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S.A. (Final)

Compulsory English
P Pages : 7
Time : Three Hours

1.

Max. Marks : 70

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Answer any three of the following.

i)

How has self-esteem become an urgent

need today?

ii) What did the government do to take care of

the health and sanitation of the refugees ?

iii) How did Obama prove himself as a

candidate for the post of president of
U.S.A. in 21st Century ?

iv) Attempt a character sketch of Phatik

Chakravorti.

v) Describe how the narrator feels the day

after he tried to rob Arun.

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vi) State the few instances which show that

d) Write a news report on the accident caused

Maxwell was absent-minded.

by the rash driving of the bus-driver. Around

twenty passengers were killed when the bus

2.

Answer in brief any five of the following.

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hit the wall of the overbridge, and fell down

into the river.

i)

How does self-esteem have 'Survival

OR

Value'?

Write a news report on the increasing rate

ii) What did Phatik and his friends decide

of suicides by the farmers from Vidarbha

to do with a log ?

region caused due to poor irrigation

facilities.

iii) What is Nehru's attitude towards the

people of Pakistan and Bangladesh?

5.

Write an essay on any one of the following

in about 300 words.

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iv) Why did the administration decide to

i)

monitor the cooked food brought in by

volunteers ?

War against corruption.

ii) Terrorism.

v) What were the key ideas emphasised by

iii) Science : Boon or Bane.

Obama in his Presidential campaign ?

iv) Rising Prices.
vi) What happened suddenly when the girl was
playing in the courtyard with the ball ?

v) Challenges before working women.

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 Should have knowledge of M.S. Office &

vii) How much does the narrator steal from

MS-CIT.

Arun ?

Preference shall be given to Bachelor of

viii)What made Maxwell temporarily forget

Journalism.

'the world of finance'?

Prepare your resume mentioning the

Answer any three of the following.

3.

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necessary qualifications to be enclosed

with your application.

i)

Bring out the central idea of the poem

'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night'.

c) Prepare a draft of fax in the name of

Rajesh Warma to be sent to a

ii) Give the gist of the poem 'A Psalm of life'.

telemarketing company from which you

have purchased a food processor by

iii) Comment on the theme of racial

Post. The product you received is a

discrimination in the poem 'I, too*.

damaged one. Write a complaint letter

to the company seeking a replacement

iv) Why does the traveller choose the road

of the same under the company's

not taken ?
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scheme.

OR

v) Attempt a character sketch of an old

woman.

Write an e-mail. to the manager, Sartaj

Hotel, Hyderabad to book two rooms for

vi) Enlist the religious or spiritual elements

your family at sartaj@ gmail.com .

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that you find in the poem 'Ecology'.

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4.

Answer following questions selecting one

from each.

Marathi and Hindi languages.

Prepare your curriculum vitae

mentioning your qualifications and

a) Assume yourself as the Principal of S. P

relevant details and enclose it with your

College, Devgadh. Write a notice to be

application.

circulated among the students informing

them about the last date of submission of

OR

their university examination forms for

Summer examinations 2013.

Write an application, for the post of Subeditor, to the editor. The News Express.

OR

Mumbai in response to the following

advertisement.

Draft a circular for your office regarding

Wanted Sub-editors in the office of 'The

the changes made by the state government

News Express, Mumbai. The candidates are

in the schedule of public holidays.

expected to fulfill the following criteria.

A graduate in any discipline.

b) Write an application for the post of

Banking sales Executive to the Manager,

Experience of writing articles in the news-

State Bank of Maharashtra. Pune. You

papers.

are a graduate in commerce faculty. You

have two years work experience in the

Knowledge of English. Hindi and

field of Banking and insurance. You have

Marathi.

passed necessary computer courses like

MS-CIT and Tally you know English,
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