F.Y.B.A. (Regular)
COMPULSORY ENGLISH
Practice Annual Examination March- 2017
Time: 03 Hours                                                                                                            Max. Marks: 80

Q.1. Attempt any one from (A) and one from (B) of the following in about 150 words each:           16
A)         i)  Describe in your own words the character of an astrologer.
ii)  How does O. Henry illustrate the strength and endurance of true love in the short story 
     ‘The Gift of the Magi’.
B)        i)  Comment on the humour and irony in the short story ‘Karma’.
            ii)  Briefly discuss each of the six pillars of self esteem and what each of them means.
Q.2. Attempt any one from (A) and one from (B) of the following in about 150 words each:            16
A)        i)  Comment on the significance of the title ‘A Red, Red Rose’.
            ii)  How does Sarojini Naidu show the intensity of her love for her lover?
B)        i)  Comment on the imagery in the poem ‘If you Call me’.
            ii)  How does Tagore express his vision of a glorious country in ‘Where the Mind is Without
                 Fear’?
Q.3. Attempt any one from (A) and one from (B) of the following in about 150 words each:          16
A)        i)  How can the youth repay their debt to society?
            ii)  What message does Nehru convey through his speech ‘A tryst with Destiny’?
B)        i)  Explain, in your own words, the central idea of the story ‘The Eyes Are Not Here’.
            ii)  How can, according to the writer, education help in destroying the caste system?
Q.4. Attempt any one from (A) and one from (B) of the following in about 150 words each:            16
A)        i)  The poem ‘An Old Woman’ is a graphic picture of a beggar woman. Do you agree?
            ii)  Comment on the significance of the title of the poem ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’.
B)        i)  How does William Wordsworth describe the quiet city in the early hours of the day?
            ii)  Why does Emily Dickinson say that to achieve great things in life one has to undergo a lot
                  of pain?
 
Q. 5.  A)  Attempt any FOUR of the following:                                                                             08
            i)  The doctor is busy now but he ...........(see) you after an hour. 
                                                                        (Use the verb in bracket in simple future tense)
            ii)  The postman deliver my appointment letter yesterday.
                                                                        (Correct the sentence and rewrite)
            iii)  Computers ............(stores) large amount of data.
                                                                        (use correct form of the verb in the bracket)
            iv)   Physics are my favourite subject.
                                                                        (Correct the sentence and rewrite)
            v)   Most snakes ...........(lay) eggs, but the python .......(give) birth to young ones.  
                                                                        (Use correct form of the verb in the bracket)
            vi)  Kalidas ....(be) a great poet.  He..... (live) 2000 years ago.
                                                                        (Use the past tense forms of the verb in the bracket)
B)        Attempt any TWO of the following                                                                                     08
            i)  Ramnika and Rajbhoj meet after a long time at a railway station write a informal dialogue
                based on this situation.
            ii)  Mr. Pande and Mr. Deshpande discuss the problems of demonetization.  They agree and
                  disagree on certain points.  Write a dialogue.
            iii)  Vaishnavi invites her class teacher for her birthday ceremony but his teacher declines the
                   invitation due to his meeting with management.  Write a dialogue based on this situation.


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