Solapur University
B.Sc. – I (Biotech.) (Old) (Semester – II) Examination, 2015
ENGLISH (Comp.)
On Track – English Skills for Success
Day and Date : Monday, 20-4-2015 Max. Marks : 50
Time : 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
N. B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Rewrite the following sentences by choosing correct alternatives given below : 10
1) Dr. Kalam successfully tested ______________ while in France.
a) V-2 Missile b) Jupiter Missile
c) SLV-3 Apogee motor d) Agni Missile
2) ______________ represented the Jains at the Parliament of Religions.
a) Vivekananda
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Annie Besant
d) Pratap Chander Mazoomdar
3) After our incredible scientific progress, what is the greatest threat to humanity ?
a) Natural calamity
b) Diseases
c) The human being himself
d) Nuclear weapons
4) But thou, made lover of the ______________ !
Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.
a) Nature b) Beauty
c) Good d) Mankind
5) In the poem Full Moon, bubble house is the ______________
a) heaven b) bungalow
c) big factory d) moon
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6) No longer______________ of goddess to whom we pray.
a) Palace b) Throne
c) House d) Temple
7) The antonym of the word dormant is ______________
a) Latent b) Active
c) Passive d) Inactive
8) Mother is a ______________ singer than me.
a) Best b) Better
c) Good d) More good
9) Who won the race ? The ______________ or the tortoise ?
a) Hire b) Hare
c) Here d) Hear
10) Find the synonym of the word diffident.
a) Confident b) Tolerant
c) Shy d) Difficult
2. Answer the following questions briefly (any five) : 10
1) What were the points about the new culture that struck Vivekananda on his
arrival in America ?
2) What are the sings of hope for a better World that Palkhiwala sees ?
3) What advice did Verner Van Braun give to Dr. Kalam ?
4) Describe Vivekananda’s meeting with J. H. Wright.
5) What is the complex that Von Braun attributed to the Americans ?
6) What do you understand by Human Rights ?
3. A) Answer any two of the following questions briefly : 6
1) What is the central theme of the poem Brahma ?
2) What role do gods and religion have in the poem Brahma ?
3) Why does the poet bemoan the moon’s fate ?
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B) Write short answers to the following (any two) : 4
1) Draft a notice of the second meeting of the Managing Director of ABC
Institute to be held at the Head Office at 5 p.m. on Saturday 10 May 2014.
2) You are the Chairman of SUTA, Solapur. Prepare an agenda for a meeting
with the VC. The meeting has been called to discuss the venue, date and
time.
3) Write in brief the role of email in the process of communication.
4. Answer the following (any one) : 10
1) You are Anne Jacob, a graduate in chemical engineering from NIT Hyderabad.
You have three years experience as an assistant project engineer with a
fertilizer company. Write an email application letter in response to an
advertisement for the post of project engineer in the Well-known petrochemical
company. Refer only briefly to your educational qualifications and work
experience in the body of the letter and say that you are attaching your CV.
2) You are Asha Kiran, Secretary of the English Literary Association, Mangalore
College Mangalore. Prof. Kiran Nagarkar a well-known novelist has agreed to
inaugurate the Association on 15 May 2014. Write a notice informing about
the meeting of office bearers of the Association, about the date, time and
venue of the function and also prepare minutes of the said meeting.
5. Suppose you are applying for the post of Assistant Professor of Chemistry in
Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara. Prepare a CV for the post mentioned above. 10
B.Sc. – I (Biotech.) (Old) (Semester – II) Examination, 2015
ENGLISH (Comp.)
On Track – English Skills for Success
Day and Date : Monday, 20-4-2015 Max. Marks : 50
Time : 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
N. B. : 1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Rewrite the following sentences by choosing correct alternatives given below : 10
1) Dr. Kalam successfully tested ______________ while in France.
a) V-2 Missile b) Jupiter Missile
c) SLV-3 Apogee motor d) Agni Missile
2) ______________ represented the Jains at the Parliament of Religions.
a) Vivekananda
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Annie Besant
d) Pratap Chander Mazoomdar
3) After our incredible scientific progress, what is the greatest threat to humanity ?
a) Natural calamity
b) Diseases
c) The human being himself
d) Nuclear weapons
4) But thou, made lover of the ______________ !
Find me, and turn thy back on heaven.
a) Nature b) Beauty
c) Good d) Mankind
5) In the poem Full Moon, bubble house is the ______________
a) heaven b) bungalow
c) big factory d) moon
SLR-M – 20 -2-
6) No longer______________ of goddess to whom we pray.
a) Palace b) Throne
c) House d) Temple
7) The antonym of the word dormant is ______________
a) Latent b) Active
c) Passive d) Inactive
8) Mother is a ______________ singer than me.
a) Best b) Better
c) Good d) More good
9) Who won the race ? The ______________ or the tortoise ?
a) Hire b) Hare
c) Here d) Hear
10) Find the synonym of the word diffident.
a) Confident b) Tolerant
c) Shy d) Difficult
2. Answer the following questions briefly (any five) : 10
1) What were the points about the new culture that struck Vivekananda on his
arrival in America ?
2) What are the sings of hope for a better World that Palkhiwala sees ?
3) What advice did Verner Van Braun give to Dr. Kalam ?
4) Describe Vivekananda’s meeting with J. H. Wright.
5) What is the complex that Von Braun attributed to the Americans ?
6) What do you understand by Human Rights ?
3. A) Answer any two of the following questions briefly : 6
1) What is the central theme of the poem Brahma ?
2) What role do gods and religion have in the poem Brahma ?
3) Why does the poet bemoan the moon’s fate ?
-3- SLR-M – 20
B) Write short answers to the following (any two) : 4
1) Draft a notice of the second meeting of the Managing Director of ABC
Institute to be held at the Head Office at 5 p.m. on Saturday 10 May 2014.
2) You are the Chairman of SUTA, Solapur. Prepare an agenda for a meeting
with the VC. The meeting has been called to discuss the venue, date and
time.
3) Write in brief the role of email in the process of communication.
4. Answer the following (any one) : 10
1) You are Anne Jacob, a graduate in chemical engineering from NIT Hyderabad.
You have three years experience as an assistant project engineer with a
fertilizer company. Write an email application letter in response to an
advertisement for the post of project engineer in the Well-known petrochemical
company. Refer only briefly to your educational qualifications and work
experience in the body of the letter and say that you are attaching your CV.
2) You are Asha Kiran, Secretary of the English Literary Association, Mangalore
College Mangalore. Prof. Kiran Nagarkar a well-known novelist has agreed to
inaugurate the Association on 15 May 2014. Write a notice informing about
the meeting of office bearers of the Association, about the date, time and
venue of the function and also prepare minutes of the said meeting.
5. Suppose you are applying for the post of Assistant Professor of Chemistry in
Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara. Prepare a CV for the post mentioned above. 10
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