B.Tech. PQ Exam - Nov-Dec 2019 (AIC Scheme) - PDF

# B.Tech., PQ Examination Nov.-Dec. 2019 ## Printed Pages - 12 ## Roll No.: A000214(046) ### B.Tech., PQ Examination Nov.-Dec. 2019 (AIC Scheme) (Branch : AEI, Bio Tech, Chem., Civil, CSE, Elect., EEE, EI, ET & T, IT, Mech., Mining, Metallurgy, Mechatronics, Production, Automobile, Agriculture, Pl...

# B.Tech., PQ Examination Nov.-Dec. 2019 ## Printed Pages - 12 ## Roll No.: A000214(046) ### B.Tech., PQ Examination Nov.-Dec. 2019 (AIC Scheme) (Branch : AEI, Bio Tech, Chem., Civil, CSE, Elect., EEE, EI, ET & T, IT, Mech., Mining, Metallurgy, Mechatronics, Production, Automobile, Agriculture, Plastic) ## ENGLISH ### Time Allowed: Three hours ### Maximum Marks: 100 ### Minimum Pass Marks: 35 **Note**: All questions are compulsory. Part (a) is of 4 marks. Part (b) and (c) are of 8 marks each and have internal choices. ## Unit - 1 1. Define communication. Explain the communication cycle with a neat diagram. ## Unit - II 2. (a) What are the guidelines for writing precisely? (b) Do as directed: (attempt any four): * Change the given sentences as indicated in brackets: * This was the book I was talking about. (Interrogative) * What a marvelous piece of art it is! (Declarative) * Use the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets: * He (work) on it since yesterday morning. * 1 (go) for short trips during vacations. * Use the following phrases in sentences : * Pass by * Call off * Combine the two clauses using appropriate conjunction: * It rains * The match will be cancelled * Correct the following sentences: * He denied to help me * The ship drowned in the sea * Do as directed: (attempt any two): * Arrange the given sentences in logical order to create coherence in it: * Rani Padmini was a Rajput queen. * Allaudin Khilji invaded India and reached the gates of Chittor, the capital city of the Rajputs. * But the Rajputs under Rani Padmini fought like tigers. * R. Khilji attacked Chittor again, and rushed into the fort only to be stunned. * Give phonetic transcription of the following words: * Brush * Spin * Provide one word substitution for: * A person who is hard to please * That which is no longer in use * Show difference between the following homophones by using them in sentences: * Monetary * Monitory ## Unit - III 3. (a) What do you understand by cliches? (b) Do as directed: (attempt any four): * Choose the correct one: * Neither Rohan nor Sunil has/have passed the exam. * No student want/wants a dress code in college. * Use the word "Right" as noun and as verb in sentences. * Choose the correct pronoun: * It is meant for you and myself/me. * It was me/I who caught the thief. * Place the modifiers correctly in the given sentences: * He nearly drove the car for six hours a day. * The student was punished by the teacher who cheated in the test. * Insert appropriate articles where necessary: * There is ........... inspiring incident from life of Abraham Lincoln, ........... President of ........... United States of America, who abolished slavery in his country. * Do as directed: (attempt any two): * Insert appropriate prepositions : * I have worked in this office ........ three years. * The culprit was brought ........ the judge. * This book is different ........ that. * Sri Lanka is ........ the south of India. * Identify and eliminate any redundancy from the given sentences: * I returned back to room after the meeting was over. * They have nothing in common with each other. * The accused was guilty of false misstatement. * All other boys except Peter came for picnic. * Identify and correct the spelling errors in the given paragraph: * More than 20 years ago, a New Jersey artist named Jane Golden started a practise * Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the given sentences : * Copy this out carefully * These machines are costly * We need a dice to play this game * They enjoyed themselves in the fair. ## Unit - IV 4. (a) What are the do's and don'ts of Precis writing? (b) Write an essay on the topic "Do hobbies help people with their career"? (c) Explain the back matter elements of a technical report. http://www.csvtuonline.com Or (d) Or behalf of M/s Gokhale & Sons, write a letter to Vishal Furniture Mart to enquire about a pending order of office furniture. Invent necessary details. Or (e) Read the given passage and answer the questions following it: The defects of the ordinary system of mass education are many and they may be briefly summarized as follows. First, the system of teaching in large classes is rigid. No allowance is made for the peculiar mental constitution of the individual child, who is sacrificed to the average of the classes. The class and the fixed curriculum are like the bed of Procrustes in the story; those who are too long for the bed are cut down until they fit; and those who are too short are stretched. The child, who is quick and talented in one subject but not in others is compelled under the current system of mass education to sacrifice his talents to his deficiencies. Thus, a child may have a great talent for English and none for arithmetic. They may have a real feeling for literature, a gift for composition; but when you ask them what percentage of a floor 18.7 feet long by 53/16 meters wide remains uncovered when you have spent three pounds even shillings and seven pence on linoleum costing $179.06 per acre, they find it difficult or impossible to reply they must, therefore, remain in a low class, where they read nothing but baby books and concentrate on spelling and grammar until such times as they can solve this interesting and instructive problems. Second, under the present system of mass education by classes, too much stress is laid on teaching and too little on active learning. The children are not encouraged to discover things on their own account. They learn to rely on outside help, not on their own powers, thus losing intellectual independence and all capacity to judge for themselves. Moreover, lessons in class leave them mainly unoccupied, and there bored. They have to be forced into learning what does not interest them and the information acquired mechanically and reluctantly, by dint of brute repetition forgotten. Third, the children, being bored and unoccupied, also become mischievous. A strict external discipline becomes nécessary, unless there is to be confusion. The children learn to obey, not to control themselves. They lose moral as well as intellectual independence. Questions: * Give the passage a suitable title. * Why does the author think that the ordinary system of mass education is rigid? * What reason does the author give for a child not developing intellectual independence? * Find words from the passage which have similar meaning to the following: * Educative * Shortcomings * Unwillingly * Naughty ## Unit - V 5. (a) What is difference between hearing and listening? (b) How is note-making different from note-taking? ## Unit - V * Elucidate the physical and psychological barriers in listening. * Suggest measures to improve one's listening efficiency. * What are the various steps of note making? **A000214(046)**