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Code No. 1555

FACULTY OF ARTS

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B.A. (Vocational) I-Semester Examination, December 2016

Subject : Communicative English

Paper - I : Phonetics

Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

PART — A (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)

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Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 100 words each.

1. What are Active articulators?
2. Describe English plosives.
3. What are Voiced consonants?
4. What is a syllable?

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5. Give five examples of phonemic transcriptions.
6. What is RP?
7. What do you understand by the term ‘Accent’ in English?
8. What is manner of articulation?

PART - B (5 x 12 = 60 Marks)

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Answer the following questions in about 300 words each.

1. (a) Describe the organs of speech.
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   (b) What is phonetics? Why is its study important?
2. (a) Explain Monophthongs and Diphthongs with examples.
   

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   OR
   (b) How are speech sounds classified? Give examples.
3. (a) Write about the Place of articulation of the consonant sounds.
   OR
   (b) What is Phonology? Explain the terms ‘Phoneme’ and ‘Allophone’.

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4. (a) Define a syllable giving examples of monosyllabic, disyllabic and polysyllabic words.
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   (b) Explain ‘Shifting Accent’ with suitable examples.
5. (a) Write the phonemic transcription of the following words and mark the stress.
   1. industrious
   2. examination

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   3. message
   4. sensation
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   (b) Read the following passage and write a dialogue between a teacher and a student, based on the passage.
   Communication skills are one of the most vital factors in a person’s life. From the dawn of human beings living on the planet good communication was needed for people to interact with one another and thus build the processes in order to survive and flourish. The 21st century is the century for new and advanced technologies. You may well think that almost everything must have already been invented. What else can be thought of, I hear you say? Let us remember, once upon a time people had no idea what it meant to have such a thing as a telephone, then as time progressed and technology became second nature phones became normal. People soon began to suddenly wake up in the morning with the possibility of access to a vast international communications network, offering multimedia capability service, and thus the internet revolution had arrived.

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Code No. 1581/ E

FACULTY OF ARTS

B.A. I Year I - Semester Examination, December 2016

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Subject: Journalism

Paper —1- Introduction to Communication and Journalism

Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks: 80

Note Answer five questions from Part — A and all questions from Part - B.

PART — A (5x4 = 20 Marks)

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[Short Answer Type]

1. Lasswell Model
2. Publicity
3. Knowledge Gap Hypothesis
4. Public Opinion

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5. Yellow Journalism
6. Community Radio
7. Investigative Journalism

PART - B

1. a) Define communication. Describe the various types of communication.
   

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   OR
   b) Explain the nature and functions of mass communication.
2. a) What is a Communication Model? Explain Osgood and Schramm model with examples.
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   b) Explain the Shannon and Weaver model of communication.

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3. a) What are Normative Media Theories? Explain any two theories.
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   b) Explain Media Effects theories with examples.
4. a) What is Journalism? Discuss its importance in democratic countries.
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   b) Discuss the role of journalism in bringing about social change.
5. a) What is Science Journalism? Discuss its importance in today’s society.
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   b) What is development journalism? Discuss its importance with examples.

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Code No. 2061/ E

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

B.A. I-Semester (CBCS) Examination, December 2016

Subject : Political Science

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DSC : Paper—I

Concepts, Theories and Institutions — Political Theory

Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80

PART - A (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)

(Short Answer Type)

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Note : Answer any FIVE of the following questions.

1. Policy Science — meaning
2. Examine the differences between political science and sociology
3. Liberalism — meaning
4. What is Individualism?

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5. General Will
6. Natural Rights
7. Divine Origin theory of state
8. Anarchism — meaning

PART - B (60 Marks)

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(Essay Answer Type)

Note: Answer ALL the following questions.

1. (a) Define political science and explain its scope.
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   (b) Explain the evolution of political science.

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2. (a) What is socialism and explain its features?
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   (b) What is fascism and explain its features?
3. (a) Critically examine the Thomas Hobbes social contract theory.
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   (b) Explain historical evolutionary theory.

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