GOVERNMENT COLLEGE (Autonomous) Rajahmundry Department of English Degree-II Year: General English Syllabus & Model Question Papers 2016-2017
II DEGREE - GENERAL ENGLISH III SEMESTER SYLLABUS 201-2017 PART-A, PAPER-1 Module: English Language through Literature II-A Section-I: Poetry Unit -1: The Human Seasons John Keats Unit -2: The Solitary Reaper William Wordsworth Unit -3: The Quality of Mercy William Shakespeare Unit -4: The River Ramanujan [Addl. Input] Section-II: Prose Unit-1: Mother Teresa - John Fraser Unit-2: Forgetting - Robert Lynd Unit-3: Seeing People Off Max. Beerbohm Unit-4: World, My Son Starts School Today Abraham Lincoln [Addl. Input] Section-III: Non-Detailed (Short Stories) Unit-1: Importance of Being Earnest Unit-2: Gazar Halwa Githa Hariharan Section-IV: Grammar: A: Vocabulary [Matching Type] B: Linking Devices C: Phrasal verbs D: Correction of sentences
II DEGREE (B.A. /B.Sc. /B.Com.): ENGLISH SEMESTER-III (2016-2017) Scheme of the Question Paper Prose & Poetry: I. Short Answer Questions from Poetry: 2 out of 4 2X5=10 II. Short Answer Questions from Prose: 2 out of 4 2X5=10 III. Essay Question from Non-detailed: 1 out of 2 1X10=10 IV. Grammar A. Match the following words with their meaning: (Prose only) 5 M (5 items) B. Join the given sentences using the Linking Devices given in brackets 5M (5items) C. Match the Phrasal Verb with their appropriate meaning: 5M (5 items) D. Correct the following Sentences 5M (5 items)
III SEMESTER 2016-2017 GENERAL ENGLISH Time: 2 Hrs. Max. Marks: 50 I. Answer any TWO of the following in about 75 words each 2X5 =10 1. How does man s vitality and energy differ in his spring and autumn seasons? 2. Describe the effect of the song of the solitary reaper on the poet? 3. Mercy is the mightiest in the mightiest explain. 4. How does Ramanujan distinguish between the old and new poets? II. Answer any TWO of the following in about 75 words each 2X5 =10 1. What is meant by Mother Teresa sees divinity in all? 2. What does Lynd say about the memories of poets and thinkers? 3. Why is it difficult to see people off according to Beerbohm? 4. What is Lincoln s appeal to the world regarding his son? III. Answer any ONE of the following in about 200 words each 1X10 =10 1. Sketch the character of Jack Worthing. 2. Summarize the story of Gazar Halwa V. A. Match the following words with their meaning: (Prose only) 5 M a. Squalid 1. surpass b. Transcend 2. Committing mistakes c. fallible 3. agree d. Vile 4. dirty e. Assent 5. bad B. Combine the following using appropriate inking devices 1X5 = 5 M 1. He is a scholar. He is a saint. (not only.but also). 2. He is a peon. He behaves like the manager. (Although) 3. He is poor. He is honest. (But) 4. Go fast. You will miss the train. (Unless) 5. He is a weak. He can not work. (Too to) C. Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings given against them 5 M 1. to give up a) resemble 2. to look after b) manage 3. to put up with c) to get rid of 4. to get on d) tolerate 5. to take after e) take care of
D. Correct the following Sentences 5M 1. There wasn t nobody at the office today. 2. I am having a bad head ache. 3. He asked me what games did I play. 4. I meet him yesterday. 5. I reached work lately.
II DEGREE - GENERAL ENGLISH IV SEMESTER SYLLABUS 2016-2017 PART-A, PAPER-1 Module: English Language through Literature II-B Section-I: Poetry Unit-1: Night of the Scorpion Nissim Ezekiel Unit-2: Ode on Solitude Alexander Pope Unit-3: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost Unit-4: Refugee Mother and Child Chinua Achibe [ Addl. Input] Section-II: Prose Unit-1: The Power of Prayer APJ Abdul Kalam Unit-2: On Saying Please AG Gardiner Unit-3: The Eyes are not Here Ruskin Bond Unit-4: The Best Investment I Have Ever Made AJ Cronin Section-III: Non-Detailed (Dramas) Unit-1: Never Never Nest Cedric Mount Unit-2: Refund - Section-IV: Grammar: A. Substitute the italicized phrase with a suitable one word substitute 5 M B. Idioms 5 M C. Writing e-mail 5 M D. Resume Writing 5 M
II DEGREE (B.A. /B.Sc. /B.Com.): ENGLISH SEMESTER-IV(2016-2017) Scheme of the Question Paper Prose: I. Short Answer Questions from Poetry: 2 out of 4 2X5=10 II. Short Answer Questions from Prose: 2 out of 4 2X5=10 III. Essay Question from Non-detailed: 1 out of 2 1X10=10 IV. Grammar A. One word substitutes (5 items) 5 M B. Idioms (5items) 5M C. e-mail writing 5M D. Resume Writing 5M
IV SEMESTER 2016-2017 GENERAL ENGLISH Time: 2 Hrs. Max. Marks: 50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Answer any TWO of the following in about 75 words each 2X5 =10 1. Comment on the words of the mother at the end of Night of the Scorpion. 2. What kind of life does Pope envisage? 3. Bring out the dichotomy of the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. 4. Picture the Squalor and dirt as depicted by Achibe at the refugee Camp. II. Answer any TWO of the following in about 75 words each 2X5 =10 1. What are Kalam s views on Power of prayer? 2. Narrate the episode of the liftboy in On Saying Please 3. What does the narrator feel as the girl prepares to get down the train? 4. Why does Cronin call his investment the best? III. Answer any ONE of the following in about 200 words each 1X10 =10 1. Bring out the message of the play Never Never Nest 2. Sketch the character of Wasserkopf. IV. A. Substitute the italicized phrase with an suitable one word substitute 1. He is one who does not believe in the existence of God 2. Gandhiji is a great man who loved his country 3. My uncle is one who knows several languages. 4. Dr. Raju is a doctor who sets right broken bones and joints. 5. This is a medicine that cures all diseases. 5M B.Match the following Idioms with their meanings A B 1. A bed of roses a. an unworthy person 2. A good Samaritan b. to boast too much 3. Bury the hatchet c. Comfortable position 4. Blow one s own trumpet d. a helping natured person 5. A Black sheep e. forget enmities. C. Write a complaint in the form of an an e-mail to bmonidatv@gmail.com, about the poor display quality of a TV you have purchased recently. D. Prepare a resume to apply for the post of a Chief Accounts Manager in Sreeram Chits, Vijayawada Branch.