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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
B.A./BBA./B.Com. LL.B. Honours lst Semester Examination, Z0Z2
EIvcLISH-I
Pnpnn Conn: FC04/CC04
Time Allotted: 3 Hours Full Marks: 100
The questions are ofequal value
Thefigures in the margin indicatefull marlcs.
Answer all the questions
. SECTION-A
l. Change the voice of the following sentences (any seven): 2x7 : 14
(a) Who has won the first prlze?
(b) Are they not praising me?
(c) People think that he is clever.
(d) She gave her sister the car.
(e) They threw away the rubbish.
(f) Leave the room.
(g) The baby was looked after by her.
(h) We have been quite annoyed by his behaviour.
(i) He made ten kites.
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners or prepositions (any seven): 2x7 : 14
(a) There is university in our city.
(b) He is Indian, and she is European.
(c) book you gave.me yesterday is interesting one.
(d) Do you recognize anyone among policemen?
(e) They gave first aid to ofthe children.
(0 He showed concern to his mother.
(e) These slums are a disgrace the city officials.
(h) Escape Tihar jail is difficult.
(D Evasion responsibilities should not be encouraged.
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3. Change the narration of the following sentences (any Jive): 2x5 = 10
(a) I said, "Latif does nothing wrong".
(b) You said, "photography is my hobby".
(c) She told me that she liked me.
(d) She said to me, "Do you want something?'
(e) They prayed that the king might live long.
(f) I said, 'khat a lovely day it is!"
(g) They said to me "congratulations!"
4. Frame suitable questions appropriate to the following statements using the 2x5:10
wh-words given in the bracket (any ftve):
(a) They went to New York. (where)
(b) He got in by climbing over the wall. (how)
(c) I have had this cough since the beginning of October. (when)
(d) The clerk made him fill up a form. (what)
(e) She put it in the dustbin. (who)
(0 MV fatherlifted me a new car. (whom)
(g) It takes four hours to get there. (how)
SECTION-B
5. Read the following,comprehension passage carefully and answer the questions 2x5: l0
that follows' I
"I have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American Civil Rights activist
Martin Luther King Jr, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on
August 28,1963, in which he calls for end to racism in United States and called
for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights tuppb.t".t
from the steps of thb Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was a
defining moment ofthe civil rights movement.
Beginning with a reference to tlie Emancipation Proclamation, which freed
millions of Slaves in 1863, King observes that: "one hundred years later, the
Negro still is not free." Toward the end of the speech King departed from his
prepared text partly for an improvised peroration on the theme, "I have a dream,"
prompted by Mahalia Jackson's cry: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!" in this
part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become its most
famous King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a Land
of slavary and harted. John Meacham writes that, 'With a single phrase, Martin
. Luther King Jr. joined Jefferson and Lincon in the ranks of men who have shaped
modern America." "The speech was ranked the top American speech of the
20th century in a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.
(a) What issues does Martin Luther King's Speech address?
(b) What pushes King to speak: "I Have a dream"?
(c) What is the name of Martin Luther King's famed speech?
(d) In front of whom does King speak?
(e) Why did King depart from his prepared text towards the end of the speech?
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6. Convert to positive sentence into negative sentence (any five'y: 2x5: l0
(a) The exercise is difficult.
(b) The students are very talkative.
(c) These photographs are very nice.
(d) They will pass the exam.
(e) He is a good brother.
(fl This dress is new.
(g) He is a very lucky man.
7. Write an essay within 200 words about the following topic (any one'y: l1x1 =ll
(a) Role of Media in protecting the Democratic values in India.
OR
(b) How gender equality affects the progress of our country?
8. Write a report on the following topic: llxl: ll
(a) Celebration of Rabindra Jayanti at your Institution.
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(b) Road Accident.
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9. Write a proposal on the following topic: 10x1: l0
Write a proposal to the Head of your institution within 150 words, stating the
steps as you wish to start an old elothes collection drive. These clothes are to 6e
donated to the orphanage nearby.
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