a model for the portrait of Judas Iscariot. For Years, haunted by the fear that his master piece would be unfinished, he continued his search.

1. What was the artist engaged to paint?
2. For which two figures did the artist require models?

• Where did the artist find the model for the child Jesus?

1. Why did the artist take the child home?
2. Why was it difficult for the artist to complete the mural?