CLASS: II U.G.
14A / 114
St. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 002
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS – APRIL 2014
TIME: 3 Hrs.
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
SEM
SET
PAPER CODE
TITLE OF THE PAPER
IV
2012
11UGE420104
GENERAL ENGLISH – IV
SECTION – A
Answer all the questions:
20 x 1 = 20
Read the following passage and do as directed:
I remember him as if15 it were yesterday, as he came
plodding1 to11 the inn2 door, his sea-chest3 following behind12 him
in a hand-barrow-a tall6 strong7, heavy8 nut-brown man, his tarry9
pigtail falling over13 the shoulder of his soiled4 blue coat, his hands
ragged5 and scarred10, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut
across14 one cheek, a dirty, livid white.
a)
Choose the appropriate Synonyms for the following words
given:
1. plodding
a. pitchy
b. resinous
c. resiny
d. drudgery
2. inn
a. hotel
b. orpahage
c. asylum
d. hospital
3. chest
a. body
b. box
c. hole
d. cave
4. soiled
a. ground
b. below
c. lowly
d. dirty
5. ragged
a. new
b. fresh
c. torn
d. lifted
b)
Choose the appropriate Antonyms for the following words
given:
6. tall
a. untall
b. stunted
c. short
d. shortened
7. strong
a. heavy
b. weak
c. stiff
d. straight
8. heavy
a. light
b. weight
c. load
d. unload
9. tarry
a. lounge
b. flinger
c. lurk
d. nonadhesive
10. scarred
a. blemished b. marred
c. mutilated
d. unmarked
c)
Use the following words and phrases in sentences of your own:
11. plodding to
12. behind
13. falling over
14. across
15. as if
d)
Fill in the blanks with yet, while, often, at, on:
16. Is Ammu here? No, she is ______ Ambuja’s
17. He has not gone ______.
18. Do you ______ go to restaurants?
19. Did you come here ______ the bus?
20. Do you watch TV ______ you are having dinner
SECTION – B
Answer all the questions:
5 x 4= 20
21. a. Describe the important steps involved in making a film.
OR
b. Write an article on your favourite sport for publication in a
magazine.
22. a. Why does Orwell state that the sporting spirit “is war minus
the shooting”?
OR
b. What are the dangers of facing different kinds of ball in
cricket?
23. a. Write a note on the activities of the pirates.
OR
b. Comment on the conclusion of the story of the novel Treasure
Island.
24. a. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages faced by the
children while watching Television in a group dyanamics.
OR
b. Imagine that you interview Philip Agre who is the author of
the lesson “Building an Internet Culture”. Summarize the ideas
building an Internet culture which emerged during the
interview.
25. a. Draw the character sketch of Long John Silver.
OR
b. Comment on the character of Jim Hawkins.
SECTION – C
Answer any FOUR questions:
4 x 15 = 60
26. Describe the service rendered by Mother Teresa.
27. Which event do you like very much in the novel Treasure Island?
Why?
28. How does Imogen Grosberg describe the experience of the
bastmen in facing different kinds of ball in “See off the Shine”?
29. What are the advantages of Internet technology?
30. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word/phrases given below
within brackets:
(which, around, ran off, look at, because, look for, good at, look
after, climbed over, turn over)
i)
Don’t desert your parents when they become old
_____them.
ii) _____ these flowers! They are beautiful.
iii) Have you lost your key? _____ it.
iv) _____ and look at the next page.
v)
The wall wasn’t very high, so we _____.
vi) The thief _____.
vii) I reached home _____ 9 O’clock
viii) Are you _____ mathematics?
ix) _____ the water was not clean, I did not drink it.
x)
I study in a college _____ is 170 years old.
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