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B.A. (Part 1) EXAMINATION, 2017

(New Course)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper Second

(Applied Grammar)

Time : Three Hours                                                            Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Attempt questions from all Sections as directed.

Inst. : The candidates are required to answer only in serial order. If there are many parts of a question, answer them in continuation.

Section - A

(Short Answer Type Questions)

Note : All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 3 marks.

1. (A) Insert a, an, the, in the blank spaces in the following sentences :
           (i)   ........ power tends to corrupt and ........ absolute power corrupts, absolutely.
           (ii)  There were over ........ hundred people at the party.
           (iii) Where is your mother at ........ moment ? I think she is in ........ kitchen.

    (B) Change the narration in the following sentences :
           (i)   He said to me, ''I can easily beat you in the match.''
           (ii)  The poet said, ''Sweet are the uses of adversity.''
           (iii) He said to us, ''Let us have some coffee.''

    (C) Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions in the following :
           (i)   The postman knocked ........ the door.
           (ii)  Distribute these apples ........ ten friends.
           (iii) The boy has been missing ........ Sunday.

    (D) Combine the following sentences as directed :
           (i)   I read a story. The story was very interesting.  (Into simple sentence)
           (ii)  He is rich. He is unhappy.  (Into a compound sentence)
           (iii) The boy was punished. He had broken the cup.  (Into a complex sentence)

    (E) Change the following sentences as directed :
           (i)   They were so terrified that they could not move.  (Use 'too')
           (ii)  Lead is havier than all other metals.  (Use positive degree)
           (iii) Gaurave is the best boy in the class.  (Use comparative degree)

    (F) In each of the following sentences, supply a verb in agreement with its subject :
           (i)   Many an attempt ........ been made to climb Mount Everest.
           (ii)  The shop, with all its contents ........ insured.
           (iii) Neither of my uncles ........ any children.

Section - B

(Long Answer Type Questions)

Note : Attempt any two questions. Each question carries 8 marks.

2. Make a precis of the following passage :

Broken friendship may be repaired but the break will always show. Friendship is a precious thing - too precious a treasure to be carelessly broken or thrown away. The world handles the word 'friend' lightly; its real, true, deeper meaning is forgotten.

Your friend is one who appreciates you - your faults as well as your virtues. He understands and sympathises with your defeats and victories, your aims and ideals, your joys and temptations, your hopes and disappointments, as no one else does or can. It is your friend to whom you turn for counsel, for comfort, for praise, he may not be as learned as some or as wise as others.

Blessed is the man or woman into whose life has come the beauty and power of such a friendship. Prize it well. Do all in your power to keep such a friendship unbroken. Avoid the break, for when it comes, it can not be mended and the jarring note mars the harmony. 

3. Expand the following :            4 each
    (i)  Waste not want not.
    (ii) A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

4. Complete the following (any eight) sentences by using suitable tags :
    (i)     Nitin is really a great scholar ........ ?
    (ii)    She is a wonderful orator ........ ?
    (iii)   Mary isn't very intelligent ........ ?
    (iv)   He was late that day ........ ?
    (v)    She wasn't very eager to do that ........ ?
    (vi)   Those officer weren't very helpful ........ ?
    (vii)  He wasn't ill last week ........ ?
    (viii) She hasn't come up to our expectations ........ ?
    (ix)   You have completed the work now ........ ?
    (x)    We had completed the work before he arrived ........ ?

5. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets in the following conditional sentences :
    (i)     If I (see) him, I (reward) him.
    (ii)    If it (rain) tomorrow. We (not able to) play.
    (iii)   If I (can't finish) the job to day. I (try) to get it done during the next week.
    (iv)   If she (finish) work early, she (go) home.
    (v)    If she were have, she (give) us proper advice.
    (vi)   If I borrowed your book, I (return) it.
    (vii)  If I had asked you, you (come).
    (viii) If Alok had been trying harder, he (succeed).

Section - C

(Long Answer Type Questions)

Note : Attempt any two questions. Each question carries 8 marks.

6. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below it : 

The achievement of science in the twentieth century has been very great. Its influence can be felt in every sphere of life. From the small pins and needless to the things we require, for our everyday use, come out of factories where scientific principles are utilised for practical ends. Science has enabled man to bring forces of nature under control and to use them for his own advantage. It has brought the distant parts of the world closer together. Our knowledge of the universe has been much widened on account of the untiring efforts of the astronomers like Jeans and Edington. Remarkable cures of human diseases have been possible owing to the discovery of some wonderful medicines. 

Questions :

    (i)   What is the main idea of the passage ?

    (ii)  What has enabled the man to harness the forces of nature to the advantage of mankind ?

    (iii) For whom has the science proved a great boon ?

    (iv) What, in your view, may be the most appropriate title of the passage ?

7. Transform the following sentences as directed :

    (i)     It is so hot that we cannot go out.  (Use too)

    (ii)    Mangoes are sweeter than apples.  (Use positive degree)

    (iii)   Prakash gave Ramesh a computer. (Change into passive voice)

    (iv)   His glory can never fade.  (Change into interrogative)

    (v)    Shall we ever forget his kindness ?  (Change into assertive)

    (vi)   What a wonderful piece of work man is !  (Change into assertive)

    (vii)  It was a great fall, my countryman.  (Change into exclamatory)

    (viii) She saw me and she came running to me.  (Change into complex sentence)

8. Correct the mistakes of infinitive, participle, and gerund in the following sentences :

    (i)     Mohan went to London for learning English.

    (ii)    A chair is a furniture to sit on.

    (iii)   He hasn't a chair for sitting on.

    (iv)   He excels to speak English.

    (v)    It is easy distinguishing this pen from that.

    (vi)   Please tell him now doing the exercise.

    (vii)  Being very busy the application was forgotten.

    (viii) I heard him to lecture.

9. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verb (tense) given in brackets :

    (i)     Sohan always ........ (come) to school on time.

    (ii)    He realised that he ........ (take) the wrong road.

    (iii)   The old man ........ (fall) as he ........ (cross) the street.

    (iv)   A I ........ to school, I lost my umbrella.  (go)

    (v)    My friend ........ (come) to visit me next month.

    (vi)   He ........ asleep while he was driving.  (fall)

    (vii)  If we ........ at 1:00 we will reach by 8 O'clock.  (start)

    (viii) I ........ a lot of work today.  (do)