Download Goa University BA LLB-5 Years Course (Bachelor Of Arts and LLB Five Years) 2014 Oct 4th Semester Special English Question Paper
Special English
Duration: 3 Hours Max Marks: 75
Instructions : All questions are compulsory.
Section-I
?~- ~ ~?-'? -A)Join the folvliowing sentences to make one eompTe?te sentence St?ithout using"bur ', ?su ' or ?and': (3)
'a) The streets were ?ooded. Kusum reached the station on time.
b) Sudha lost her leg in an accident. She kept on dancing.
c) Susheela was a good cook. She had to cook whenever guests came.
B) Use the appropriate modal verb: (3)
a) (Shall, Might, Could) you show me the way to the station?
b) I was afraid that ifl asked him again he (can. might, may) refuse.
c) You (ought. should, must) to pay your debts.
C) Choose the abpropriate homonym: (3)
a) After brushing against a (stationary/ stationery) truck. my car turned turtle.
b) Sometinm he hlttshcx uhcn _\nu ot?l'cr him .1 tcomplintent/complement).
c) They added (currents/ currants) to the dessert.
D)Replace the underlined word with its svnonvm: (3)
l. The students were hardworking.
a) assiduousb) shrewd c)lethargic ,
'"?? ??W 2. He was baf?ed with the type of questions they asked.
a) agitated b)confronted c)(?onfused
3. The?gjm in his perception could not be eliminated.
a) elasticity b) in?exibility c) scepticism
E) Write antomms for the following words: (3)
a) scarcity b) attraction c) contrast
? ? " ' ' ' " ? ' Section-II * ??
A) Write a report on am one ofthe following topics: (10)
a) Write a report on the inauguration ofa movie club by the Department of English in your College.
b) A body was found on the road side on the outskirts of Calangute yesterday. As the reponer of a
leading newspaper in your town, write a report on the above incident.
B) Draft a legal notice on behalf of an owner of a property to a trcspasser to remove the
encroachments on his property. (5)
C) Write a paragraph of ISO words on meie 0fthe following topics:
3) When was the last time you tried something new?
b) A Village Fair
c) Rumour is a great traveller
d) Every cloud has a silver lining
D)Write an essay of about 400 words on any one ofthe following:
a) A day in the life ofa traf?c constable
, ___ . b) ,J'lre Wills, the Won ?rs and the ('an ?Is;Which 0139??? you?
" ???? f C)? "The commercialisation of festivals lm-erodedtkir real signi?cahce. Do you agree?
d) Are private tuitions a necessary evil?
Section-III
A ) Answer any ?ve ofthe following questions in not more than l50 words: (25)
a) In the essay The Law is a Jealous Mistress, what is the author trying to explain?
b) ?The ?rst shock came in the shape of the Rowlatt Act, a law designed to rob the people of
all real freedom?. Explain these lines from the essay A Plea for (he Severest Penalty.
c) According to George Bernard Shaw. where does the responsibility of crime lie ? in the
~ 7- , - individual criminal or society? Examine with reference to his essay.
d) "Those shots were not an outrage: they were a precautionary operation". Who is the
author talking about in his essay 0:: the Reasonable Murder of a Police Constable?
e) The discrimination and problems in the society can lead one to insanity. Elaborate with
reference to the essay In the Courl.
f) Why do people feel that their local and countryjudges are not honest? (from the essay
The Five Functions of a Lawyer)
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