English and Communication Skills-2, Question Paper of BE 1 and 2 Semester,Download Previous Years Question Paper 1

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ENGLISH AND COMMUNCAITON SKILL-II

2^nd Exam/Common/2051/5421/Dec’`11

Time: 3 Hrs.                                                                           Max. Marks: 75

SECTION-A

Q1. Choose the correct one:

i.                   What kind of dress did the grandmother wear?

(a)  Spotless white               (c) Orange

(b) Green                                       (d) Black

ii.                 Shakespeare was a great-

(a)  Poet                               (c) Story writer

(b) Sportsmen                     (d) Statesmen

iii.              Local population had disdain for-

(a)  Rickshaw pullers           (c) Labourers

(b) Farmers                         (d) Refugees

iv.              Making beautiful things is referred to-

(a)  Philosophy                              (c) Science

(b) Political Justice              (d) Art

v.                 Choose the correctly spelt word-

(a)  Continous                      (c) Contincies

(b) Continuos                      (d) Cortinose

SECTION-B

Q2.    Give the substance of the poem pippa’s song OR ‘Say Not, the struggle Nought Availeth.’

Q3.    ‘The sign of the Red Cross’ is a touching tribute to Henri Dunant. Illustrate in brief.

OR

Give the theme of the story ‘The Refugees.’

SECTION-C

Q4.    While giving a suitable title make precis of the following passage:

The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. The money that  a man has, he may lose. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people, who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honour when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty in health and in sickness.

OR

Specify significant barriers of Communication.

Q5.    Write a report to the training and placement officer of the educational-cum-industrial tour that you have recently made.

OR

Write a letter to your mother mentioning the various difficulties you are feeling at college hostel.

Q6.    Do as directed:

(a)  At the eleventh hour. (Use the idiom in sentence)

(b) They will build a house. (Change the voice)

(c)  I said to Mohan, “Give up smoking.” (Change the narration)

(d) Spring balance. (Write Hind/Punjabi equivalent)

(e)  Flame test. (Write Hindi/Punjabi equivalent)