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B.Architecture PIT (Sem.?1)
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
Subject Code : UC/BTHU-101-18
M.Code : 77240
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60
INST RUCT IONS T O CANDIDAT ES :
1 .
SECT ION-A is co mpulsory. It con sists o f T EN que stion s o f tw o marks each.
2 .
Attempt one question each from SECT ION- B, C, D and E.
SECTION-A
Answer the following :
1.
Derive two words each with the prefixes: Dis, Non
2.
Give synonyms: Bad, Big.
3.
Give antonyms: Achieve, Rigid.
4.
Give full form: RSVP, CEO.
5.
Correct the following sentences:
a) He went to work despite of his illness.
b) I have decided to quit my job a week ago.
6.
Fill in with prepositions :
a) Please look ________ the matter.
b) He lives _________ Ram Street.
7.
What should we keep in mind while drafting a precis?
8.
Give salient features of a good resume/CV.
9.
What is the importance of providing examples in writing?
10. Write a note on features of business emails.
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SECTION-B
11. Explain organizing principles of paragraphs in documents.
12. Directions : Use subordinating and coordinating clauses to join the clauses into a single
sentence. Rewrite the sentences and change words and tenses if necessary: Conjunctions
which can be used are given below :
Coordinating Conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Subordinating Conjunctions: after, although, as, because, before, even if, if, now that, once,
since, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while
a) The circus came to town. Tickets were cheap. I decided to go with my friend.
b) The clowns drove up in a little car. There were a bunch of them. I didn't think they
would all fit.
c) A guy stuck his head in the lion's mouth. Bears were dancing in tutus. An elephant rode
a bike.
d) A man with a whip was beating the animals. The animals were sad. The man fed them a
snack.
e) I always have fun at the circus. A lady was selling snacks. I bought popcorn and cotton
candy.
SECTION-C
13. What are redundancies and clich?s? Explain in detail.
14. Make a pr?cis of the following passage :
The strength of the electronics industry in Japan is the Japanese ability to organize
production and marketing rather than their achievements in original research. The British
are generally recognized as a far more inventive collection of individuals, but never seem
able to exploit what they invent. There are many examples, from the TSR Z hovercraft,
high-speed train and Sinclair scooter to the Triumph, BSA and Norton motorcycle which
all prove this sad rule. The Japanese were able to exploit their strengths in marketing and
development many years ago, and their success was at first either not understood in the
West or was dismissed as something which could have been produced only at their low
price. They were sold because they were cheap copies of other peoples' ideas churned out
of a workhouse which was dedicated to hard grind above all else.
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SECTION-D
15. Explain what should be kept in mind while writing an introduction.?
16. Write an essay on any of the following : Unemployment, Pollution .
SECTION-E
17. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
It was at Gunupur, a sleepy little town in Koraput, that I had gained my first acquaintance
with any river. It was the Vamsadhara. It remained shallow and as transparent as glass
almost all through the season that I was there. Numerous tiny fish swam with or against its
placid current and played hide and seek amidst the pebbles at its bottom. Gazing at them
for hours on end, sitting on the sandy river bank, was a great help to me. I could wash away
my anguish and disgust over life. The anguish and disgust were caused by my guardians.
They insisted on my taking to as irrational an occupation as learning how to read and write.
I had already lived five long years without facing the slightest challenge to my existence on
account of my innocence of reading and writing. What was their relevance then? Would the
sweetmeats taste sweeter if I could read? Would the rainbow or the hills or the river look
more charming if I could write? I had gained a delightful acquaintance a few days earlier.
He was Appu. We talked on several vital issues such as how a little imp residing in an old,
abandoned well behind Appu's hut popped up from time to time at night with the sole
purpose of making faces at Appu, or how a shooting star which had fallen on the hilltop
was still smouldering when Appu's father went up and lighted a bidi from the last flame
coming from it, and so on and so forth, in the course of which I asked him, `Have you
Learnt the alphabet?' `Which son of a father in this wide world would dare to make me do
that sort of thing ?' he challenged his arms akimbo. The next moment he shouted,
'Runaway boy, escape with your dear Life!' and sprinted off like a shooting star. Surprised,
I looked in every direction. There was no sign of any wolf or tiger or xdemon or ghoust
anywhere around. The only living soul, birds and a few animals apart, was a tall, fair and
heavily moustached man. Holding something like a sword, he walked through the bushy
meadow beyond the sand. He took no notice of me and entered a solitary one-room house
with a tin roof, surrounded by shrubs. Appu, back in a few minutes, enlightened me about
the stranger. Inside that little house detached from the locality, the man engaged in the
strange act of butchering goats; once in a while, for a change, he caught hold of a boy and
dragged him in and finished him off in a trice. Appu stared and caressed his neck while
passing on the last bit of information in a whisper. One day at noon, Appu and I proceeded
towards that dreadful cabin. We practically rolled all the way on the ground so that nobody
saw us. The door was ajar. We peeped in, the floor was swampy with a thick plaster of
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blood. The sight and smell were depressing. Who knew how much blood had flowed from
the goats, and how much from the missing boys?
a) How old was the narrator?
b) What was the reason for his anguish and disgust?
c) Write the phrase that tells that Appu was a friend of the narrator whose company made
him happy.
d) What do you think 'a little imp' is?
e) Find words/phrases that mean the same :
a. Calm, undisturbed
b. With the hands on the hips and elbows bent outwards
18. Draft a business letter to all distributors of your company announcing a special discounts
scheme on new products. Imagine details.
NOTE : Disclosure of Identity by writing Mobile No. or Making of passing request on any
page of Answer Sheet will lead to UMC against the Student.
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