English B.Com 1st Semester Model Question Paper PDF

I Semester B.Com./BBA and other courses coming under the Faculty of Commerce (As per NEP Model) GENERIC ENGLISH – Language English-I (ENVISION-I) MODEL QUESTION PAPER Time-3 hours...

I Semester B.Com./BBA and other courses coming under the Faculty of Commerce (As per NEP Model) GENERIC ENGLISH – Language English-I (ENVISION-I) MODEL QUESTION PAPER Time-3 hours Marks- 60 Instructions: 1. Read all the instructions carefully and write answers. 2. Write the question number correctly SECTION-A (Workbook-40 marks) I Read the following passage and answer the questions set on it: 5x1=5 The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Indiacontested during March and May of every year by 10 teams representing 10 citiesof India. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) in 2008, and is regarded as the brainchild of Lalit Modi, the founder andformer commissioner of the league. IPL has an exclusive window in ICC FutureTours Programme. The IPL is the most-attended cricket league in the world and in 2014 ranked sixthby average attendance among all sports leagues. In 2010, the IPL became the firstsporting event in the world to be broadcast live on YouTube. The brand value ofIPL in 2019 was Rs. 47,500 crores (US$6.3 billion), according to Duff & Phelps. According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed ₹11.5 billion (US$182 million)to the GDP of the Indian economy.There have been fourteen seasons of the IPL tournament. The current IPL titleholders are the Chennai Super Kings, who won the title for the fourth time in2021 season. Q1. Choose the most appropriate option. Indian Premier League is considered the brainchild of a) Lalit Modi b) Nirav Modi c) Vineet Jain d) Mukesh Ambani Q2. How many seasons of IPL have been played till 2021? Q3. In the year ____________IPL became the first sporting event to be broadcast live on an online platform Q4. What is the antonym of the word “professional” w.r.t its usage in the passage? a) Competent b) Amateur c) Master d) Polished Q5. According to Duff & Phelps, the brand value of IPL in 2019 was US $6.3 billion. True/ False II The following table shows the production of sugar in different units for five consecutive months in a year. Carefully read the table and answer the questions set on it. 5x1=5 PRODUCTION UNITS Month A B C D E F April 310 180 69 137 140 120 May 318 179 177 162 140 122 June 320 160 188 173 135 130 July 326 167 187 18 0 146 130 August 327 150 185 178 145 128  1. In which months unit B has a smaller contribution to sugar production than unit D? Refer table. 2. Unit A shows ____________ in production of sugar over months? a. Sudden increase b) continuous increase c) slow decrease 3. In the case of Unit E, in which of the following pairs of months the production of sugar was equal? b. April & May b) June & July c) July & August 4. In the month of June, unit A has the highest production of sugar. True/false. 5. Unit C has recorded the __________ production of sugar in the month of April. (a) the lowest (b) Equal to unit D (c) the highest III Answer the following questionson Listening Skills: 3x1=3 1. How is hearing different from listening? 2. Mention different types of listening. 3. Which is the most important skill in learning a language? IV Do as directed: 1. Introduce yourself to your English teacher as a new student. 2 2. Request your NCC Officer to consider you as a volunteer for Independence Day celebrations. 2 3. Express words of appreciation to your friend on completing graduation with distinction. 2 4. Enquire at the college office regarding the last date to pay the examination fee. 2 5. As a student coordinator, seek permission from The Principal of your college to conduct an Intercollegiate Business Quiz contest. 2  V (A) Give instructions to your friend on how to get a new identity card from the college office. OR Give instructions to your mother on how to withdraw cash from ATM. 5 (B) How would you give directions to your uncle to reach PQ College from Point A. Look at the map given and give directions. 2 VI Do as directed: 1. Frame questions so as to get the underlined word/s as the answer: 3 a. The presentation was done by the experts. b. The students are the beneficiaries of NEP. c. The man was looking dull because he had lost his wallet. 2. Add suitable question tags to the following sentences: 2 a. It is raining heavily. __________ b. They don’t believe in contributing to a good cause. __________ 3. Fill in the blanks with suitable options given in the brackets: 3 a. The doctors _________ (save/saves) patients from the pandemic. b. The new textbook ______(have/has) arrived.  c. The cricketers, along with their coach, _____ (were/was) present at the press conference. 4. Use the correct form of the word given in brackets and fill the blanks:2 a. If you need any _____________, please call me. (ASSIST) b. She is an ______________ young woman, full of life. (ENERGY) SECTION-B (Coursebook-20 marks) VII Answer any FIVE of the following in a word or a phrase or a sentence: 5x1=5 1. Who was Santoshi and why had she come to Srinivasan’s house? 2. What does a chronicle do, according to Shakespeare? 3. Why did Okeke refuse to accept Nene Atang as his daughter-in- law? 4. Buying and selling is a ________ a.trade b. journey c. recipe 5. Which are the two crucial areas, according to Kalam, that is required for a developing nation to become a developed nation? 6. What is ‘choice fatigue’ as explained in ‘Freedom and Choice’? VIII Answer any ONE of the following in about a page: 1x5=5 1. How does Santoshi convince the inmates about her intentions and objective? 2. Why must traders invoke ‘the master spirit of the earth’ while in business, according to Khalil Gibran? 3. What are the career options available for women in the modern world? IX Answer any ONE of the following in about two pages: 1x10=10 1. How does Chinua Achebe bring out the ignorance and superstitious beliefs of the Ibo community in his story ‘Marriage is a Private Affair’? 2. “Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise”. Explain this statement with reference to Sonnet 106. 3. Write a note on the three conferences spearheaded by Kalam.