Download PTU B.Pharmacy 2020 March 1st Sem 46210 Communicative English Question Paper

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B.Pharma (2012 to 2016) (Sem.-1)

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COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

Subject Code : BTHU-101

M.Code : 46210

Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 80

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES :

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1. Attempt all questions.
2. All questions carry EQUAL marks.

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :

   Though the Cold War has ended, selective tactics are still continuing for ensuring the military and economic dominance of developed countries. Various types of technology denial regimes are still being enforced which are now being mainly targeted against developing countries like India. Today, we in India encounter twin problems. On one side there is a large-scale strengthening of our neighbours through supply of arms and clandestine support to their nuclear and missile programmes and on the other side all efforts are being made to weaken our indigenous technology growth through control regimes and dumping of low-tech systems, accompanied with high commercial pitch in critical areas. Growth of indigenous technology and self-reliance are the only answer to the problem. Thus in the environment around India, the number of missiles and nuclear powers are continuously increasing and destructive weapons continue to pile up around us, in spite of arms reduction treaties. To understand and the implications of various types of warfare that may affect us, we need to take a quick look at the evolution of war weaponry and the types of warfare. I am highlighting this point for the reason that in less than a century we could see change, in the nature of warfare and its effects on society. In early years of human history it was mostly direct human warfare. During the twentieth century up to about 1990, the warfare was weapon-driven. The weapons used were guns, tanks, aircraft, ships, submarines and the nuclear weapons deployed on land/sea/air and also reconnaissance spacecraft. Proliferation of conventional nuclear and biological weapons was at a peak owing to the competition between the superpowers. The next phase, in a new form, has just started from 1990 onwards. The world has graduated into economic warfare. The means used is control of market forces through high technology. The participating nations, apart from the USA, are Japan, the UK, France, Germany, certain, South-East Asian countries and a few others. The driving force is the generation of wealth with certain types of economic doctrine. The urgent issue we need to address collectively as a nation is, how do we handle the tactics of economic and military dominance in this new form coming from the backdoor? Today technology is the main

   1. Why do certain countries use selective tactics against developing countries?
   2. Which are the issues of great concern that India is facing at present, according to the author of the passage?

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   3. What, according to the author, is the solution to our problems in the international field?
   4. What, according to the author, is the immediate problem to be collectively resolved by our country?
   5. Choose the word which is MOST nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as given in the passage.
      1. Reconnaissance
         1. Investigation
         2. Reserved
         3. Recognisable

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         4. Remedy
         5. Attack
      2. Proliferation
         1. Explosion
         2. Devastation

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         3. Proposition
         4. Abundance
         5. Extraction

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   6. Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as given in the passage.
      1. Indigenous
         1. Local
         2. Domestic
         3. Abroad
         4. Foreign
         5. Exported

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      2. Dominance
         1. Aggression
         2. Submission
         3. Assertion
         4. Ignorance

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         5. Lethargy
2. 1. Use the following words in meaningful sentences : (06)

      Haphazard, celestial, fatal, cosmodrome, vulnerable, mitigation

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   2. Do as directed : (2×5)
      1. Add suffix to make nouns of the following words: opt, state
      2. Add suffix to make adjectives of the following words: bulk, rely
      3. Make adverbs of the following words: active, visual
      4. Use the following as noun and verb in meaningful sentences: Present

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      5. Use the following in sentences to differentiate in meanings: right and write
3. Write up your opinion in about 250-300 words on: E- Governance in Making India a Developed Country. (16)
4. Write a business letter requesting all distributors of your company announcing a special discounts scheme on all products. Imagine all details. (16)

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5. Following table shows the smartphone market share trend in different quarters :

   Market Share (%)	2018Q3	2018Q4	2019Q1	2019Q2	%Change (Q 2'19-Q1'19)
   Xiaomi	27%	27%	29%	28%	-1%
   Samsung	23%	20%	23%	25%	2%
   Vivo	10%	10%	12%	11%	-1%
   Oppo	8%	7%	7%	8%	1%
   Realme	3%	8%	7%	9%	2%
   Others	29%	28%	22%	19%	-3%

   Interpret the data to prepare a report. (16)

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