Solapur University Question Paper, B.Com. – I (Sem. – I) (New),ENGLISH (Compulsory),2014 Qusetion Paper

Solapur University Question Paper B.Com. – I (Sem. – I) (New) Examination, 2014 ENGLISH (Compulsory) (On Track : English Skills for Success) Day and Date : Thursday, 27-3-2014 Max. Marks : 50 Time : 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Instructions : 1) All questions are compulsory., 2) Figures to the right indicate full marks. 1. Choose the right answer from the alternatives given below : 10 i) The word ‘intelligence’ is derived from the ___________ word ‘intellegere’. a) Greek b) Latin c) Indian d) English ii) The writer’s attitude towards Miss Krishna was one of _____________ a) deep affection and admiration b) apathy and indifference c) tolerance and patience d) hatred and contempt iii) The note that the man from the west received was in fact from ___________ a) John b) Bob c) Jimmy d) Johny iv) O Henry was the pen name of the American writer _____________ a) Harry Potter b) George Orwell c) Nergis Dalal d) William Sydney Porter v) Sarojini Naidu’s ‘Bangle Sellers’ uses the vivid image of a bangle to capture the concept of ____________ a) Gender inequality b) Class equality c) Group equality d) Gender equality vi) ‘An Irish Airman Foresees His Death’ relates to the plight of Irish ___________ fighting for the United Kingdom. a) Police b) Leaders c) Gentlemen d) Soldiers SLR-BN – 69 -2- vii) Rajani lives in ______________ United States of America. a) a b) an c) the d) no article viii) This is not Sonu’s file. It’s _______________ a) my b) myself c) mine d) none of the above ix) Raju does all his tasks ___________ great care. a) in b) with c) at d) on x) The temples here are many _____________ old. a) Century b) Centurys c) Centurie’s d) Centuries 2. Answer any five of the following questions in two to three sentences each. 10 1) Describe the character of Jimmy wells with suitable evidence from the story ‘After Twenty Years’. 2) What do you understand of Miss Krishna’s childhood from the story ‘The Connoisseur’ ? 3) What are the many facts of intelligence ? 4) Examine how O. Henry builds suspense and provides a twist in the story ‘After Twenty Years’. 5) Describe the narrator’s experience of having Miss Krishna stay at her house. 6) Why can computers not ‘think’ in the same way as human beings ? 3. A) Write a paragraph on any two of the following topics. 6 i) A meaningful Education. ii) The importance of celebrations in our lives. iii) Evils of Terrorism. B) Answer briefly any two of the following questions. 4 i) Describe the different types of bangles which the bangle-sellers carry. ii) What do you think is the speaker’s attitude towards his ‘poor’ countrymen in the poem ‘An Irish Airman Foresees His Death’ ? iii) Explain the following lines. ‘A waste of breath the years behind in balance with this life, this death’. -3- SLR-BN – 69 4. Write an essay on any one of the following topics. 10 i) Role of youth in development of the Nation. ii) Wildlife Conservation – Need of the Day. 5. Read the following passage and make notes giving a suitable title. 10 The problem of unemployment is one of the major problem in India. Our development plans as conceived so far have failed to provide adequate solution for it. In almost every five-year plan, the Government has been giving great importance to the problem of unemployment but inspite of the fact that many plans have been completed by now, this problem continues to be grave as ever. Unemployment, in India, is of varying kinds and degrees. A large number of people are completely jobless. They keep knocking about from piller to post in search of pretty jobs, but wherever they 90, they are faced with the relentless ‘no vacancy’ boards. Most of the people in this category are educated and belong to urban areas. But three-fourths of our unemployed populace get their sustenance from land and they are not completely unemployed. On account of the nature of their work, they have to remain in forced idleness for one-third of the year. Even otherwise, their working hours are being confined to morning and evenings, they waste the rest of their day in idle gossips. Loss in terms of man-hours suffered thus is colossal indeed. These formers can be called underemployed or seasonally employed. Many factors are responsible for accentuating this problem, the most conspicuous among them being over-population of the country. Secondly, India is still an underdeveloped nation. Lack of technical education and vocational guidance along with a distaste for manual labour is responsible for unemployment among the educated people. Gradual dis-integration and exinction of the cottage industry accounts for under-employment among farmers. unemployment leads to very tragies consequences. It breeds frustration among some, discontent among the others. It is responsible for under-nourishment of our children and our poor living standards and poor education and medical facilities. _____________________

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