Madras University B.A / B.Sc / B.Com UEA1A English Paper I Dec 2019 Question Paper

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B.A Degree Examination

Subject: English Paper I

DECEMBER 2019

U/ID 31525/UEA1A

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks 

SECTION A — (10  2 = 20 marks) 

Answer any TEN questions in 30 words each. 

1. Write two words pronounced with /aI/ sound. 

2. Mark the strong and weak forms of the following : 

 (a) from 

 (b) that 

3. Rewrite the following sentence using an introductory ‘It’ or ‘There’. 

 To understand his motive was difficult. 

4. Fill in the blanks with suitable article : 

 Please give me —————— water. 

5. Use the appropriate prepositions given in brackets : 

 I prefer to read —————— (at/in) the library. 

6. Give the synonym of the following : 

 (a) fair 

 (b) alike 

7. Fill in the blanks using appropriate adjectival form of the word given in brackets : 

 He is an —————— (anger) youngman. 

8. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verb given in brackets : 

Once upon a time there —————— (live) a man called Damocles, and his friend —————— 

(become) the ruler of a small city. 

9. Change the following into negative : 

 James runs faster than Peter. 

10. Frame suitable questions to the following : 

 The man at the gas station will help you. 

11. Fill in the blank with a connective : 

 Something must have fallen —————— I heard a sound. 

12. Rewrite in Reported Speech : 

 He said, ‘‘I visited New York Last Year’’. 

SECTION B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks) 

Answer any FIVE questions in 200 words each. 

13. How does Kalam relate the incident of Gandhi in South Africa to the Kalinga war scene? 

14. Justify the title ‘A Call to Action’. 

15. How would Hubbard handle irritated readers? 

16. Summarize the ideas of ‘The Unexpected’. 

17. Write a critical essay of ‘LaBelle Dame Sans Merci’. 

18. Explain the nature of the father described in ‘The Night of the Scorpion’. 

19. Describe the search for the snake and how it ended in ‘A Snake in the Grass’. 

SECTION C — (3 × 10 = 30 marks) 

Answer any THREE questions in 500 words each. 

20. Sum up the reasons for us to be concerned about the loss of biodiversity. 

21. Describe the professional rivalry and professional friendship of Jessie Owens and Luz Long. 

22. Sketch the character of Tom Sawyer. 

23. Consider ‘Pulley’ as a religious poem. 

24. Narrate the story of ‘Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger’. 

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