Friday, November 9, 2012

BA & BBS FIRST YEAR COMP ENGLISH QUESTION SET B


Set B
Attempt All the questions.
1.       Edit the following sentences:                                                                            [5]
a.        I love you to, Julian.
b.       He love you so much, he simply adores you, he is absolutely crazy about you, Bettie.
c.        The children’s minds finally reach a decision: they were going to drive crazy their teachers of math.
d.       Gurov did not sleep all night, and filled with indignation.
e.       When Lenin wishes to proof some proposition, he did so, if possible, by quote text from Marx and Engels.
2.       Which reasons lead people living in small societies of 100 people tend to be more generous than people living cities? ( Life without chiefs).
OR
Summarize the text “Arranging a Marriage in India” by Nanda in a long Paragraph.                                                                               [5]
3.       Apply the four levels of meaning to “Why Go to University” by Nissani or “Shep’s Hobby” by Herriot.                                                              [10]
4.       King Ahab of Israel enjoyed near-absolute power. Basing your answer on this brief tale, answer the following questions: Is absolute power a good thing? Why or why not? Do you think similar immoral plots have been varied out by powerful people in Nepal? Elsewhere?                              [20]
5.       Mark the following as true or false on the basis of the text “To know a fly” by Dethier.                                                                                        [10]
a.        Among other things, a well-designed scientific experiment suggest that we can trust our eyes and ears.
b.       All scientists can think clearly.
c.        To avoid committing silly errors, scientific experiments usually require a control condition.
d.       If you owned six puppies, and if you wished to test the efficancy of daily giving them chandan tika, you would give tika to three of them every day, and no tika to the other.
e.       If you owned six puppies, and if you wished to test the efficacy of daily giving them chandan tika, you only need to give tika every day to all six.
f.         The guru got very angry, and then the lightning struk. Hence, the guru’s anger caused the lightning.
g.        One line of evidence that flies can taste with their feet is this: A hungry ( but not thirsty) fly will extend its proboscis when its feet touch sweet water, but it will not extend its proboscis in pure water.
h.        Humans are better than flies at tasting extremely small concentration of sugar.
i.         When presented with a saccharine solution, a fly extends its proboscis.
j.         It is possible to beautifully stain the insides of a fly by placing its feet in sugar water, while making sure that its proboscis will be extended into dyed water.
6.       In order to summarize the main ides of the story, ask yourself any five questions.                                                                                [5]
7.       Match the following columns with meaning:                  [5]
Column A                                              Column B
On the look out for                              regular
Routine                                                  searching for
Sexual harassment                               risk losing
Prohibits                                                forbids
Jeopardize                                             gender discrimination

8.       What should an employee do if he knows that his boss is doing something illegal? Should he” blow the whistle” on his boss and risk losing his job, or should be keep it to himself and endanger the company or the public? Write an essay that discusses the moral aspects of each decision.                   [15]
9.       Why do you think the dream is used in many languages both for the images you experience while sleeping and for the wishes you have for your future? How does this second type of dream wishes for your future affect your life? Do you consider dreams to be fantasies, or are they goals that people should try to achieve?                                                                  [15]
10.    Write a five paragraph essay about the causes and effects of discrimination against gender in the context of Nepal.   [10]

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