GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (Autonomous) Rajahmundry Department of English Degree I Year: General English Syllabus & Model Question Paper 2016-2017
I YEAR B.A., B.Com., B.Sc GENERAL ENGLISH SEMESTER I (W.E.F 2016-17) Syllabus Prescribed Text: Unit 1 Prose: 1. Arnold Tonbee: India s Contribution to Wld Unity 2. APJ Abdul Kalam: The Knowledge Society 3. Ngugi Wa Thiong o: The Language of African Literature 4. RK Narayan: The Astrologer s Day (Additional Input) Unit 2 Poetry: 1. William Wdswth: The Solitary Reaper 2. Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken 3. Nissim Ezekiel: Night of the Scpion 4. Kamala Das: Fancy Dress(Additional Input) Unit 3 Sht Sty: 1. Mulk Raj Anand: The lost Child 2. O Henry: The Last Leaf 3. Henry Lawson: The Loaded Dog 4. Manohar Malgonkar: Cargo from Singape(Additional Input) Unit 4 One Act Play: 1. William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (Court Sc -Act IV Sc-) 2. Fritz Karihthy: The Refund(Additional Input) Unit 5 Language Activity: 1. Spelling 2. Pronunciation 3. Meaning 4. Syntax
I YEAR B.A., B.Com., B.Sc GENERAL ENGLISH SEMESTER I (W.E.F 2016-17) Blue Print 1. The Entire syllabus is divided into 5 units 2. First Four units are covered in both Part-A and Part-B 3. Part-C covers only Language Wk(Grammar) 4. Part-A deals with Sht Ans. Questions from all 4 Units 5. Part-B deals with Essay Type Questions from all 4 Units 6. Alternative Choice is provided (A/B) both in Part-A and B
I YEAR B.A., B.Com., B.Sc GENERAL ENGLISH SEMESTER I (W.E.F 2016-17) Model Question Paper Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 60 Part - A I. Answer any FOUR questions in 75 wds choosing one from each unit: 4X4=16 Unit I (Prose) a. What does Toynbee say about the uniqueness of Indian heritage? b. Describe the human centered sties Ngugi was told in his childhood. Unit II (Poetry) a. What is the poet s mood as he listened to the Reaper s Song? b. What is the challenge Robert Frost met with? Unit III (Sht Sty) a. What is Johnsy s obsession about? b. How was Mathrani paid in his old coin? Unit IV (One Act Play) a. How did Ptia save Antonio at the end? b. How did Waserkopf justify his demand? Part - B II. Answer any FOUR questions in 150 wds choosing one from each unit: 4X8=32 Unit I (Prose) a. Summarize Kalam s views on Knowledge Society. b.how does the Astrologer save his life at the end? Unit II (Poetry) a. How does Ezekiel describe the village superstitions in Night of the Scpion b.describe Fancy Dress as a feminist poem. Unit III (Sht Sty) a. Write the sty of the Lost Child by Mulkraj Anand. b.summarize Henry Lawson s The Loaded Dog. Unit IV (One Act Play) a. Write the plot of the Merchant of Venice b.how did the Headmaster try to refute
Unit V (Language Activity) Answer the following questions: Part C (Unit V) a.crect the bolded wds from the passage given: 6X ½ =3 The list of articles last by railway travelers and now on sell at a great London station has been published, and many people who red it have been astanished at the absentmindness of their fellows. b. Choose the odd sound out from the rhyming sets: 6X ½ =3 i. Make break teak fake ii. Curd bird fired stirred iii. Axe fax fox max iv. Fear near mere bare c. Replace the underlined wds with their synonyms from the list: 6X ½=3 My parents were widely regarded as an ideal couple. My mother s lineage was the me distinguished, one other febears having been bestowed the title of Bahadur by the British. A. Popularly notiously well broadly B. Idle perfect intimate loving C. Family histy ancestry old age D. Rich knowledgeable strong eminent E. Descent decent family relations F. Conferred drained extended passed d. Arrange the wds into a meaningful sentence: 3X1=3 i. money be let in the bank the deposited ii. that me she she would out help said iii. young his the why man waste time does?
SYLLABUS FOR I YEAR B.A., B.Com., B.Sc GENERAL ENGLISH Semester- II (w.e.f 2016-17) Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 60 Unit I PROSE 1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The Annihilation of Caste 2. J. B.S Haldane: The Scientific Point of View 3. A.G. Gardiner : On Shaking Hands 4. L A Hill: Principles of Good Writing (Additional Input) Unit - II POETRY 1. John Keats: Ode to Autumn 2. Margaret Atwood : This is a Photograph of Me 3. Kishwar Naheed : I am not that Woman 4. Kamala Das The Fancy Dress Show(Additional Input) Unit III SHORT STORY 1. Ruskin Bond : The Boy Who Broke the Bank 2. R. K. Narayan : Half a Rupee Wth 3. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni : The Unknown Errs of Our Lives 4. Manohar Malgonkar: Cargo from Singape(Additional Input) Unit IV ONE ACT PLAY Anton Chekhov: Cedric Mount: Unit V LANGUAGE ACTIVITY 1. Classroom and Labaty Activities i. Tense and Aspect ii. The Interrogative iii. Question Tags(Affirmative/Negative) iv. Dialogue Making v. Listening Comprehension 2. Classroom Activity i. Guided Composition ii. Dialogue Writing iii. Reading Comprehension (seen) The Proposal Never, Never Nest (Additional Input)
SYLLABUS FOR I YEAR B.A., B.Com., B.Sc GENERAL ENGLISH Semester- II (w.e.f 2016-17 Blue Print 1. The Entire syllabus is divided into 5 units 2. First Four units are covered in both Part-A and Part-B 3. Part-C covers only Language Wk(Grammar) 4. Part-A deals with Sht Ans. Questions from all 4 Units 5. Part-B deals with Essay Type Questions from all 4 Units 6. Alternative Choice is provided (A/B) both in Part-A and B
I YEAR B.A., B.Com., B.Sc GENERAL ENGLISH SEMESTER II (W.E.F 2016-17) Model Question Paper Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 60 Part A I. Answer any FOUR questions in 75 wds each choosing one from each unit: 4X4=16 Unit -1 (Prose) a. What are the evils of caste system accding to Ambedkar? b. How doses Gardiner suppt the custom of shaking hands? Unit -2 (Poetry) a. Why does the season conspire with the sun in autumn? b. How does the poet describe her photograph? Unit -3 (Sht Sty) a. Describe the joy of the boy on seeing the river at last. b. How is Matharani paid in his own coin at the end of Cargo from Singape? Unit -4 One Act Play) a. What are the silly reasons f the fight between the Lomov and Natalya? b. Justify the title Never, Never Nest by Cedric Mount Part B II. Answer any FOUR questions in 75 wds each choosing one from each unit: 4X8=32 Unit -1 (Prose) a. How did the scientific point of view change the outlook of humanity? b. Mention any TWO good principles of good writing accding to Hill. Unit -2 (Poetry) c. What are stereotyped characteristics of Indian women Naheed attacks? d. How does Kamala Das criticize the hypocrisy in her poem The Fancy Dress Show? Unit -3 (Sht Sty) c. Sketch the character of Subbaiah from Half a rupee wth. d. The Unknown Errs of our Lives is about family, memies and culture comment. Unit -4 One Act Play) c. Sketch the character of Lomov the hypochondriac. d. Summarize the sty Never Never Nest by Cedric Mount.
Part C (Unit V) I. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: 1 X4=4 Masculine kissing is an entirely continental habit, chiefly cultivated among the Russians. The greatest display of kissing I have ever witnessed was at Prince Kropotkin s house - he was then living at Brighton - on his seventieth birthday. A procession of aged and bearded Russian Patriarchs came to bring greetings, and as each one entered the room he rushed at the sage, flung his arms about his neck and gave him a resounding smack on each whiskered cheek 1. The auth is ---------------- a. Suppting the custom b. Opposing the custom c. Enjoying the custom d. Narrating the custom 3. What is the custom discussed? a. Shaking hands b. Greeting c. Kissing d. Bidding farewell;; 2. Continental habit refers to..? a. Related to all continents b. Related to Europe c. Related to some continents d. Related to the wld 4. Who is a patriarch? a. Head of kingdom b. Head of a family c. One who has great patriotism d. A family II. Rewrite as directed: ½ X4=2 1. The river is overflowing in every rainy season. (Crect the Sentence) 2. I am your boss, ----------? (add a Question Tag) 3. He said he. (See) me in the market. (Use the crect fm of Verb) 4. I go to church every Sunday. (Use a question to ask the place) III. Write a paragraph using the following clues: 3M Old man four sons always quarrelling no unity to teach a lesson bundle of sticks break bundle individually failed success collectively realized mistake lived happily. IV. Write a dialogue comprising THREE exchanges each (SIX Dialogues altogether) between a teacher and a student in the classroom. 3M