B.Sc. (I YEAR) SEMESTER-II ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY

ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY

CBCS SEMESTER SYSTEM

II SEMESTER : ENGLISH—II

MODEL PAPER

Common for All UG Courses

(w.e.f Admitted batch 2016-2017)

Time:3 Hours                                                                                                       Max.marks:75

SECTION- A (PROSE)

 Answer any Three of the following questions                                                                   3x5=15

1. How is the scientist superior to God according to J. B. S Haldane?

2. Compare and contrast the scientific point of view and God’s eye view?

3. What are the G. Gardiner’s views on the custom of Shaking Hands?

 4. How does A. G. Gardiner differentiate Shaking Hands with different people?

SECTION- B (POETRY)

 Answer any Three of the following questions                                                                  3x5=15

1. What are the specific features of autumn season according to John Keats?

2. What is the central idea of the poem Ode to Autumn?

3. Explain the views of Kishwar Naheed on the exploitation of the women?

4. Why did Kishwar Naheed compare herself with a commodity?

SECTION- C (SHORT STORY)

Answer any One of the following                                                                                     1x 10= 10  

1. How did Subbiah meet his tragic end in the story “Half a rupee worth?”

2. Bring out the humour in Ruskin Bond’s story “The boy who broke the bank”

SECTION- D (ONE ACT PLAY)

 Answer any One of the following                                                                                    1x 10= 10

1. Bring out the humour in the play “The Proposal”

2. Sketch the character of Lomov in the play “The Proposal”

3. Property plays a major role in the play “The Proposal”- Discuss.

SECTION- E (LANGUAGE ACTIVITY)

Answer any Five of the following                                                                                        5x5=25

I. Change the following sentences into passive voice

i) Children like chocolates

 ii) Sasi is playing tennis

iii) Krupa wrote a novel

iv) Malli has bought a new car

v) Who taught you grammar?

 II. Change the following sentences into indirect speech

 i) He said “I am busy now”

 ii) She said to me “I will meet you tomorrow”

 iii) He said, “Do you speak English?”

iv) The teacher asked the students, “Did you show me your homework?”

 v) “Have you no sense?” he shouted

III. Change the following into other degrees

i) Iron is the most useful metal

 (Into Positive Degree)

ii) Tea is as popular as coffee

(Into Comparative Degree)

 iii) Imaginary fear is more dangerous the real experience

                                    (Into Positive Degree)

iv) Very few sights in nature are as beautiful as a rainbow

 (Into Superlative Degree)

IV. Build a neat a paragraph using the given below

 Respect for elders here and there---the young not serious of virtues of the elders----only of their weaknesses---the young too free to be serious----ignorant of values of hard work, economy, decorum---elders also at times inconsiderate---not willing to grant freedom----attempts at shouting and dismissing the young not showing benevolence.

V. Write a dialogue between two friends discussing their hobbies in five alternative steps

VI. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow

            In the first season of my crop was good enough to satisfy me, especially the beans and potatoes. The next year did better still, for I dug all the land needed, about a third of an acre, with a spade. I learned from the experience of both years that if one would live simply and eat only the crop which he raised, and raise no more than he ate, then we would need to plant only a small piece of ground. Ancient poetry and old stories suggest that farming was once a holy art; but people farm today with unholy haste and thoughtlessness. Our purpose now is merely to have large farms and large crops. Today the farmer is interested only in the wealth he can obtain from the soil. By greed and selfishness, and a habit of regarding the soil as property, the face of the land is made ugly, farming is lowered in dignity and the farmer leads the meanest of lives

1. Which crops grew well in the first season?

2. How much land did the narrator dig the other year?

3. What does ancient poetry suggest about farming?

4. How is soil regarded today?

5. Pick out the word from the passage which means opposite for “beautiful”