FIRST SEMESTER B.B.A,LL.B DEGREE EXAMINATION
APRIL 2014
CM 1-ENGLISH-Paper 1
Time Three Hours Maximum : 75 Marks
1. Correct the following sentences [any five]:
1 One must do his duty.
2 They discussed about the matter.
3 We are paying wages everyday.
4 Many a passenger have lost his luggage.
5 They climbed the Everest.
6 I will meet you between 4 p.m to 5 p.m
[5*1=5 marks]
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition [any five]
1 He is addicted ............... gambling.
2 Alcohol is injurious..............health.
3 A public man should be tolerant.............criticism.
4 Have you any objection...............my smoking.
5 The manager has approved.................my plan.
6 You should refrain.................bad company.
7 They protested.........................the new tax.
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions given in a sentence or two.
Throughout history,the search for salt has played an important role in society. Where there was no salt near,it was brought from great distances.Thus,salt become one of the most important articles of early trade.Records show that in areas of society,salt was traded ounce for ounce for gold.Rome s major highway was called the via Salaria, that is salt road.Along that road,Roman soldiers transported salt crystals from the flats at Ostia up the river Tiber. In return, they received a salarium orsalary which means to be valuable,derived from the custom of payment during the empire.The caravan trade of the sahara was also primarily an exchange of goods for salt.Among ancient people there,to eat salt with another person was an act of friendship.Salt was so important in the Middle Ages that governments retained salt trade as monopoly or levied taxes on its purchase.By then , peoples social rank was demonstrated by where they sat at the table,above or below the salt.
1 What is salarium?
2 What is via salaria ?
3 Who enjoyed monopoly over the trade of in Middle Ages?
4 Why was tax levied on the purchase of salt?
5 What was the rate of exchange for salt and gold in areas where there was scarcity of salt?
[10 marks]
4 Summaries the following passage into one -third of its length.
Difference,big or small, can always be noticed even within a national group,however closely bound together it may be.The essential unit of that group become apparent when it is compared to another national group,though often the differences between two adjoining groups fade out or intermingle near the frontier , and modern developments are trading to purchase a certain uniformity everywhere.In ancient and medieval time, the idea of modern nation was non-existent and feudal,religious,racial,or cultural bonds had more importance.Yet I think that at almost any time in recorded history an indian would have felt more or less at home in any part of india and would have felt has a stranger and alien in any other country . He would certainly have felt less of a stranger in countries which had partly adopted its culture or religion. Those who professed a religion to non-indian origin,or coming to india ,settied down here,become distinctively indian in the course of a few generations.such as Christians,Jews,Parsees,Muslims,Indian converts to some of the religious never ceased to be indian on account of a change of their faith.They were looked upon in other countries as Indians and foreigners,even though there might have been a community of faith between them. [217 words].
5 Rewrite as directed :
1 The Pasafic is the largest ocean in the world.[ Give the position of comparison].
2 Did you go to the cinema last night. [Turn into reported speech].
3 Use your common sense......................[Add suitable question tag].
4 What a delightful scene said the tourist, [Change into indirect speech]
5 The birds have eaten the grain . [Change into passive voice}
6 Man is only creature that has developed power of speech.[rewrite using articles wherever necessary]
7 The work must be finished up five o clock.[Change into active voice]
8 The pen is mightier than the sword.[Change the degree of comparison].
9 The thief [leave]the premises by the time the police arrived.[use the correct tense form of the verb in brackets].
10 He asked the boy what he was doing.[change into direct speech].
[10 marks]
6. Rewrite the following simple sentences as compound sentences :
1 In addition to being industrious she is intelligent.
2 Owing to illness,he could not attend the party.
3 Hearing a noise I turned around.
4 He is too tired to walk.
5 The match was cancelled because of the rain.
[5 marks]
7. Convert each of the following complex sentences to simple sentences :
1 He is confident that he will succeed .
2 Please tell me when you will arrive.
3 The maid admitted that she had stolen the necklace.
4 He stole the money because he was out of work.
5 He is so clever that he can solve any mathematical problem.
[5 marks]
8. Write an essay on any one :
1 Briefly explain the barriers to communication.
2 What is communication and how do you develop good communication skills ?
[10 marks]
9. Write notes on any two :
1 Semantics.
2 Case comment writing.
3 Use of Legal maxims.
4 Constitutional provisions relating to language.
[10 marks]
10. Write an essay on any one :
1 Discuss the scope of Equity,Justice and good conscience in the play Merchant of Venice.
2 Discuss Gandhiji s observations on the legal profession.
3 Ganddhiji life in South Africa.