First Semester BA Functional English Degree Examination

Model Question Paper

Core Course: Communication Skills in English (FEN1B01)
Time: 2.5 hours Marks: 80

I. Read the following questions and do as directed. All questions can be answered
.Each question carries two marks. (Ceiling - 25 marks)
1. Write two major differences between written and oral communication.
2. What is the role of feedback in the communication process?
3. “What is your mother?” Rahul asked his classmate on the first day in the college.
Identify the channel and specify the message in this communication.
4. You ordered a cup of milk tea but the waiter brought black tea by mistake. How will you
make a polite request for replacement?
5. Shifa wanted her friend Reshma to return home from their college together in the same
bus. Make a suggestion starting with Shall .
6. Your mother said “Next Sunday is your turn for cleaning the house”. Speak about this
obligation to your friend. Start with I...........
7. At the shopping mall, you felt like telling your brother to choose a different colour.
Frame your suggestion using how about.
8. Write a sample sentence which can be used to conclude a welcome speech.
9. Write a sample sentence which can be used in the beginning of an inaugural address.
10. You were asked to do a presentation on the comparative merits and demerits of smart
phones and laptops. Write a sentence using any suitable word/expression used for
contrast.
11. In a group discussion on Drug Abuse, you wanted to disagree with your friend’s view.
Write a sentence which expresses your polite disagreement.
12. You are moderating a debate on Gender Equality . Frame a polite question to ask one of
the debaters to express his/her views on the topic
13. You are a journalist attending a press conference on The Launch of a New Bridge. Using
appropriate expression for interruption, put a question to the Minister.
14. Your close friend asked you the question “ What you think about my English?” How will
you rephrase the question correctly?
15. In a debate on Campus Politics, you felt like interrupting one of the debater’s views on
banning politics at campuses. Write a sentence which expresses a polite way of
interruption.
 I. Read the following questions and do as directed. All questions can be
answered .Each question carries five marks. (Ceiling - 35 marks)
16. Explain the transactional model of communication.
17. What does the term communication competence imply?
18. Riya comes to a college to submit a copy of her application for degree admission and
meets Roshni, a senior student, in front of the main gate. Prepare a dialogue between
them using expression for polite request, asking for direction and making suggestions.
19. Prepare a reasonably long conversation between a doctor and a nurse about a patient. Use
expressions used for instructions, suggestions and polite questions.
20. You friend is working as a photographer and asked you to come to his studio for a
meeting. Prepare a dialogue in which you ask about the location and he gives you
directions to reach the place.
21. Write the theme paragraph of a presidential address on the topic Blood Donation.
22. Draft a short skit on the topic Mobile Misuse.
23. Prepare script for a cookery show of your choice.

III. Read the following questions and answer any TWO of the following in not more than 250
words. (2x10=20)
24. Prepare a press conference being held in the wake of a landslide in which the Chief
Minster briefed the situation and answered questions from the media persons.
25. Elucidate different types of communication and their relative pros and cons.
26. You are the secretary of the college Film Club. Prepare a well organised welcome speech
to be delivered on the day of its inauguration.
27. Prepare an imaginary Group Discussion on Measures to Curb Ragging in Colleges.
Include three participants and a moderator in your draft. Use suitable expressions related
to (dis)agreement, addition and interruption.
 MODEL QUESTION PAPER
BA FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH
COMPLEMENTARY II (FEN1(2)CO2)
CULTURAL STUDIES: PERSPECTIVES IN CULTURE

Time: 2.5 Hours Total Marks: 80

Answer the following questions in Two or Three Sentences. Each question carries two
marks (Ceiling -25 Marks)

1. What was the meaning of ‘culture’ before Cultural studies?

2. What is Popular Culture?
3. What are the various elements that the production and consumption of culture is
linked to?
4. What are the various disciplines to which cultural studies is linked in its methods of
analysis?
5. Differentiate between method and methodology?
6. What does ‘Representation’ mean in Cultural Studies?
7. According to Cultural Studies what all factors determine the identity of a person?
8. What do you undertand by “Subaltern’ as used by Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak?
9. How does Marxism define Class?
10. What is Arbitrariness according to Ferdinand De Saussure?
11. What is the role of Structuralism in Cultural Studies?
12. What is post-feminism?
13. Differentiate Homosexuality and Heterosexuality
14. What is the role of Post-Colonial Theory in Cultural Studies?
15. Differentiate Sex and Gender.

Answer the following Questions in a paragraph. Each Question carries five marks
(Ceiling-35 Marks)

16. What does ‘culture’ mean now in Culture Studies?

17. Why, according to you, is Agatha Christie not studied in English departments even
though her works are widely read than classics?
18. What does the tricour or Gandhi or a cricket match mean to Indians?
19. How important is Audience/Reception Studies in Cultural Studies?
20. Which are the three fundamental assumptions of Structuralism outline by Saussure?
21. Write a paragraph on Derrida and Differance.
22. Cyberfeminism
23. Queer Theory

Write an essay on any TWO of the following (2x10=20 Marks)

24. Write an essay on the origin of Cultural Studies as a discipline.

25. When purchasing toys, dolls are often selected for girls and tools/guns/vehicles for
boys. Analyze using methods of Cultural Studies.
26. Michel Foucalt and Power/Knowledge
27. Write an essay on how Feminist Theory is employed by Cultural Studies
 First Semester BA Functional English Degree Examination,
November 2019
Complementary Paper I- Literatures in English: From Chaucer to the
Present(FEN1(2)CO1)
Time: 2.5 hours Maximum Marks:
80

I. Answer the flowing questions in two or three sentences. All

questions can be answered .Each question carries two marks.
(Ceiling - 25 marks)
1. What is the context of the prologue to Canterbury Tales?
2. "The first scene of the play is virtually a prologue" Do you agree? Why?
3. “Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle….” Which
feature of Baconian writing is reflected in the quote?
4. “She’s all states, and all princes, I, nothing else is” . Study the lines and
identify one feature of metaphysical poetry in them.
5. How does the play, The Duchess of Malfi, reflect the Jacobian age?
6. Comment on the subtitle of the poem Alexander’s Feast.
7. Define a satire.
8. She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies” Look at the lines and identify the
figure of speech used.
9. What is Wordsworth’s idea of Poetic Diction?
10. What is the setting of the poem Ozymandias?
11. “Will’t please you rise? We’ll meet the company below”. Which quality
of a dramatic monologue is present in the lines?
12. Who are the Magi?
13. How do the sisters confirm the death of Michael in Riders to the Sea?
14. “All streets in time are visited” what does the speaker mean?
15. Illustrate the comedy of menace with an example.

II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph. All questions

can be answered .Each question carries five marks. (Ceiling -
35 marks)
16. Discuss the elements of tragedy with respect to King Lear.
17. The role of coffee houses in shaping the thought process of Restoration
age.
18. Romanticism as a liberation of the self.
19. Do you think the poet’s lament on ‘withdrawing roar of the Sea of Faith’
is relevant in the present day? Justify your stand.
 20. “I must lie down where all the ladders start”. How do you relate the
theme of the poem “Circus Animal’s Desertion” to this expression?
21. Autobiographical elements in “Dream Children”.
22. Write a note on the theme of the poem “Journey of the Magi”.
23. Explain the title of the poem “Do not go Gentle into that Goodnight”.
III. Answer any TWO of the following in not more than 250 words.
(2X10=20)
24. Consider Gulliver’s Travels as a satire.
25. Do you think the Duchess also has some share in inviting her death?
Justify your answer with convincing references and arguments.
26. Imagine that Maurya in Riders to the Sea meets Bradley in her dream.
Prepare a conversation between them.
27. The theme of alienation in Pinter’s Room.
 Second Semester BA Functional English Degree Examination
Model Question Paper
Core Course: Advanced English Grammar (FEN2B02)
Time: 2.5 hours Marks: 80

I. Read the following questions and do as directed. All questions can be answered
.Each question carries two marks. (Ceiling - 25 marks)
1. She stared at me angrily. Label the words in the sentence as Parts of Speech
2. Write a sentence with an irregular verb.
3. I don’t know what he is looking at. Identify the main and auxiliary verbs in the sentence.
4. Write a sentence with a semi-modal auxiliary verb.
5. She has sit in this chair one hour ago. Rewrite the sentence correctly.
6. The scorpion stung my younger brother only once. Frame a Yes/No question for the sentence.
7. She dines out at Garlic Restaurant once a month. Frame a Wh question.
8. Yesterday’s match was the worser of other matches. Spot the mistakes and rewrite the sentence
correctly in comparative degree.
9. One of the books were laying under the table. Identify the mistake in the sentence and justify
your correction.
10. Write a sentence which has one main clause and one dependent clause.
11. If you scold me I........................ Complete the conditional sentence acceptably.
12. I invited him to the party. He didn’t show up. Link the sentences using a suitable co-ordinating
conjunction.
13. Where did you get these book from? Rewrite the sentence correctly and justify your change.
14. She lives in a poor hut ...... herself. Supply the missing preposition.
15. S+V+O+adj . Develop the given structure to a sentence.

I. Read the following questions and do as directed. All questions can be answered
.Each question carries five marks. (Ceiling - 35 marks)
16. Elucidate four functions of auxiliary verbs in English and write examples for each.
17. Analyse the given sentences and explain the functional difference between them.
a. She struck me hard several times.
b. She did strike me hard several times.
c. She hardly struck me several times.
18. The given sentences were in a letter which Maya’s Manager wrote and showed her for
checking the grammar. How will you correct them? Justify your changes.

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 a. I’m understanding your concern about the product.
b. I assuring you that I will do my level best to replace the product.
c. Our customers who has supported us much is valuable to us.
19. Identify the clauses in the given sentences and convert them to other types of sentences.
a. Reaching home, she went to the kitchen to grab a bite.
b. Although the questions were difficult I could answer most of them.
20. Explain different ways of expressing wishes/unfulfilled desires in English and write examples
for each.
21. The modal auxiliary can is used to express possibility, ability, request and permission. Give
two examples each for the above functions.
22. Each of the given sentences has a mistake. Identify the mistake and rewrite them correctly.
a. They given a wrong answer.
b. Where you come from at this time?
c. Every boys were asked to bring their parents.
23. Change the voice of the given sentences to the other.
a. A pen was taken from your bag by me.
b. Did you eat that chocolate in the fridge?
c. They are cooking a new dish.

III. Read the following questions and answer any TWO of the following. (2x10=20)
24. Read the given passage and list the number of mistakes in it. Specify if the mistake is related to
tense, concord, preposition, or verb. Rewrite the sentences correctly and justify the changes
you make.
Have you ever feel as if you were talking to a wall and not to a real person? This usually occurs
when we does not get any bodily feedback from the listener(s). One of the most important
conversational tool is the head nod. Nodding your head, like eye contacts, become an important
tool by effective communication. A head nod, in communication, is played multiple function like
feedback and listener attentiveness. Moreover, it is considering as a source of motivation for the
speaker.
25. Elucidate rules of reported speech in English with examples and explanations.
26. Study the given table and frame grammatically and semantically acceptable 10 sentences from
it using different structures/ tenses.

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 He A costly car
She is/am/are/was/were/ Reached home
It do/does/did Learning how to drive
They have/has/had/ The work well
We will/will have/ Call me back soon
I seen a lot of films
Rahul & Raheem lives three miles away
Merin a daughter next month
a long tail
trying to scare me all the time.

27. Reorder the given jumbled sentences correctly and identify the tense of each
sentence.
1. What/knows/about/she/is/me/wrong.
2. Met/on/I/him/way/back/my/home.
3. You/is/do/think/grammar/to/English/learn/?
4. Since/sick/was/I/could/attend/I/for/classes/week/a.
5. Memento/girls/was/a/given/of/the/on/day/last/course/the/of.