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# GENERAL ENGLISH PAPER - IA REVISED SYLLABUS ## I SEMESTER MODEL QUESTION PAPER ### WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018 #### PART - A | Time: Hrs | Marks: 60 | |---|---| | **I. Answer any TWO of the following questions.** | 2x5=10 | | 1. What is the most direct method of curing t...

# GENERAL ENGLISH PAPER - IA REVISED SYLLABUS ## I SEMESTER MODEL QUESTION PAPER ### WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-2018 #### PART - A | Time: Hrs | Marks: 60 | |---|---| | **I. Answer any TWO of the following questions.** | 2x5=10 | | 1. What is the most direct method of curing the miseries of the world according to Swamy Vivekananda? | | | 2. What were the advantages of adversity according to Kalam's father? | | | 3. Describe the journey of Booker T. Washington for getting good education? | | | **II. Answer any TWO of the following questions.** | 2x5=10 M | |---|---| | 1. Describe the tone of the poem Daffodils? | | | 2. What is the conflict in the poem *Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening*? | | |**III. Answer any One of the following Questions.** | 1x5 = 5 M | |---|---| | 1. How does Chekov present man's greed in *Lottery Ticket*? | | | 2. How does P.Satyavathi describe the universal invisibility of woman in *What is my name*? | | | **IV. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.** | 5M | |---|---| | "She has a very small chance," he said. "She has a chance, if she wants to live. If people don't want to live, I can't do much for them. Your little lady has decided that she is not going to get well. Is there something that is troubling her?". "She always wanted to go to Italy and paint a picture of the Bay of Naples," said Sue. "Paint! Not paint. Is there anything worth being troubled about? A man?" "A man?" said Sue. "Is a man worth -No, doctor. There is not a man." "It is weakness," said the doctor. "I will do all I know how to do. But when a sick person begins to feel that he's going to die, half my work is useless. Talk to her about new winter clothes. If she were interested in the future, her chances would be better. | | 1. Whom does *she* stand for in the passage? * a) Sue * b) Johnsy * c) Berhman's wife * d) A lady painter 2. What is the problem of the lady in the passage? * a) She is not a good painter * b) She is not taking food. * c) She is suffering from some illness. * d) She is quarrelsome in nature. 3. Why did she decide that she is not going to get well? * a) Because her friend did not look after her. * b) As the doctor did not give right medicine * c) Her neighbor said that she is not going to get well. * d) Because of her *own imagination.* 4. What did she always want to do? * a) She always wanted to go to doctor. * b) She always wanted to fight with others. * c) She always wanted to paint the Bay of Naples. * d) She always wanted to go along with Berhman. 5. Who is the author of the above passage? * a) O. Henry * c) Martin Luther King Jr. * b) Mark Twain. * d) None of the above. **VI. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentences.** 1x5=5m 1. He bought a *costly* watch. 2. I often *watch* late night movies. 3. After his *watch* is over, he goes back to his home. 4. Raju and his *brother* left for Delhi. 5. The train *goes* fast on this route. **VII. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles where ever necessary.** 5x1=5m 1. --------- Niel is a long river. 2. He has been suffering for --------- last two days. 3. --------- Nawab of Hyderabad joined the Alliance. 4. --------- poor are becoming poorer. 5. We must attend upon --------- sick. **VIII. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.** 5x1=5m 1. We travelled -------- train. 2. Can you do some thing -------- him? 3. I'LL come -------- the station to meet you. 4. I wrote -------- my mother yesterday. 5. The boy has been crying -------- morning. **IX.Choose the correct verb from the options given below question.** 5x1=5m. 1. The earth -------- round the Sun. (moves, will move, moved) 2. I -------- him this week. (have met, had met, met) 3. I shall take milk before I -------- to bed. (went, will go, go) 4. John -------- a factory in London. (has, have, is having) 5. Smith -------- for Paris yesterday.. (leaves, left, had left) **X. Choose the correct auxiliary verb from the options given below question.** 5x1=5m 1. -------- you ever seen the Tajmahal? (a) Have (b) had (c) has 2. If you -------- asked, I would have lent my car. (a) have (b) had (c) has 3. I -------- admit my mistakes. (a) am (b) was (c) shall 4. Gopal -------- been playing tennis for two hours. (a) have (b) had (c) has 5. He said that he cheated by the shopkeeper. (a) Am (b) was (c) shall. **XI. Choose the correct question word from the options given below.** 5x1=5m 1. -------- do you want? (a) who (b) which (c) how 2. -------- will you come back? (a) who (b) when (c) what 3. -------- you completed the lesson? (a) does (b) has (c) have 4. -------- pen do you want? (a) who (b) which (c) how 5. He won the gold medal in 1996 -------- he? (a) doesn't (b) didn't (c) don't