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Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous)

(Approved by AICTE, Affiliated to JNTU-K, Kakinada)

Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam–530 048

Department of ENGLISH

B.Tech., I Semester

   _________________________________________________________________________________

Course Title	English Reading and Writing Skills	SET – I	Course Code	13HE1101
Date	09/12/2013		Academic Year	2013 - 2014
Time	90 Minutes		Max. Marks	30

        Signature of Invigilator:                       

	1(a)	1(b)	2(a)	2(b)	3(a)	3(b)	4(a)	4(b)	5(a)	5(b)	6(a)	6(b)	Total Marks
COs	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3/4	2	2	2	2
Marks

Signature of the student                                                                               Signature of the faculty                             

Answer All Questions

                                                                                                                                        3 x 10 = 30 M

1.       (a) How can insects be compared to humans?

(b) What according to Kalam are ‘short-term’ and ‘long-term’ problems?  Give detailed view of

      other problems in India that need to be addressed.

(or)

2.       (a) List the advantages and disadvantages of insects to the mankind.

            (b) Why do parents and society think ‘boys and girls’ are supposed to be brought up differently?

                   What are ‘gender roles’ & ‘gender differences’?

3.       (a) Interpret the lines:  

                                               “God doth not need

Either man's work or his own gifts, who best

Bear his milde yoak, they serve him best..”

      (b) What is the role of culture(s) in one’s personal and professional life?

(or)

4.       (a) How are ‘the Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet’ of imagination all compact?

(b) Explain Abdul Kalam’s ‘vision of developed India’.

5. (a)

·         Write Synonyms to the given words:

i)                     Eradicate

ii)                   Dormant

iii)                  Integrate

iv)                 Alleviate

v)                   Divisive

           (b) Fill in the blanks with a correct verb from the brackets:

1.       Neither of my two suitcases ____________ (is/are) adequate for this trip.

2.       The jury ____________ (take/takes) their seats in the courtroom.

3.       Some of the grain ____________ (has/have) gone bad.

4.       John or his brother ____________ (is/are) going to be responsible for this.

5.       The team and the band _________ (is/are) in the ground.

 (or)

6. (a) Form words using the following:

       Prefixes:                                                                                                Suffixes:

·         ___ able                                                                           ·         Chron ___

·         ___ ible                                                                            ·         Inter___

·         ___ phone

    (b) Put the verbs into the correct tenses:

A.      Where (Robert/live) _____ now?

B.      We______ (never/ visit) another country before.

C.      How many people (die) _____ in the fire yesterday?

D.      I _______ to the cinema yesterday. (to go)

E.       My friend _________ to music every evening. (to listen)

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“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.” Steve Jobs

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Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous)

(Approved by AICTE, Affiliated to JNTU-K, Kakinada)

Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam–530 048

Department of ENGLISH

B.Tech., I Semester

   _________________________________________________________________________________

Course Title	English Reading and Writing Skills	SET – II	Course Code	13HE1101
Date	09/12/2013		Academic Year	2013 - 2014
Time	90 Minutes		Max. Marks	30

        Signature of Invigilator:                       

	1(a)	1(b)	2(a)	2(b)	3(a)	3(b)	4(a)	4(b)	5(a)	5(b)	6(a)	6(b)	Total Marks
COs	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3/4	2	2	2	2
Marks

Signature of the student                                                                               Signature of the faculty                             

Answer All Questions

                                                                                                                                        3 x 10 = 30 M

1.       (a) Insects are beneficial to mankind both as predators and parasites. Justify the statement.

(b) Why do we need a second vision? How is it related to the unity of minds?

(or)

2.       (a) What are the social expectations of parents from their sons and daughters?

           (b) What, according to a sociologist, is the concept of ‘culture’? Mention the two levels

                  of culture.

3.       (a) ‘The Lunatic, the Lover and the Poet explore the world of imagination and infinite possibilities.’

       Discuss.

(b) Interpret the lines.

     “His state is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed,

     And post o’er land and ocean without rest;

     They also serve who only stand and wait.”

(Or)

4.       (a) According to Milton, in how many ways can man serve God?

(b) Mention briefly the reasons for the success of insects in their struggle for survival.

5. (a) Select the verb form that will best fit in the blank:

   

1.       The books borrowed from the library ____ (is/are) on my desk.

2.       None of my friends ____ (were/was)there.

3.       Gold, as well as platinum, ______ (have/has)recently risen in price.

4.       One of the most intelligent students who_______ (score/scores) full marks ___ (is/are)John.

(b) Use these Prefixes to form words.       Use these Suffixes to form words.

              

               1.a__                                                     4. __ est

               2.en__                                                   5. __ hood

               3.un__                                                                              

                                                             

(or)

6. (a)

     Write Synonyms to the following:                    

1. Diversity                                                                                            2.dormant

3. Enlighten                                                          

4. Resist                                                               

              5. Sophisticated                                                   

  (b) Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms.

1)When I _____ (reach) the classroom yesterday, the teacher ______ (start) teaching.

2) None of them _____ (be) present yesterday.

3).When I ____ (go) to my friends house last night, she ______ (write) her assignments.

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"Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."  -Albert Einstein

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Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous)

(Approved by AICTE, Affiliated to JNTU-K, Kakinada)

Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam–530 048

Department of ENGLISH

B. Tech., I Semester

   _________________________________________________________________________________

Course Title	English Reading and Writing Skills	SET – III	Course Code	13HE1101
Date	09/12/2013		Academic Year	2013 - 2014
Time	90 Minutes		Max. Marks	30

        Signature of Invigilator:                       

	1(a)	1(b)	2(a)	2(b)	3(a)	3(b)	4(a)	4(b)	5(a)	5(b)	6(a)	6(b)	Total Marks
COs	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3/4	2	2	2	2
Marks

Signature of the student                                                                               Signature of the faculty                             

Answer All Questions

                                                                                                                                        3 x 10 = 30 M

1. (a) ‘Insects’ are the only rivals of human for control of the earth.’ Explain.

      (b) How are The lunatic, The lover and The poet compared?

(or)

2.      (a) Who serves God in the best manner according to Milton?

            (b) Explain the ‘dominant thought’ that occurred to Kalam in Sabarmati Ashram ?

3.      (a) solution does Kalam recommend with regard to long term problem in India?

      (b) )  Interpret the line 'And that one talent which is death to hide’ ?

(or)

4.      (a) Why do people expect to fit into gender roles in society?

(b) What causes cultural variation? Explain 4 examples from the lesson.

5. (a) Select the verb form that will best fit in the blank:

   

1.       You should decide which one of the three choices A, B, or C best ____ (answer/answers)the question.

2.       Neither his father nor his mother ______ (play/plays) mahjong.

3.       The only one of these most intelligent students who _____ (are/is) under 18 ______ (is/are) Peter.

4.       Fifty miles _____ (is/are) a long distance.

(b) Use these Prefixes to form words.       Use these Suffixes to form words.

               

               1. auto__                                           3. __able

               2. de__                                                    4. __ sion

                                                                                5. __en                           

              

(or)

6. (a)

     Write Synonyms to the following:                    

                                                     1. Enormous

                                                     2.dormant

                                                     3.Survive

                                                     4. Beneficial

                                                                 5. Integrate

  (b) Fill in the blanks with suitable verb forms.

1) I ____ (wait) for the arrival of my friend for one hour, but he ______ (not arrive) till now.

2) Water _______ (flow) downwards.

           3) By the time you _____ (reach) the Railway station today evening,  the train  ____ (leave) the

             platform

“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” Dhirubhai Ambani

  

Rhetoric used in "I have a dream" - Martin Luther King

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope (METAPHOR) to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice (METAPHOR). It came as a joyous daybreak (METAPHOR) to end the long night of their captivity(METAPHOR).

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later , the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination (METAPHOR). One hundred years later , the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity (METAPHOR). One hundred years later the Negro(ANAPHORA) is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check (METAPHOR). When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note (METAPHOR) to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, (AMPLIFICATION) would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check (METAPHOR), a check which has come back(AMPLIFICATION) marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice (METAPHOR) is bankrupt. We refuse to believe (ANAPHORA) that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity (METAPHOR) of this nation. And so we have come to cash this check (METAPHOR), a check that will give us (AMPLIFICATION) upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism (METAPHOR ). Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate (ALLITERATION) valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice(METAPHOR). Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood(METAPHOR). Now is the time (ANAPHORA) to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer (ALLITERATION) of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning.

Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt (METAPHOR) will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice (METAPHOR) emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice(METAPHOR). In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred ( METAPHOR).

We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline (METAPHOR). We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must (ANAPHORA) rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy (ALLITERATION) which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny . And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom (PARALLELISM). We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, " When will you be satisfied?" (HYPOPHORA)

We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied (CONDUPLICATIO) until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream (SIMILE).

I am not unmindful (LITOTES) that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations (ALLITERATION). Some of youhave come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you (ANAPHORA) have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecutions and staggered by the winds of police brutality (METAPHOR). You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities (ASYNDETON), knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair (METAPHOR), I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal (EPITHET).

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners(CONDUPLICATIO) will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood (METAPHOR).

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression (METAPHOR), will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice (METAPHOR).

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character (ANTITHESIS). I have a dream today !

I have a dream that one day , down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls (CONDUPLICATIO) as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today (ANAPHORA)!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted , and every hill and mountain shall be made low , the rough places will be made plain , and the crooked places will be made straight , and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together (PARALLELISM).

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope (METAPHOR). With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood (METAPHOR) . With this faith (ANAPHORA) we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together (PATRALLELISM) knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning, " My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring !" (EPITHET) And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring -- from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring -- from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring -- from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring -- from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring -- from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that.

Let freedom ring -- from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring -- from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring -- from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring ! (ANAPHORA)

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every (ANAPHORA) state and every city , we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles (ALLITERATION), Protestants and Catholics ( PARALLELISM ) , will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual,

" Free at last, free at last.

 Thank God Almighty, we are free at last." (DIACOPE)