Download OU BBA 2017 Dec 3rd Sem Languages Common to All Branches 10286 General English Question Paper

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Faculties of Arts, Commerce, Science, Management & Social Science

BA, B.Com, BBA, BSc, BSW II Year II Semester Examination December 2017

Subject: General English

Paper - II

Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

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PART - A (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following.

1. Answer as directed.
   1. This is not an exhaustive list of antonyms. (Give the synonym of the underlined word).
   2. When the army advances, the enemy ____. Give the antonym of the underlined word).
   3. He came ____ the room.(Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition).

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   4. This cloth is inferior than that. (Correct the sentence).
2. Answer as directed.
   1. I have to stop on the way fill my ____. (Replace the underlined American English word with a British word).
   2. In the UK, you wear trousers: in the US, you wear ____. (Fill in the blank with appropriate word in American English).
   3. An application for the ____ sent by her. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with "She ...).

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   4. The student wrote an interesting story. (Rewrite the sentence beginning with "An interesting story ____).
3. Answer as directed.
   1. My boss called back the meeting because of heavy rain. (Correct the particle in the underlined phrasal verb).
   2. She ____ her father. Both love to read books.(Correct the particle in the phrasal verb).
   3. Each one of those books ___(is/are) a classic. (Fill in the blank with correct form of the verb given in brackets. ) .

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   4. Here is my car keys. (Correct the verb form).
4. Answer as directed.
   1. The idiom "to see red" means ____.
   2. The idiom "no bed of roses” means ____.
   3. (Although/In spite of) we started late, we still arrived in time. (Choose the appropriate connective.)

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   4. It's very hot. Turn on the air conditioner. (Combine the two sentences into one using an appropriate connective. )
5. Answer as directed.
   1. They ____ (reach/come across) a deal. (Choose the appropriate word).

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5. 1. They wanted to know what was my name? (Correct the sentence).
   2. My sister said, "I don't like sugar in my coffee." (Change into reported speech)

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6. Answer the following:
   1. "O why lament its fall?" Whose fall is Bronte referring to in the poem "Life"?
   2. According to Bronte's "Life", why should we not lose hope?
   3. What was the 'mistake' of the aerial messenger in the story "A Wrong Man in Workers' Paradise"?
   4. In "A Wrong Man in Workers' Paradise," what did the girl do after taking home the painted pitcher?

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7. Answer the following:
   1. In the poem "Punishment in Kindergarten", why was the speaker called a peculiar girl?
   2. Who was the "blue-frocked woman" in the poem "Punishment in Kindergarten"?
   3. According to R.K. Narayan, which country has given up formalism in the use of English?
   4. Who, according to R.K. Narayan, has used English so far in India?

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8. Answer the following:
   1. In "As I Grew Older", what does Hughes compare his dream to?
   2. What made Hughes forget his dream?
   3. What, according to Ambedkar, is social democracy?
   4. What according to Ambedkar are the "two things" that are completely absent in the Indian society?

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PART - B (5 x 12 = 60 Marks)

Answer the following in 300 words each.

9. a. Explain the attitude that Charlotte Bronte recommends in the poem "Life".

   OR

   b. Discuss Tagore's use of irony in "A Wrong Man in Workers' Paradise".

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10. a. What was the punishment given to the girl in "Punishment in Kindergarten"? Did she consider it a punishment?

    OR

    b. When, according to Narayan, will a Bharat brand of English emerge in India?
11. a. Bring out the central idea of the poem "As I Grew Older".

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    b. What, according to Dr. Ambedkar, are the three things that India must do in order to maintain a democracy?
12. a. Write a discursive essay on "True Friendship".

    OR

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    b. Write an argumentative essay on the topic "Advertisements benefit the manufacturer not the customer”.
13. a. Write a progress report on your collection of data about school dropouts in the colonies around your college.

    OR

    b. Write a media report on: Students take out a rally in support of boycotting boycotts.

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