BA&BBS COMP ENGLISH QUESTION SET C

Set C

Attempt All the questions.

1.       Edit the following sentences:                                                            [5]

a.        The milk of cow has many uses.

b.       I know a old man like to play marbles.

c.        This problem easy to solve.

d.       Rain there is as plentiful as Biratnager.

e.       Chitwan is a spectacular national park, but most Nepalese must travel great distances.

2.       Rushdie says that the college of Cambridge pride themselves on the “ancient tradition of fairness and justice” Does he mean what he says or is he being sarcastic? Please explain your answer.

OR

Summarize the story “The sword of Damocles” in a single paragraph.      [5]

3.       Apply the four levels of meaning to the poem “King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.”

OR

If you had to choose between the two, please explain with examples which attitude towards love would you prefer: that of the narrator in “To His Coy Mistress” or that of James Duffy in “A Painful Case”?                          [10]

4.       Jared Diamond says that the vanishing of part civilizations ‘touches us as the disappearance of other animal, even the dinosaurs, never can. No matter how exotic those lost civilizations seem, their framers were humans like us. Who is to say we won’t succumb to the same fate? Perhaps someday New York’s skyscrapers will stand derelict and overgrown with vegetation, like the temples at Angkor Wat and Tikal? Would Chaudhary agree with him that perhaps someday something as thriving as the city of Kathmandu ‘will stand derelict and overgrown with vegetation? Would lohani agree?                              [10]

5.       Compare Dr. Kim’s childhood and educational experiences to those of Richard Wright.                                                                                                      [20]

6.       Write a long paragraph response of the text human cloning.     [5]

7.       Write the analyzing elements of concluding paragraph of a classification essay. [5]

8.       Write an essay about a particular kind of art form in three different areas of the world. Consider traditional music, handicrafts, pottery or dance. In what respects are they the same? How are they different? Are they considered pure art forms in each place or do they have a different function in some places? For example in dance part of a social or religions ritual for some societies? or do they have a different function.                                                                    [15]

9.       How do you feel about genetically engineered babies? Do parents have the right to create the “perfect baby”? What traits would you choose for your child? What problems could this create for society?                              [15]

10.    Write an essay on advantages and disadvantages of special caste right federal system in the context of Nepal.                                                             [10]

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