Question Bank_BA I English Compulsory_Semester II_Q. No. 01

 (Developed by Dr N. A. Jarandikar)

Q. 1 A) Multiple choice questions ………………..      Marks 04

1. The child was going to _____ with his parents. (fair)

2. _____ was the child’s favourite dish. (Burfi)

3. The child’s parents say about the balloons that _____.  (he was too old to play with such toys)

4. The word ____ from the passage means ‘speak in low sound’. (murmured)

5. The child was gathering _____ in his hands. (the raining petals)

6. _____ brought the steel industries during the British rule. (Jamshetji Tata)

7. The Banaras Hindu University was established by _____.    (Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya)

8. Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad are _____.   (hubs of business activity)

9. Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam dreams of an India governed by _____.    (noble leaders)

10. In the IT area ____ is the most important need. (man power)

11. Tripura’s economy mainly rests on _____. (forest productions)

12. _____ of a village girl gleam like a prisoner’s chain.  (The footprint)

13. The elder brother is _____ years older than the younger one.      (five)

14. The story “My Elder Brother” is written by _____.     (Munshi Premchand)

15. The narrator of the story “My Elder Brother” was _____ years old.        (nine)

16. In the story “My Elder Brother” _____ seemed as difficult as climbing a mountain to the narrator.  (reading a book)

17. The poem “The Tiger” is written by _____. (William Blake)

18. According to the poet, tiger’s symmetry is _____.      (fearful)

19. The poem “A Poet” is written by _____.            (Chandrakant Patil)

20. According to the poet, there is _____ at the core of words.           (a destructive energy)

 

Q. 1 B) Answer the following questions in one word/phrase/sentence each.                                           Marks 04

1. What was the speciality of the day?

Ø  It was the festival of Spring.

2. What was the child’s favourite sweet?

Ø  Burfi

3. Which sweets the sweetmeat seller was selling?

Ø  Gulab-jamun, rasgulla, burfi and jalebi

4. Who has written the story “The Lost Child”?

Ø  Mulk Raj Anand

5. According to Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, what is bigger than organizations?

Ø  Missions

6. What sort of India Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam would like to see in twenty years?

Ø  Literate and poverty-free India

7. According to Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, how is energy created?

Ø  By a vision

8. What is on the head of a village girl?

Ø  A bundle of grass

9. What do peep through the green grass?

Ø  Pataki and mustard flowers

10. Which river do the narrator and the village girl cross?

Ø  Suhan river

11. What is the age of the elder brother?

Ø  Fourteen

12. What is the age of the narrator, younger brother?

Ø  Nine

13. How was the performance of the elder brother in exams?

Ø  He failed every time.

14. According to the elder brother, which sin one must not commit?

Ø  Sin of pride

15. According to the elder brother, which is the thing that even God cannot change?

Ø  A five year difference

16. According to a poet, what is a poem?

Ø  A forest

17. What happens with a word which is in the poet’s mind?

Ø  It becomes a gigantic tree.

18. What is there at the core of words?

Ø  A destructive energy

19. Where does the poet see the burning bright eyes of a tiger?

Ø  In the forests of night

20. What do the stars threw down?

Ø  Spears

 

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