DU SOL Question Paper 2018 BA (Hons.) English - English

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B.A. (Hons.)il G

Concurrent Course for Hons.

(Qualifying Course)

English (Lower) (A-602)

Time :2 Hours Maximttm Marks : 50

(Write your Roll No. on the top inmediately on receipt of this question paper.)

Note :- The maximum marks printed on the question paper

are applicable for the students of SOL (Cat. B). These

marks will, however, be scaled down proportionately in

respect of the students of Regular Colleges at the time

of posting of awards for compilation of result.

Attempt l// questions.

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Section I

I
Read the following passage and answer the questions given

below :

One day in 1877 Thomas Edison working in his laboratory with

a telephone receiver. When he spoke into it, the round, thin

metal plate inside trembled. The metal disc had produced the

same sound waves as his own voice; he knew that, for that

was how the telephone worked. His idea was this : if he could

make that metal disc, or some other thing like it, tremble in exactly

the same way when he was not speaking, he would hear his

voice come from it.

He spent the night drawing and thinking, and, on the next day,

called one of his best workmen, John Kruesi .Make a model

ofthat drawing, John,' he ordered, handing him the paper. Kruesi

looked at it curiously. "What is it, Mr. Edison ?" he asked. ,lt,s

a machine that will talk. Get it ready, and you will see.' The

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workman looked at him as if he were joking. Then he went and

started on the job. Two days later the simple machine was ready'

All the scientists and workers gathered round to see what the

inventor would do with this strange machine. 'lt talks', Edison

declared : and they all laughed. 'l am serious' just wait and you

will hear,' The machine worked ! His voice came out of the tube'

He had invented the PhonograPh.

(A) Give short answers to the following questions :

(r) What did he invent ?

(tr) What was Edison's idea ?

(tt,) Why did others laugh ?

(r, What was the name of Edison's best workman ?

(v) What is the PhonograPh ?

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@) Say whether the tbllowing statements are True (T) or

False (F) : l0

(,) Edison was working with a machine.

(ii) Edison was-certain that metal disc alone could be

made to tremble.

(iii) The metal disc in the telephone trentbles even when

no one speaks into it.

(rv) Edison said, 'it's a machine that will talk.'

(v) He could not make that metal disc.

(C) Make sentences with any Jive of the following words : 5

Declared, Produced, Order, Inventor, Serious, Job,

Strange.

Section ll

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions :

(A) The dog jumped the well.

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(B) I love to swim ........... the river.

(c) Park your car ............... the roadside.

(D) She will come back to Delhi ...... Monday.

(E) Please distribute these mangoes ...... your

friends.

Write the correcl verb in each sentence given below in

brackets :

(A) Boys always ..... (love/loves) to play football.

@) He ............... (goes/went) to Mumbai yesterday.

(c) They ............ (arelis) very punctual.

(D) Everyone ...... (hates/hate) dishonest people.

(E) She .............. (has/have) lost her purse.

Complete the following sentences with 'to' + A verb :

(A) Everyone loves ........... on a trip.

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(B) I like........... sing songs.

(c) She does not want ..... Hollywood movies.

Everyone must be taught ..............'....'....... rules.
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(E) Children like .............. ice cream.

Given below are some answers' Frame questions to them : 5

(A) You have ten thousand rupees. (How many)

(B) She lives in Chennai. (Where)

(c) Mr. Chopra helped me (who)

(D) I am doing research nowadaYs. (What)

(E) They will come tomorrow. . (When)

Section III

6. You are a student of ABC College and stay in a hostel' Write

a letter to the Principal of your college, suggesting some

measures to improve the services of college library' t0

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You purchased a mobile phone, which has not been

working properlY. Write a letter to the company to replace

the phone.

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