Download Goa University BA LLB-5 Years Course (Bachelor Of Arts and LLB Five Years) 2018 April 2nd Semester General English II Question Paper
GENERAL ENGLISH ? II
Duration: 3 Hours Total Marks: 75
Instructions: 1) All questions are compulsory. However, internal choice is available.
2) Write the question and sub-question number correctly.
3) Figures to the right indicate marks
A. Answer the following questions as directed: (12)
1) Choose the correct alternatives to. the underlined phrases:
(a) Radha sailed through the exams in spite of problems at home.
i) Failed ii) Was Successful iii) Cried during
(b)A?er Post-Graduation, Pritesh is waiting in the wings.
i) Relaxing ii) Searching jobs iii) Waiting for an opportunity
2) Use in sentences of your own:
a) Rain b) Reign
3) Give the meaning:
a) Council b) Counsel
4) Choose the correct spelling:
a) Weather, Wether, Wather, Veather b) Aminent, Eminent, Aminnet. Emminem
5) Correct the spelling:
(a) Acept (b) Poleeee
6) Write the meaning:
(a) Alma Mater (b) C lich?
7) Choose the appropriate word to ?ll in the blank:
(a) I went to see play.
i) They?re ii) Their iii) There
(b) Sheela went to clothes for herself.
i) By ii) Bye iii) Buy
8) Choose the appropriate word:
a) I cannot discuss this matter with you because it is --------------
i) sub judice ii) pro rata
b) The proceedings of the session were adj ourned ------------
i) prima facie ii) sine die
9) Substitute one word:
a) Murder of Human Beings b) Institution of having one marriage
10) Give the meaning of words:
a) Via Media b) Magnum Opus
11) Make sentences using the idioms given:
a) Make your ?esh crawl b) Rags to riches
12) Use in sentences of your own so as to convey their meaning:
a) Bona?de b) Adhoc
B. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it: (6)
Conversation is a ?ne art. It is the art of exchanging thought. It is an art which anybody can
cultivate or master. Not everybody can paint or play music, but almost everyone can talk. Thus it
affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number. ?To talk?, says R.L. Sleversan. "is our chief
business in the world. And talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in
money, it is all pro?t. It completes our education, makes friends and can be enjoyed at any age.
Conversation is indeed the most teachable of all the arts. All you need to do is to ?nd a subject
that interests you and listeners.
Hobbies are for example, numberless hobbies to talk about. But the important thing is that you
must talk about the other fellow?s hobby rather than your own. Therein lies the secret of your
popularity. There is nothing that pleases people so much as your interest in their interest.
It is just as important to know what subjects to avoid and what subjects to select for good
conversation. If you don?t want to be set down as bore, avoid certain unpleasant topics. Avoid
talking about yourself unless you are asked to do so. Sickness or death bores everybody. The only
one who willingly listens to such talk is the doctor, but he gets paid for it. You must also know
not only what to say but also how to say it.
1) How does the author de?ne and explain the art of conversation?
2) How is talking easier to learn than other ?ne arts?
3) What are the subjects one can easily talk about?
4) Which topics usually bore the listener?
5) What should be avoided unless you are asked to do so?
6) Find out synonym of ?acquire? or ?develop? in the above passage.
C. Make a pr?cis of the following passage, keeping it 1/3rd of the original. Give a suitable
title: (10)
Trees give shade for the bene?t of other and while they themselves stand in the sun and endure
scorching heat, they produce the fruit by which others pro?t. The character of good men is like
that of trees. What is the use of this perishable body, if no use of it is made for the bene?t of
mankind? Sandalwood-the more it is rubbed the more scent does it yield. Sugarcane-the more it is
peeled and cut into pieces, the more juice does it produce. Gold-the more it is burnt. the more
brightly does it shine. The men who are noble at heart do not lose these qualities even in losing
their lives. What does it matter whether men praise them or not? What difference does it make
whether riches abide with them or not? What does it signify whether they die at this moment or
whether their lives are prolonged? Happen what may. those who tread in the right path will not set
foot in any other. Life itself is unpro?table to a man who does not live for others. To live for the
mere sake of living one?s life is to live the life of dogs and cows. Those who lay down their lives
for the sake of a friend, or even for the sake of a stranger, will assuredly dwell forever in a world
of bliss.
D. a) Write a report on any sports event held in your college. (7)
OR
b) Write a report on celebrations of Holi festival in your locality.
E. Write an essay of about 350 words on any one of the following: (10)
a) Experience teaches hard lessons in life b) Need of Robots in Future
0) Corporal Punishment d) Crimes Against Women
F. Answer any four of the following in about 150 words each: (20)
l.
2.
3.
?Stock your mind with the deposit of good reading.? Explain this sentence with reference to
the essay ?Advice to a young man interested in going into law.?
?Every court has to depend on witness.? Explain this sentence with reference the essay ?The
victimisation of witnesses.?
What tactics and to what effect did Lord Russell use in his cross-examination of Pigott in
order to discover the truth?
?Also it was the work of someone who was credulous as to ?the marvels of science,? which
take the same place in modern life as miracles did in that of the Ages of F aith.? Explain with
reference to the essay ?On the entirely reasonable murder of a police constable?.
?After the confession was read, the Commission ?found? that it was a forgery, and the Times
withdrew the facsimile letter.? Explain with reference to the essay ?Cross?examination 0f
Pigott before the Parnell Commission?.
G. Answer any __tv_vg of the following in about 150 words each: (10)
1. What are some of the moves and initiatives taken to make the legal process easier and
affordable for the poor people of the country?
2. According to Justice Anand what will establish good judicial system in the country?
3. Which are the codes to be followed by the police man as discussed by R. P. Sethi?
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