BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME Term-End Examination June, 2017

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1 No. of Printed Pages : 7 BEGE-101 BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME Term-End Examination June, 2017 ELECTIVE COURSE : ENGLISH BEGE-101 : LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE/FROM LANGUAGE TO LITERATURE Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100 Note : Answer any five questions. 1. (a) Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow : 10 `Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song, Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong. Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span. Laugh, and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man.' BEGE P.T.O.

2 Explain the first line in your own words. What does the poet mean by 'in the teeth of a wrong'? Explain the fourth line in your own words. Can you imagine what 'a thread the length of a span' would be? Can you find any metaphor or simile in these lines? Point out at least one. (b) Define the following giving suitable examples : 10 Metonymy Metre Assonance Syllable Rhythm 2. (a) Add prefixes or suffixes to form verbs : 5 Rich Sharp Standard Critic Fool BEGE-101 2

3 (b) Use the following words in sentences as directed : 5 Rebel (as verb) Charm (as verb) Better (as adjective) Timing (as noun) Passive (as adverb) (c) Fill in the blanks choosing phrases from the given list, putting them in the appropriate form : 10 pull up, pull, with pull, pull away, pull down, pull out, pull over The men the rickety old building. Kamal's dentist his tooth. The teacher the boys for reaching late. She is a powerful woman in the right offices. The candidate decided to of the election at the last moment. BEGE P.T.O.

4 3. (a) Correct the following sentences : 10 The cat is wagging it's tail. We forgot to switch of the lights. How many money do you have? After dinner, we watched a film in TV. I have many happy memories about my childhood. (b) Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions/adverbs. 10 The women were filling the boxes books help the school children who needed them. The teacher asked the students to take their books and read the chapter on 'Gravity'. Taking care your health is an investment the future. He never turned for the party, adding insult injury. The soldiers stood line hours. BEGE-101 4

5 4. Write short notes (150 words each approximately) on any two of the following : 2x10=20 (a) (b) (c) (d) Question as rhetoric Decorum Figures of speech Euphemism 5. (a) Read the passage given below and point out the literary and rhetorical devices used in it : 10 Instead of slipping into starvation, you launched a Green Revolution that fed millions. Instead of becoming dependent on commodities and exports, you invested in science and technology and in your greatest resource the Indian people. And the world sees the results, from the supercomputers you build to the Indian flag that you put on the moon. Instead of resisting the global economy, you became one of its engines reforming the licensing raj and unleashing an economic marvel that has lifted tens of millions from poverty and created one of the world's largest middle classes. Instead of succumbing to division, you have shown that the strength of India the very idea of India is its embrace of all colours, castes and creeds. It's the diversity represented in this chamber today. It's the BEGE P.T.O.

6 richness of faiths celebrated by a visitor to my hometown of Chicago more than a century ago the renowned Swami Vivekananda. He said that, "holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character." And instead of being lured by the false notion that progress must come at the expense of freedom, you built the institutions upon which true democracy depends free and fair elections, which enable citizens to choose their own leaders without recourse to arms; an independent judiciary and the rule of law, which allows people to address their grievances; and a thriving free press and vibrant civil society which allows every voice to be heard. And this year, as India marks 60 years with a strong and democratic constitution, the lesson is clear: India has succeeded, not in spite of democracy; India has succeeded because of democracy. (b) Use the following words in sentences as directed : 10 Fit (as a noun) Begin (as a noun) Peril (as an adjective) Accident (as an adverb) Friend (as a verb) BEGE am.

7 6. (a) Identify and explain the figures of speech in the following sentences : 10 (1) My love is a red rose. Don't open this Pandora's box of problems. She is all nations and the world to me. Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright In the forests of the night. He is deaf as a door knob. (b) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given in brackets : 10 She will not be (visit) the centre soon. Why are you (concern) about his result? You have (do) your share of the work. They have (agree) to all our conditions. I hate to (tell) a lie. BEGE ,500

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME Term-End Examination June, 2013 ELECTIVE COURSE : ENGLISH

No. of Printed Pages : 8 BEGE-101/EEG-1 BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME Term-End Examination June, 2013 ELECTIVE COURSE : ENGLISH BEGE-101/EEG-1 : LANGUAGE THROUGH LITERATURE/FROM LANGUAGE TO LITERATURE Time