BA/B.Com/B.Sc COURSES UNDER CBCS SEMESTER –III GENERAL ENGLISH MODEL QUESTION PAPER (REVISED) 2017

BA/B.Com/B.Sc COURSES UNDER CBCS

SEMESTER –III GENERAL ENGLISH

MODEL QUESTION PAPER (REVISED)

Time: 3 hrs                                                                                                      Max. Marks: 75

SECTION – A (PROSE)

Answer any Three of the following Questions                                               3 X 5 = 15

1. Comment on Gandhi’s views on shyness?

2. Describe the last effort of Gandhi to make a public speech in England?

3. What do people really love about new technology?

4. What are the things that users of technology love to experience?

SECTION – B (POETRY)

Answer any Three of the following Questions

3 X 5 = 15

 

1. 
   Comment on the significance of the title “Once upon a time.”

2. How do the people in the poem use language to hide their hypocrisy?

3. Write a critical analysis of the poem ‘Digging’.

4. What is common to all the three generations? What is transmitted from father to son

regarding work?

SECTION – C(SHORT STORY)

Answer Any Two of the following questions

2 X 5 = 10M

1. Discuss the title of the story “The interpreter of maladies”

2. Who is the Beloved Charioteer? How does the narrator knew she is with them?

3. What is the central idea of the short story “The Beloved Charioteer”?
4. 
   

SECTION – D (ONE ACT PLAY)

Answer Any Two of the following questions

2 X 5 = 10M

1. Describe Girisam’s relationship with women.

2. How does the play make fun of the educational system of the times?

3. What do you understand about the life of widows in the play ‘Kanyasulkam’?

SECTION – E 

(COMPOSITION)

1. Write a neat paragraph on any one of the following.

5 X 1 = 5M

a)      Dream big but wake up early.

b)      Bicycle is the best vehicle.

c)      Junk food causes early death.

2. Prepare a press note on your college annual function.				1 X 5 = 5M
(Your answer must include important details such as date, chief guest, presiding officer,
events)
3. Read the following paragraph and make notes on the topic and main ideas.				1 X 5 = 5M
	Normally, an interview is a meeting between two people. They know about each other
through questions and answers. The person who asks questions is an interviewer. The
person  who  responds  is  an  interviewee.  You  must  have  watched  and  read  some
interviews of writers and film actors on the TV or in the newspapers.
	To select right personal employing organizations also conduct interviews. They look
	into the mind of eligible candidates to assess their strengths and weaknesses and
	recognize if the candidate is suitable for their organization. They assess ourphysical
	mental and psychological attitudes. Every interview board consists of four to six
	members.
4. Match the following				1 X 5 = 5M
1.	The ATM is not working	-	a) Take diversion
2.	The Road is blocked	-	b) silence please
3.	You cannot park your vehicle here	-	c) don’t litter the place
4.	You are not supposed to make noise	-	d) no parking
5.	You should not throw rubbish	-	e) out of service
5. Write one word substitutes for the following				5 X 1 = 5M

1. Anything that can be carried/moved easily.

2. The scientific study of cancer.

3. Anything that can be eaten without harm

4. The collector of stamps.

5. One who looks at the bright side of things.