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B.A.(Part 2) Exam Paper Of 2012 English Language Paper Second (Applied Grammar) | B.A. First Year English Paper

 

B.A. (Part 2) EXAMINATION, 2012

(New Course)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper Second
(Applied Grammar)
Time : Three Hours                                                            Maximum Marks : 50
Note : Attempt all questions.


1. Make a precis of the following passage and give it a suitable title :

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The man who Is perpetually hesitating which of the two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffer his resolution to be changed by the first counter suggestions of a friend, who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weather cock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in anything, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrograde in all. It is only the man who first consults wisely then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with inflexible perseverance, undismayed by these petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit that can advance to eminence in any line. Take your course wisely, but firmly and having taken it, hold upon it with heroic resolution, and the Alps and Pyrenees will sink before you.

2. Translate the following passage into English :
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जब हम चन्द्रमा पर देखते हैं तो वहाँ पानी का कोई प्रत्यक्ष अस्तित्व नहीं पाते। दूरदर्शी से देखने पर वहां कोई सागर नहीं दिखाई देता न कोई झील और न कोई नदी ही। न तो चन्द्रमा की छटा ही उसके धरातल पर उठने वाले किन्हीं मेष खण्डों से छिप सकती है। जब कभी चन्द्रमा हमारे अन्तरिक्ष के ऊपर होता है और आकाश साफ रहता है तब हम उसके धरातल को स्पष्ट रूप से देख सकते हैं। चन्द्रमा में बादल नहीं होते ,वहाँ कोहरा या भाप तक नहीं होती। इसी कारण खगोलशास्त्री इस निष्कर्ष पर पहुँचे है कि चन्द्रमा अपनी समस्त कलाओं के बावजूद एक शुष्क जलरहित मरुभूमि हैं। 

3. Expand any one of the following in about 150 words :
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(a) As you sow, so shall you reap ?
(b) Child is the father of man.
(c) Hard times don’t last hard people do.

4. Note : All parts of the question must be attempted at one place :
(a) Change the following passage into indirect narration :
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The violent man said, “What violence have I done ? what anger have I been guilt of ?" Then the other laughed and said to him,"Why should we speak''? You have given us ocular proof of your violent temper''.

(b) Use the correct tense of the verb in the following :
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(i)   She ....... the picture on the wall.
(hang)
(ii)  Each of you ....... going to be punished.
(be)
(iii) God ....... those who help themselves.
(help)
(iv) I have been ....... letters since 8 a.m.
(write)
(v)  Sixty rupees ....... not a big sum.
(be)
(c) Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition in the following sentences :
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(i)   He jumped ....... the river.
(ii)  The cat jumped ....... the table.
(iii) Divide these mangoes ....... Ram and Gopal.
(iv) She has eaten nothing ....... yesterday.
(v)  He will join school ....... tomorrow.

(d) Add a suitable article in the following sentences :
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(i)   I want ....... glass of water.
(ii)  He is ....... European.
(iii) He is ....... proprietor of the firm.
(iv) We stayed in ....... five star hotel.
(v)  Mr. Chandra was ....... old gentleman.

(e) Complete the following sentences as directed :
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(i)   ....... is a good art.
(Gerund-sing)
(ii)  ....... is divine.
(Infinitive-forgive)
(iii) ....... his voice, I came out of the room.
(Participle-hear)
(iv)  He is habitual of ....... a lie.
(Gerund-tell)
(v)  This mango is sweet ........
(Infinitive-eat)

5. Note : All parts of the question must be answered at one place :
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(a) Change the voice in the following sentences :
(i)   Who taught you Grammar ?
(Passive)
(ii)  Why was he punished by the teacher ?
(Active)
(iii) The book has greatly interested one.
(Passive)
(iv) Open the windows.
(Passive)
(v)  They are doing their work.
(Passive)
(b) Combine each set of sentences in a one sentence as required :
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(i)   He ran very quickly. He soon overtook his father.
(Complex)
(ii)  We must love one another. We all are children of God.
(Compound)
(iii) Man must die. Then why would he seek to live.
(Complex)
(iv) He did not go to school. He was ill.
(Simple)
(v)  A man came to one yesterday. He was blind.
(Complex)

(c) Rewrite the following sentences so as to remove the adverb 'too' :
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(i)   He is too old to run the race.
(ii)  These mangoes are too cheap to be good.
(iii) The teacher was too old to work hard.
(iv) This box is too heavy for me to lift it up.
(v)  The class is too noisy.

(d) Rewrite the following sentences using the correct conjunction :
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(i)   She worked hard so that she may top the class.
(ii)  Though Hamid is ill but the attends school regularly.
(iii) He is father than his sister.
(iv) Though he is poor but he is satisfied.
(v)  The thief fled lest he might arrested.

(e) Write question tags for the following sentences :
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(i)   She is ugly.
(ii)  We have no friends.
(iii) Nothing is yours.
(iv) You are courageous.
(v)  He has done his home work.



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