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]

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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BA & BBS QUESTION / COMP ENGLISH SET E

Set E

English                                                                  BA & BBS   1^st Year                          100

3 hrs                                                                                                                                  35

Attempt ALL the questions:

1.       Write the plural of the following words:                                [10x.5=5]

osprey, loaf, notch, ass, goose, louse, alga, fungus, thesis, thief

2.       Summarize the plot of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".

OR

According to Diamond, what is the single most important difference between Easter Island's decline and the contemporary decline of the entire biosphere? Do you agree with him that this difference provides us with a measure of hope for the future of humanity?

3.       Apply the four levels meanings to "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feyman!" or "The Brave Little Parrot".                                                                           [10]

4.       Answer the following questions on the basis of the poem "Ethics" by Linda Pastan. [4x5=20]

a.       Explain the central dilemma in the poem.

b.      Why is the question that the teacher poses "so many years ago" unanswerable?

c.       What s worth more: life or art?

d.      The poem seems to imply that it s not possible for children to understand questions of ethics or moral values. Why?

5.       Do the two scientific odysseys: the first involving Richard Feyman's and the second, Armand Deni's lend support to V.S. Ramachandran's belief that "science is a love affair with nature"?

OR

Retell the story "A Painful Case" by Joyce.                                            [10]

6.       Write any five strategies with examples of describing research. [5]

7.       Fill up the following gaps with suitable words / phrases selecting from the given list.  [5]

dwindled             glared                   pick it in                putting my self through this        huddled

It was our annual spelling bee – the boys against the girls. The number of students on the stage had _____________ (decreased) from twelve to just four. I was the only girl left standing on the stage. Dressed in my white blouse, green school jumper, and green lace-up shoes, I stood awkwardly on the stage as the boys _____________ (stared angrily) at me and willed me to make a mistake. I wanted to ____________ (quit, give up). Who cared if the boys won? I certainly didn't. Why was I _______________ ( forcing myself to do) ? I peeled my gaze away from the girls who stood ______________ (gathered together) in small groups in the back of the room.

8.       Write an essay n which you discuss how the job of a doctor has changed over three generations. How is the life and work of a doctor different now from the way it was n your parent's generation? In your grandparent's generation?                                [15]

9.       Write a five paragraph essay by comparing and contrasting Sheldon Theory of appearance and personality traits with MBTI Theory of personality traits.                                  [15]

10.   Write an essay on: the political instability is the hindrance on the development of the country. [10]

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