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B. A. L. L. B. (Semester - IV) Examination, October 2016

SPECIAL ENGLISH

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Time: 3 hrs

Marks: 75

Instructions:

1. Answer all sections. All questions are compulsory. However, internal choice is available.
2. Number the answers correctly.

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3. Figures to the right indicate marks

SECTION-1

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate sentence linkers: (3)
   1. Falcons fly 200 miles per hour; ostriches can't fly at all.
   2. He always took his kids to the park; he loved them a lot.
   3. I hated the job with a passion; I stayed for ten years.

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2. Select the appropriate modal verb: (3)
   1. You (ought to / can / may) revise your lessons.
   2. When I was younger I (must / could / might) run fast.
   3. I'm really quite lost. (can / should / would) you mind showing me the way out?

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3. Choose the appropriate homonym: (3)
   1. The children got (board / bored) during the lecture.
   2. I hope the pharmacist gives me some good medicine to put on my (bruise / brews).
   3. He will (waive / wave) all rights to the money.
4. Replace the underlined word with its synonym: (3)
   1. Please be courteous to your elders.
      1. polite

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      2. generous
      3. sympathetic
   2. Jyoti is content with the manner in which things turned out.
      1. satisfied
      2. frustrated

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      3. listless
   3. The government and the rebels are in accord on one point.
      1. disparity
      2. agreement
      3. incongruity

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5. Write antonyms for the following words: (3)
   1. Temporary
   2. Output
   3. Interior

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SECTION - 2 (25)

1. David Fernandes, the mortgagee in a Deed of Mortgage, had advanced a sum of Rs. 5,00,000/- to Shruti Verma, the mortgagor who was supposed to repay the said amount with interest @ 10% on or before 31.03.2016. Draft a legal notice on behalf of David demanding payment of the mortgage money, with a warning of foreclosure of the mortgage property in case of default. (10)
2. Write a report on either one of the following topics: (10)
   1. As the student editor of the college journal, write a report of the international competition-cum-conference held by the college during the academic year 2015-2016
   2. As a reporter for the local newspaper, write a report on the road accident on the Highway, involving a car and a two-wheeler.

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3. Write a paragraph of about 150 words on any one of the following topics: (05)
   1. Importance of language in law
   2. As you sow, so shall you reap
   3. Child Labour
   4. Yin and Yang

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SECTION-3

1. Write an essay in not more than 400 words on any one of the following topics: (10)
   1. Are security cameras an invasion of our privacy?
   2. The book which has largely influenced your life
   3. If I could be somebody else for a day

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   4. A visit to an unusual place
2. Answer any five of the following questions in not more than 150 words: (5x5=25)
   1. According to Arthur T. Vanderbilt, what are the functions that a lawyer ought to perform in order that s/he may attain full growth?
   2. What are George Bernard Shaw's objections to the theory that punishment is deterrent?
   3. As a student of law, give your views on the advice given by Justice Felix Frankfurter. What is the rationale behind the need to be a "cultivated man" in order to be a "competent lawyer"?

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   4. 'Affection cannot be manufactured or regulated by law.' Explain these lines by Gandhi in the essay A Plea for the Severest Penalty.
   5. Why does the author, Joseph W. Planck, conclude that modern lawyers must be scientists, economists and sociologists?
   6. How does Chekhov juxtapose trivial acts with the gravity of the trial in his short story?

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