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BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER–ENGLISH LITERATURE

S.No. 3599                                                   20 CEL2

(For candidates admitted from 2020–2021 onwards)

B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2022.

Part II — English

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH -II

 Time : 3 hours                        Maximum : 75 marks

SECTION — A (10 x 2 = 20)

Answer ALL the questions.

1. Antonym the following:

a) lethargic b) humble

2. Choose the appropriate adverb from the options given:

a) I was -------------- impressed with her presentation. (Too, such, very)

b) I watch English films --------------- (once, always, occasionally)

3. Fill in the blanks with proper preposition:

a) Do you believe ------------- ghosts?

b) Do you know the reason ------------- his unhappiness.

4. Fill in the blanks with proper conjunction:

a) He didn’t work hard ---------------- he failed his exam.

b) Push the button -------------- you want the elevator.

5. Choose the appropriate interjection from the options given:

a) --------------- What have you done? (Alas!, Wow!, Splendid!)

b) --------------- The actor has arrived. (Alas!, Wow!, Look!)

6. Choose a right word for the italicized sentences below:

a) They organized a house party for Sara’s birthday but she does not get excited easily (Gregarious, Placid, Inclement)

b) My aunt cannot stay in the hospital for 5 minutes because she has a fear of confined places.

(Agoraphobia, Enochlophobia, Claustrophobia)

7. What is Collocation?

8. Identify the type of sentences:

(Declarative/ Interrogative/ Imperative/ Exclamatory)

• a)      Take a right and go straight.
• b)      You were supposed to be here yesterday!

9. Identify the type of clause used:

(Adjective clause, Adverb clause, Noun clause)

• a)      I have lost the tickets which I brought.   
• b)      Everybody admits that he is a brave man.

10. What is Intonation?

SECTION — B (5x 5 = 25)

Answer ALL the questions. Choosing either (a) or (b)

in each.

11. (a) Write a paragraph in about 200 words with reference to the following proverb; ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’.

Orty

(b) Write a paragraph about ‘The Movie that inspired you the most’ in about 150 words.

12. (a) Complete the passage. Use appropriate pronouns:

            Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya more commonly known as Sir MV, was an Indian Civil Engineer, statesman, and the 19^th Diwan of Mysore, serving from 1912 to 1919. ---------- started -----------primary education in Bangalore, received his BSc degree from the University of Madras, and then DCE (Diploma in Civil Engineering) from the University of Bombay through its affiliated institution and 3^rd oldest Engineering, Pune. ------------- received Indian’s highest honor, Bharat Ratna, in 1955. ----------------- was knighted as a Knight Commander of British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for --------------- contributions to the public good.

Or

(b) Complete the following Dialogue:

(Dialogue between Interviewer and Sarita)

Interviewer:   Why do you think you are suitable for the job?

Sarita:             ------------------------------------

Interviewer:   Can you speak any foreign language?

Sarita:             ------------------------------------

Interviewer:   What were your subjects in graduation?

Sarita:             ------------------------------------

Interviewer:   Do you have any teaching experience?

Sarita:             ------------------------------------

Interviewer:   Well, then we may consider you for the job.

Sarita:             ------------------------------------

13. (a) Write an essay about various sentence patterns citing appropriate examples.

Or

(b) Prepare an essay about your favourite destination for travel.

14. (a) Prepare a ‘WelcomeSpeech’ for the Arts Day Celebrations.

Or

(b) Write a letter to Amazon complaining about faulty delivery of their product.

15. (a) Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentence:

i) Every/  delicious/  mother/  cooks/  evening/  briyani

ii) Sister/  an/  wants/  be/  my/  astronaut/  to

iii) Everything/  will/  sense/  make/  perfect/  someday

iv) At/  top voice/  the/  woman/  her/  of/  demanded/  the/  admission/  shouting

v) Should/  you/  have/  coming/  seen/ this

Or

(b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions:

i) I received this message ---------- 7o’clock in the morning.

ii) I saw him felling a big tree ------- a hatchet.

iii) An old feud existed ---------- the two families.

iv) -------- Peter and John, there were three other boys present.

v) He was stabbed --------- a lunatic.

SECTION — C (3 × 10 = 30)

Answer any THREE questions.

16. Read the following passage and answer the questions.

 

Robert Capa

            Robert Capa is a name that has for many years been synonymous with war photography. Born in Hungary 1913 as Friedmann EndreErnO, Capa was forced to leave his native country after his involvement in anti government protests. Capa had originally wanted to become a writer, but after his arrival in Berlin had first found work as a photographer. He later left Germany and moved to France due to the rise in Nazism. He tried to find work as a freelance journalist and it was here that changed his name to Robert Capa, mainly because he thought it would sound more American. In 1936, after the breakout of the Spanish Civil War, Capa went to Spain and it was here over the next three years that he built his reputation as a war photographer. It was here too in 1936 that he took one of his most famous pictures, The Death of Loyalist Soldier. One of Capa’s most famous quotes was ‘If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough, you’re not close enough.’ And he took his attitude of getting close to the action to an extreme. His photograph, The Death of a Loyalist Soldier is a prime example of this as Capa captures the very moment the soldier falls. However, many have questioned the authenticity of this photograph, claiming that it was staged. When World War II broke out, Capa was in New York, but he was soon back in Europe covering the war for Life magazine. Some of his most famous work was created on the 6^th June 1944 when he swam ashore with the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Capa, armed only with two cameras, took more than one hundred photographs in the first hour of the landing, but a mistake in the darkroom during the drying of the film destroyed all but eight frames. It was the images from these frames however that inspired the visual style of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar winning movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’. When Life magazine published the photographs, they claimed that they were slightly out of focus, and Capa later used this as the title of his autobiographical account of the war. Capa’s private life was no less dramatic. He was a friend to many of Hollywood’s directors, actors and actresses. In 1943 he fell in love with the wife of actor John Austin. His affair with her lasted until the end of the war and became the subject of his war memoirs. He was at one time lover to actresses Ingrid Bergman. Their relationship finally ended in 1946 when he refused to settle in Hollywood and went off to Turkey, In 1947 Capa was among a group of photojournalists who founded Magnum Photos. This was a co-operative organization set up to support photographers and help them to retain ownership of the copyright to their work. Capa went on to document many other wars. He never attempted to glamonisewar though, but to record the horror. He once said, “The desire of any war photographer is to be put out of business” Capa dies as he had lived. After promising not to photograph any more wars, he accepted an assignment to go to Indochina to cover the first Indochina war. On may 25^th 1954 Capa was accompanying a French regiment when he left his jeep to take some photographs of the advance and stepped on a landmine. He was taken to a nearby hospital, still clutching his camera, but was pronounced dead on arrival. He left behind him a testament to the horrors of war and a standard for photojournalism that few others have been able to reach. Capa’s legacy has lived on though and in 1966 his brother Cornell founded the International Fund for Concerned Photography in his honor. There is also a Robert Capa Gold Medal, which is given to the photographer who publishes the best photographic reporting from abroad with evidence of exceptional courage.) But perhaps his greatest legacy of all are the haunting images of the human struggles that he captured.

Answer the questions:

(a) Why did Capa change his name?

(b) Capa originally wanted to be ---------------

(c) Capa went to Spain to ---------------

(d) Capa's famous picture Death of a Loyalist Soldier -------------

(e) When World War II broke out Capa ------------

(f) A mistake meant that --------------------

(g) Capa's private life was ------------------------

(h) Capa wanted his work to-------------------

(i) What was Capa's Priority?

(j) What did Capa do during the D-Day invasion?

17. Complete the following dialogue between the bookseller and customer:

Bookseller:  Hello sir ---------------------------------

Customer:   Sir, could you allow me to exchange this book with another book?

Bookseller: Why sir? What is the problem?

Customer:-   ---------------------------------------------

Bookseller:- Can I know when you buy this book?

Customer:    ---------------------------------------------------

Bookseller:-  --------------------------------------------------------

Customer:-   Here is the bill. Please give me a new book.

Bookseller:  Ok sir. You may choose another book.

Customer:-   --------------------------------------------

 18. Write an essay on ‘Cashless society of India’.

19. Prepare a few questions to interview the Nursing Superintendent of Government Hospital to know the impact of COVID.

20. Write a letter of application to the Principal of your college to conduct a Career opportunities Fest.