English (Comp) Paper A (2014) Part I Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) ‘Kino’s face shone with prophesy, “ my son will read and open the books, and my son will write ad will know things, and my son will make numbers, and these things will make us free because he will know – he will know and through him we will know.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter III of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point where Kino tells Juana that he fears everyone. OR
b) “All of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the Pearl. But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. And knowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. There was nothing to do but to save themselves.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of the Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
2. Write a letter to the Director of Education directing his attention to the issue of lack of teachers in English in state schools. Describe the classroom teaching practices and suggest some remedial measures to improve the situation. (15)
3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
The late moon arose before the first roosters crowed. Kino opened his eyes in the darkness, for he sensed movement near him, but he did not move. Only his eyes searched the darkness and in the pale light of the moon that crept through the holes in the brush house Kino saw Juana arise silently from beside him. He saw her move towards the fireplace. So carefully did she work that he heard only the slightest sound when she moved fireplace stone. And then like a shadow she glided toward the door. She paused for a moment beside the hanging box where Coyotito lay, for a second she was black in the door way, and then she was gone.
And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her as silently as she had gone, and he could hear quick footsteps going toward the shore. Quietly he tracked her and his brain was red with anger. She burst clear out of brush line and stumbled over the little boulders toward the water, and then she heard him coming and broke into a run. Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side. In the pale light, he could see the little waves break over her, and her skirt floated about and clung to her legs as the water receded.
Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with white unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher. She knew there was murder in him and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest. And then the rage left him and a sick disgust took its place. He turned away from her and walked up the beach and through the brush line. His senses were dulled by his emotion. (351 words)
4... Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
That night a blizzard commenced, increasing in fury from moment to moment. They now found that the place chosen for the shelter was worse than useless. They had far better had built it in the open, for fierce wind, instead of striking them directly, was deflected on to them in furious whirring gusts. Heavy blocks of snow and rock placed on the roof were whirled away and the canvas ballooned up, tearing and straining at its securing - its disappearance could only be a matter of time. Inside the hut they waited for the roof to vanish, wondering what they could do if it went, and vainly endeavouring to make it secure. After fourteen hours it went, as they were trying to pin down one corner. The smother of snow was upon them, and they could only dive for their sleeping bags with a gasp; all were silent for a night and half a day while the wind howled on: the snow entered every chink and crevice of the sleeping bags, and the occupants shivered and wondered how it would all end.
The wind fell at noon the following day; the forlorn travellers from their first icy nests spread their floor cloth overhead and lit their Primus stove. They tasted their first food for forty-eight hours and began to plan a means to build a shelter on the homeward route. They decided that they must dig a large pit nightly and cover it as best they could with their floor cloth. The following day they started homeward and immediately another blizzard fell on them, holding them prisoners for two days. By this time the miserable condition of their effects was beyond description. The sleeping bags were far too stiff to be rolled up, in fact they were so hard frozen that attempts to bend them actually split the skins. All socks, fur boots and gloves had long been coated with ice; placed in in breast pockets or inside vests at night they did not even show signs of thawing, much less of drying. It sometimes took three quarter of an hour to get into a sleeping bag, so flat did it freeze and so difficult was it to open. It is scarcely possible to realise the horrible discomforts of the forlorn travellers as they plodded back across the Barrier with temperature again constantly below 60 degree. In this fashion they reached Hut Point and on the following night their home quarters.
Comprehension Questions
1. Why were the shelters useless?
2. What did the travellers do when the shelters were blown off?
3. How did they plan to shelter on their way back?
4. Why did their sleeping bags cause them so much trouble?
5. How many days did they take to reach their home quarters after the first blizzard?
5. Attempt sections (A), (B) and (C) below as directed:
a) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences and write them in your answer book. (5)
1. complex becomes life passes time as more and more.
As time passes, life becomes more and more complex.
2. Forest the king the is lion the.
The lion is the king of the forest.
3. Milk spilt over use no is it crying.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
4. Hours two by was late train the.
The train was late by two hours.
5. Getting sun is the hotter by day and hotter by day.
The sun is getting hotter and hotter day by day.
b) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. Tell me about it what I can do.
Tell me about it what I can do.
2. I wonder why is Marry today so merry.
I wonder why Marry is so merry today.
3. I enquired the trial was taking place where.
I enquired where the trial was taking place.
1. She wanted to know why he so early had left.
She wanted to know why he had left so early.
5. neither could hear the horse, nor could the rider.
Neither the horse could hear nor could the rider
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in the parentheses and write them down in your answer book. (5)
1. He must have been sleeping (except that / or else) he would have heard the shot.
He must have been sleeping or else he would have heard the shot.
2. This is just (as / how) we had thought.
This is just as we had thought.
3. He stopped all the (passerbys / passersby).
He stopped all the passersby.
4 Ahmad’s performance was (superior than / superior to) Rehmat’s.
Ahmad’s performance was superior to Rehmat’s.
5 He refuses (going / to go) now.
He refuse to go now.
English (Comp) Paper A (2013) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach and to Kino’s canoe, the one thing of value he owned in the world.”
These sentences have been taken from Chapter II of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
OR
“Without question she filled her water-bottle to the top, and then Kino helped her to the shallow cave and brought up the packages of food and passed them to her.”
These sentences have been taken from Chapter Vi of the Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on the desirability of social service league in your town. (15)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
He groped his way to the sleeping mat. Already Juana was working at fire. She uncovered an ember from the ashes and shredded little pieces of corn-husk over it and blew a little flame into the cornhusk so that a tiny light danced through the hut . and then from a secret place Juana brought a little piece of consecrated candle and lighted it at the flame and set it upright on the fireplace stone. She worked quickly, crooning as she moved about. She dipped the end of her head-shawl in water and swabbed the blood from Kino’s bruised forehead. ”It is nothing.” Kino said but his eyes and his voice were hard ad cold and a brooding hate was growing in him.
Now the tension that was growing in Juana boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin, “This thing is evil,” she cried harshly. “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,” her voice rose shrilly. “Throw it away, Kino. Let us break it between stones. Let us bury us and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought evil, Kino, my husband, it will destroy us.” And in the firelight her lips alive with fear.
But Kino’s face was set, and his mind and will were set. “This is our one chance,” he said. “Our son must go to school.. He must break the pot. He must break out of the pot that holds us in.”
“It will destroy us all,” Juana cried. ” Even our son.”
“Hush,” said Kino. “ Do not speak any more. In the morning we will sell the pearl, and then the evil will be gone, and only good remain. Now hush my wife”. His dark eyes scowled into the fire, and for the first time he knew that his knife was still in his hand, and he raised the blade and looked at it and saw a little line of blood on the steel. For a moment he seemed about to wipe the blade on his trousers, but then he plunged the knife into the earth and so cleansed it.
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
Culture is transmitted largely by language and by the necessity for people in close contact to cooperate. The more extensive the communication network, the greater the exchange of ideas and beliefs and the more alike the people become- in toleration of diversity and in nothing else. Members of a culture or a nation are generally in close contact with one another than with members of other cultures or nations. They become more like each other and more unlike others. In this way there develops “national character”, which is the statistical tendency for a group of people to share values and follow similar behaviour.
Frequently members of one culture will interpret the “national characteristics” of another group in terms of their own values. For example the inhabitants of South Pacific Island may be considered “lazy” by citizens of some industrial nation. On the other hand, it may be that the islanders place great value on social relationship but little value on “productivity” and crops grow with little attention. The negative connotations of the label “lazy” is thus justified from the point of view of island cultures.
Stereotypes such as “lazy”, “ inscrutable” and ”dishonest” give people the security of labels with which to react to others in a superficial way, but they are damaging to real understanding among members of different cultures. People react more to labels than to reality. A Black American Peace Corps volunteer, for instance, is considered and called a white man by black Africans. The “we-they” distinction applies to whatever characteristics the “we’s” have and ”they’s” do not have --- and the characteristics attributed to the “they” are usually ones with negative values.
The distinction becomes most obvious in times of conflict. For this reason, it is often suggested that the only thing that might join all men together on this planet would be an invasion from outer space. “We” the Earthlings would then fight ”them” the outsiders. Given the great diversities- real and imagined- among peoples of the world, is there foundation for hope that someday all men might join together to form a single legitimate, viable world government. The outcome will probably depend on the political evolution of mankind. Today the most salient political group is the nation; we live in an age of fierce nationalism.
The hope for world government rests in the possibility that someday nations will outgrow this nationalistic stage, when men come to believe they owe their ultimate loyalty to mankind and not to a narrow political division. Communications will play a key role in such an evolution. The old maxim “West is West and East is East, and never the twain shall meet” is outdated. It had meaning at time when world communications were emerging from a dark age. Today there is a global contact among people. East does meet West, but this has not yet ensured understanding.
Comprehension Questions
1. According to the author how does a young writer express his meaning?
2. What must be avoided by a writer if he wants to be successful?
3. What cause the invention of language among the human beings?
4. How is spoken language different from the written one?
5. What is communication according to the author?
Q 5. Attempt sections (A), (B) and (C) below as directed:
(A) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. looked at she told the I when truth me her daggers
She looked at me daggers when I told her the truth
2. using is long he brown pencil a.
He is using a long brown pencil.
3. fast we enough you going are for ?
Are we going fast enough for you?
4. merry so wonder Mary I why today is.
I wonder why Mary is so merry today?
5. it tell I you about can what?
What I can tell you about?
b) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. She did not ask any questions to him
She did not ask him any questions.
2. He went to Karachi for doing some business.
He went to Karachi for some business.
3. When this was searched it was found.
It was found when this was searched.
4. He was very angry when he found they left without him.
He was very angry when he found they had left without
6. It is incorrect to attribute that statement either to Ali or me.
It is incorrect to attribute that statement to Ali or me
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in the parentheses. (5)
1. Late (though/although) it is , we’ll stay a little longer.
Late though it is, we’ll stay a little longer
1. (For/As) he is only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke.
As he is a only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke..
2. He could do it (so as well/Just as well).
He could do it just as well.
4 He is not the man (whom/who) the police were looking for.
He is not the man whom the police are looking for.
5 Keep an eye on my bag while I (get/am getting) my ticket.
Keep an eye on my bag while I am getting my ticket.
English (Comp) Paper A (2012) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“The news of the approach of the procession ran ahead, and in their dark little offices the pearl dealers stiffened and grew alert.” This sentence has been taken from Chapter IV of ‘The Pearl’ by. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the point where Kino decides not to sell the pearl and leaves the office of the pearl buyers.
OR
“So carefully did she work that he heard only the slightest sound when she moved the fireplace stone. And then like a shadow she glided towards the door.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till that point in the story where Kino tells Juan to go to the house and bring Coyotito and all the corn that they had.
Q 2. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on the problem of unemployment among qualified doctors suggesting measures to deal with this problem. . (15)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
Then Juana steadied the boat while he climbed in. His eyes were shining with excitement, but in decency he pulled up his rock, then pulled up his basket of oysters and lifted them in. Juana sensed his excitement, but she pretended to look away. It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with God or the gods. But Juana stopped breathing. Very deliberately Kino opened his short strong knife. He looked speculatively at the basket. Perhaps it would be better to open the oyster last. He took a small oyster from the basket, cut the muscle, searched the flesh, and threw it in the water. Then he seemed to see the great oyster for the first time. He squatted in the bottom of the canoe, picked up the shell and examined it. The flutes were shining black to brown, with only a few small barnacles adhered to the shell. Now Kino was reluctant to open it. What he had seen, he knew, might be a reflection, a piece of flat shell accidentally drifted in or a complete illusion. In this gulf of uncertain light there were more illusions than realities.
But Juana’s eyes were on him and she could not wait. She put her hand on Coyotito’s covered head. “Open it,” she said softly.
Kino deftly slipped his knife into the edge of the shell. Through the knife he could feel the muscle tighten hard. He worked the blade lever-wise and the closing muscle parted and the shell fell apart. The lip-like flesh writhed up and then subsided. Kino lifted the flesh, and there it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon. It captured the light and refined it and gave it back in silver incandescence. It was large as a sea-gull’s egg. It was the greatest pearl in the world. (325 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
It takes the young writer a long time to become aware of what language really is as a medium of communication. He thinks he should be able to put down his meaning at once and be done with it, and he put down it and releases his feelings, in language that is meaningless to anyone else. What he has to learn is that he can load almost any form of words with his meanings and be expressing himself but communicating nothing. He has to learn that language has grown naturally., out of the human need to communicate, that it belongs to all those who use it, and its communicative capabilities have developed to meet the general need, that it is most alive when it comes off the tongue, supported as it always is by the look and action of the speaker, that the tongue use of it is universal but that the written one of it is relatively rare. He must come to see that tongue use is filled with clichés which are the common counters best serving the general need. Words and phrases that come off his tongue made alive by the living presence of himself become on paper dead transcriptions. Somehow he must overcome the capacity of words to remain head symbols of meaning as they are in dictionary. He must breathe life them as he sets them on paper.
Comprehension Questions
7. According to the author how does a young writer express his meaning?
8. What must be avoided by a writer if he wants to be successful?
9. What cause the invention of language among the human beings?
10. How is spoken language different from the written one?
11. What is communication according to the author?
Q 5. Attempt sections (A), (B) and (C) below as directed:
(A) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. looked at she told the I when truth me her daggers
She looked at me daggers when I told her the truth
2. using is long he brown pencil a.
He is using a long brown pencil.
3. fast we enough you going are for ?
Are we going fast enough for you?
4. merry so wonder Mary I why today is.
I wonder why Mary is so merry today?
5. it tell I you about can what?
What I can tell you about?
b) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. She did not ask any questions to him
She did not ask him any questions.
2. He went to Karachi for doing some business.
He went to Karachi for some business.
3. When this was searched it was found.
It was found when this was searched.
4. He was very angry when he found they left without him.
He was very angry when he found they had left without
12. It is incorrect to attribute that statement either to Ali or me.
It is incorrect to attribute that statement to Ali or me
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in the parentheses. (5)
1. Late (though/although) it is , we’ll stay a little longer.
Late though it is, we’ll stay a little longer
3. (For/As) he is only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke.
As he is a only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke..
4. He could do it (so as well/Just as well).
He could do it just as well.
4 He is not the man (whom/who) the police were looking for.
He is not the man whom the police are looking for.
5 Keep an eye on my bag while I (get/am getting) my ticket.
Keep an eye on my bag while I am getting my ticket.
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English (Comp) Paper A (2011) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her silently as she had gone and he could hear her quick steps going towards the shore.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of ‘The Pearl’ by. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
OR
“The trackers were long in coming, as thought they had trouble with the trail Kino had left. It was dusk when they came at last to the little pool.” These words have been taken from Chapter VI of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of the Frontier Post analysing the causes of the failure of such a large number of candidates in the B.A. English papers . (15)
Q 3. Summarise the following passage from The Pearl. In one third of its length. (15)
Kino has found the Pearl of the World. In the town, in little offices, sat the men who bought pearls from fishers. They waited in their chairs until the pearls came in, and then they cackled and fought and shouted and threatened until they reached the lowest price fisherman would stand. But there was a price below which they dared not go, for it had happened that a fisherman in despair had given his pearls to the church. And when the buying was over, these buyers sat alone and their finger played restlessly with the pearls, and they wished they owned the pearls. For there were not many buyers really -- there was only one, and he kept these agents in separate offices to give a semblance of competition. The news came to these men, and their eyes squinted and their finger-tips burned a little, and each thought how the patron could not live for ever and someone had to take his place. And each one thought how with some capital he could get a new start.
All manner of people grew interested in Kino - people with things to sell and people with favours to ask. Kino had found the Pearl of the World. The essence of the pearl mixed with the essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated. Every man suddenly became related to Kino’s pearl, and Kino’s pearl went into dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man’s enemy. The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like loneliness when love is withheld. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure.
But Kino and Juana did not know these things. Because they were happy and excited they thought everyone shared their joy. Juan Tomas and Apolonia did, and they were the world too.
(350 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end of the passage. Your answers must be in your own words. (15)
The ability to plan actions for which the reward is a long way off is an elaboration of the delayed response, and sociologists call it "postponement of gratification". It is a central gift that the human brain has to which there is no rudimentary match in animal brains until they have become quite sophisticated, well up in the evolutionary scale. Human development means that we are concerned in our early education with the postponement of decisions. Here I am saying something different from the sociologists. We have to put off the decision making process, in order to accumulate enough knowledge as a preparation for the future. That seems an extraordinary thing to say. But that is what childhood is about, that is what puberty is about, that is what youth is about.
I want to put my stress on the postponement of decision quite dramatically - and I mean the word literally. What is the major drama in the English language? It is Hamlet. What is Hamlet about? It is a play about a young man - a boy - who is faced with the first great decision of his life. And it is a decision beyond his reach: to kill the murderer of his father. It is pointless of the ghost to keep on nudging him and saying, "Revenge". The fact is that Hamlet as a youth is simply not mature. Intellectually or emotionally, he is not ripe for the act that he is asked to perform. And the whole play is an endless postponement of his decision while wrestling with himself.
The high point is in the middle of Act III. Hamlet sees the King at prayer. Stage directions are so uncertain here that he may even hear the King at prayers confessing his crime. And what does Hamlet say, “Now I might do it - pat!" But he does not do it; he is simply not ready for an act of that magnitude in boyhood. So at the end of the play Hamlet is murdered. But the tragedy is not that Hamlet dies; it is that he dies exactly when he is ready to become a great king.
Comprehension Questions
5. Why is it necessary for the youth to put off making important decisions?
6. According to the passage what is that makes man superior to animals?
3. According to the passage what is the sign of maturity?
4. Why does Hamlet not kill the King in the middle of Act III?
5. Why does the passage claim that Hamlet was ready to become a great king?
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. radiation in space, there are, must fear, man, two sorts of
There are two sorts of radiation in space man must fear
2. a great, surrounded by, ocean, which, is, continent, a huge, is Antarctica
Antarctica is a huge continent surrounded by a .great ocean.
3. while, telephoned, out, were, people, you. Several.
Several people telephoned while you were out.
4. true, be, it, that, cannot, this, good, so, news
This news is so good that it cannot be true.
5. us, that, he, ever, comes, hardly, a pity, is, at our house, to see, it
It is a pity that he hardly ever comes to see us at our house...
b) Read the following sentences carefully; correct them, and then rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. Wheat is cultivating in autumn.
Wheat is cultivated in autumn.
2. They hate with each other.
They hate each other.
3. The class is consisted of twenty students.
The class consists of twenty students.
4. The boy jumped off the tram while it moved.
The boy jumped off the tram while it was moving.
5. Lucy climbed many a hills and never reaches the town.
Lucy climbed many a hill but never reached the town.
c) Choose the correct form of the words in the parentheses and write them down in your answer book. (5)
1. The mouse was (catch) in the trap.
The mouse was caught in trap...
7. The (tranquil) of the country was suddenly disturbed
The tranquillity of the country was suddenly disturbed.
8. A big black hairy spider (hung) by a thread from the ceiling above my head.
A big black hairy spider was hanging by a thread from the ceiling above my head.
4 The apathy of the general public as regards the recent political (develop) is obvious.
The apathy of the general public as regards the recent political development is obvious.
5 We were (awake) at three o’clock by a loud bang.
We were awakened at three o’clock by a loud ban
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
Kino’s face shone with prophesy, “My son will read and open books, and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers, and these things will make us free because he will know - he will know and through him we will know.” The passage given above has been taken from chapter III of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Read it carefully and relate in your own words what happens thereafter until Kino holds Juana and says he fears everyone.
OR
“In the distance he could see three figures, two on foot and one on horseback. But he knew what they were, and a chill of fear went through him.’” The above lines have been taken from Chapter VI of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to a friend about a book you recently read. Explain to your friend why he / she must read it. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. The summary must be in your own words. (15)
Kino’s people had sung of everything that happened or existed. The had made songs to the fishes, the sea in anger and to the sea in calm, to the light and the dark and the sun and the moon, and the songs were all in Kino and his people - every song that had ever been made, even the ones forgotten. And as he filled his basket the song was in Kino, and the beat of the song was his pounding heart as it ate oxygen from his held breath, and the melody of the song was the grey-green water and the little scuttling animals and the clouds of fish that flitted by and were gone. But in the song there was a secret little inner song hardly perceptible, but always there, sweet and secret and clinging, almost hiding in the counter melody, and this was the Song of the Pearl That Might Be, for every shell thrown in the basket might contain a pearl. Chance was against it but, but luck and gods might be for it. And in the canoe above him Kino knew Juana was making the magic of prayer, her face set rigid and her muscles hard to force the luck for the swollen shoulder of Coyotito. And because the need was great and the desire was great, the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning. Whole phrases of it came clearly and softly into the Song of the Undersea. (250)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end of the passage. Your answers must be in your own words. (15)
The third great defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has given us powers fit for gods, yet we use them like small children. For example we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines were made to be man’s servants, yet he has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way to become his master. Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal, and given petrol to drink, and oil to wash with, and they must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect them, they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with rage, and blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all around them. So we have to wait upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in good temper. Already we find difficult either to work or play without machines, and a time may come when they will rule us together, just as we rule animals.
And this brings me to the point at which I asked “what do we do with all the time which the machines saved for us, and the new energy they have given us?” On the whole it must be admitted we do very little. For the most part we use overtime and energy to make more and better machines; but more and better machines will only give us still more time and still more energy, and what are we to do with them? The answer I think is that we should try to become more civilized. For the machines themselves, and the power which the machines have given , are not civilization but aids to civilization. But you will remember that we agreed at the beginning that being civilized meant making and liking beautiful things, thinking freely, and living rightly and maintaining justice equally between man and man. Man has a better chance today to do these things than he ever had before; he has more time, more energy, less to fear and to fight against. If he will give his time and energy which his machines has won for him to making more beautiful things, to finding more and more about the universe, to removing the causes of quarrels between nations, to discovering how to prevent poverty, then I think our civilization would undoubtedly be the greater, as it would be the most lasting that there has ever been.
Questions: (15)
1. In what sense, as the author says, have the machine become our masters?
2. The use of machine has brought us more leisure and more energy. But why does the author say that having more time and leisure has been a curse rather than a blessing?
3. What does exactly the author mean by ‘civilization’? Do you agree with the author?
4. What does the expression ‘making more beautiful things’ mean in the passage? Mention some of the beautiful things the author has mentioned?
5. What does the author say happens to machine if don’t give them coal to eat or petrol to drink?
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. asked he what house me did I if the knew he with.
He asked me if I knew what he did with the house.
2. Air open the in I work to like.
I like to work in the open air..
3. years he four and last his the entire for family us are to known.
He and his entire family are known to us for the last four years
4. flowers rose favourite is my one of.
Rose is one of my favourite flowers.
5. times our difficult country very thorough passing is.
Our country is passing through difficult times.
b) Read the following sentences carefully ; correct them, and then rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. She did not break the glass you have given her.
She did not break the glass you had given her.
2. He has been holding the post since the last ten years.
He has been holding the post for the last ten years.
3. He did not know nothing about the news.
He did not know anything about the news.
4. Good manners reveals the real character of a person.
Good manners reveal the real character of a person.
5. One of friends are down with cold.
One of my friends is down with cold.
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in parentheses and write it down in the answer book. (5)
1. Economic prosperity has (effect/affect) on the life of every citizen.
Economic prosperity has effect on the life of every citizen.
2. (Later/ Letter) on all of us had fun .
Later on all of us had fun.
3. The house was very (quite/ quiet) after the guests left.
The house was very quiet after the guests left.
4. We need some more (stationery/stationary) for our office.
We need some more stationery for our office.
5 You have to prove your (metal/ mettle) to your boss.
You have to prove your mettle to your boss.
English (Comp) Paper A (2010) Part I
nglish (Comp) Paper A (2009) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“For Kino and Juana this was the morning of mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days of their lives would take their arrangement.” The following lines have been taken from chapter VI of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter until the point when Juana tells Kino to crush the pearl between two stones. OR
“And Juan Tomas, who squatted on Kino’s right hand because he was his brother, asked: ‘What will you do now that you have become a rich man?’” These lines have been taken from Chapter II of the Pearl. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point when the priest pays them a visit.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English newspaper and express your view about whether the existing BA Compulsory English course which was introduced in early 70’s be changed or not. Why it should be changed or why it should not be changed. Defend your stand with solid reason. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (in about 100 words) of its length. (15)
Thus in La Paz, it was known in the early morning through the whole town that Kino was going to sell his pearl that day. It was known among the neighbours in the brush huts, among the pearl fishermen; it was known among the Chinese grocery-store owners; it was known in the church, for the altar boys whispered about it. Word of it crept among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take tithe of the first fruit of the luck. The little boys knew about it with excitement, but most of all the pearl buyers knew about it, and when the day had come, in the offices of the pearl buyers, each man sat alone with his little black velvet tray, and each man rolled the pearls about with his finger-tips and considered his part in the picture.
It was supposed that the pearl buyers were individuals acting alone, bidding against one another for the pearls the fishermen brought in. And once it had been so. But it was a wasteful method, for often in excitement of bidding for a fine pearl, too great a price had been given to fishermen. This was extravagant and not to be countenanced. Now there was one pearl buyer with many hands, and the men who sat in their offices and waited for Kino knew what price they would offer, how high they would bid, and what method each one would use. And although these men would not profit beyond their salaries, there was excitement among the pearl buyers, for there was excitement in the hunt, and if it be a man’s function to break down a price, then he must take joy and satisfaction in breaking it as far down as possible. (305 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Your answers must be in your own English. (15)
In April 1977, the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare issues a series of regulations governing the treatment of the handicapped by those educational institutions, social service agencies, and employees that receive federal funds. The regulations state that handicapped children have a right to a free education, in classes with non-handicapped children whenever possible. School systems must identify those in need of their services and bear the cost of transporting the handicapped to school.
On the college level, institutions are allowed to inquire about physical or mental handicaps on application forms. Buildings must be accessible to students on crutches or in wheelchairs. Admission tests that do not penalise students with sensory, manual or speech handicaps must be used. If a student needs mechanical aids for participating in tests or class, the institution must provide them or tell the student where they can be obtained. Some academic requirements, such as completion of some physical course, must be changed if they are difficult for a handicapped person to fulfil.
Social service agencies must inform the handicapped of their rights and waivers of rights with regard to health and welfare services.
Employers are not allowed to refuse to hire or promote the handicapped on account of their handicap. Reasonable accommodation must be made. Physical examination may be required before employment, but they must be required of all employees. If the examination disclosed a condition does not affect the employee’s ability to do his/her job, he/she cannot be refused employment for that reason.
So far these regulations apply to organisations receiving federal funds. Hopefully, they will spread to society in general because we cannot afford to continue to waste the talent and ability of our handicapped citizens.
Questions: (15)
6. Why did the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare have to issue regulations regarding handicapped persons?
What does the regulation about children state?
What regulations apply to admission tests with regard to handicapped persons?
What regulations are the employers bound to follow in dealing with handicapped applicants and employees?
Do you think the Government of Pakistan should issue such regulations and why?
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in normal English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. work able himself to do by He the is
He is able to do the work by himself.
2. answer as soon as please my can letter you
Please answer my letter as soon as you can.
3. interfere don’t plan with their intend I to
I don’t intend to interfere with their plan.
4. his brother the army joined like Peter has
Peter like his brother has joined the army.
5. wear I party which to the dress shall?
Which dress shall I wear to the party?
b) Find and correct the mistake in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. Peter entered the competition confidentially because he felt sure would win
Peter entered the competition confidently because he felt sure he would win.
2. The delay was very annoyed because we were in a hurry to reach there.
The delay was very annoying because we were in a hurry to reach there.
3. The amount of the people in the stadium was really surprising.
The number of the people in the stadium was really surprising
4. Does anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?
Is anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?.
5. There is a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
There are a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parentheses. (5)
1. The fire started (during / while) we were asleep.
The fire started while we were asleep
2. We must find out the (cause/ reason) for his absence from the meeting.
We must find out the reason for his absence from the meeting.
3. Can we (substitute/ replace) zinc for iron in this experiment?
Can we substitute zinc for iron in this experiment?
4. There is no mistake. I (assure / ensure) you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
There is no mistake. I assure you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
5 Mary is a very (conscious / conscientious worker, so you can rely on her.
Mary is a very conscientious worker so you can rely on her.
English (Comp) Paper A (2008) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
The following lines have been taken from chapter V & VI respectively of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Describe in your own words what happens until the end of the chapter.
Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. He hissed at her like a snake and Juana stared at him with unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before a butcher.
Or
b). “Juana,” he said, “I will go on and you will hide. I will lead them into the mountains, and when they have gone past, you will go north to Loreto or Santa Rosalia. Then if I escape them, I will come to you. It is the only safe way.”
Q 2. Write a letter to an English Daily expressing your view about Student Unions in academic institutions. Point out some of the advantages & disadvantages of Student Unions. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise the following passage in your own words into one third of the original. (15)
But the music of the pearl was shrilling with triumph in Kino. Juana looked up and her eyes were wide at Kino’s courage and his imagination. And electric strength had come to him now that the horizons were kicked out. In the pearl he saw Coyotito sitting at a little desk in a school just as Kino had once seen it through an open door. And Coyotito was dressed in a jacket; he had a white collar and a broad silken tie. Moreover Coyotito was writing on a big piece of paper. Kino looked at his neighbors fiercely. “My son will go to school,” he said and the neighbors were hushed. Juana caught her breath sharply. Her eyes were bright as she watched him, and she looked quickly down at Coyotito in her arms to see whether this might be possible. But Kino’s face shone with prophecy. “My son will read and open the books and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers and these things will make us free because he will know – he will know and through him we will know.” And in the pearl Kino saw himself and Juana squatting by the fire in the brush hut while Coyotito read from a great book. “This is what the pearl will do,” said Kino. And he had never said so many words together in his life. And suddenly he was afraid of his talking. His hand closed over the pearl and cut the light away from it. He was afraid as a man is afraid who says “I will” without knowing. (270 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Your answers must be in your own words. (15)
In the stock market a person can be successful and make a fortune one year another year be financially ruined. Stock and bonds are bought and sold in the stock and bond markets. Bonds often pay a lower rate of interest than stocks. In addition, bonds mature more slowly than do stocks. Even so bonds offer greater safety for the buyers. This is because companies must guarantee to pay bondholders a fixed rate of interest whether they make a profit or not. Bonds are therefore generally a form of long-term security. This means that they are safe investment over a long period of time. However they may not be redeemable right away. In other words, owners of bonds may have to wait a long time before they can exchange their bonds for money.
The interest paid by stocks rises and falls with economy. During times when the cost of living is rapidly becoming greater, stocks are usually better investment than bonds. This is because they pay a much higher interest than do bond under these conditions. When economic conditions are not good, however, bonds are generally a better investment. This is because interest paid by bonds is fixed at a certain rate when they are issued and does not change. Because of the relation between economy and performance of stocks and bonds, when people are not sure about economic conditions, they may hesitate before buying anything. They prefer to wait and see what happens to the prices and rates of interest of stocks and bonds before investing their money.
Questions. (15 Marks)
1. When are stocks a better investment than bonds?
2. Which generally pay a higher rate of interest? Stocks or bonds? Why?
3. Where are stocks and bonds sold and purchased?
4. When do people hesitate to buy stocks and bonds?
5. Choose the correct meanings of the given words from the passage above from among the four choices given in parenthesis: .
1. a) mature become payable become slower
2. ruined long period
3. b) hesitate buy wait price think
4. c) redeemable able to be cashed rightaway
5. able to check wait
6. d) financially received lost
7. in terms of money
8. in terms of stock market
9. e) security buyer long term stocks safety
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct order to make coherent sentences. (5)
1. reply I for wait will patiently your evening until
I will patiently wait for your reply until evening.
2. is the he by do to himself able work
Is he able to do the work by himself?
3. shall the dress to which party I wear tomorrow?
Which dress shall I wear to the party?
4. him to face to should face speak you.
He should speak to you face to face.
5. you letter can my please as soon as answer
Please answer my letter as soon as you can.
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. There is a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
There are a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
2. We should introduce us to our new neighbours.
We should introduce ourselves to our new neighbours.
3. I have great faith in God.
I have a great faith in God.
4. He had not have his breakfast when I called.
He had not had his breakfast when I called.
5. My cousin resembles with her mother.
My cousin resembles her mother.
c) Use the correct form of the words given in parenthesis. (5)
1. I find this kind of work quite (challenge)
I find this kind of work quite challenging.
2. The fire started (during / while) we were asleep.
The fire started while we were asleep
3. I am (very / too) tired to finish this job right now.
I am too tired to finish this job right now.
4. When I was a child, I (can / could) climb any tree in the neighbourhood.
When I was a child, I could climb any tree in the neighbourhood.
5. He did not come for the meeting because he was not feeling (good / well).
He did not come to the meeting because he was not feeling well.
English (Comp) Paper A (2007) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “In the pearl he saw how they were dressed – Juana in a shawl still with newness and a new skirt, and from under the long skirt Kino could see that she wore shoes.” This sentence has been taken from Chapter III of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after this till the end of the chapter.
Or
b). “He looked into his pearl to find his vision. ‘when we at last sell it I will have a rifle’, he said and looked into the shining surface for his rifle, but he only saw a huddled dark body on the ground with shining blood dripping from his throat.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English daily newspaper about the importance of clean environment. Propose suggestions how to bring about positive change in our attitudes towards the issue. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise the given passage from The Pearl to one third (about 76 words) of its length. (15)
And the new comers, particularly the beggar from the front of the church who were great experts in financial analysis , looked quickly at Juana’s old blue skirt, saw tears in her shawl, appraised the green ribbon on her braids, read the age of Kino’s blanket and the thousand washings of his clothes, and set them down as poverty people and went along to see what kind of drama might develop. The four beggars in front of the church knew everything in the town. They were students of the expression of young women as they went in to confession, and they saw then they came out and read the nature of the sin. They knew every little scandal and some very big crimes. They slept at their posts in the shadow of the church so that no one crept in for consolation without their knowledge. And they knew the doctor. They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his avarice, his appetite, his sins. They knew his clumsy operations and the little brown pennies he gave sparingly for alms. They had seen his corpses go into the church. And, since early Mass was over and business was slow, they followed the procession, these endless searcher after perfect knowledge of their fellow men to see what the fat lazy doctor would do about an indigent baby with a scorpion bite. (227 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. (15)
When man is compared with vast worlds that dwell in space, he seems insignificant like a leaf in a forest or a grain of sand by the sea shore. He appears to be a contemptible little thing in comparison with the might and majesty of nature. But when we consider the high moral and spiritual stature than man can attain and when we look at man’s scientific achievements – the glory of our modern intellectual life – the greatness of man dawns upon us. He has measured stars, harnessed the lightening. He has distilled from plants and minerals invaluable medicines to fight disease and ward off death. When we think what man has accomplished in the domain of science and creative arts, we thank god that we possess life, the possibilities of which are so great. But even then an attitude of humility is highly desirable. Man is still going on with his subjugation of nature. We have not yet seen all things put under his feet. We see him in the midst of progress, carrying out the great purpose of being. So vast and varied is the infinitude of nature that there are perhaps mysteries he will never fathom, problems he will never solve, and secrets he will never discover. At every step we are conscious of our limitations in the face of overpowering nature. The forces of nature that he seeks to control overcome in the end. The holy Quran rightly says: The human beings encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will.
Questions. (15 Marks)
6. Why does man seem a contemptible little thing when compared with the mighty nature?
7. How is the greatness of man realized?
8. Why does the writer think that humility is required on the part of man?
9. Explain the contents of the last sentence in the passage given above.
10. Write the most appropriate meanings of the under-lined words in the above passage.
10. a) contemptible
11. b) glory
12. c) harnessed
13. d) humility
14. e) overpowering
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct order to make coherent sentences. (5)
1. questioned police must he the by been have
He must have been questioned by the police.
2. ends well all is that well
All is well that ends well.
3. away rotten threw he apple the
He threw away the rotten apple.
4. drowning the saved be child from must
The child must be saved from drowning.
5. late never better than
Better late than never.
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of these sentences: (5)
1. Ali asked can he go home.
Ali asked if he could go home.
2. each of these boys play games.
Each of these boys plays games.
3. Of the two boys, he is the most intelligent.
Of the two boys, he is the more intelligent.
4. We had a good play of football.
We had a good match of football.
5. He went out by the house’s door.
He went out through the door of the house
c) Fill in the blanks with correct expressions from the brackets. (5)
1. He does not like the wet ------ (weather, whether)
He does not like the wet weather.
2. Life is a dim vast -------- of tears. (veil, vale)
Life is a dim vast, vale of tears.
3. I do not question the -------- of your statement. (veracity, voracity)
I do not question the veracity of your statement.
4. The college has a ------- hall. (spacious, specious)
The college has a spacious hall.
5. He has spent a ------------- night. (restless, restive)
He has spent a restless night.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2006 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “Kino in his youth and pride could remain down over two minutes without strain, so that he worked deliberately, selecting the largest shells.” These lines are an extract from Chapter II of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after this up to the point where Kino puts back his head and howls in distress, which makes the other men in the canoes paddle quickly towards them.
Or
b). “The trackers whined a little like excited dogs on a warming trail. Kino slowly drew his knife to his hand and made it ready.” These lines are an extract from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after this up to where Kino raises his gun and fires.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English daily newspaper expressing your views about the spread of ‘bird-flu’ virus in Pakistan, its direct effects on public health and its long term consequences upon the poultry industry. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 122 words) of its length. (15)
But the music of the pearl was shrilling with triumph in Kino’s head. Juana looked up, and her eyes were wide at Kino’s courage and at his imagination. And electric strength had come to him now that the horizons were kicked out. In the pearl he saw Coyotito sitting at a little desk in a school, just as Kino had once seen it through an open door. And Coyotito was dressed in a jacket, he had on a white collar and a broad silken tie. Moreover Coyotito was writing on a big piece of paper. Kino looked at his neighbours fiercely. “My son will go to school,” he said, and the neighbours were hushed. Juana caught her breath sharply. Her eyes were bright as she watched him, and she looked quickly down at Coyotito in her arms to see whether this might be possible.
But Kino’s face shone with prophecy. “My son will read and open the books and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers and these things will make us free because he will know – he will know and through him we will know.”
And in the pearl Kino saw himself and Juana squatting by the little fire in the brush hut while Coyotito read from a great book. “This is what the pearl will do,” said Kino. And he had never said so many words together in his life. And suddenly he was afraid of his talking. His hand closed over the pearl and cut the light away from it. Kino was afraid as a man is afraid who says “I will” without knowing.
Now the neighbours knew they had witnessed a great marvel. They knew that time would now date from Kino’s pearl, and that they would discuss this moment for many years to come. If these things came to pass, they would recount how Kino looked and what he said and how his eyes shone, and they would say: “He was a man transfigured. Some power was given to him and there it started. You see what a great man he has become, starting from that moment. And I myself saw it.” (366 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Scientist fear that after centuries of undiminished glory the Taj Mahal in Agra may soon be irreparably damaged by the city’s severe pollution problem. From the Red Fort, a distance of only two kilometres it is often impossible to see the Taj through a cloud of smoke, smog and haze which envelop it.
The Mathura oil refinery, less than 50 km upstream from the Taj dumps a ton of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere every day. To add to that there are more than 150 registered iron foundries in the vicinity. The UP government insists that all is fine, but the amount of suspended particles in the air is more than five times what the government itself says is the maximum that Taj can sustain without being damaged. A band of cleaners scrubs at the yellowing marble with chemicals and some slabs have been badly damaged that they have had to be replaced. Not that the people have not damaged the Taj in the past – in 1764 silver doors fitted to the entrance gate were ripped off and carried away, the raiders have also made off with the gold sheets that once lined the subterranean vault.
Environmentalists finally managed to get a hearing in the Supreme court, who ordered that the state government tackle the problem immediately. New industries within a 50 km radius of the Taj have been banned; but many existing operations remain.
Indian Environmentalists have now launched a petition to save the Taj, aiming to collect a million signatures demanding tougher action. Ideas for limiting pollution in the vicinity include banning of vehicles of all types within a three km radius of the Taj; visitors would arrive only by cycle-rickshaw or tonga. By refusing to take auto-rickshaws or taxis to the Taj, tourists can also play a role helping to stop the damage to the glorious monument.
Questions.
11. What is posing the biggest danger to the glory of the Taj Mahal? 2 1/2
12. What are the suspended particles in the air surrounding the area? 2 1/2
13. What is a subterranean vault? 2 1/2
14. Who are environmentalists and what is their concern? 2 1/2
15. Choose the correct meaning of the words from the passage from the choices given in parenthesis. 5
a) haze (dirt, rain, blur)
b) dumps (throws, attacks, discards)
c) slabs (pillars, pieces, doors)
d) ripped (broken, tore, repaired)
e) tackle (handle, ignore, ponder)
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in normal English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. write I have over to all again might it
I might have to write it all over again..
2. told to him it would be she for her that go impossible
She told him that it would be impossible for her to go.
3. reply I for your wait patiently will
I will patiently wait for your reply.
4. out Peter yesterday found only
Peter found out only yesterday..
5. are help you to me out willingly?
You are to help me out willingly?
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. Jane was the most tallest girl in the class,.
Jane was the tallest girl in the class.
2. I have cake with my tea usually.
I usually have cake with my tea.
3. She is always too rude to me.
She is always very rude to me.
4. My cousin resembles with her mother.
My cousin resembles her mother..
5. She keeps fishes in a large glass bowl.
She keeps fish in a large glass bowl..
c) Use the correct form of the word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. The murderer was (hang) at last,
The murderer was hanged at last..
2. .The sonneteers flourished during the (Elizabeth) period.
The sonneteers flourished during the Elizabethan period..
3. I find this kind of work quite (challenge)
I find this kind of work quite challenging..
4. (Restore) of this historical building will cost a lot of money.
Restoration of this historical building will cost a lot of money.
5. He (prompt) gave up his bus-seat to the elderly passenger,
He promptly gave up his bus-seat to the elderly passenger.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2005 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “For Kino and Juana, this was the morning of the mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days would take their arrangement.” These lines are taken from Chapter IV of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point when Juana tells Kino to crush the pearl between two stones. OR
b). “Kino could feel the blown sand against his ankles and he was glad, for he knew there would be no tracks.” These lines are taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens hereafter till the point in the story when Kino knew there was no escape except in flight.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English newspaper and express your views about whether the existing BA. English Compulsory course, which was introduced in early 70’s, be changed or not. Defend your point of view with solid reasons why it should or should not be changed. (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 90 words) of its length. (15)
Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach and to Kino’s canoe, which was the one thing of value he owned in the world. It was very old. It was at once property and source of food; for a man with a boat can guarantee a woman that she will have something to eat. It is the bulwark against starvation. And every year Kino refinished his canoe with a hard shell-like plaster by the secret method that had also come to him from his father. Now he came to the canoe and touched the bow tenderly as he always did. He laid his diving rock and his basket and two ropes in the sand by the canoe. And he folded his blanket and laid it in the bow.
Juana laid Coyotito on the blanket, and she placed her shawl over him so that the hot sun did not shine on him. He was quiet now, but the swelling on his shoulder had continued up his neck and his ear and his face was puffed and feverish. Juana went to the water and waded in. She gathered some brown seaweed and made a flat damp poultice of it, and this she applied to the baby’s swollen shoulder, which was as good a remedy as any and probably better than the doctor could have done. But the remedy lacked his authority because it was simple and did not cost anything. The stomach cramps had not come to Coyotito. Perhaps Juana had sucked out poison in time but she had not sucked out her worry over her first born. (264 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Religion played an important role in the lives of people in the Middle Ages. People had little under-standing of science and made sense of their world by following their religious beliefs unquestioningly. In Western Europe and England people followed the teachings of Roman Catholic Church.
In England, the Church influenced everybody’s life. People believed that if they lived honest lives, they would go to heaven and if they were sinners, they would go to hell. This is why people regularly attended church. The Church was also very rich and powerful. People were not only expected to go to Mass regularly but also to pay one-tenth of their produce to the Church. This was called a tithe. The produce was sometimes stored in a little barn. Many wealthy nobles left land, property and money to the Church to gain favour with God. The Church was almost as wealthy as the king.
The Church was made up of many people who had different duties. The Pope, the head of the Church, was considered God’s representative on earth and lived in Rome. He was so powerful that he could order invasions. Next were the Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops who often acted as advisers to the king. Then came the abbots and abbesses who were in charge of the monasteries and convents.
People who wanted to dedicate their lives to God became monks or nuns. Monks lived in Monasteries and nuns lived in convents. They took oath of poverty and chastity, and spent their time in prayers, Bible-reading, discussions and copying manuscripts. The priests were the most junior in the hierarchy of the Church. They were friends, advisers and leaders to the people. Friars took the same oath as monks but lived among the peasants, assisting the needy. They earned no income and relied on others for food and shelter.
Peasants could not read or write. The clergy were able to speak and write in Latin. This put priests in very powerful positions. The priests, who were often poorly educated, performed religious ceremonies and taught the peasants about God. They used large pictures on the walls of churches and plays to explain the Bible to the peasants.
Sunday and other religious days were times of celebration when everybody could have a break from their work of routine and join their friends at such gatherings as fairs, sport and general meetings. The church and the churchyard were full of life on such days. Peasants looked forward to religious feast days. These were called holy days.
The Church played an important BA Part In education in Middle Ages. The first schools were provided by the Church, initially for boys who might later train for the priesthood. Children were taught to read and write Latin in these schools. However, only children with wealthy parents could afford to go to school.
Questions.
1. Why was the Church so important for the people in the Middle Ages?
2. How did the Church become wealthy and powerful during this time?
3. What was tithe? How could one pay tithe if one did not have money?
4. If a person wanted to dedicate his life to God, what could he or she do?
5. How did priests explain the writings of the Bible to the peasants not able to read or write?
5a). Arrange the following group of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence. (5)
1. work able himself to do by he the is
He is able to do the work by himself.
2. answer as soon as please my can letter you
Please answer my letter as soon as you can.
3. interfere don’t plan with their intend I to
I don’t intend to interfere with their plan.
4. his brother the army joined like Peter has
His brother has joined the army like Peter.
5. wear I party which to the dress shall?
Which dress should I wear to the party?
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. Peter entered the competition confidentially because he felt sure would win.
Peter entered the competition confidently because he felt sure he would win.
2. The delay was very annoyed because we were in a hurry to catch the train.
The delay was very annoying because we were in a hurry to catch the train.
3. The amount of people in the stadium was really surprising.
The number of people in the stadium was really surprising.
4. Does anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?
Is anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?
5. There is a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
There are a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. The fire started --------- (during / while) we were asleep.
The fire started while we were asleep.
2. We must find out the ________ (cause / reason) for his absence from the meeting.
We must find out the reason for his absence from the meeting.
3. Can we (substitute / replace) zinc for iron in this experiment.
Can we (substitute zinc for iron in this experiment.
4. There is no mistake. I -------- (ensure / assure ) you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
There is no mistake. I assure you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
5. Mary is a very __________ (conscious / conscientious) worker, so you can rely on her.
Mary is a very conscientious worker, so you can rely on her.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2004 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) Kino had two ropes, one tied to a heavy stone and one to a basket. He stripped off his shirt and trousers and laid his hat in the bottom of the canoe” These lines are taken from Chapter II of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter when Kino howls and the other fishermen race towards Kino’s canoe.
Or
b). “You have a pearl”, the dealer said. “Sometimes a man brings in a dozen. Well, let us see your pearl.” These lines are taken from Chapter IV of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens between Kino and the dealer till the point Kino refuses to accept the offer and leaves.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English newspaper and express your views about whether teaching should be done in mother tongue, the national language or English. Defend your choice with solid reasons. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 100 words) of its length. (15)
Long after Juan Thomas had gone, Kino sat brooding on his sleeping mat. A lethargy had settled on him and a little grey hopelessness. Every road seemed blocked against man. In his head he heard only the dark music of the enemy. His senses were burningly alive but his mind went back to the deep participation with all things, the gift he had from his people. He heard every little sound of the night, the sleepy complaints of the settling birds, the love agony of cats, the strike and withdrawal of waves on the beach and the simple hiss of distance. And he could smell the sharp odour of exposed kelp from the receding tide. The little flare of the twig fire made the design on his sleeping mat jump before his entranced eyes.
Juan watched him with worry but she knew him and she knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near. And as though she too could hear the Song of the Evil, she fought it singing softly the melody of the family, of the safety and the warmth and wholeness of the family. She held Coyotito in her arms and sang the song to him, to keep the evil out, and her voice was brave against the threats of the dark music.
Kino did not move nor ask for his supper. She knew he would ask when he wanted it. His eyes were entranced and he could sense the wary, watchful evil outside the brush house. He could feel the dark creeping things waiting for him to go out into the night. It was shadowy and dreadful and yet it called to him and threatened him and challenged him. His right hand went into his shirt and felt his knife. His eyes were wide; he stood up and walked to the doorway. (305 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Different drugs have different effects on the brain. In general, drugs can alter the functioning of the brains chemical transmitter-receptor system which carries messages for nervous impulses. Drugs can act as a substitute for the naturally existing chemical substances present in the brain. Drugs can speed up the process of the message transmission or they can stop it.
Within recent years, confusion about the use of drugs has contributed to their abuse and has given rise to criticism of their use. This confusion can be attributed to the lack of information available to the general public about the components of drugs and lack of documentation concerning the effect that these drugs can have both physical and psychological.
There are five kinds of drugs: narcotics, sedative, tranquilizers, stimulants and hallucinogens, all of which affect the chemistry of the brain and induce some form of behavioural change, the intensity of which depends upon the dosage.
Narcotics which include morphine-like drugs (e.g., heroin) are called opiates. Used medically, opiates serve as pain killers. Their manufacture and distribution are controlled by law. The physical effects of opiates are drowsiness, and a decrease in physical activity. Psychological effects are reduced sensitivity to all stimuli, reduced tension and anxiety, and feelings euphoria. Their regular use results in tolerance which requires the dosage to be increased, leading to addiction. Narcotics withdrawal often results in severe symptoms including nervousness, sleeplessness, muscle twitching, vomiting, increase in respiration and blood pressure and temperature and even death.
Sedatives, which include barbiturates, are medically used in the treatment of epilepsy, high blood pressure, insomnia and some psychological problems. Barbiturates can be taken orally, intravenously, or rectally. When overused, the effects are dulled reaction ability, emotional instability, and irritability. Like narcotics, they produce a tolerance, and therefore a physical and/or psychological dependence on them can occur. Withdrawal results in symptoms of nervousness, nausea, headaches, insomnia and a drop in blood pressure. If severe, there can be convulsions which are sometimes fatal, delirium and hallucinations. The effects of alcohol are the same as those of barbiturates.
Tranquilizers are classified as either major or minor. Major tranquilizers are used to treat psychoses, and are not prone to abuse. Minor tranquilizers are used in the treatment of emotional disorders, anxiety and tension, and are muscle relaxants. Minor tranquilizers, if overused, can result in physical and psychological addiction. Their effects are similar to those of barbiturates and withdrawal symptoms are also the same.
Stimulants directly affect the central nervous system. Some stimulants such as amphetamines are used therapeutically to treat narcolepsy (sudden episodes of sleep), to balance the effects of sedatives and opiates, to aid in weight loss, and to relieve mild forms of depression. They are sometimes used in the treatment of hyperactive children. The physical effects of large dosages of amphetamines are an increase in blood pressure, diarrhoea, and diluted pupils. They also increase alertness and eliminate fatigue. The dependence resulting from abuse of amphetamines is psychological as well as physical. Excessive dosages can cause excitability, restlessness, insomnia, excessive perspiration, hand tremors, and frequent urination. Cocaine is classified as a stimulant whose over dosage, however, can be fatal.
Hallucinogens act on the central nervous system. Although occasionally used for medical purposes, their more common use is for their hallucinogenic powers. Large doses may elicit psychoses and may slow down reflexes. Other effects are reddening of the membranes of the eyes, rapid heart-beat, lack of muscular coordination, unsteadiness, drowsiness, distorted perception of space and time, and changes in perception, mood, thought, and activity. Psychological dependence may occur as well as a tolerance for it. Some of hallucinogens are marijuana, mescaline, psilocybin, DMT and LSD.
Questions.
1. In how many ways drugs can affect the brain?
2. Why are drugs abused? What reasons are given by the author?
3. What are withdrawal symptoms? Do all drugs the same withdrawal symptoms?
4. Which drug (or drugs) would a physician prescribe for slow reflexes and why?
5. Some students have been found to use drugs to keep themselves awake during the examination. In which category would place such drugs? Do you think it is good or bad to use them and why?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1. he chair the broke arm of the
He broke the arm of the chair.
2. they her behind criticised her back
They criticised her behind her back.
3. I up to have been my ears these days in work
I have been up to my ears in work these days.
4. Aliya good eye design beauty in for has a
Aliya has a good eye for beauty in design.
5. You speak face should to face to him
You should speak face to face to him.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. Something has gone wrong to the machine.
Something has gone wrong with the machine.
2. I do not think someone is interested in his talk.
I do not think anyone is interested in his talk
3. He talks incoherent whenever he gets drunk.
He talks incoherently whenever he gets drunk.
4. Blow his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
Blowing his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
5. It was a beautiful scene, splendid and awful.
It was an awfully splendid and beautiful scene.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. What would you do if you (lose/lost) your passport while abroad.
What would you do if you lost your passport while abroad.
2. I am (very/too) tired to finish this job now.
I am too tired to finish this job now.
3. When I reached the station, the train (has/had) left.
When I reached the station, the train had left.
4. He would have done something for us if he (was/were) here.
He would have done something for us if he were here.
5. When I was a child I (can/could) climb any trees in the neighbourhood.
When I was a child I could climb any trees in the neighbourhood.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2003 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) Kino had often wondered at the iron in his patient, fragile wife …… And now she did a most surprising thing. “The doctor”, she said, “Go to get the doctor.” These lines are taken from Chapter 1 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point in the story when Kino strikes the gate of the doctor’s residence a crushing blow with his fist. Or
b). “And then from above came a little murmuring cry. The watcher turned his head to listen and then he stood up.” These lines are taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the novel.
Q 2. Write a letter to your English friend who has asked you to inform him/her about religious and cultural festivals held in Pakistan. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third of its length. (in about 115 words) (15)
And Juan Tomas, who was squatted on Kino’s right hand, because he was his brother, asked: “What will you do now that you have become a rich man.”
Kino looked into his pearl, and Juana cast her eye lashes down and arranged her shawl to cover her face so that her excitement could not be seen. And in the incidence of the pearl the pictures formed of the things Kino’s mind had considered in the past and had given up as impossible. In the pearl he saw Juana and Coyotito and himself standing and kneeling at the high altar, and they were being married now that they could pay. He spoke softly: “We will be married – in the church.”
In the pearl he saw how they were dressed – Juana in a shawl stiff with newness and a new skirt, and from under her long skirt Kino could see that she wore shoes. It was in the pearl – the picture glowing there. He himself was dressed in new white clothes, and he carried a new hat – not of straw but of fine black felt – and he too wore shoes – not sandals but shoes that laced. But Coyotito – he was the one – he wore a blue sailor suit from the United States and a little yachting cap such as Kino had once seen when a pleasure boat put into estuary. All these things Kino saw in the lucent pearl, and he said: “We will have new clothes.”
And the music of the pearl rose like a chorus of trumpets in his ears.
Then to the lovely grey surface of the pearl came the little things Kino wanted: a harpoon to take the place of the one lost a year ago, a new harpoon of iron with a ring in the end of the shaft; and his mind could hardly make the leap – a rifle – but why not, since he was so rich? And Kino saw Kino in the pearl holding a Winchester carbine. It was the wildest day-dreaming and very pleasant. His lips moved hesitantly over this – “ A rifle”, he said, “perhaps a rifle.” (354 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
The way people in the United States travel to and from work has changed a lot in the last seventy years. Before World War II, most people lived in the town or the city where they worked. Almost everyone either walked to the work or used a good, inexpensive transportation system. Many of these systems were electrified and ran on tracks, so they used very little energy.
After 1945, the United States government built many new roads and highways. People moved farther and farther from the cities where they worked because they could drive their cars on these new roads from their suburban homes to work in the city. Some of the big automobile companies also bought the electrified transportation system so that they could destroy them. As people stopped using public transportation, cities and spend less money to fix old buses and trains or to buy new ones. Public transportation got worse and worse.
In the late 1960’s, people found that the increase use of cars was creating many problems. There were always too many cars for the highway system, and terrible traffic jams getting to and from work every day. In addition, the air in many cities became dirty because of pollution from the millions of cars, and many people died in traffic accidents every year.
As people began to get worried how the use of cars was hurting the environment, cities began to spend money on public transportation again so few people would have to drive cars.
When gas became very expensive in the mid 1970’s, the number of people taking public transportation began to increase. Because it is terribly expensive to build new public transportation systems, it is very difficult to make big changes in the way people travel but an increase in the use of public transportation has begun. (325 words)
Questions:
1. How has the way people travel in the United States changed over the last fifty years?
2. Why did people abandon using public transportation and start using cars?
3. Why did big automobile companies buy and then destroy the electrified transportation system?
4. What problems did the increase in the use of cars created for the people?
5. What was the main factor that forced people to use public transportation once again?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1. half an hour plane delayed London our was for about at.
Our plane was delayed for about half an hour at London.
2. wanted John the English novel in course the
John wanted the English novel in the course.
3. term paper economics Thursday I due by have in
I have term paper in Economics due by Thursday
4. Willis fairly in made good grades Algebra.
Willis made fairly good grades in Algebra.
5. Orson fastest certainly two of the players was the
Orson was certainly fastest of the two players.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. We should introduce us to our new neighbours.
We should introduce ourselves to our new neighbours.
2. If you forget things, you should write you a note.
If you forget things, you should write a note for yourself.
3. Elliot became involved in the plot without him knowing it
Elliot became involved in the plot without knowing it.
4. Blow his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
Blowing his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
5. The colours in the picture do not seem applied very even.
The colours in the picture do not seem to have been applied very evenly.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. Sam (would like to / could) buy the car, but he can’t afford it.
Sam would like to buy the car, but he can’t afford it.
2. (Can/ May) you translate this letter for me?
Can you translate this letter for me?
3. We (couldn’t / shouldn’t) swim yesterday because it was cold.
We couldn’t swim yesterday because it was cold..
4. I’ll try to come on time, but I (can / might) be late.
I’ll try to come on time but I might be late.
5. You (must / could) have a licence before you can drive alone.
You must have a licence before you can drive.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2002 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “Kino could feel the blown sand against his ankles and he was glad, for he knew there would be no tracks.” These lines are taken from Chapter 6 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point in the story when Kino knew there was no escape except in flight.
Or
b) “And Juan Tomas, who squatted on Kino’s right hand because he was his brother, asked: “What will you do know that you have become a rich man?” These lines are taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point when the priest pays them a visit.
Q 2. Write a letter of advice to your younger cousin who has asked you to advise him/her about what subjects he/she should take in BA after passing his/her FA examination. You must give him/her sound advice with convincing reasons. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 90 words) of its length. (15)
Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach and to Kino’s canoe, which was the one thing of value he owned in the world. It was very old. It was at once property and source of food; for a man with a boat can guarantee a woman that she will eat something. It is the bulwark against starvation. And every year Kino refinished his canoe with a hard shell like plaster by the secret method that had also come to him from his father. Now he came to the canoe and touched the bow tenderly as he always did. He laid his diving rock and his basket and two ropes in the sand by the canoe. And he folded his blanket and laid it in the bow.
Juana laid Coyotito on the blanket, and she placed her shawl over him so that the hot sun could not shine on him. He was quiet now, but the swelling on his shoulder had continued up his neck and ear and his face was puffed and feverish. Juan went to the water and waded in. She gathered some brown see-weed and made a flat damp poultice of it, and this she applied to the baby’s swollen shoulder, which was as good a remedy as any and probably better than what the doctor could have done.. But the remedy lacked his authority because it was simple and did not cost anything. The stomach cramps had not come to Coyotito. Perhaps Juana had sucked out the poison in time, but she had not sucked out her worry over her first born. (264 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Culture is transmitted largely by language and by the necessity for people in close contact to cooperate. The more extensive the communication network, the greater the exchange of ideas and beliefs and the m ore alike the people become. In toleration of diversity is nothing else. Members of a culture or a nation are generally in close contact with one another than with members of other cultures or nations. They become more like each other and more unlike others. In this way, there develops “national character’ which is the statistical tendency for a group of people to share values and follow similar behaviour.
Frequently, the members of one culture will interpret the national characteristics of anther group in terms of their own values. For example the inhabitants of a South Pacific island may be considered ‘lazy’ by citizens of some industrialized nations. On the other hand it may be that the islanders place great value on social relationships but little value on “productivity” and crops grow with little attention. The negative connotation of the label “lazy” is thus unjustified from the point of view of the island culture. Stereotypes, such as ‘lazy’, ‘inscrutable’, and ‘dishonest’ give people the security of the labels with which to react to others in a superficial way, but they are damaging to real understanding among members of different cultures. People react more to labels than to reality. A black American Peace Corps volunteer, for instance, considered and called a white man by black Africans. The ‘we-they’ distinction applies to whatever characteristics the ‘we’s’ have, and they’s’ do not have ---- and the characteristics attributed to the ‘they’s’ are usually ones with negative value.
The distinction becomes most obvious in the time of conflict. For this reason, it is often suggested the only thing that might join all men together on this planet would be an invasion from outer space. ‘We’, the earthlings, would then fight ‘them’, the outsiders.
Given the great diversities – real and imagined – among peoples of the world, is there foundation for hope that some day all men might join together to form a single, legitimate, viable world government? The outcome will probably depend on the political evolution of mankind. Today the most salient political group is the nation; we live in an age of fierce nationalism.
The hope for world government tests in the possibility that some day nations will outgrow this nationalistic stage when men come to believe they owe their ultimate loyalty to mankind, not to a narrow political division. Communication will play a key role in such an evolution. The old maxim ‘East is East; West is West; and never the twain shall meet’ is outdated. It had meaning at a time when world communications were just emerging from a dark age. Today there is global contact among people. East does meet West, but this has not yet ensured understanding. (480)
Questions:
1. What is meant by ‘national character’? How does it develop?
2. Why do people of one culture misinterpret characteristics of other cultures?
3. Why are labels damaging to real understanding among people?
4. What, according to the author, would unite men on Earth and why/
5. How will a world government become possible?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 mother the invention of necessity is.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
2. bitten shy twice once.
Once bitten, twice shy.
3. the cow though is milk white black its is
Though the cow is black its milk is white.
4. calls pot the black the kettle
The kettle calls the pot black.
5. Walking life’s shadow but a
Life’s but a walking shadow.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. I did all my work himself.
I did all my work myself.
2. I have great faith on God.
I have great faith in God.
3. I have not seen him since two years.
I have not seen him for two years.
4. He had not have his breakfast when I called.
He had not had his breakfast when I called.
5. He is most intelligent than any boy of his age..
He is more intelligent than any boy of his age..
c) Use the correct form of the words in parenthesis to complete the following sentences so that it reads like one continuous passage. (5)
1. He did not come because he was not feeling (good).
He did not come because he was not feeling well..
2. Nothing is more (danger) than driving a car with faulty brakes.
Nothing is more dangerous than driving a car with faulty brakes.
3. I will (condolence) with him as soon as I get the chance.
I will condole with him as soon as I get the chance.
4. Individuals need (stable) in their lives.
Individuals need stability in their lives.
5. (Critic) thinking is essential for success in higher studies..
Critical thinking is essential for success in higher studies.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2001 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1 John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
A) “It is as I thought,” he said.” The poison has gone inward and it will strike soon. Come, look!” He held the eyelid down,” See - it is blue.” These lines are taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter when Kino tells Juana they would sell the pearl in the morning. OR
B) “And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her as silently as she had gone, and he could hear her quick footsteps going towards the shore.” These lines are taken from Chapter V of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter when Kino and Juana leave La Paz during the evening.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper against the growing danger of sectarianism. Also suggest ways and means to stop this menace from spreading any further. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third (about 100 words) of its length. (15)
Thus in La Paz, it was known in the early morning through the whole town that Kino was going to sell his pearl that. It was known among the neighbours in the brush huts, among the pearl fishermen; it was known among the Chinese grocery store owners; it was known in the church, for the altar boys whispered about it. Word of it crept among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take the tithe of the first fruit of the luck. The little boys knew about it with excitement; but most of all the pearl buyers knew about it, and when the day had come, in the offices of the pearl buyers, each man sat alone with his little black velvet tray, and each man rolled the pearls about with his finger-tips and considered his BA Part In the picture.
It was supposed that the pearl buyer were individuals acting alone, bidding against one another for the pearls the fishermen brought in. And once it had been so. But it was a wasteful method, for often in the excitement of bidding for a fine pearl too great a price had been given to the fishermen. This was extravagant and not to be countenanced. Now there was one pear buyer with many hands, and the men who sat in their offices and waited for Kino knew what price they would offer, how high they would bid, and what method each one would use. And although these men would not profit beyond their salaries, there was excitement among the pearl buyers, for there was excitement in the hunt, and if it be a man’s function to break down the price, then he must take joy and satisfaction in breaking it as far down as possible. (304 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
In April 1977, the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare issues a series of regulations governing the treatment of the handicapped by those educational institutions, social service agencies, and employees that receive federal funds. The regulations state that handicapped children have a right to a free education, in classes with non-handicapped children whenever possible. School systems must identify those in need of their services and bear the cost of transporting the handicapped to school.
On the college level, institutions are allowed to inquire about physical or mental handicaps on application forms. Buildings must be accessible to students on crutches or in wheelchairs. Admission tests that do not penalise students with sensory, manual or speech handicaps must be used. If a student needs mechanical aids for participating in tests or class, the institution must provide them or tell the student where they can be obtained. Some academic requirements, such as completion of some physical course, must be changed if they are difficult for a handicapped person to fulfil.
Social service agencies must inform the handicapped of their rights and waivers of rights with regard to health and welfare services.
Employers are not allowed to refuse to hire or promote the handicapped on account of their handicap. Reasonable accommodation must be made. Physical examination may be required before employment, but they must be required of all employees. If the examination disclosed a condition does not affect the employee’s ability to do his/her job, he/she cannot be refused employment for that reason.
So far these regulations apply to organisations receiving federal funds. Hopefully, they will spread to society in general because we cannot afford to continue to waste the talent and ability of our handicapped citizens.
Questions:
1. Why did the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare have to issue regulations regarding handicapped persons?
2. What does the regulation about children state?
3. What regulations apply to admission tests with regard to handicapped persons?
4. What regulations are the employers bound to follow in dealing with handicapped persons?
5. Why should these regulations spread to society in general?
5a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 use milk it crying no over is spilt.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
2. borrow may your please I pen
May I borrow your pen, please?
3. raw unloaded truck the materials the from were
The raw materials were unloaded from the truck.
4. done work much to there be is?
Is there much work to be done?
5. students questions detail answer in the should
Students should answer the questions in detail.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. Who is the older child in the class?
Who is the oldest child in the class?
2. They sat over the tree and ate their picnic lunch.
They sat under the tree and ate their picnic lunch.
3. Shekila went to an evening class to learn when to sew.
Shekila went to an evening class to learn how to sew.
4. I saw himself in the mirror.
I saw myself in the mirror.
5. Ahmad and Shekila have been married since two months.
Ahmad and Shekila have been married for two months.
c) Use the correct form of the words in parenthesis to complete the following sentences so that it reads like one continuous passage. (5)
1. A big fire (roar) out of control at a four storey apartment building.
A big fire roared out of control at a four storey apartment building.
2. Ambulances (be) at the scene of fire.
Ambulances were at the scene of fire.
3. Two adults and four children ((take) to the hospital.
Two adults and four children were taken to the hospital.
4. According to the police, a full investigation of this suspicious fire (conduct) immediately.
According to the police, a full investigation of this suspicious fire will be conducted immediately.
5. The fire (bring) under control after four hours of continuous struggle by dozens of fire fighters.
The fire was brought under control after four hours of continuous struggle by dozens of fire fighters.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2000 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1.John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “The doctor said, “I was not in when you came this morning. But now at the first instance, I have come to see the baby.” These lines have been taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point when the doctor had gone.
OR
“All of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the pearl. But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. ……. There was nothing to do but to save themselves.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of The Frontier Post against the curse of copying, cheating and the use of unfair means in the examination. Also suggest some of the remedial measures. (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your words the following passage from The Pearl to one third of its length. (15)
Now Kino’s people had sung of everything that had happened or existed. They had made songs to the fishes, to the sea in anger and to the sea in calm, to the light and the dark and the sun and the moon, and the songs were all in Kino and his people …… every song that had ever been made, even the ones forgotten. And as he filled his basket, the song was in Kino, and the beat of the song was his pounding heart as it ate the oxygen from its held breath, and the melody of the song was the grey – green water and the little scuttling animals and the clouds of fish that flitted by and were gone. But in the song there was a secret little inner song, hardly perceptible, but always there, sweet and secret and clinging, almost hiding in the counter melody, and this was the Song of Pearl that Might Be, for every shell thrown in the basket might contain a pearl. Chance was against it, but luck and the gods might be for it. And in the canoe above him Kino knew that Juana was making the magic of prayer, her face set rigid and her muscles hard to force the luck, to tear the luck out of the gods’ hands, for she needed the luck for the swollen shoulder of Coyotito. And because the need was great and the desire was great, the little secret melody of the Pearl that Might Be was stronger this morning, whole phrases of it came clearly and softly into the Song of the Undersea.
Kino in his pride and youth and strength, could remain down over two minutes without strain, so that he worked deliberately, selecting the largest shells. Because they were disturbed, the oyster shells were tightly closed. A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock struck up, covered with young oysters not ready to take. Kino moved next to the hummock and then beside it, under a little overhang, he saw a very large oyster lying by itself, not covered with its clinging brothers. The shell was partly open, for the overhang protected this ancient oyster, and in the lip-like muscle Kino saw a ghastly gleam, and then the shell closed down. His hear beat out a heavy rhythm and the melody of the may-be-pearl shrilled his ears. Slowly he forced the oyster loose and held it tightly against his breast.
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
To name a large number of recent novelists would serve no purpose. Before the war began in 1939 there had been an enormous growth in Literature as a commercial product, and especially in fiction. Like newspapers, novels were manufactured for sale in the largest numbers among the most extensive public, and the authors with big circulation were taken as big men. Even good novelists found themselves compelled to write when as artists they should have been silent. Most successful novelists have written far more than they should. For many readers the novel was the only kind of literature that existed, and some newspapers reviewed no other sort of book. ‘The book of the week’ or ‘the book of the month’ was usually a novel, and editors and managers of papers boldly advertised the ‘boom’ that their patronage had created in the sales. Tales of crime and detection were not only encouraged by crime clubs but received, even in respectable newspapers, the honour of specially dedicated columns of reviews. The murderer added to the gaiety of the Twenties and Thirties. There are disquieting symptoms. The novel magazines that burdened the railway bookstalls and two-penny libraries represent ‘boss’ method applied to publishing. Are the bosses to conquer all literature under the pretext of giving public what the public wants?
Will boss methods capture publishing as they have captured journalism? Illiteracy has captured the films and is trying hard to capture broadcasting. Books are being called upon to show ‘entertainment value’, a destruction being enforced between a desirable thing called ‘entertainment’ and a detestable thing called ‘instruction’.
Questions:
1. What kind of literature grew enormously before the War in 1939?
2. What does the writer mean by literature as a commercial product?
3. Why should good novelists have been silent instead of compelled to write?
4. What usually were ‘the book of the week’ and ‘the book of the month’?
5. What did the ‘crime clubs’ encourage?
Q 5a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 complex life passes time as more and more becomes.
As time passes, life becomes more and more complex
2. forest the of king the is lion the
The lion is the king of the forest.
3. milk spilt over use no is it crying.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
4. hours two by was late train the.
The train was late by two hours.
5. getting sun the hotter by day and hotter is day.
The sun is getting hotter and hotter day by day.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. The mother told the baby that do not spoil your clothes.
The mother told the baby not to spoil her clothes.
2. Lucy climbed many a hills and never reach the town.
Lucy climbed many a hill but never reached the town..
3. Every worker pay a small money from their pay to Benevolent Fund.
Every worker pays a small amount from their pay to Benevolent Fund.
4. Wheat is cultivating in Autumn.
Wheat is cultivated in Autumn.
5. Sindh and Baluchistan have struck drought.
Sindh and Baluchistan have been struck by drought.
c) Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (5)
1. The water level has (fall) in the dams.
The water level has fallen in the dams.
2. All kinds of fruit are (grow) in Swat.
All kinds of fruit are grown in Swat.
3. Smoking is (injury) to health.
Smoking is injurious to health.
4. (Summary) the following passage in your own words.
Summarise the following passage in your own words.
5. She (write) a letter to her friend.
. She wrote a letter to her friend.
English (Comp) Paper A (1999) BA Part I Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “The doctor said, “I was not in when you came this morning. But now at the first instance, I have come to see the baby.”
These lines have been taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point when the doctor had gone.
See answer on page 12-13 of Jawad Notes
Or
b) “The Trackers were long in coming, as if they had trouble with the trail, which Kino had left. It was dark when they came at last to the little pool.”
These sentences have been taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
See page 26 (line 17) to 27 of Jawad Notes
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper against the negative impact of, or cultural invasion through the Dish antenna of Electronic Media (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
In the brush houses by the shore Kino’s neighbours sat long over their breakfast, and they spoke of what they would do if they had found the pearl. And one man said he would give it as a present to the Holy Father in Rome.
Another said that he would buy Masses for the soul of his family for a thousand years. Another thought he might take the money and distribute it among the poor of La Paz; and a fourth thought of all the things one could perform if one had the money. All of the neighbours hoped that sudden wealth would not turn Kino’s head, would not make a rich man of him, and would not graft on him the evil limbs of greed and hatred and coldness. For Kino was a well-liked man; it would be a shame if the pearl destroyed him. “That good wife Juana,” they said, “and the beautiful baby Coyotito, and the others to come. What a pity it would be if the pearl destroyed them all.”
For Kino and Juana this the morning of mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days would take their arrangement. Thus they would say, “It was two years before we sold the pearl.” Or, “It was six weeks after we sold the pearl.” Juana, considering the matter, threw caution to the winds and she dressed Coyotito in the clothes she had prepared for his baptism. And Juana combed and braided her hair and tied the ends with two little bows of red ribbons, and she put on her marriage skirt and waist. The sun was quarter high when they were ready. Kino’s ragged clothes were clean at least and this was the last day of his raggedness; for tomorrow, or even this after-noon, he would have new clothes.
The neighbours watching Kino’s door through the crevices in the brush houses, were dressed and ready too. There was no self-consciousness about their joining Kino and Juana to go pearl selling. It was expected: it was an historic moment; they would be crazy if they didn’t go. It would be almost a sign of unfriendliness.
See Passage 2 on page 55 of Jawad Notes
IV. Read the following passage taken from an address of Allama Iqbal and answer the questions at the end. (15)
The Muslim demand for the creation of a Muslim India within India is, therefore, perfectly justified. The resolution of the All-Parties Muslim Conference at Delhi, is, to my mind, wholly inspired by this noble ideal of a harmonious whole which, instead of stifling the respective individualities of its component wholes, affords with chances of fully working out the possibilities that may be latent in them. And I have no doubt that this House will emphatically endorse the Muslim demands embodied in this resolution. Personally, I would go further than the demands embodied in it. I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self –government within the British Empire or without the British Empire, the formation of a Consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of the North-west India. The proposal was put forward before the Nehru committee. They rejected it on the ground that, if carried into effect, it would give a very unwieldy state. This is true in so far as the area is concerned; in point of population the state contemplated by the proposal would be much less than some of the present Indian provinces. The idea need not alarm the Hindus. The British India is the greatest Muslim state in the world. The life of Islam as a cultural force in this country very largely depends on its centralisation in a specific territory. This centralisation of the most living portion of the Muslims of India whose military and police services has, notwithstanding unfair treatment from the British, made the British rule possible in this country, will eventually solve the problem of India as well as Asia. It will intensify their sense of responsibility and deepen their patriotic feeling. Thus possessing full opportunity of development within the body-politic of India, the North-west Indian Muslims will prove the best defenders of India against a foreign invasion, be the invasion one of ideas or bayonets.
How would the creation of a consolidated Muslim state in the North-west India be advantageous to India?
How would such a state or states benefit the Muslims?
What objections did Moti Lal Nehru have to the formation of a consolidated Muslim state in North-west India? What reply did Iqbal give?
What was the ideal, which inspired the Muslims to demand a Muslim state within India?
What Iqbal did say to remove the fears and suspicions of the Hindus regarding the creation of autonomous Muslim states?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 morning since been have working they.
They have been working since morning.
2. heart by learning poem this I am
I have been learning this poem by heart.
3. bath a not evening the in taking like friend their does.
Their friend does not like taking a bath in the evening.
4. pulled stop to train the chain she the.
She pulled the chain to stop the train.
5. finished have work your time in you
You have finished you work in time.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. She would not spent money for luxuries.
. She would not spend money on luxuries
2. There were married with each other.
They were married to each other.
3. With accident he was admitted in hospital.
Due to accident, he was admitted in hospital.
4. She told the baby that do not pluck the flowers.
She told the baby not to pluck the flowers.
5. Pakistan cricket team is best than the Indian team
Pakistan cricket team is better than the Indian team.
c) Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (5)
1. It (take) two to fight.
It takes two to fight.
2. He (succeed) in solving the problem.
He succeeded in solving the problem.
3. Ali gave his friends a (surprising) party.
Ali gave his friends a surprise party.
4. She was (terrify) by the mouse.
She was terrified by the mouse.
5. The taxi (speeded) away.
The taxi sped away.
.English (Comp) BA Part I – 1998 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
c) “The doctor said, “I was not in when you came this morning. But now at the first instance, I have come to see the baby.” These lines have been taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point when the doctor had gone. OR
“The Trackers were long in coming, as if they had trouble with the trail, which Kino had left. It was dark when they came at last to the little pool.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper against the negative impact of, or cultural invasion through the Dish antenna of Electronic Media (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
In the brush houses by the shore Kino’s neighbours sat long over their breakfast, and they spoke of what they would do if they had found the pearl. And one man said he would give it as a present to the Holy Father in Rome.
Another said that he would buy Masses for the soul of his family for a thousand years. Another thought he might take the money and distribute it among the poor of La Paz; and a fourth thought of all the things one could perform if one had the money. All of the neighbours hoped that sudden wealth would not turn Kino’s head, would not make a rich man of him, and would not graft on him the evil limbs of greed and hatred and coldness. For Kino was a well-liked man; it would be a shame if the pearl destroyed him. “That good wife Juana,” they said, “and the beautiful baby Coyotito, and the others to come. What a pity it would be if the pearl destroyed them all.”
For Kino and Juana this the morning of mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days would take their arrangement. Thus they would say, “It was two years before we sold the pearl.” Or, “It was six weeks after we sold the pearl.” Juana, considering the matter, threw caution to the winds and she dressed Coyotito in the clothes she had prepared for his baptism. And Juana combed and braided her hair and tied the ends with two little bows of red ribbons, and she put on her marriage skirt and waist. The sun was quarter high when they were ready. Kino’s ragged clothes were clean at least and this was the last day of his raggedness; for tomorrow, or even this after-noon, he would have new clothes.
The neighbours watching Kino’s door through the crevices in the brush houses, were dressed and ready too. There was no self-consciousness about their joining Kino and Juana to go pearl selling. It was expected: it was an historic moment; they would be crazy if they didn’t go. It would be almost a sign of unfriendliness.
IV. Read the following passage taken from an address of Allama Iqbal and answer the questions at the end. (15)
The Muslim demand for the creation of a Muslim India within India is, therefore, perfectly justified. The resolution of the All-Parties Muslim Conference at Delhi, is, to my mind, wholly inspired by this noble ideal of a harmonious whole which, instead of stifling the respective individualities of its component wholes, affords with chances of fully working out the possibilities that may be latent in them. And I have no doubt that this House will emphatically endorse the Muslim demands embodied in this resolution. Personally, I would go further than the demands embodied in it. I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self –government within the British Empire or without the British Empire, the formation of a Consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of the North-west India. The proposal was put forward before the Nehru committee. They rejected it on the ground that, if carried into effect, it would give a very unwieldy state. This is true in so far as the area is concerned; in point of population the state contemplated by the proposal would be much less than some of the present Indian provinces. The idea need not alarm the Hindus. The British India is the greatest Muslim state in the world. The life of Islam as a cultural force in this country very largely depends on its centralisation in a specific territory. This centralisation of the most living portion of the Muslims of India whose military and police services has, notwithstanding unfair treatment from the British, made the British rule possible in this country, will eventually solve the problem of India as well as Asia. It will intensify their sense of responsibility and deepen their patriotic feeling. Thus possessing full opportunity of development within the body-politic of India, the North-west Indian Muslims will prove the best defenders of India against a foreign invasion, be the invasion one of ideas or bayonets.
1. How would the creation of a consolidated Muslim state in the North-west India be advantageous to India?
2. How would such a state or states benefit the Muslims?
3. What objections did Moti Lal Nehru have to the formation of a consolidated Muslim state in North-west India? What reply did Iqbal give?
4. What was the ideal, which inspired the Muslims to demand a Muslim state within India?
5. What Iqbal did say to remove the fears and suspicions of the Hindus regarding the creation of autonomous Muslim states?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 morning since been have working they.
They have been working since morning.
2. heart by learning poem this I am
I have been learning this poem by heart.
3. bath a not evening the in taking like friend their does.
Their friend does not like taking a bath in the evening.
4. pulled stop to train the chain she the.
She pulled the chain to stop the train.
5. finished have work your time in you
You have finished you work in time.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. She would not spent money for luxuries.
. She would not spend money on luxuries
2. There were married with each other.
They were married to each other.
3. With accident he was admitted in hospital.
Due to accident, he was admitted in hospital.
4. She told the baby that do not pluck the flowers.
She told the baby not to pluck the flowers.
5. Pakistan cricket team is best than the Indian team
Pakistan cricket team is better than the Indian team.
c) Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (5)
1. It (take) two to fight.
It takes two to fight.
2. He (succeed) in solving the problem.
He succeeded in solving the problem.
3. Ali gave his friends a (surprising) party.
Ali gave his friends a surprise party.
4. She was (terrify) by the mouse.
She was terrified by the mouse.
5. The taxi (speeded) away.
The taxi sped away.
.
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) ‘Kino’s face shone with prophesy, “ my son will read and open the books, and my son will write ad will know things, and my son will make numbers, and these things will make us free because he will know – he will know and through him we will know.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter III of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point where Kino tells Juana that he fears everyone. OR
b) “All of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the Pearl. But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. And knowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. There was nothing to do but to save themselves.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of the Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
2. Write a letter to the Director of Education directing his attention to the issue of lack of teachers in English in state schools. Describe the classroom teaching practices and suggest some remedial measures to improve the situation. (15)
3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
The late moon arose before the first roosters crowed. Kino opened his eyes in the darkness, for he sensed movement near him, but he did not move. Only his eyes searched the darkness and in the pale light of the moon that crept through the holes in the brush house Kino saw Juana arise silently from beside him. He saw her move towards the fireplace. So carefully did she work that he heard only the slightest sound when she moved fireplace stone. And then like a shadow she glided toward the door. She paused for a moment beside the hanging box where Coyotito lay, for a second she was black in the door way, and then she was gone.
And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her as silently as she had gone, and he could hear quick footsteps going toward the shore. Quietly he tracked her and his brain was red with anger. She burst clear out of brush line and stumbled over the little boulders toward the water, and then she heard him coming and broke into a run. Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side. In the pale light, he could see the little waves break over her, and her skirt floated about and clung to her legs as the water receded.
Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with white unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher. She knew there was murder in him and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest. And then the rage left him and a sick disgust took its place. He turned away from her and walked up the beach and through the brush line. His senses were dulled by his emotion. (351 words)
4... Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
That night a blizzard commenced, increasing in fury from moment to moment. They now found that the place chosen for the shelter was worse than useless. They had far better had built it in the open, for fierce wind, instead of striking them directly, was deflected on to them in furious whirring gusts. Heavy blocks of snow and rock placed on the roof were whirled away and the canvas ballooned up, tearing and straining at its securing - its disappearance could only be a matter of time. Inside the hut they waited for the roof to vanish, wondering what they could do if it went, and vainly endeavouring to make it secure. After fourteen hours it went, as they were trying to pin down one corner. The smother of snow was upon them, and they could only dive for their sleeping bags with a gasp; all were silent for a night and half a day while the wind howled on: the snow entered every chink and crevice of the sleeping bags, and the occupants shivered and wondered how it would all end.
The wind fell at noon the following day; the forlorn travellers from their first icy nests spread their floor cloth overhead and lit their Primus stove. They tasted their first food for forty-eight hours and began to plan a means to build a shelter on the homeward route. They decided that they must dig a large pit nightly and cover it as best they could with their floor cloth. The following day they started homeward and immediately another blizzard fell on them, holding them prisoners for two days. By this time the miserable condition of their effects was beyond description. The sleeping bags were far too stiff to be rolled up, in fact they were so hard frozen that attempts to bend them actually split the skins. All socks, fur boots and gloves had long been coated with ice; placed in in breast pockets or inside vests at night they did not even show signs of thawing, much less of drying. It sometimes took three quarter of an hour to get into a sleeping bag, so flat did it freeze and so difficult was it to open. It is scarcely possible to realise the horrible discomforts of the forlorn travellers as they plodded back across the Barrier with temperature again constantly below 60 degree. In this fashion they reached Hut Point and on the following night their home quarters.
Comprehension Questions
1. Why were the shelters useless?
2. What did the travellers do when the shelters were blown off?
3. How did they plan to shelter on their way back?
4. Why did their sleeping bags cause them so much trouble?
5. How many days did they take to reach their home quarters after the first blizzard?
5. Attempt sections (A), (B) and (C) below as directed:
a) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences and write them in your answer book. (5)
1. complex becomes life passes time as more and more.
As time passes, life becomes more and more complex.
2. Forest the king the is lion the.
The lion is the king of the forest.
3. Milk spilt over use no is it crying.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
4. Hours two by was late train the.
The train was late by two hours.
5. Getting sun is the hotter by day and hotter by day.
The sun is getting hotter and hotter day by day.
b) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. Tell me about it what I can do.
Tell me about it what I can do.
2. I wonder why is Marry today so merry.
I wonder why Marry is so merry today.
3. I enquired the trial was taking place where.
I enquired where the trial was taking place.
1. She wanted to know why he so early had left.
She wanted to know why he had left so early.
5. neither could hear the horse, nor could the rider.
Neither the horse could hear nor could the rider
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in the parentheses and write them down in your answer book. (5)
1. He must have been sleeping (except that / or else) he would have heard the shot.
He must have been sleeping or else he would have heard the shot.
2. This is just (as / how) we had thought.
This is just as we had thought.
3. He stopped all the (passerbys / passersby).
He stopped all the passersby.
4 Ahmad’s performance was (superior than / superior to) Rehmat’s.
Ahmad’s performance was superior to Rehmat’s.
5 He refuses (going / to go) now.
He refuse to go now.
English (Comp) Paper A (2013) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach and to Kino’s canoe, the one thing of value he owned in the world.”
These sentences have been taken from Chapter II of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
OR
“Without question she filled her water-bottle to the top, and then Kino helped her to the shallow cave and brought up the packages of food and passed them to her.”
These sentences have been taken from Chapter Vi of the Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on the desirability of social service league in your town. (15)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
He groped his way to the sleeping mat. Already Juana was working at fire. She uncovered an ember from the ashes and shredded little pieces of corn-husk over it and blew a little flame into the cornhusk so that a tiny light danced through the hut . and then from a secret place Juana brought a little piece of consecrated candle and lighted it at the flame and set it upright on the fireplace stone. She worked quickly, crooning as she moved about. She dipped the end of her head-shawl in water and swabbed the blood from Kino’s bruised forehead. ”It is nothing.” Kino said but his eyes and his voice were hard ad cold and a brooding hate was growing in him.
Now the tension that was growing in Juana boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin, “This thing is evil,” she cried harshly. “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,” her voice rose shrilly. “Throw it away, Kino. Let us break it between stones. Let us bury us and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought evil, Kino, my husband, it will destroy us.” And in the firelight her lips alive with fear.
But Kino’s face was set, and his mind and will were set. “This is our one chance,” he said. “Our son must go to school.. He must break the pot. He must break out of the pot that holds us in.”
“It will destroy us all,” Juana cried. ” Even our son.”
“Hush,” said Kino. “ Do not speak any more. In the morning we will sell the pearl, and then the evil will be gone, and only good remain. Now hush my wife”. His dark eyes scowled into the fire, and for the first time he knew that his knife was still in his hand, and he raised the blade and looked at it and saw a little line of blood on the steel. For a moment he seemed about to wipe the blade on his trousers, but then he plunged the knife into the earth and so cleansed it.
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
Culture is transmitted largely by language and by the necessity for people in close contact to cooperate. The more extensive the communication network, the greater the exchange of ideas and beliefs and the more alike the people become- in toleration of diversity and in nothing else. Members of a culture or a nation are generally in close contact with one another than with members of other cultures or nations. They become more like each other and more unlike others. In this way there develops “national character”, which is the statistical tendency for a group of people to share values and follow similar behaviour.
Frequently members of one culture will interpret the “national characteristics” of another group in terms of their own values. For example the inhabitants of South Pacific Island may be considered “lazy” by citizens of some industrial nation. On the other hand, it may be that the islanders place great value on social relationship but little value on “productivity” and crops grow with little attention. The negative connotations of the label “lazy” is thus justified from the point of view of island cultures.
Stereotypes such as “lazy”, “ inscrutable” and ”dishonest” give people the security of labels with which to react to others in a superficial way, but they are damaging to real understanding among members of different cultures. People react more to labels than to reality. A Black American Peace Corps volunteer, for instance, is considered and called a white man by black Africans. The “we-they” distinction applies to whatever characteristics the “we’s” have and ”they’s” do not have --- and the characteristics attributed to the “they” are usually ones with negative values.
The distinction becomes most obvious in times of conflict. For this reason, it is often suggested that the only thing that might join all men together on this planet would be an invasion from outer space. “We” the Earthlings would then fight ”them” the outsiders. Given the great diversities- real and imagined- among peoples of the world, is there foundation for hope that someday all men might join together to form a single legitimate, viable world government. The outcome will probably depend on the political evolution of mankind. Today the most salient political group is the nation; we live in an age of fierce nationalism.
The hope for world government rests in the possibility that someday nations will outgrow this nationalistic stage, when men come to believe they owe their ultimate loyalty to mankind and not to a narrow political division. Communications will play a key role in such an evolution. The old maxim “West is West and East is East, and never the twain shall meet” is outdated. It had meaning at time when world communications were emerging from a dark age. Today there is a global contact among people. East does meet West, but this has not yet ensured understanding.
Comprehension Questions
1. According to the author how does a young writer express his meaning?
2. What must be avoided by a writer if he wants to be successful?
3. What cause the invention of language among the human beings?
4. How is spoken language different from the written one?
5. What is communication according to the author?
Q 5. Attempt sections (A), (B) and (C) below as directed:
(A) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. looked at she told the I when truth me her daggers
She looked at me daggers when I told her the truth
2. using is long he brown pencil a.
He is using a long brown pencil.
3. fast we enough you going are for ?
Are we going fast enough for you?
4. merry so wonder Mary I why today is.
I wonder why Mary is so merry today?
5. it tell I you about can what?
What I can tell you about?
b) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. She did not ask any questions to him
She did not ask him any questions.
2. He went to Karachi for doing some business.
He went to Karachi for some business.
3. When this was searched it was found.
It was found when this was searched.
4. He was very angry when he found they left without him.
He was very angry when he found they had left without
6. It is incorrect to attribute that statement either to Ali or me.
It is incorrect to attribute that statement to Ali or me
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in the parentheses. (5)
1. Late (though/although) it is , we’ll stay a little longer.
Late though it is, we’ll stay a little longer
1. (For/As) he is only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke.
As he is a only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke..
2. He could do it (so as well/Just as well).
He could do it just as well.
4 He is not the man (whom/who) the police were looking for.
He is not the man whom the police are looking for.
5 Keep an eye on my bag while I (get/am getting) my ticket.
Keep an eye on my bag while I am getting my ticket.
English (Comp) Paper A (2012) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“The news of the approach of the procession ran ahead, and in their dark little offices the pearl dealers stiffened and grew alert.” This sentence has been taken from Chapter IV of ‘The Pearl’ by. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the point where Kino decides not to sell the pearl and leaves the office of the pearl buyers.
OR
“So carefully did she work that he heard only the slightest sound when she moved the fireplace stone. And then like a shadow she glided towards the door.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till that point in the story where Kino tells Juan to go to the house and bring Coyotito and all the corn that they had.
Q 2. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper on the problem of unemployment among qualified doctors suggesting measures to deal with this problem. . (15)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
Then Juana steadied the boat while he climbed in. His eyes were shining with excitement, but in decency he pulled up his rock, then pulled up his basket of oysters and lifted them in. Juana sensed his excitement, but she pretended to look away. It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with God or the gods. But Juana stopped breathing. Very deliberately Kino opened his short strong knife. He looked speculatively at the basket. Perhaps it would be better to open the oyster last. He took a small oyster from the basket, cut the muscle, searched the flesh, and threw it in the water. Then he seemed to see the great oyster for the first time. He squatted in the bottom of the canoe, picked up the shell and examined it. The flutes were shining black to brown, with only a few small barnacles adhered to the shell. Now Kino was reluctant to open it. What he had seen, he knew, might be a reflection, a piece of flat shell accidentally drifted in or a complete illusion. In this gulf of uncertain light there were more illusions than realities.
But Juana’s eyes were on him and she could not wait. She put her hand on Coyotito’s covered head. “Open it,” she said softly.
Kino deftly slipped his knife into the edge of the shell. Through the knife he could feel the muscle tighten hard. He worked the blade lever-wise and the closing muscle parted and the shell fell apart. The lip-like flesh writhed up and then subsided. Kino lifted the flesh, and there it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon. It captured the light and refined it and gave it back in silver incandescence. It was large as a sea-gull’s egg. It was the greatest pearl in the world. (325 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
It takes the young writer a long time to become aware of what language really is as a medium of communication. He thinks he should be able to put down his meaning at once and be done with it, and he put down it and releases his feelings, in language that is meaningless to anyone else. What he has to learn is that he can load almost any form of words with his meanings and be expressing himself but communicating nothing. He has to learn that language has grown naturally., out of the human need to communicate, that it belongs to all those who use it, and its communicative capabilities have developed to meet the general need, that it is most alive when it comes off the tongue, supported as it always is by the look and action of the speaker, that the tongue use of it is universal but that the written one of it is relatively rare. He must come to see that tongue use is filled with clichés which are the common counters best serving the general need. Words and phrases that come off his tongue made alive by the living presence of himself become on paper dead transcriptions. Somehow he must overcome the capacity of words to remain head symbols of meaning as they are in dictionary. He must breathe life them as he sets them on paper.
Comprehension Questions
7. According to the author how does a young writer express his meaning?
8. What must be avoided by a writer if he wants to be successful?
9. What cause the invention of language among the human beings?
10. How is spoken language different from the written one?
11. What is communication according to the author?
Q 5. Attempt sections (A), (B) and (C) below as directed:
(A) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. looked at she told the I when truth me her daggers
She looked at me daggers when I told her the truth
2. using is long he brown pencil a.
He is using a long brown pencil.
3. fast we enough you going are for ?
Are we going fast enough for you?
4. merry so wonder Mary I why today is.
I wonder why Mary is so merry today?
5. it tell I you about can what?
What I can tell you about?
b) Correct the following sentences and rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. She did not ask any questions to him
She did not ask him any questions.
2. He went to Karachi for doing some business.
He went to Karachi for some business.
3. When this was searched it was found.
It was found when this was searched.
4. He was very angry when he found they left without him.
He was very angry when he found they had left without
12. It is incorrect to attribute that statement either to Ali or me.
It is incorrect to attribute that statement to Ali or me
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in the parentheses. (5)
1. Late (though/although) it is , we’ll stay a little longer.
Late though it is, we’ll stay a little longer
3. (For/As) he is only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke.
As he is a only a boy, he is not allowed to smoke..
4. He could do it (so as well/Just as well).
He could do it just as well.
4 He is not the man (whom/who) the police were looking for.
He is not the man whom the police are looking for.
5 Keep an eye on my bag while I (get/am getting) my ticket.
Keep an eye on my bag while I am getting my ticket.
.
..
English (Comp) Paper A (2011) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her silently as she had gone and he could hear her quick steps going towards the shore.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of ‘The Pearl’ by. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
OR
“The trackers were long in coming, as thought they had trouble with the trail Kino had left. It was dusk when they came at last to the little pool.” These words have been taken from Chapter VI of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of the Frontier Post analysing the causes of the failure of such a large number of candidates in the B.A. English papers . (15)
Q 3. Summarise the following passage from The Pearl. In one third of its length. (15)
Kino has found the Pearl of the World. In the town, in little offices, sat the men who bought pearls from fishers. They waited in their chairs until the pearls came in, and then they cackled and fought and shouted and threatened until they reached the lowest price fisherman would stand. But there was a price below which they dared not go, for it had happened that a fisherman in despair had given his pearls to the church. And when the buying was over, these buyers sat alone and their finger played restlessly with the pearls, and they wished they owned the pearls. For there were not many buyers really -- there was only one, and he kept these agents in separate offices to give a semblance of competition. The news came to these men, and their eyes squinted and their finger-tips burned a little, and each thought how the patron could not live for ever and someone had to take his place. And each one thought how with some capital he could get a new start.
All manner of people grew interested in Kino - people with things to sell and people with favours to ask. Kino had found the Pearl of the World. The essence of the pearl mixed with the essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated. Every man suddenly became related to Kino’s pearl, and Kino’s pearl went into dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man’s enemy. The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like loneliness when love is withheld. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure.
But Kino and Juana did not know these things. Because they were happy and excited they thought everyone shared their joy. Juan Tomas and Apolonia did, and they were the world too.
(350 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end of the passage. Your answers must be in your own words. (15)
The ability to plan actions for which the reward is a long way off is an elaboration of the delayed response, and sociologists call it "postponement of gratification". It is a central gift that the human brain has to which there is no rudimentary match in animal brains until they have become quite sophisticated, well up in the evolutionary scale. Human development means that we are concerned in our early education with the postponement of decisions. Here I am saying something different from the sociologists. We have to put off the decision making process, in order to accumulate enough knowledge as a preparation for the future. That seems an extraordinary thing to say. But that is what childhood is about, that is what puberty is about, that is what youth is about.
I want to put my stress on the postponement of decision quite dramatically - and I mean the word literally. What is the major drama in the English language? It is Hamlet. What is Hamlet about? It is a play about a young man - a boy - who is faced with the first great decision of his life. And it is a decision beyond his reach: to kill the murderer of his father. It is pointless of the ghost to keep on nudging him and saying, "Revenge". The fact is that Hamlet as a youth is simply not mature. Intellectually or emotionally, he is not ripe for the act that he is asked to perform. And the whole play is an endless postponement of his decision while wrestling with himself.
The high point is in the middle of Act III. Hamlet sees the King at prayer. Stage directions are so uncertain here that he may even hear the King at prayers confessing his crime. And what does Hamlet say, “Now I might do it - pat!" But he does not do it; he is simply not ready for an act of that magnitude in boyhood. So at the end of the play Hamlet is murdered. But the tragedy is not that Hamlet dies; it is that he dies exactly when he is ready to become a great king.
Comprehension Questions
5. Why is it necessary for the youth to put off making important decisions?
6. According to the passage what is that makes man superior to animals?
3. According to the passage what is the sign of maturity?
4. Why does Hamlet not kill the King in the middle of Act III?
5. Why does the passage claim that Hamlet was ready to become a great king?
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. radiation in space, there are, must fear, man, two sorts of
There are two sorts of radiation in space man must fear
2. a great, surrounded by, ocean, which, is, continent, a huge, is Antarctica
Antarctica is a huge continent surrounded by a .great ocean.
3. while, telephoned, out, were, people, you. Several.
Several people telephoned while you were out.
4. true, be, it, that, cannot, this, good, so, news
This news is so good that it cannot be true.
5. us, that, he, ever, comes, hardly, a pity, is, at our house, to see, it
It is a pity that he hardly ever comes to see us at our house...
b) Read the following sentences carefully; correct them, and then rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. Wheat is cultivating in autumn.
Wheat is cultivated in autumn.
2. They hate with each other.
They hate each other.
3. The class is consisted of twenty students.
The class consists of twenty students.
4. The boy jumped off the tram while it moved.
The boy jumped off the tram while it was moving.
5. Lucy climbed many a hills and never reaches the town.
Lucy climbed many a hill but never reached the town.
c) Choose the correct form of the words in the parentheses and write them down in your answer book. (5)
1. The mouse was (catch) in the trap.
The mouse was caught in trap...
7. The (tranquil) of the country was suddenly disturbed
The tranquillity of the country was suddenly disturbed.
8. A big black hairy spider (hung) by a thread from the ceiling above my head.
A big black hairy spider was hanging by a thread from the ceiling above my head.
4 The apathy of the general public as regards the recent political (develop) is obvious.
The apathy of the general public as regards the recent political development is obvious.
5 We were (awake) at three o’clock by a loud bang.
We were awakened at three o’clock by a loud ban
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
Kino’s face shone with prophesy, “My son will read and open books, and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers, and these things will make us free because he will know - he will know and through him we will know.” The passage given above has been taken from chapter III of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Read it carefully and relate in your own words what happens thereafter until Kino holds Juana and says he fears everyone.
OR
“In the distance he could see three figures, two on foot and one on horseback. But he knew what they were, and a chill of fear went through him.’” The above lines have been taken from Chapter VI of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to a friend about a book you recently read. Explain to your friend why he / she must read it. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. The summary must be in your own words. (15)
Kino’s people had sung of everything that happened or existed. The had made songs to the fishes, the sea in anger and to the sea in calm, to the light and the dark and the sun and the moon, and the songs were all in Kino and his people - every song that had ever been made, even the ones forgotten. And as he filled his basket the song was in Kino, and the beat of the song was his pounding heart as it ate oxygen from his held breath, and the melody of the song was the grey-green water and the little scuttling animals and the clouds of fish that flitted by and were gone. But in the song there was a secret little inner song hardly perceptible, but always there, sweet and secret and clinging, almost hiding in the counter melody, and this was the Song of the Pearl That Might Be, for every shell thrown in the basket might contain a pearl. Chance was against it but, but luck and gods might be for it. And in the canoe above him Kino knew Juana was making the magic of prayer, her face set rigid and her muscles hard to force the luck for the swollen shoulder of Coyotito. And because the need was great and the desire was great, the little secret melody of the pearl that might be was stronger this morning. Whole phrases of it came clearly and softly into the Song of the Undersea. (250)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end of the passage. Your answers must be in your own words. (15)
The third great defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has given us powers fit for gods, yet we use them like small children. For example we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines were made to be man’s servants, yet he has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way to become his master. Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern masters. They must be fed with coal, and given petrol to drink, and oil to wash with, and they must be kept at the right temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect them, they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with rage, and blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all around them. So we have to wait upon them very attentively and do all that we can to keep them in good temper. Already we find difficult either to work or play without machines, and a time may come when they will rule us together, just as we rule animals.
And this brings me to the point at which I asked “what do we do with all the time which the machines saved for us, and the new energy they have given us?” On the whole it must be admitted we do very little. For the most part we use overtime and energy to make more and better machines; but more and better machines will only give us still more time and still more energy, and what are we to do with them? The answer I think is that we should try to become more civilized. For the machines themselves, and the power which the machines have given , are not civilization but aids to civilization. But you will remember that we agreed at the beginning that being civilized meant making and liking beautiful things, thinking freely, and living rightly and maintaining justice equally between man and man. Man has a better chance today to do these things than he ever had before; he has more time, more energy, less to fear and to fight against. If he will give his time and energy which his machines has won for him to making more beautiful things, to finding more and more about the universe, to removing the causes of quarrels between nations, to discovering how to prevent poverty, then I think our civilization would undoubtedly be the greater, as it would be the most lasting that there has ever been.
Questions: (15)
1. In what sense, as the author says, have the machine become our masters?
2. The use of machine has brought us more leisure and more energy. But why does the author say that having more time and leisure has been a curse rather than a blessing?
3. What does exactly the author mean by ‘civilization’? Do you agree with the author?
4. What does the expression ‘making more beautiful things’ mean in the passage? Mention some of the beautiful things the author has mentioned?
5. What does the author say happens to machine if don’t give them coal to eat or petrol to drink?
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. asked he what house me did I if the knew he with.
He asked me if I knew what he did with the house.
2. Air open the in I work to like.
I like to work in the open air..
3. years he four and last his the entire for family us are to known.
He and his entire family are known to us for the last four years
4. flowers rose favourite is my one of.
Rose is one of my favourite flowers.
5. times our difficult country very thorough passing is.
Our country is passing through difficult times.
b) Read the following sentences carefully ; correct them, and then rewrite them in your answer book. (5)
1. She did not break the glass you have given her.
She did not break the glass you had given her.
2. He has been holding the post since the last ten years.
He has been holding the post for the last ten years.
3. He did not know nothing about the news.
He did not know anything about the news.
4. Good manners reveals the real character of a person.
Good manners reveal the real character of a person.
5. One of friends are down with cold.
One of my friends is down with cold.
c) Choose the correct word/expression from within the options given in parentheses and write it down in the answer book. (5)
1. Economic prosperity has (effect/affect) on the life of every citizen.
Economic prosperity has effect on the life of every citizen.
2. (Later/ Letter) on all of us had fun .
Later on all of us had fun.
3. The house was very (quite/ quiet) after the guests left.
The house was very quiet after the guests left.
4. We need some more (stationery/stationary) for our office.
We need some more stationery for our office.
5 You have to prove your (metal/ mettle) to your boss.
You have to prove your mettle to your boss.
English (Comp) Paper A (2010) Part I
nglish (Comp) Paper A (2009) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
“For Kino and Juana this was the morning of mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days of their lives would take their arrangement.” The following lines have been taken from chapter VI of The Pearl. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter until the point when Juana tells Kino to crush the pearl between two stones. OR
“And Juan Tomas, who squatted on Kino’s right hand because he was his brother, asked: ‘What will you do now that you have become a rich man?’” These lines have been taken from Chapter II of the Pearl. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point when the priest pays them a visit.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English newspaper and express your view about whether the existing BA Compulsory English course which was introduced in early 70’s be changed or not. Why it should be changed or why it should not be changed. Defend your stand with solid reason. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (in about 100 words) of its length. (15)
Thus in La Paz, it was known in the early morning through the whole town that Kino was going to sell his pearl that day. It was known among the neighbours in the brush huts, among the pearl fishermen; it was known among the Chinese grocery-store owners; it was known in the church, for the altar boys whispered about it. Word of it crept among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take tithe of the first fruit of the luck. The little boys knew about it with excitement, but most of all the pearl buyers knew about it, and when the day had come, in the offices of the pearl buyers, each man sat alone with his little black velvet tray, and each man rolled the pearls about with his finger-tips and considered his part in the picture.
It was supposed that the pearl buyers were individuals acting alone, bidding against one another for the pearls the fishermen brought in. And once it had been so. But it was a wasteful method, for often in excitement of bidding for a fine pearl, too great a price had been given to fishermen. This was extravagant and not to be countenanced. Now there was one pearl buyer with many hands, and the men who sat in their offices and waited for Kino knew what price they would offer, how high they would bid, and what method each one would use. And although these men would not profit beyond their salaries, there was excitement among the pearl buyers, for there was excitement in the hunt, and if it be a man’s function to break down a price, then he must take joy and satisfaction in breaking it as far down as possible. (305 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Your answers must be in your own English. (15)
In April 1977, the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare issues a series of regulations governing the treatment of the handicapped by those educational institutions, social service agencies, and employees that receive federal funds. The regulations state that handicapped children have a right to a free education, in classes with non-handicapped children whenever possible. School systems must identify those in need of their services and bear the cost of transporting the handicapped to school.
On the college level, institutions are allowed to inquire about physical or mental handicaps on application forms. Buildings must be accessible to students on crutches or in wheelchairs. Admission tests that do not penalise students with sensory, manual or speech handicaps must be used. If a student needs mechanical aids for participating in tests or class, the institution must provide them or tell the student where they can be obtained. Some academic requirements, such as completion of some physical course, must be changed if they are difficult for a handicapped person to fulfil.
Social service agencies must inform the handicapped of their rights and waivers of rights with regard to health and welfare services.
Employers are not allowed to refuse to hire or promote the handicapped on account of their handicap. Reasonable accommodation must be made. Physical examination may be required before employment, but they must be required of all employees. If the examination disclosed a condition does not affect the employee’s ability to do his/her job, he/she cannot be refused employment for that reason.
So far these regulations apply to organisations receiving federal funds. Hopefully, they will spread to society in general because we cannot afford to continue to waste the talent and ability of our handicapped citizens.
Questions: (15)
6. Why did the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare have to issue regulations regarding handicapped persons?
What does the regulation about children state?
What regulations apply to admission tests with regard to handicapped persons?
What regulations are the employers bound to follow in dealing with handicapped applicants and employees?
Do you think the Government of Pakistan should issue such regulations and why?
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in normal English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. work able himself to do by He the is
He is able to do the work by himself.
2. answer as soon as please my can letter you
Please answer my letter as soon as you can.
3. interfere don’t plan with their intend I to
I don’t intend to interfere with their plan.
4. his brother the army joined like Peter has
Peter like his brother has joined the army.
5. wear I party which to the dress shall?
Which dress shall I wear to the party?
b) Find and correct the mistake in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. Peter entered the competition confidentially because he felt sure would win
Peter entered the competition confidently because he felt sure he would win.
2. The delay was very annoyed because we were in a hurry to reach there.
The delay was very annoying because we were in a hurry to reach there.
3. The amount of the people in the stadium was really surprising.
The number of the people in the stadium was really surprising
4. Does anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?
Is anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?.
5. There is a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
There are a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parentheses. (5)
1. The fire started (during / while) we were asleep.
The fire started while we were asleep
2. We must find out the (cause/ reason) for his absence from the meeting.
We must find out the reason for his absence from the meeting.
3. Can we (substitute/ replace) zinc for iron in this experiment?
Can we substitute zinc for iron in this experiment?
4. There is no mistake. I (assure / ensure) you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
There is no mistake. I assure you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
5 Mary is a very (conscious / conscientious worker, so you can rely on her.
Mary is a very conscientious worker so you can rely on her.
English (Comp) Paper A (2008) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
The following lines have been taken from chapter V & VI respectively of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Describe in your own words what happens until the end of the chapter.
Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. He hissed at her like a snake and Juana stared at him with unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before a butcher.
Or
b). “Juana,” he said, “I will go on and you will hide. I will lead them into the mountains, and when they have gone past, you will go north to Loreto or Santa Rosalia. Then if I escape them, I will come to you. It is the only safe way.”
Q 2. Write a letter to an English Daily expressing your view about Student Unions in academic institutions. Point out some of the advantages & disadvantages of Student Unions. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise the following passage in your own words into one third of the original. (15)
But the music of the pearl was shrilling with triumph in Kino. Juana looked up and her eyes were wide at Kino’s courage and his imagination. And electric strength had come to him now that the horizons were kicked out. In the pearl he saw Coyotito sitting at a little desk in a school just as Kino had once seen it through an open door. And Coyotito was dressed in a jacket; he had a white collar and a broad silken tie. Moreover Coyotito was writing on a big piece of paper. Kino looked at his neighbors fiercely. “My son will go to school,” he said and the neighbors were hushed. Juana caught her breath sharply. Her eyes were bright as she watched him, and she looked quickly down at Coyotito in her arms to see whether this might be possible. But Kino’s face shone with prophecy. “My son will read and open the books and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers and these things will make us free because he will know – he will know and through him we will know.” And in the pearl Kino saw himself and Juana squatting by the fire in the brush hut while Coyotito read from a great book. “This is what the pearl will do,” said Kino. And he had never said so many words together in his life. And suddenly he was afraid of his talking. His hand closed over the pearl and cut the light away from it. He was afraid as a man is afraid who says “I will” without knowing. (270 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Your answers must be in your own words. (15)
In the stock market a person can be successful and make a fortune one year another year be financially ruined. Stock and bonds are bought and sold in the stock and bond markets. Bonds often pay a lower rate of interest than stocks. In addition, bonds mature more slowly than do stocks. Even so bonds offer greater safety for the buyers. This is because companies must guarantee to pay bondholders a fixed rate of interest whether they make a profit or not. Bonds are therefore generally a form of long-term security. This means that they are safe investment over a long period of time. However they may not be redeemable right away. In other words, owners of bonds may have to wait a long time before they can exchange their bonds for money.
The interest paid by stocks rises and falls with economy. During times when the cost of living is rapidly becoming greater, stocks are usually better investment than bonds. This is because they pay a much higher interest than do bond under these conditions. When economic conditions are not good, however, bonds are generally a better investment. This is because interest paid by bonds is fixed at a certain rate when they are issued and does not change. Because of the relation between economy and performance of stocks and bonds, when people are not sure about economic conditions, they may hesitate before buying anything. They prefer to wait and see what happens to the prices and rates of interest of stocks and bonds before investing their money.
Questions. (15 Marks)
1. When are stocks a better investment than bonds?
2. Which generally pay a higher rate of interest? Stocks or bonds? Why?
3. Where are stocks and bonds sold and purchased?
4. When do people hesitate to buy stocks and bonds?
5. Choose the correct meanings of the given words from the passage above from among the four choices given in parenthesis: .
1. a) mature become payable become slower
2. ruined long period
3. b) hesitate buy wait price think
4. c) redeemable able to be cashed rightaway
5. able to check wait
6. d) financially received lost
7. in terms of money
8. in terms of stock market
9. e) security buyer long term stocks safety
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct order to make coherent sentences. (5)
1. reply I for wait will patiently your evening until
I will patiently wait for your reply until evening.
2. is the he by do to himself able work
Is he able to do the work by himself?
3. shall the dress to which party I wear tomorrow?
Which dress shall I wear to the party?
4. him to face to should face speak you.
He should speak to you face to face.
5. you letter can my please as soon as answer
Please answer my letter as soon as you can.
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. There is a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
There are a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
2. We should introduce us to our new neighbours.
We should introduce ourselves to our new neighbours.
3. I have great faith in God.
I have a great faith in God.
4. He had not have his breakfast when I called.
He had not had his breakfast when I called.
5. My cousin resembles with her mother.
My cousin resembles her mother.
c) Use the correct form of the words given in parenthesis. (5)
1. I find this kind of work quite (challenge)
I find this kind of work quite challenging.
2. The fire started (during / while) we were asleep.
The fire started while we were asleep
3. I am (very / too) tired to finish this job right now.
I am too tired to finish this job right now.
4. When I was a child, I (can / could) climb any tree in the neighbourhood.
When I was a child, I could climb any tree in the neighbourhood.
5. He did not come for the meeting because he was not feeling (good / well).
He did not come to the meeting because he was not feeling well.
English (Comp) Paper A (2007) Part I
Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “In the pearl he saw how they were dressed – Juana in a shawl still with newness and a new skirt, and from under the long skirt Kino could see that she wore shoes.” This sentence has been taken from Chapter III of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after this till the end of the chapter.
Or
b). “He looked into his pearl to find his vision. ‘when we at last sell it I will have a rifle’, he said and looked into the shining surface for his rifle, but he only saw a huddled dark body on the ground with shining blood dripping from his throat.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English daily newspaper about the importance of clean environment. Propose suggestions how to bring about positive change in our attitudes towards the issue. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise the given passage from The Pearl to one third (about 76 words) of its length. (15)
And the new comers, particularly the beggar from the front of the church who were great experts in financial analysis , looked quickly at Juana’s old blue skirt, saw tears in her shawl, appraised the green ribbon on her braids, read the age of Kino’s blanket and the thousand washings of his clothes, and set them down as poverty people and went along to see what kind of drama might develop. The four beggars in front of the church knew everything in the town. They were students of the expression of young women as they went in to confession, and they saw then they came out and read the nature of the sin. They knew every little scandal and some very big crimes. They slept at their posts in the shadow of the church so that no one crept in for consolation without their knowledge. And they knew the doctor. They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his avarice, his appetite, his sins. They knew his clumsy operations and the little brown pennies he gave sparingly for alms. They had seen his corpses go into the church. And, since early Mass was over and business was slow, they followed the procession, these endless searcher after perfect knowledge of their fellow men to see what the fat lazy doctor would do about an indigent baby with a scorpion bite. (227 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. (15)
When man is compared with vast worlds that dwell in space, he seems insignificant like a leaf in a forest or a grain of sand by the sea shore. He appears to be a contemptible little thing in comparison with the might and majesty of nature. But when we consider the high moral and spiritual stature than man can attain and when we look at man’s scientific achievements – the glory of our modern intellectual life – the greatness of man dawns upon us. He has measured stars, harnessed the lightening. He has distilled from plants and minerals invaluable medicines to fight disease and ward off death. When we think what man has accomplished in the domain of science and creative arts, we thank god that we possess life, the possibilities of which are so great. But even then an attitude of humility is highly desirable. Man is still going on with his subjugation of nature. We have not yet seen all things put under his feet. We see him in the midst of progress, carrying out the great purpose of being. So vast and varied is the infinitude of nature that there are perhaps mysteries he will never fathom, problems he will never solve, and secrets he will never discover. At every step we are conscious of our limitations in the face of overpowering nature. The forces of nature that he seeks to control overcome in the end. The holy Quran rightly says: The human beings encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will.
Questions. (15 Marks)
6. Why does man seem a contemptible little thing when compared with the mighty nature?
7. How is the greatness of man realized?
8. Why does the writer think that humility is required on the part of man?
9. Explain the contents of the last sentence in the passage given above.
10. Write the most appropriate meanings of the under-lined words in the above passage.
10. a) contemptible
11. b) glory
12. c) harnessed
13. d) humility
14. e) overpowering
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in correct order to make coherent sentences. (5)
1. questioned police must he the by been have
He must have been questioned by the police.
2. ends well all is that well
All is well that ends well.
3. away rotten threw he apple the
He threw away the rotten apple.
4. drowning the saved be child from must
The child must be saved from drowning.
5. late never better than
Better late than never.
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of these sentences: (5)
1. Ali asked can he go home.
Ali asked if he could go home.
2. each of these boys play games.
Each of these boys plays games.
3. Of the two boys, he is the most intelligent.
Of the two boys, he is the more intelligent.
4. We had a good play of football.
We had a good match of football.
5. He went out by the house’s door.
He went out through the door of the house
c) Fill in the blanks with correct expressions from the brackets. (5)
1. He does not like the wet ------ (weather, whether)
He does not like the wet weather.
2. Life is a dim vast -------- of tears. (veil, vale)
Life is a dim vast, vale of tears.
3. I do not question the -------- of your statement. (veracity, voracity)
I do not question the veracity of your statement.
4. The college has a ------- hall. (spacious, specious)
The college has a spacious hall.
5. He has spent a ------------- night. (restless, restive)
He has spent a restless night.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2006 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Section A – Continuous Writing
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “Kino in his youth and pride could remain down over two minutes without strain, so that he worked deliberately, selecting the largest shells.” These lines are an extract from Chapter II of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after this up to the point where Kino puts back his head and howls in distress, which makes the other men in the canoes paddle quickly towards them.
Or
b). “The trackers whined a little like excited dogs on a warming trail. Kino slowly drew his knife to his hand and made it ready.” These lines are an extract from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens after this up to where Kino raises his gun and fires.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English daily newspaper expressing your views about the spread of ‘bird-flu’ virus in Pakistan, its direct effects on public health and its long term consequences upon the poultry industry. (15)
Section B- (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 122 words) of its length. (15)
But the music of the pearl was shrilling with triumph in Kino’s head. Juana looked up, and her eyes were wide at Kino’s courage and at his imagination. And electric strength had come to him now that the horizons were kicked out. In the pearl he saw Coyotito sitting at a little desk in a school, just as Kino had once seen it through an open door. And Coyotito was dressed in a jacket, he had on a white collar and a broad silken tie. Moreover Coyotito was writing on a big piece of paper. Kino looked at his neighbours fiercely. “My son will go to school,” he said, and the neighbours were hushed. Juana caught her breath sharply. Her eyes were bright as she watched him, and she looked quickly down at Coyotito in her arms to see whether this might be possible.
But Kino’s face shone with prophecy. “My son will read and open the books and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers and these things will make us free because he will know – he will know and through him we will know.”
And in the pearl Kino saw himself and Juana squatting by the little fire in the brush hut while Coyotito read from a great book. “This is what the pearl will do,” said Kino. And he had never said so many words together in his life. And suddenly he was afraid of his talking. His hand closed over the pearl and cut the light away from it. Kino was afraid as a man is afraid who says “I will” without knowing.
Now the neighbours knew they had witnessed a great marvel. They knew that time would now date from Kino’s pearl, and that they would discuss this moment for many years to come. If these things came to pass, they would recount how Kino looked and what he said and how his eyes shone, and they would say: “He was a man transfigured. Some power was given to him and there it started. You see what a great man he has become, starting from that moment. And I myself saw it.” (366 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Scientist fear that after centuries of undiminished glory the Taj Mahal in Agra may soon be irreparably damaged by the city’s severe pollution problem. From the Red Fort, a distance of only two kilometres it is often impossible to see the Taj through a cloud of smoke, smog and haze which envelop it.
The Mathura oil refinery, less than 50 km upstream from the Taj dumps a ton of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere every day. To add to that there are more than 150 registered iron foundries in the vicinity. The UP government insists that all is fine, but the amount of suspended particles in the air is more than five times what the government itself says is the maximum that Taj can sustain without being damaged. A band of cleaners scrubs at the yellowing marble with chemicals and some slabs have been badly damaged that they have had to be replaced. Not that the people have not damaged the Taj in the past – in 1764 silver doors fitted to the entrance gate were ripped off and carried away, the raiders have also made off with the gold sheets that once lined the subterranean vault.
Environmentalists finally managed to get a hearing in the Supreme court, who ordered that the state government tackle the problem immediately. New industries within a 50 km radius of the Taj have been banned; but many existing operations remain.
Indian Environmentalists have now launched a petition to save the Taj, aiming to collect a million signatures demanding tougher action. Ideas for limiting pollution in the vicinity include banning of vehicles of all types within a three km radius of the Taj; visitors would arrive only by cycle-rickshaw or tonga. By refusing to take auto-rickshaws or taxis to the Taj, tourists can also play a role helping to stop the damage to the glorious monument.
Questions.
11. What is posing the biggest danger to the glory of the Taj Mahal? 2 1/2
12. What are the suspended particles in the air surrounding the area? 2 1/2
13. What is a subterranean vault? 2 1/2
14. Who are environmentalists and what is their concern? 2 1/2
15. Choose the correct meaning of the words from the passage from the choices given in parenthesis. 5
a) haze (dirt, rain, blur)
b) dumps (throws, attacks, discards)
c) slabs (pillars, pieces, doors)
d) ripped (broken, tore, repaired)
e) tackle (handle, ignore, ponder)
Q 5. Attempt sections (a), (b) and (c) below as directed:
(a) Arrange the following group of words in normal English word order to make correct sentences. (5)
1. write I have over to all again might it
I might have to write it all over again..
2. told to him it would be she for her that go impossible
She told him that it would be impossible for her to go.
3. reply I for your wait patiently will
I will patiently wait for your reply.
4. out Peter yesterday found only
Peter found out only yesterday..
5. are help you to me out willingly?
You are to help me out willingly?
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. Jane was the most tallest girl in the class,.
Jane was the tallest girl in the class.
2. I have cake with my tea usually.
I usually have cake with my tea.
3. She is always too rude to me.
She is always very rude to me.
4. My cousin resembles with her mother.
My cousin resembles her mother..
5. She keeps fishes in a large glass bowl.
She keeps fish in a large glass bowl..
c) Use the correct form of the word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. The murderer was (hang) at last,
The murderer was hanged at last..
2. .The sonneteers flourished during the (Elizabeth) period.
The sonneteers flourished during the Elizabethan period..
3. I find this kind of work quite (challenge)
I find this kind of work quite challenging..
4. (Restore) of this historical building will cost a lot of money.
Restoration of this historical building will cost a lot of money.
5. He (prompt) gave up his bus-seat to the elderly passenger,
He promptly gave up his bus-seat to the elderly passenger.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2005 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “For Kino and Juana, this was the morning of the mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days would take their arrangement.” These lines are taken from Chapter IV of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point when Juana tells Kino to crush the pearl between two stones. OR
b). “Kino could feel the blown sand against his ankles and he was glad, for he knew there would be no tracks.” These lines are taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens hereafter till the point in the story when Kino knew there was no escape except in flight.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English newspaper and express your views about whether the existing BA. English Compulsory course, which was introduced in early 70’s, be changed or not. Defend your point of view with solid reasons why it should or should not be changed. (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 90 words) of its length. (15)
Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach and to Kino’s canoe, which was the one thing of value he owned in the world. It was very old. It was at once property and source of food; for a man with a boat can guarantee a woman that she will have something to eat. It is the bulwark against starvation. And every year Kino refinished his canoe with a hard shell-like plaster by the secret method that had also come to him from his father. Now he came to the canoe and touched the bow tenderly as he always did. He laid his diving rock and his basket and two ropes in the sand by the canoe. And he folded his blanket and laid it in the bow.
Juana laid Coyotito on the blanket, and she placed her shawl over him so that the hot sun did not shine on him. He was quiet now, but the swelling on his shoulder had continued up his neck and his ear and his face was puffed and feverish. Juana went to the water and waded in. She gathered some brown seaweed and made a flat damp poultice of it, and this she applied to the baby’s swollen shoulder, which was as good a remedy as any and probably better than the doctor could have done. But the remedy lacked his authority because it was simple and did not cost anything. The stomach cramps had not come to Coyotito. Perhaps Juana had sucked out poison in time but she had not sucked out her worry over her first born. (264 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Religion played an important role in the lives of people in the Middle Ages. People had little under-standing of science and made sense of their world by following their religious beliefs unquestioningly. In Western Europe and England people followed the teachings of Roman Catholic Church.
In England, the Church influenced everybody’s life. People believed that if they lived honest lives, they would go to heaven and if they were sinners, they would go to hell. This is why people regularly attended church. The Church was also very rich and powerful. People were not only expected to go to Mass regularly but also to pay one-tenth of their produce to the Church. This was called a tithe. The produce was sometimes stored in a little barn. Many wealthy nobles left land, property and money to the Church to gain favour with God. The Church was almost as wealthy as the king.
The Church was made up of many people who had different duties. The Pope, the head of the Church, was considered God’s representative on earth and lived in Rome. He was so powerful that he could order invasions. Next were the Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops who often acted as advisers to the king. Then came the abbots and abbesses who were in charge of the monasteries and convents.
People who wanted to dedicate their lives to God became monks or nuns. Monks lived in Monasteries and nuns lived in convents. They took oath of poverty and chastity, and spent their time in prayers, Bible-reading, discussions and copying manuscripts. The priests were the most junior in the hierarchy of the Church. They were friends, advisers and leaders to the people. Friars took the same oath as monks but lived among the peasants, assisting the needy. They earned no income and relied on others for food and shelter.
Peasants could not read or write. The clergy were able to speak and write in Latin. This put priests in very powerful positions. The priests, who were often poorly educated, performed religious ceremonies and taught the peasants about God. They used large pictures on the walls of churches and plays to explain the Bible to the peasants.
Sunday and other religious days were times of celebration when everybody could have a break from their work of routine and join their friends at such gatherings as fairs, sport and general meetings. The church and the churchyard were full of life on such days. Peasants looked forward to religious feast days. These were called holy days.
The Church played an important BA Part In education in Middle Ages. The first schools were provided by the Church, initially for boys who might later train for the priesthood. Children were taught to read and write Latin in these schools. However, only children with wealthy parents could afford to go to school.
Questions.
1. Why was the Church so important for the people in the Middle Ages?
2. How did the Church become wealthy and powerful during this time?
3. What was tithe? How could one pay tithe if one did not have money?
4. If a person wanted to dedicate his life to God, what could he or she do?
5. How did priests explain the writings of the Bible to the peasants not able to read or write?
5a). Arrange the following group of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence. (5)
1. work able himself to do by he the is
He is able to do the work by himself.
2. answer as soon as please my can letter you
Please answer my letter as soon as you can.
3. interfere don’t plan with their intend I to
I don’t intend to interfere with their plan.
4. his brother the army joined like Peter has
His brother has joined the army like Peter.
5. wear I party which to the dress shall?
Which dress should I wear to the party?
b) Find and correct the mistakes in each of the following sentences: (5)
1. Peter entered the competition confidentially because he felt sure would win.
Peter entered the competition confidently because he felt sure he would win.
2. The delay was very annoyed because we were in a hurry to catch the train.
The delay was very annoying because we were in a hurry to catch the train.
3. The amount of people in the stadium was really surprising.
The number of people in the stadium was really surprising.
4. Does anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?
Is anybody in your family afraid of cockroaches?
5. There is a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
There are a number of factors which we must consider in detail.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. The fire started --------- (during / while) we were asleep.
The fire started while we were asleep.
2. We must find out the ________ (cause / reason) for his absence from the meeting.
We must find out the reason for his absence from the meeting.
3. Can we (substitute / replace) zinc for iron in this experiment.
Can we (substitute zinc for iron in this experiment.
4. There is no mistake. I -------- (ensure / assure ) you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
There is no mistake. I assure you that we have checked the invoice very carefully.
5. Mary is a very __________ (conscious / conscientious) worker, so you can rely on her.
Mary is a very conscientious worker, so you can rely on her.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2004 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) Kino had two ropes, one tied to a heavy stone and one to a basket. He stripped off his shirt and trousers and laid his hat in the bottom of the canoe” These lines are taken from Chapter II of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter when Kino howls and the other fishermen race towards Kino’s canoe.
Or
b). “You have a pearl”, the dealer said. “Sometimes a man brings in a dozen. Well, let us see your pearl.” These lines are taken from Chapter IV of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens between Kino and the dealer till the point Kino refuses to accept the offer and leaves.
Q 2. Write a letter to an English newspaper and express your views about whether teaching should be done in mother tongue, the national language or English. Defend your choice with solid reasons. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 100 words) of its length. (15)
Long after Juan Thomas had gone, Kino sat brooding on his sleeping mat. A lethargy had settled on him and a little grey hopelessness. Every road seemed blocked against man. In his head he heard only the dark music of the enemy. His senses were burningly alive but his mind went back to the deep participation with all things, the gift he had from his people. He heard every little sound of the night, the sleepy complaints of the settling birds, the love agony of cats, the strike and withdrawal of waves on the beach and the simple hiss of distance. And he could smell the sharp odour of exposed kelp from the receding tide. The little flare of the twig fire made the design on his sleeping mat jump before his entranced eyes.
Juan watched him with worry but she knew him and she knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near. And as though she too could hear the Song of the Evil, she fought it singing softly the melody of the family, of the safety and the warmth and wholeness of the family. She held Coyotito in her arms and sang the song to him, to keep the evil out, and her voice was brave against the threats of the dark music.
Kino did not move nor ask for his supper. She knew he would ask when he wanted it. His eyes were entranced and he could sense the wary, watchful evil outside the brush house. He could feel the dark creeping things waiting for him to go out into the night. It was shadowy and dreadful and yet it called to him and threatened him and challenged him. His right hand went into his shirt and felt his knife. His eyes were wide; he stood up and walked to the doorway. (305 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Different drugs have different effects on the brain. In general, drugs can alter the functioning of the brains chemical transmitter-receptor system which carries messages for nervous impulses. Drugs can act as a substitute for the naturally existing chemical substances present in the brain. Drugs can speed up the process of the message transmission or they can stop it.
Within recent years, confusion about the use of drugs has contributed to their abuse and has given rise to criticism of their use. This confusion can be attributed to the lack of information available to the general public about the components of drugs and lack of documentation concerning the effect that these drugs can have both physical and psychological.
There are five kinds of drugs: narcotics, sedative, tranquilizers, stimulants and hallucinogens, all of which affect the chemistry of the brain and induce some form of behavioural change, the intensity of which depends upon the dosage.
Narcotics which include morphine-like drugs (e.g., heroin) are called opiates. Used medically, opiates serve as pain killers. Their manufacture and distribution are controlled by law. The physical effects of opiates are drowsiness, and a decrease in physical activity. Psychological effects are reduced sensitivity to all stimuli, reduced tension and anxiety, and feelings euphoria. Their regular use results in tolerance which requires the dosage to be increased, leading to addiction. Narcotics withdrawal often results in severe symptoms including nervousness, sleeplessness, muscle twitching, vomiting, increase in respiration and blood pressure and temperature and even death.
Sedatives, which include barbiturates, are medically used in the treatment of epilepsy, high blood pressure, insomnia and some psychological problems. Barbiturates can be taken orally, intravenously, or rectally. When overused, the effects are dulled reaction ability, emotional instability, and irritability. Like narcotics, they produce a tolerance, and therefore a physical and/or psychological dependence on them can occur. Withdrawal results in symptoms of nervousness, nausea, headaches, insomnia and a drop in blood pressure. If severe, there can be convulsions which are sometimes fatal, delirium and hallucinations. The effects of alcohol are the same as those of barbiturates.
Tranquilizers are classified as either major or minor. Major tranquilizers are used to treat psychoses, and are not prone to abuse. Minor tranquilizers are used in the treatment of emotional disorders, anxiety and tension, and are muscle relaxants. Minor tranquilizers, if overused, can result in physical and psychological addiction. Their effects are similar to those of barbiturates and withdrawal symptoms are also the same.
Stimulants directly affect the central nervous system. Some stimulants such as amphetamines are used therapeutically to treat narcolepsy (sudden episodes of sleep), to balance the effects of sedatives and opiates, to aid in weight loss, and to relieve mild forms of depression. They are sometimes used in the treatment of hyperactive children. The physical effects of large dosages of amphetamines are an increase in blood pressure, diarrhoea, and diluted pupils. They also increase alertness and eliminate fatigue. The dependence resulting from abuse of amphetamines is psychological as well as physical. Excessive dosages can cause excitability, restlessness, insomnia, excessive perspiration, hand tremors, and frequent urination. Cocaine is classified as a stimulant whose over dosage, however, can be fatal.
Hallucinogens act on the central nervous system. Although occasionally used for medical purposes, their more common use is for their hallucinogenic powers. Large doses may elicit psychoses and may slow down reflexes. Other effects are reddening of the membranes of the eyes, rapid heart-beat, lack of muscular coordination, unsteadiness, drowsiness, distorted perception of space and time, and changes in perception, mood, thought, and activity. Psychological dependence may occur as well as a tolerance for it. Some of hallucinogens are marijuana, mescaline, psilocybin, DMT and LSD.
Questions.
1. In how many ways drugs can affect the brain?
2. Why are drugs abused? What reasons are given by the author?
3. What are withdrawal symptoms? Do all drugs the same withdrawal symptoms?
4. Which drug (or drugs) would a physician prescribe for slow reflexes and why?
5. Some students have been found to use drugs to keep themselves awake during the examination. In which category would place such drugs? Do you think it is good or bad to use them and why?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1. he chair the broke arm of the
He broke the arm of the chair.
2. they her behind criticised her back
They criticised her behind her back.
3. I up to have been my ears these days in work
I have been up to my ears in work these days.
4. Aliya good eye design beauty in for has a
Aliya has a good eye for beauty in design.
5. You speak face should to face to him
You should speak face to face to him.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. Something has gone wrong to the machine.
Something has gone wrong with the machine.
2. I do not think someone is interested in his talk.
I do not think anyone is interested in his talk
3. He talks incoherent whenever he gets drunk.
He talks incoherently whenever he gets drunk.
4. Blow his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
Blowing his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
5. It was a beautiful scene, splendid and awful.
It was an awfully splendid and beautiful scene.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. What would you do if you (lose/lost) your passport while abroad.
What would you do if you lost your passport while abroad.
2. I am (very/too) tired to finish this job now.
I am too tired to finish this job now.
3. When I reached the station, the train (has/had) left.
When I reached the station, the train had left.
4. He would have done something for us if he (was/were) here.
He would have done something for us if he were here.
5. When I was a child I (can/could) climb any trees in the neighbourhood.
When I was a child I could climb any trees in the neighbourhood.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2003 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) Kino had often wondered at the iron in his patient, fragile wife …… And now she did a most surprising thing. “The doctor”, she said, “Go to get the doctor.” These lines are taken from Chapter 1 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point in the story when Kino strikes the gate of the doctor’s residence a crushing blow with his fist. Or
b). “And then from above came a little murmuring cry. The watcher turned his head to listen and then he stood up.” These lines are taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the novel.
Q 2. Write a letter to your English friend who has asked you to inform him/her about religious and cultural festivals held in Pakistan. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third of its length. (in about 115 words) (15)
And Juan Tomas, who was squatted on Kino’s right hand, because he was his brother, asked: “What will you do now that you have become a rich man.”
Kino looked into his pearl, and Juana cast her eye lashes down and arranged her shawl to cover her face so that her excitement could not be seen. And in the incidence of the pearl the pictures formed of the things Kino’s mind had considered in the past and had given up as impossible. In the pearl he saw Juana and Coyotito and himself standing and kneeling at the high altar, and they were being married now that they could pay. He spoke softly: “We will be married – in the church.”
In the pearl he saw how they were dressed – Juana in a shawl stiff with newness and a new skirt, and from under her long skirt Kino could see that she wore shoes. It was in the pearl – the picture glowing there. He himself was dressed in new white clothes, and he carried a new hat – not of straw but of fine black felt – and he too wore shoes – not sandals but shoes that laced. But Coyotito – he was the one – he wore a blue sailor suit from the United States and a little yachting cap such as Kino had once seen when a pleasure boat put into estuary. All these things Kino saw in the lucent pearl, and he said: “We will have new clothes.”
And the music of the pearl rose like a chorus of trumpets in his ears.
Then to the lovely grey surface of the pearl came the little things Kino wanted: a harpoon to take the place of the one lost a year ago, a new harpoon of iron with a ring in the end of the shaft; and his mind could hardly make the leap – a rifle – but why not, since he was so rich? And Kino saw Kino in the pearl holding a Winchester carbine. It was the wildest day-dreaming and very pleasant. His lips moved hesitantly over this – “ A rifle”, he said, “perhaps a rifle.” (354 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
The way people in the United States travel to and from work has changed a lot in the last seventy years. Before World War II, most people lived in the town or the city where they worked. Almost everyone either walked to the work or used a good, inexpensive transportation system. Many of these systems were electrified and ran on tracks, so they used very little energy.
After 1945, the United States government built many new roads and highways. People moved farther and farther from the cities where they worked because they could drive their cars on these new roads from their suburban homes to work in the city. Some of the big automobile companies also bought the electrified transportation system so that they could destroy them. As people stopped using public transportation, cities and spend less money to fix old buses and trains or to buy new ones. Public transportation got worse and worse.
In the late 1960’s, people found that the increase use of cars was creating many problems. There were always too many cars for the highway system, and terrible traffic jams getting to and from work every day. In addition, the air in many cities became dirty because of pollution from the millions of cars, and many people died in traffic accidents every year.
As people began to get worried how the use of cars was hurting the environment, cities began to spend money on public transportation again so few people would have to drive cars.
When gas became very expensive in the mid 1970’s, the number of people taking public transportation began to increase. Because it is terribly expensive to build new public transportation systems, it is very difficult to make big changes in the way people travel but an increase in the use of public transportation has begun. (325 words)
Questions:
1. How has the way people travel in the United States changed over the last fifty years?
2. Why did people abandon using public transportation and start using cars?
3. Why did big automobile companies buy and then destroy the electrified transportation system?
4. What problems did the increase in the use of cars created for the people?
5. What was the main factor that forced people to use public transportation once again?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1. half an hour plane delayed London our was for about at.
Our plane was delayed for about half an hour at London.
2. wanted John the English novel in course the
John wanted the English novel in the course.
3. term paper economics Thursday I due by have in
I have term paper in Economics due by Thursday
4. Willis fairly in made good grades Algebra.
Willis made fairly good grades in Algebra.
5. Orson fastest certainly two of the players was the
Orson was certainly fastest of the two players.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. We should introduce us to our new neighbours.
We should introduce ourselves to our new neighbours.
2. If you forget things, you should write you a note.
If you forget things, you should write a note for yourself.
3. Elliot became involved in the plot without him knowing it
Elliot became involved in the plot without knowing it.
4. Blow his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
Blowing his whistle furiously, the policeman stopped the car.
5. The colours in the picture do not seem applied very even.
The colours in the picture do not seem to have been applied very evenly.
c) Use the correct word or expression given in parenthesis. (5)
1. Sam (would like to / could) buy the car, but he can’t afford it.
Sam would like to buy the car, but he can’t afford it.
2. (Can/ May) you translate this letter for me?
Can you translate this letter for me?
3. We (couldn’t / shouldn’t) swim yesterday because it was cold.
We couldn’t swim yesterday because it was cold..
4. I’ll try to come on time, but I (can / might) be late.
I’ll try to come on time but I might be late.
5. You (must / could) have a licence before you can drive alone.
You must have a licence before you can drive.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2002 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “Kino could feel the blown sand against his ankles and he was glad, for he knew there would be no tracks.” These lines are taken from Chapter 6 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point in the story when Kino knew there was no escape except in flight.
Or
b) “And Juan Tomas, who squatted on Kino’s right hand because he was his brother, asked: “What will you do know that you have become a rich man?” These lines are taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the point when the priest pays them a visit.
Q 2. Write a letter of advice to your younger cousin who has asked you to advise him/her about what subjects he/she should take in BA after passing his/her FA examination. You must give him/her sound advice with convincing reasons. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to one third (about 90 words) of its length. (15)
Kino and Juana came slowly down to the beach and to Kino’s canoe, which was the one thing of value he owned in the world. It was very old. It was at once property and source of food; for a man with a boat can guarantee a woman that she will eat something. It is the bulwark against starvation. And every year Kino refinished his canoe with a hard shell like plaster by the secret method that had also come to him from his father. Now he came to the canoe and touched the bow tenderly as he always did. He laid his diving rock and his basket and two ropes in the sand by the canoe. And he folded his blanket and laid it in the bow.
Juana laid Coyotito on the blanket, and she placed her shawl over him so that the hot sun could not shine on him. He was quiet now, but the swelling on his shoulder had continued up his neck and ear and his face was puffed and feverish. Juan went to the water and waded in. She gathered some brown see-weed and made a flat damp poultice of it, and this she applied to the baby’s swollen shoulder, which was as good a remedy as any and probably better than what the doctor could have done.. But the remedy lacked his authority because it was simple and did not cost anything. The stomach cramps had not come to Coyotito. Perhaps Juana had sucked out the poison in time, but she had not sucked out her worry over her first born. (264 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
Culture is transmitted largely by language and by the necessity for people in close contact to cooperate. The more extensive the communication network, the greater the exchange of ideas and beliefs and the m ore alike the people become. In toleration of diversity is nothing else. Members of a culture or a nation are generally in close contact with one another than with members of other cultures or nations. They become more like each other and more unlike others. In this way, there develops “national character’ which is the statistical tendency for a group of people to share values and follow similar behaviour.
Frequently, the members of one culture will interpret the national characteristics of anther group in terms of their own values. For example the inhabitants of a South Pacific island may be considered ‘lazy’ by citizens of some industrialized nations. On the other hand it may be that the islanders place great value on social relationships but little value on “productivity” and crops grow with little attention. The negative connotation of the label “lazy” is thus unjustified from the point of view of the island culture. Stereotypes, such as ‘lazy’, ‘inscrutable’, and ‘dishonest’ give people the security of the labels with which to react to others in a superficial way, but they are damaging to real understanding among members of different cultures. People react more to labels than to reality. A black American Peace Corps volunteer, for instance, considered and called a white man by black Africans. The ‘we-they’ distinction applies to whatever characteristics the ‘we’s’ have, and they’s’ do not have ---- and the characteristics attributed to the ‘they’s’ are usually ones with negative value.
The distinction becomes most obvious in the time of conflict. For this reason, it is often suggested the only thing that might join all men together on this planet would be an invasion from outer space. ‘We’, the earthlings, would then fight ‘them’, the outsiders.
Given the great diversities – real and imagined – among peoples of the world, is there foundation for hope that some day all men might join together to form a single, legitimate, viable world government? The outcome will probably depend on the political evolution of mankind. Today the most salient political group is the nation; we live in an age of fierce nationalism.
The hope for world government tests in the possibility that some day nations will outgrow this nationalistic stage when men come to believe they owe their ultimate loyalty to mankind, not to a narrow political division. Communication will play a key role in such an evolution. The old maxim ‘East is East; West is West; and never the twain shall meet’ is outdated. It had meaning at a time when world communications were just emerging from a dark age. Today there is global contact among people. East does meet West, but this has not yet ensured understanding. (480)
Questions:
1. What is meant by ‘national character’? How does it develop?
2. Why do people of one culture misinterpret characteristics of other cultures?
3. Why are labels damaging to real understanding among people?
4. What, according to the author, would unite men on Earth and why/
5. How will a world government become possible?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 mother the invention of necessity is.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
2. bitten shy twice once.
Once bitten, twice shy.
3. the cow though is milk white black its is
Though the cow is black its milk is white.
4. calls pot the black the kettle
The kettle calls the pot black.
5. Walking life’s shadow but a
Life’s but a walking shadow.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. I did all my work himself.
I did all my work myself.
2. I have great faith on God.
I have great faith in God.
3. I have not seen him since two years.
I have not seen him for two years.
4. He had not have his breakfast when I called.
He had not had his breakfast when I called.
5. He is most intelligent than any boy of his age..
He is more intelligent than any boy of his age..
c) Use the correct form of the words in parenthesis to complete the following sentences so that it reads like one continuous passage. (5)
1. He did not come because he was not feeling (good).
He did not come because he was not feeling well..
2. Nothing is more (danger) than driving a car with faulty brakes.
Nothing is more dangerous than driving a car with faulty brakes.
3. I will (condolence) with him as soon as I get the chance.
I will condole with him as soon as I get the chance.
4. Individuals need (stable) in their lives.
Individuals need stability in their lives.
5. (Critic) thinking is essential for success in higher studies..
Critical thinking is essential for success in higher studies.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2001 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1 John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
A) “It is as I thought,” he said.” The poison has gone inward and it will strike soon. Come, look!” He held the eyelid down,” See - it is blue.” These lines are taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter when Kino tells Juana they would sell the pearl in the morning. OR
B) “And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her as silently as she had gone, and he could hear her quick footsteps going towards the shore.” These lines are taken from Chapter V of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happens thereafter till the end of the chapter when Kino and Juana leave La Paz during the evening.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper against the growing danger of sectarianism. Also suggest ways and means to stop this menace from spreading any further. (15)
Section B (Summary and Comprehension)
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third (about 100 words) of its length. (15)
Thus in La Paz, it was known in the early morning through the whole town that Kino was going to sell his pearl that. It was known among the neighbours in the brush huts, among the pearl fishermen; it was known among the Chinese grocery store owners; it was known in the church, for the altar boys whispered about it. Word of it crept among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take the tithe of the first fruit of the luck. The little boys knew about it with excitement; but most of all the pearl buyers knew about it, and when the day had come, in the offices of the pearl buyers, each man sat alone with his little black velvet tray, and each man rolled the pearls about with his finger-tips and considered his BA Part In the picture.
It was supposed that the pearl buyer were individuals acting alone, bidding against one another for the pearls the fishermen brought in. And once it had been so. But it was a wasteful method, for often in the excitement of bidding for a fine pearl too great a price had been given to the fishermen. This was extravagant and not to be countenanced. Now there was one pear buyer with many hands, and the men who sat in their offices and waited for Kino knew what price they would offer, how high they would bid, and what method each one would use. And although these men would not profit beyond their salaries, there was excitement among the pearl buyers, for there was excitement in the hunt, and if it be a man’s function to break down the price, then he must take joy and satisfaction in breaking it as far down as possible. (304 words)
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. Answers must be in your own English. (15)
In April 1977, the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare issues a series of regulations governing the treatment of the handicapped by those educational institutions, social service agencies, and employees that receive federal funds. The regulations state that handicapped children have a right to a free education, in classes with non-handicapped children whenever possible. School systems must identify those in need of their services and bear the cost of transporting the handicapped to school.
On the college level, institutions are allowed to inquire about physical or mental handicaps on application forms. Buildings must be accessible to students on crutches or in wheelchairs. Admission tests that do not penalise students with sensory, manual or speech handicaps must be used. If a student needs mechanical aids for participating in tests or class, the institution must provide them or tell the student where they can be obtained. Some academic requirements, such as completion of some physical course, must be changed if they are difficult for a handicapped person to fulfil.
Social service agencies must inform the handicapped of their rights and waivers of rights with regard to health and welfare services.
Employers are not allowed to refuse to hire or promote the handicapped on account of their handicap. Reasonable accommodation must be made. Physical examination may be required before employment, but they must be required of all employees. If the examination disclosed a condition does not affect the employee’s ability to do his/her job, he/she cannot be refused employment for that reason.
So far these regulations apply to organisations receiving federal funds. Hopefully, they will spread to society in general because we cannot afford to continue to waste the talent and ability of our handicapped citizens.
Questions:
1. Why did the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare have to issue regulations regarding handicapped persons?
2. What does the regulation about children state?
3. What regulations apply to admission tests with regard to handicapped persons?
4. What regulations are the employers bound to follow in dealing with handicapped persons?
5. Why should these regulations spread to society in general?
5a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 use milk it crying no over is spilt.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
2. borrow may your please I pen
May I borrow your pen, please?
3. raw unloaded truck the materials the from were
The raw materials were unloaded from the truck.
4. done work much to there be is?
Is there much work to be done?
5. students questions detail answer in the should
Students should answer the questions in detail.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. Who is the older child in the class?
Who is the oldest child in the class?
2. They sat over the tree and ate their picnic lunch.
They sat under the tree and ate their picnic lunch.
3. Shekila went to an evening class to learn when to sew.
Shekila went to an evening class to learn how to sew.
4. I saw himself in the mirror.
I saw myself in the mirror.
5. Ahmad and Shekila have been married since two months.
Ahmad and Shekila have been married for two months.
c) Use the correct form of the words in parenthesis to complete the following sentences so that it reads like one continuous passage. (5)
1. A big fire (roar) out of control at a four storey apartment building.
A big fire roared out of control at a four storey apartment building.
2. Ambulances (be) at the scene of fire.
Ambulances were at the scene of fire.
3. Two adults and four children ((take) to the hospital.
Two adults and four children were taken to the hospital.
4. According to the police, a full investigation of this suspicious fire (conduct) immediately.
According to the police, a full investigation of this suspicious fire will be conducted immediately.
5. The fire (bring) under control after four hours of continuous struggle by dozens of fire fighters.
The fire was brought under control after four hours of continuous struggle by dozens of fire fighters.
English (Comp) BA Part I -2000 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1.John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “The doctor said, “I was not in when you came this morning. But now at the first instance, I have come to see the baby.” These lines have been taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point when the doctor had gone.
OR
“All of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the pearl. But now it was gone, and there was no retrieving it. ……. There was nothing to do but to save themselves.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter V of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of The Frontier Post against the curse of copying, cheating and the use of unfair means in the examination. Also suggest some of the remedial measures. (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your words the following passage from The Pearl to one third of its length. (15)
Now Kino’s people had sung of everything that had happened or existed. They had made songs to the fishes, to the sea in anger and to the sea in calm, to the light and the dark and the sun and the moon, and the songs were all in Kino and his people …… every song that had ever been made, even the ones forgotten. And as he filled his basket, the song was in Kino, and the beat of the song was his pounding heart as it ate the oxygen from its held breath, and the melody of the song was the grey – green water and the little scuttling animals and the clouds of fish that flitted by and were gone. But in the song there was a secret little inner song, hardly perceptible, but always there, sweet and secret and clinging, almost hiding in the counter melody, and this was the Song of Pearl that Might Be, for every shell thrown in the basket might contain a pearl. Chance was against it, but luck and the gods might be for it. And in the canoe above him Kino knew that Juana was making the magic of prayer, her face set rigid and her muscles hard to force the luck, to tear the luck out of the gods’ hands, for she needed the luck for the swollen shoulder of Coyotito. And because the need was great and the desire was great, the little secret melody of the Pearl that Might Be was stronger this morning, whole phrases of it came clearly and softly into the Song of the Undersea.
Kino in his pride and youth and strength, could remain down over two minutes without strain, so that he worked deliberately, selecting the largest shells. Because they were disturbed, the oyster shells were tightly closed. A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock struck up, covered with young oysters not ready to take. Kino moved next to the hummock and then beside it, under a little overhang, he saw a very large oyster lying by itself, not covered with its clinging brothers. The shell was partly open, for the overhang protected this ancient oyster, and in the lip-like muscle Kino saw a ghastly gleam, and then the shell closed down. His hear beat out a heavy rhythm and the melody of the may-be-pearl shrilled his ears. Slowly he forced the oyster loose and held it tightly against his breast.
IV. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (15)
To name a large number of recent novelists would serve no purpose. Before the war began in 1939 there had been an enormous growth in Literature as a commercial product, and especially in fiction. Like newspapers, novels were manufactured for sale in the largest numbers among the most extensive public, and the authors with big circulation were taken as big men. Even good novelists found themselves compelled to write when as artists they should have been silent. Most successful novelists have written far more than they should. For many readers the novel was the only kind of literature that existed, and some newspapers reviewed no other sort of book. ‘The book of the week’ or ‘the book of the month’ was usually a novel, and editors and managers of papers boldly advertised the ‘boom’ that their patronage had created in the sales. Tales of crime and detection were not only encouraged by crime clubs but received, even in respectable newspapers, the honour of specially dedicated columns of reviews. The murderer added to the gaiety of the Twenties and Thirties. There are disquieting symptoms. The novel magazines that burdened the railway bookstalls and two-penny libraries represent ‘boss’ method applied to publishing. Are the bosses to conquer all literature under the pretext of giving public what the public wants?
Will boss methods capture publishing as they have captured journalism? Illiteracy has captured the films and is trying hard to capture broadcasting. Books are being called upon to show ‘entertainment value’, a destruction being enforced between a desirable thing called ‘entertainment’ and a detestable thing called ‘instruction’.
Questions:
1. What kind of literature grew enormously before the War in 1939?
2. What does the writer mean by literature as a commercial product?
3. Why should good novelists have been silent instead of compelled to write?
4. What usually were ‘the book of the week’ and ‘the book of the month’?
5. What did the ‘crime clubs’ encourage?
Q 5a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 complex life passes time as more and more becomes.
As time passes, life becomes more and more complex
2. forest the of king the is lion the
The lion is the king of the forest.
3. milk spilt over use no is it crying.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
4. hours two by was late train the.
The train was late by two hours.
5. getting sun the hotter by day and hotter is day.
The sun is getting hotter and hotter day by day.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. The mother told the baby that do not spoil your clothes.
The mother told the baby not to spoil her clothes.
2. Lucy climbed many a hills and never reach the town.
Lucy climbed many a hill but never reached the town..
3. Every worker pay a small money from their pay to Benevolent Fund.
Every worker pays a small amount from their pay to Benevolent Fund.
4. Wheat is cultivating in Autumn.
Wheat is cultivated in Autumn.
5. Sindh and Baluchistan have struck drought.
Sindh and Baluchistan have been struck by drought.
c) Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (5)
1. The water level has (fall) in the dams.
The water level has fallen in the dams.
2. All kinds of fruit are (grow) in Swat.
All kinds of fruit are grown in Swat.
3. Smoking is (injury) to health.
Smoking is injurious to health.
4. (Summary) the following passage in your own words.
Summarise the following passage in your own words.
5. She (write) a letter to her friend.
. She wrote a letter to her friend.
English (Comp) Paper A (1999) BA Part I Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
a) “The doctor said, “I was not in when you came this morning. But now at the first instance, I have come to see the baby.”
These lines have been taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point when the doctor had gone.
See answer on page 12-13 of Jawad Notes
Or
b) “The Trackers were long in coming, as if they had trouble with the trail, which Kino had left. It was dark when they came at last to the little pool.”
These sentences have been taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
See page 26 (line 17) to 27 of Jawad Notes
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper against the negative impact of, or cultural invasion through the Dish antenna of Electronic Media (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
In the brush houses by the shore Kino’s neighbours sat long over their breakfast, and they spoke of what they would do if they had found the pearl. And one man said he would give it as a present to the Holy Father in Rome.
Another said that he would buy Masses for the soul of his family for a thousand years. Another thought he might take the money and distribute it among the poor of La Paz; and a fourth thought of all the things one could perform if one had the money. All of the neighbours hoped that sudden wealth would not turn Kino’s head, would not make a rich man of him, and would not graft on him the evil limbs of greed and hatred and coldness. For Kino was a well-liked man; it would be a shame if the pearl destroyed him. “That good wife Juana,” they said, “and the beautiful baby Coyotito, and the others to come. What a pity it would be if the pearl destroyed them all.”
For Kino and Juana this the morning of mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days would take their arrangement. Thus they would say, “It was two years before we sold the pearl.” Or, “It was six weeks after we sold the pearl.” Juana, considering the matter, threw caution to the winds and she dressed Coyotito in the clothes she had prepared for his baptism. And Juana combed and braided her hair and tied the ends with two little bows of red ribbons, and she put on her marriage skirt and waist. The sun was quarter high when they were ready. Kino’s ragged clothes were clean at least and this was the last day of his raggedness; for tomorrow, or even this after-noon, he would have new clothes.
The neighbours watching Kino’s door through the crevices in the brush houses, were dressed and ready too. There was no self-consciousness about their joining Kino and Juana to go pearl selling. It was expected: it was an historic moment; they would be crazy if they didn’t go. It would be almost a sign of unfriendliness.
See Passage 2 on page 55 of Jawad Notes
IV. Read the following passage taken from an address of Allama Iqbal and answer the questions at the end. (15)
The Muslim demand for the creation of a Muslim India within India is, therefore, perfectly justified. The resolution of the All-Parties Muslim Conference at Delhi, is, to my mind, wholly inspired by this noble ideal of a harmonious whole which, instead of stifling the respective individualities of its component wholes, affords with chances of fully working out the possibilities that may be latent in them. And I have no doubt that this House will emphatically endorse the Muslim demands embodied in this resolution. Personally, I would go further than the demands embodied in it. I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self –government within the British Empire or without the British Empire, the formation of a Consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of the North-west India. The proposal was put forward before the Nehru committee. They rejected it on the ground that, if carried into effect, it would give a very unwieldy state. This is true in so far as the area is concerned; in point of population the state contemplated by the proposal would be much less than some of the present Indian provinces. The idea need not alarm the Hindus. The British India is the greatest Muslim state in the world. The life of Islam as a cultural force in this country very largely depends on its centralisation in a specific territory. This centralisation of the most living portion of the Muslims of India whose military and police services has, notwithstanding unfair treatment from the British, made the British rule possible in this country, will eventually solve the problem of India as well as Asia. It will intensify their sense of responsibility and deepen their patriotic feeling. Thus possessing full opportunity of development within the body-politic of India, the North-west Indian Muslims will prove the best defenders of India against a foreign invasion, be the invasion one of ideas or bayonets.
How would the creation of a consolidated Muslim state in the North-west India be advantageous to India?
How would such a state or states benefit the Muslims?
What objections did Moti Lal Nehru have to the formation of a consolidated Muslim state in North-west India? What reply did Iqbal give?
What was the ideal, which inspired the Muslims to demand a Muslim state within India?
What Iqbal did say to remove the fears and suspicions of the Hindus regarding the creation of autonomous Muslim states?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 morning since been have working they.
They have been working since morning.
2. heart by learning poem this I am
I have been learning this poem by heart.
3. bath a not evening the in taking like friend their does.
Their friend does not like taking a bath in the evening.
4. pulled stop to train the chain she the.
She pulled the chain to stop the train.
5. finished have work your time in you
You have finished you work in time.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. She would not spent money for luxuries.
. She would not spend money on luxuries
2. There were married with each other.
They were married to each other.
3. With accident he was admitted in hospital.
Due to accident, he was admitted in hospital.
4. She told the baby that do not pluck the flowers.
She told the baby not to pluck the flowers.
5. Pakistan cricket team is best than the Indian team
Pakistan cricket team is better than the Indian team.
c) Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (5)
1. It (take) two to fight.
It takes two to fight.
2. He (succeed) in solving the problem.
He succeeded in solving the problem.
3. Ali gave his friends a (surprising) party.
Ali gave his friends a surprise party.
4. She was (terrify) by the mouse.
She was terrified by the mouse.
5. The taxi (speeded) away.
The taxi sped away.
.English (Comp) BA Part I – 1998 Time Allowed: 3 hours Max. Marks: 75
Q 1. John Steinbeck: THE PEARL. (15)
c) “The doctor said, “I was not in when you came this morning. But now at the first instance, I have come to see the baby.” These lines have been taken from Chapter 3 of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the point when the doctor had gone. OR
“The Trackers were long in coming, as if they had trouble with the trail, which Kino had left. It was dark when they came at last to the little pool.” These sentences have been taken from Chapter VI of ‘The Pearl’. Relate in your own words what happened after this till the end of the chapter.
Q 2. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper against the negative impact of, or cultural invasion through the Dish antenna of Electronic Media (15)
Section B
Q 3. Summarise in your own words the following passage from The Pearl to about one third of its length. (15)
In the brush houses by the shore Kino’s neighbours sat long over their breakfast, and they spoke of what they would do if they had found the pearl. And one man said he would give it as a present to the Holy Father in Rome.
Another said that he would buy Masses for the soul of his family for a thousand years. Another thought he might take the money and distribute it among the poor of La Paz; and a fourth thought of all the things one could perform if one had the money. All of the neighbours hoped that sudden wealth would not turn Kino’s head, would not make a rich man of him, and would not graft on him the evil limbs of greed and hatred and coldness. For Kino was a well-liked man; it would be a shame if the pearl destroyed him. “That good wife Juana,” they said, “and the beautiful baby Coyotito, and the others to come. What a pity it would be if the pearl destroyed them all.”
For Kino and Juana this the morning of mornings of their lives, comparable to only the day when the baby had been born. This was to be the day from which all other days would take their arrangement. Thus they would say, “It was two years before we sold the pearl.” Or, “It was six weeks after we sold the pearl.” Juana, considering the matter, threw caution to the winds and she dressed Coyotito in the clothes she had prepared for his baptism. And Juana combed and braided her hair and tied the ends with two little bows of red ribbons, and she put on her marriage skirt and waist. The sun was quarter high when they were ready. Kino’s ragged clothes were clean at least and this was the last day of his raggedness; for tomorrow, or even this after-noon, he would have new clothes.
The neighbours watching Kino’s door through the crevices in the brush houses, were dressed and ready too. There was no self-consciousness about their joining Kino and Juana to go pearl selling. It was expected: it was an historic moment; they would be crazy if they didn’t go. It would be almost a sign of unfriendliness.
IV. Read the following passage taken from an address of Allama Iqbal and answer the questions at the end. (15)
The Muslim demand for the creation of a Muslim India within India is, therefore, perfectly justified. The resolution of the All-Parties Muslim Conference at Delhi, is, to my mind, wholly inspired by this noble ideal of a harmonious whole which, instead of stifling the respective individualities of its component wholes, affords with chances of fully working out the possibilities that may be latent in them. And I have no doubt that this House will emphatically endorse the Muslim demands embodied in this resolution. Personally, I would go further than the demands embodied in it. I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self –government within the British Empire or without the British Empire, the formation of a Consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of the North-west India. The proposal was put forward before the Nehru committee. They rejected it on the ground that, if carried into effect, it would give a very unwieldy state. This is true in so far as the area is concerned; in point of population the state contemplated by the proposal would be much less than some of the present Indian provinces. The idea need not alarm the Hindus. The British India is the greatest Muslim state in the world. The life of Islam as a cultural force in this country very largely depends on its centralisation in a specific territory. This centralisation of the most living portion of the Muslims of India whose military and police services has, notwithstanding unfair treatment from the British, made the British rule possible in this country, will eventually solve the problem of India as well as Asia. It will intensify their sense of responsibility and deepen their patriotic feeling. Thus possessing full opportunity of development within the body-politic of India, the North-west Indian Muslims will prove the best defenders of India against a foreign invasion, be the invasion one of ideas or bayonets.
1. How would the creation of a consolidated Muslim state in the North-west India be advantageous to India?
2. How would such a state or states benefit the Muslims?
3. What objections did Moti Lal Nehru have to the formation of a consolidated Muslim state in North-west India? What reply did Iqbal give?
4. What was the ideal, which inspired the Muslims to demand a Muslim state within India?
5. What Iqbal did say to remove the fears and suspicions of the Hindus regarding the creation of autonomous Muslim states?
Q 5. (a) Arrange the following set of words in normal English word order to make a correct sentence from each set. (5)
1 morning since been have working they.
They have been working since morning.
2. heart by learning poem this I am
I have been learning this poem by heart.
3. bath a not evening the in taking like friend their does.
Their friend does not like taking a bath in the evening.
4. pulled stop to train the chain she the.
She pulled the chain to stop the train.
5. finished have work your time in you
You have finished you work in time.
b) Correct the following sentences: (5)
1. She would not spent money for luxuries.
. She would not spend money on luxuries
2. There were married with each other.
They were married to each other.
3. With accident he was admitted in hospital.
Due to accident, he was admitted in hospital.
4. She told the baby that do not pluck the flowers.
She told the baby not to pluck the flowers.
5. Pakistan cricket team is best than the Indian team
Pakistan cricket team is better than the Indian team.
c) Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (5)
1. It (take) two to fight.
It takes two to fight.
2. He (succeed) in solving the problem.
He succeeded in solving the problem.
3. Ali gave his friends a (surprising) party.
Ali gave his friends a surprise party.
4. She was (terrify) by the mouse.
She was terrified by the mouse.
5. The taxi (speeded) away.
The taxi sped away.
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