Paper BG Ist " SEMESTER (Batch- 2020-21) Oct-Nov, 2021 English Communication Skills

  BG Ist  SEMESTER

 (Batch- 2020-21) 

Oct-Nov, 2021      

   English Communication Skills (ECS)

 Max. Marks : 60.         Min. Marks: 24           Time Allowed : 02 Hours      

          

SECTION- A: 

[Short Answer Type Questions) (8X 3-24 Marks) (Answer all Questions in a maximum of 20 words each) 

1. Define Capitalism.

 2. What is 'eco-apartheid' according to Vandana Shiva? 

3. What according to the author is the cause of 80% of all illnesses in. the developing countries? 4. Who was Mangu? 

5. What is a rosette? 

6. What is the theme of 'The Unknown Citizen'? 

7. What is the main idea of the poem 'Ecology'? 

8. What do you mean by fissioning? 

SECTION-B: [Medlum Answer Type Questions) (Answer all the Four Questions with internal choice in a maximum of 150 words each) (4 x 5-20 Marks) 

9. What does it mean to move to an ecological paradigm? "OR" Describe some problems faced by health care systems of wealthy countries?

 10. What is your estimate of Ustad Mangu? "OR" 'Forgive my hat.' What does Laura apologize for at the end of the story 'The Garden Party?'

 11. Explain the phrase 'something there is that does not love a wall'. 4OR" Discuss the use of irony and satire in the poem 'The Unknown Citizen'. 

12. Discuss the two opposing views on nature as depicted in the poem 'Ecology.'

 "OR" 

What happened to the family that lived in the house mentioned in the story 'There Will Come Soft Rains'?

 Section-C: [Long Answer Type Questions] (2 x 8-16 Marks) (Answer only Two Questions in a maximum of 300 words each) 

13. Discuss how machines have impacted the life of modern man.

 14. Discuss in detail the political and social conditions recreated by Manto in the story 'The New Constitution.' 

15. Comment on the depiction of the nature and rural life in the 'Mending Wall'. poem

 16. Bradbury's story evokes a future where technology has taken over, making humans redundant. Discuss.