OLD QUESTION PAPER WITH MODEL ANSWERS 9CP41 NOVEMBER 2013

 

Iv Semester Diploma Examination, November 2013

Commercial practice board

English ii

Time 3 hours max marks 100

Notes:1. Answer all questions as directed.

               2. Spelling and Grammar  errors shall be penalized.

1.Fill in the blanks with appropriate word/words                                   5

1.Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit.. impediments.

2.Lieutenant Blandford’s plane had been caught in the midst of a pack of ….zeroes

3.Let me live in my house by the side of the road and be a friend to……man

4.Charity destroys work…...builds

5.I am not that woman selling you ……….and………….. socks and shoes

 

2. (a) Answer any six of  the following questions in one or two sentences                                                                                 6*2=12

1. How was Blandford going to identify Hollis?

Hollis was to wear a red rose in her coat so that Blandford can identify her.

2.How is the birth of a child usually celebrated, according to the speaker?

The birth of a child is usually celebrated with a congratulatory toast and a celebratory feast.

3. “Love is not time’s fool”. Explain.

Love is not time’s fool means that the true love does not change with time.

4.What does Mary come to know, when she meets Hob?

Mary comes to know from Hob that the folk were angry woth Joe and they would stop his work.

5.What were the pacifiers made of and when were they used?

Pacifiers are rag dummies soaked in the sugar syrup. It is used when the mothers couldn’t nurse their children.

6.What is supposed to be more infectious than leprosy in anandwan?

the joy

7.Why Ho prefers the American School to his School?

Ho prefers the American School to his School because the American School encourages students to develop their creativity.

8.Who is roaming freeas the breeze? Why can’t the speaker in the poem ‘I am not that woman’ can do so?

The oppressor of the woman is roaming free as the breeze. The speaker can’t do so as she is imprisoned in the walls of stone.

 

 

2.(b) Answer any two in about 80 words each                2*5=10

1. How does Joe’s invention work wonders for the people?

Joe’s invention would work wonders for the people by able to work twenty times the work in half the time. The machine unlike the traditional wheel, is able to work several spindles at once, producing a hundred threads instead of one. This would mean extra money and more leisure. Since many hands are not required children would be free from the hard work. Thus the possibility of the machine is wondrous. But the folk think that the new machine will take their bread.

2.How has Baba described the inmates of Anandwan? What does it take to create Anandwan?

The inmates of Anandwan are the self inspired, self moved, self motivated people who have learned to love life with devotion, dedication and determination. They are so positive in their outlook that instead of being sad and depressed over their illness, they go about the chores of Anandwan- a forest of bliss with great joy. As they work together, they believe in the ideal that charity destroys and work builds and are in turn completely self reliant.

According to baba if all are willing to listen to the prompting of their conscience, they would be blessed with inner strength to build an Anandwan on their own.

 

3.What according to the writer, is lacking in the American system of education?

 While the writer agrees with Ho in his argument that the American system of education had ample opportunities for creativity,She refuses to accept Ho’s argument that it is the best. The writer feels that the students would have a better sense of orientation if they studied world maps and knew where their country is located and where other countries, which they hear about everyday, are in respect to their country. If this is in the field of geography, in history too by memorizing the names, places and facts students have material that enables them to think, criticize, evaluate and draw conclusions about social and economic conditions. Even in the field of science, students know why things happened the way they did only when they have enough scientific background to understand and interpret the results of the experiments.

2 (c) Answer any two in about 80 words each                 2*5=10

1.   The mothers got busier as harvest time drew near, what effect did this have on the children?

The busier the mothers were, the more neglected the children were. The mothers, unable to take their children to the fields at harvest time, leave them behind at home. They leave the children behind, bundled very tight, hoping that the children would come to no harm. The mental anxiety of the mothers would have been unbearable. But they have no alternative. The only relief lies in their faith in God. The mothers send their prayers to God seeking the safety of their children.

 The children wriggle out anyway and they also manage to crawl out into the open. They are out of the safety of the bundle and are exposed to the sun and the heat. They also try to walk on the hard stubble without any protection for the feet. But fortunately they came to no harm, instead they started learning to be self reliant.

 

2.   Who does the speaker in the poem “I am not that woman” complain against? Why?

The speaker complains against all those who have gone against the freedom and dignity of women. They could be close family members like the parents who have tried to get rid of a burden by marrying her off. It could be the husband who has imprisoned her within the four walls of the house and gone out into the open world to be happy and free. There are other oppressors who violate a woman’s dignity and use them as commodities. There are also those exploiters who have the mental darkness of warped customs and traditions.

What should be noticed in the course of the poem is the bitter truth that in all the situations, the exploited is always the woman. When it comes to the oppressor the pronoun used is ‘you’. Not even once the speaker uses the masculine gender. The tragic implication is that in the patriarchal society woman could be getting exploited by not only men but also by women.

 

3.   pickout the words and expressions which are related to the sea and voyage. How does the poet use them in clarifying true love?

Shakespeare uses marine register in the second quatrain of the sonnet to explicate his ideas of the true love. By comparing love to a beacon and a star, he highlights two different situations in a voyage. The first one is when there is sea turbulence, the second is when the sea or any other vessel is lost. The beacon and the star act as guiding force. The comparison suggests that there can be disturbances and dilemmas in the lives of lovers.  But if the love is true it wavers not and remains steadfast like the ever fixed mark. When the lovers are lost in the sea of life, the star helps them out just as the star helps continues to help all the lost ships. Thus by bring the jargon wards off the sea. The poet effectively introduced the idea of constancy and change.

3. Grammar:

3.1 Change the speech                            4*2=08

1. Ramu said, “I am unwell”.

Ramu said that he was unwell.

2.Raju said, “my master is writing letters.”

Raju said that his master was writing letters.

3.Gopi said he knows her address.

“I know her address”, said Gopi.

4.   the teacher said the earth goes round the sun.

the teacher said. “the earth goes round the sun”.

 

3.2 Give the pattern of the following sentences:  5*1=05

1.  The boy has lost his pen

SVO

2. The old man told us the whole story

SVIODO

3.Gopal looks sad.

SVSC/SVC

4.She is singing a famous song

SVOOC

5.The baby is crying.

SV

3.3 Frame a sentence for each of the following pattern: 5*1=5

1.SVOC

She is singing a famous song/ any suitable answer

2.SV

Birds fly/ any suitable answer

3.SVIODO

I lent her my pen/ any suitable answer

 

3.4 Identify the phrases and name them: 3*2=6

1. The chief lived in a stone house

ADJECTIVE PHRASE

2. The boy wants something

NOUN PHRASE

3.Rama ran quickly

ADVERB PHRASE

3.5 identify the clauses and name them: 3*2=6

1.You may sit wherever you like.

ADVERB CLAUSE

2. I expect that I shall get a prize

NOUN CLAUSE

3.I knew where I could find him

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

3.6Change the degree:                            3*1=3

1. I am as strong as him

He is not stronger than me.

2.Joshi writes more interestingly than most historians.

Few historians write as interestingly as Joshi.

3.No other material is as useful as iron.

Iron is more useful than any other maetal.

3.7 Change the voice:                                        2*1=2

1.Brutus stabbed Caesar.

Caesar was stabbed by Brutus.

2. My pocket has been picked

Someone has picked my pocket.

3.8 Change to negative sentence:        1*1=1

1.He is greater than me.

I am not so great as him.

3.9 Rewrite removing ‘too’                              1*1=1

1.The mangoes are too yellow to be good.

The mangoes are so yellow that it cant be good.

 

3.10 Synthesize into complex sentences      2*2=4

1.You are drunk. That aggravates your offense.

That you are drunk aggravates your offense.

2.A cottager had his wife had a hen. The hen laid an egg everyday. The egg was golden.

A cottager and his wife had a hen which laid a golden egg everyday.

 

3.11 Split the following into two simple sentences each: 2*2=4

1.Show me the knife that you have bought.

You have bought a knife. Show it to me.

2.As he was sick he remained at home.

He was sick. He remained at home.

 

3.12Correct the following sentences:           4*1=4

1. I have no any friends here.

I don’t have any friends here.

2. This cloth is superior than that.

This cloth is superior to that.

3. I purchased one of the best bike.

I purchased one of the best bikes.

5.   This place is more better than that.

This place is better than that.

 

3.13 Transform into simple sentences:  2*1=2

1. We must eat, or we can’t live.

We must eat to live.

2.The men endured all the horrors of the campaign and not one of them complained at all.

The men endured all the horrors of the campaign without one of them making any complaint.

3.14 Transform into compound sentence  :2*1=2

1. I am certain you have made a mistake.

You have made a mistake and of this I am certain.

2. If you do not hurry you will miss the train.

You must hurry or you will miss the train.

 

3.15 Transform into complex sentences  : 2*1=2

1.Search his pockets and you will find the watch.

If you search his pockets you will find the watch.

2.He wishes to become learned; therefore he is studying hard.

He is studying hard so that he may become learned.

 

3.16 Transform into assertive sentences:  3*1=3

1.Was he not a villain to do such a deed?

He was a villain to do such deed.

2.How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!

The moonlight very sweetly sleeps upon this bank.

3.When can their glory fade?

Their glory can never  fade.

 

4. COMPOSITION

Expand any one of the following into a paragraph of about 100 words:1*5=5

1.Rome was not built in a day.

2.After a storm comes a calm.