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ELECTIW COURSE IN ENGLISH (BEGE-103)

Comnuurication Skills in Englhh
ASSIGNMENT
Programbe: BDP
Assignment Code: BEGE.~o~/TMA/~~ 1 I- 12
Dear Student,
Herewith is an assignment for you. Through this assignment we would help you in assessing
your progress in the study of this course.
Before attempting the assignment read the directions given below:
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1) In this assignment two kinds of questions have been asked. The first kind of questions
test your comprehension of the materials presented in the units. The second kind will test /
your ability to creatively apply them in real life situation. The aim of this course is to I
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enable you to use the English language in real life situations effectively and creatively.
Most of the questions are of the second kind, as they will help you to use English.
2) While writing the assignment keep the purity of your language and readability of your
answer in mind
If you wish to get a high grade keep the following in mind:
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1. Read the detailed instructions on assignments given in the Programme Guide for
the Elective Courses.
2. Write your name, enrolment number, full address and date on the top right corner odthe
first page of your answer sheet(s).
3. Write the Course Title, Assignment Number and the Name of the Study Centre you are
attached to in the centre of the first page of your response sheet(s).
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4. Use only foolscap size paper for your response and tag all the pages carerlly.
5. Write the relevant question number with each answer.
6. You should write in your own handwriting.
7. Submission: The completed assignment should be sent to the Coordinator of the Study
Centre allotted to you by 31" March, 2012 (for July 201 1 session) and 3oth Sept. 2012
(for January 2012 session).
Note: Remember the submission of assignment is precondition of pennisbn of appearing in-
examanation. Ifyou have not submitted the assignment in time you
will not be allowed to
appear in mmination.
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Elective Course in English (BEGE-103)
Communication Skills in English
ASSIGNMENT
Programme: BDP
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Assignment Code: EEG-O3/TMA/20 1 1 - 12
Max. Marks: (20x5) = 100
littempt all the questions below: -,
1. Write in your own words about the value of body language and silence in communication.
Support your observations with good examples from life. (20)
2. What is small talk? What is its importance in life? Illustrate your answer with interesting
examples.
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(20)
3. Imagine that you are in search of employment with a company or govemhent dkpa.rtmed.
What do's and dont's your worrld keep in mind in your job-hunt?
(20)
4. Imagine that your have had an interview for some position in a company or government
department. Write a resume of your interview.
(20)
5. Below you have a brief speech of Sarojini Naidu. Comment upon the figures of speech
and rhetorical devices used in i ~ . We have provided you a brief background of the speech
SAROJINI NAIDU: THE BATTLE OF FREEDOM IS OVER
Let's examine a lecture of Sxujini Naidu (1879-1949), she delivered on All India Radio
on 15 August, 1947, i.e. on the occasion of our independence. She must have been heard
then as a leading poetess and as the first Indian female President of the Congress party.
She was also later the first wonian Governor of UP (1947-49).
Read the piece below carefully
THE BATTLE OF FREDOM IS OVER
I . Oh, world of free nations, ort this day of our freedom, we greet you. Oh, worlcl of
natioizs not yet free, or1 rhe day of our freedom we pray for your freedom in the future.
2. Ours has been an epic struggle, covering many years and costing many lives. It has
been ( I struggle, a dram~tic struggle. It has been a struggle pf heroes chiefly
arzotzymsus in their millions. It lzas been a struggle of women transformed into
strength and power like the Kali, the goddess of strength they worship. It has been a
struggle of youth suddeniy transjigured into power itself, sacrifice and ideals. It has
been a struggle of young men and old men, of rich and poor, the literate, the illiterate,
the stricken, the outcast, i'ltz leper and the saint. It has been the only revolution in the
hole history of the world ?hat has been without bloodshed; and for this we thank one
rnar~, one tiny person, who on this day that he has brought to us, is somewhat remote
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in a little far-03 corner of India, wiping the tear of those who feel themselves exiled
.from our midst. Mahatma Gandhi, our prophet of non-violence, our general of
victory, he taught us a new way of deliverance from evil. He had no device, of his
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banner excepting non-violence. He had no weapons for his legions excepting sev-
sclcrifice and suffering. We marched to the tune of faith and hope; and charity that
forgives all sins of trespas5ers that ruined our country through the ages. We have to
thank him, our leader, whose life is immutable, immortal, in the love of his
countrymen, whose days are imperishable, who has created a new civilization for the
world to be based, in the years to come on his gospel of love, truth and non-violence.
3. But we wish to of er loday our thank to the men and women of all races who have
striven for India's freedom, the scholars of Europe who restored to us our pride and
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ancient culture, to the antiquarian and the archaeologist who has discovered for us
our own ruined cities, to the missionaries of all countries who chose the life of poverry
in ,far-off vitlages and served the poor and the needy and the desolate. To all we owe.
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4. Today I remember those abroad who were the pioneers of our dream of freedom, hen
who are exiles if they are alive, forgotten if they are dead, who never s o u g h t ~ ~ f
received recognition nor reward, only privation, persecution and death. But all t kse
today are immortal in oiir minds. We thunk the Englishmen who were our frie*,
though many Englishmen were our enemies, not personul enemies but the vi-
thernselvvs of a system of iniquitous imperialism. But those Englishmen who se+ed
us, become part of our Indiun history, part of our struggle.for India's independ+e.
A11d it seems somehow poetical, it seems somehow romantic, it seems some*
logical that the great grandson of Queen Victoria, Louis Mountbatten shoutd havc, %y
grace and generosity, dissolved the empire that Disraeli built for her. All of them we
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thunk.
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5. The battle of freedom is over. The struggle for peace begins. And my couLtry,
my India, that has never excluded friend or foe from her hospitality, my Iddia tW@s
taken knowledge from all over the world once more will shestand in t h k f o r e f d q f
the world civilization, once more will she bring the message of peace,,onde nl~Rk4ill
she carry her lamp into the darkness of strife and struggle and hatred; t?@l ,the
nations of the world who are free, nations of the world who are.nqt fqee, wepl dge
foil our comradeship, our fellowship, our understanding, our love. Let d rtiovg
together towards the great world fellowship of which we dream. Let us work tdkether
for the peace that will never be ended. Let us work for justice, for equity, for hurnun
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rights but no privileges, j5r human duties but no prerogatives, let us fo1low;rhe
citizens of a greatfree world of which our ancestors dreamed and for which we b v e
striven. Men and women together, men and women of a common humanity,-Ig'no
religion. no community, no text, nQ tongues divide us, for ours is a common d&?@y.
Ocirs is a common pt~rposo. Oztrs is a common wish and ambition to rebuild rhis
broken world into the image of our heart's desire. And which cbwtry but India can
take the lend in restoring the world to its pristine glory. We who have been rhe
dreamers of dreams, the seers of visions, the creators of wisdom, the followers s f
rer~lrnciation, we, who huve given the heroes of independence struggle for India, we
have run through the whole gamut of the world's adventures, of the world's emotions.
We are the wise. We are rebom'today of the crucible of our sufferings.
6. Nations of the world, I gre?t you in the name of India, my mother, my mother whose
honze has a roof of snow, whose walls are of living sens, whose doors are always open
to you. Do yoir seek peace or wisdom, do you seek love and understanding, corn to
us. Come to us in faith, corne to us in hope, come to us believing that all giBs are ours
to give. Today, in the narr-e of India, I give for the whole world the freedom of this
India that had never died in the past that shall be indestructible in the future and shall
lead the world to ultimate peace.
Glossary
Transform
Transfigure
Stricken
Banner
Legions
Trespass
Immutable
Gospel
Antiquarian
Archaeology
Desolate
Privation
Persecution
Iniquitous
Imperialism
Victoria
Louis
Mountbatten
Pledge
Equity
Prerogative
Renunciation
Redounce
to change completely in form, appearance or nature.
to change (someone or something) in outward form or appearance
especially in order to make glorious or perfect.
showing the effect of trouble or anxiety.
1. a flag, 2. a long piece of cloth on which a sign in painted, usually
carried between two poles.
very many
1. to go on to privately-owned land without permission, 2. to do
wrong, sin
unchangeable
any of the four accounts of Christ's life by Matthew, Mark, Luke or
John in the Bible
a person who studies, collects or sells objects that are very old
the study of the buried remains of ancient times such as houses,
pots, tools etc.
(of a person or place ) sad and deserted by the inmates, inhabitants
or friends
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a lack of necessary things or the main comforts of life.
to treat cruelly; cause to suffer especially for religious or political
beliefs.
very unjust or wicked
1. the making of empires 2. the belief that it is good to make or
enlarge empires especially the empire of one's own nation.
Queen of Great Britain from 1837 to 1901
(1900- 1979) Viceroy of India - from March to August, 1947.
After We partition and transfer of power to India and Pakistan he
was the Governor General of India (August 1947 - June 1948).
a solenm promise or agreement
the quality of being equal or fair; impartiality; even - handed
destiny
peculiar right or privilege
the act of renouncing
to give up a claim
Gamut 1. .all the notes in music from the lowest to the highest,
considered together. 2. the whole range - from the minutest detail
to the most general ideas - of a subject; also used as - He's run
(experienced) the whole gamut of human experience.
Crucible a vessel in a chemical laboratory in which chemicals are heated to
very high temperatures.
You have read, 'The Battle of Freedom is Over'. FroItl your course you will-remember the use of
certain rhetorical devices that you may have noticed in the present piece. Now do the following
exercise.
Locate examples of certain literary devices in 'The Battle of Freedom is Over' as indicated
below: \
1. Metaphor in the second paragraph
2. Periphrasis in the second pexagraph
3. Metobymy in the second paragraph
4. Alliteratioin in the second paragraph
5. Isocolon in the fourth paragraph
6. Epanaphora in the fourth paragraph
7. Personification in the fifth paragraph
8. Apostrophe in the fifth paragraph.
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