Download OU BA 1st Year Common to All 4121 General English 2019 Dec Question Paper

Download OU (Osmania University) BA (Mass Comm & Journalism) 2019 December 1st Year Common to All 4121 General English Previous Question Paper

Time: 3 hours
Code No: 4121
FACULTIES OF ARTS, COMMERCE SCIENCE,
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT
B A. /B. ComlB Sc. IB. 8. W. IB. 8. A I- -Semester(CBCS) Examination
Nov. /Dec. 2019
Subject: General English
Paper ? I
Max Marks: 80
PART- A (4 x 5 = 20 Marks)
Answer any four of the following.
. Answer as directed
a) Sridhar was sleeping in the garden. ((identify and underline the
common noun).
b) A x I; ~ of sailors (Fill in the blank with a collective noun).
0) ChrOnology.( (identify and underline the root in the given word).
d) Memento. (Correct the spelling)
e) Food (write the phonetic transcription of the given word).
. Answer as directed.
3) Children should obey parents. (Use appropriate pronoun).
b) She is one of those which help old people. (Correct the sentence).
0) Our team won the hockey chamgion. (Add appropriate suf?x to the
Underlined word).
d) Don?t be (?child?) (Use an appropriate pre?x).
e) admision (Correct the spelling)
. Answer as diregted. ?
3) Where n J your friends going yesterday? (Fill in the blank with the
correct form of ?be?).
b) Where ??i? you see my phone. (Fill in the blank with the
correct auxiliary ?do?).
c)I Shewanted to her best suit (Choose between ?weaij
? ?ware?).
d) Keep H'J?W ,. I (guess) the answers till you get the right one. (Fill
in the blank with the correct form of the ?guess?).
e) alas we lost the match (punctuate the sentence)
. Answer as directed.
a) Give the past and past participle forms of the verb ?know?.
b) How have you been m , ? I ? (Fill in the blank with the correct
form of ?.do?)
0) Many_ do a misteke out of carelessness (Correct the underlined
coHoca?on).
d) necessity is the mother of . ' I ? . (Fill in the blank with the
correct form of ?invent?).
e) Write the homophone for the word -? ?cot'.
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5 Expand the following topic sentence into a paragraph.
Doubt :5 the begmning of Wisdom
6 What us the importance of goal-settmg m ones personal and protessxona?
life?
PART- B (4 x 15 = 60 Marks)
Answer the following questions.
7 a') What was Cha?ie's outlandish dream?
OR
3}) What is the signi?cance of the title :The Curb in the Sky"?
8 3) According to Inge. what makes some peopte happy and why?
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b) What lesson can one learn from story of the ambassador and his ser
vant in Inge?s essay?
9 a) What lessons can we learn from ?Psalm'of Life? ?
OR g
1 b) What is the tone of the poem ?Psalm of Life: . Explain with examples. '
10 3) Bring out the hypocrisy of human beings as seen in The Dear De
parted. \ v?
OR ?
b) Examine the character of Mrs. Slater as mother, daughter and sister?
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