FOUNDATION COURSE IN ENGLISH

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Foundation Course in English (FEG-01/BEGF-101)

Solved Assignment
Course Code: FEG-01/BEGF-101
Assignment Code: FEG-1/BEGF-101/TMA/2019-20
Answer all the questions Max. Marks: 100

1 Read the following passage and answer the questions.

If asked, ‘What are health decisions?’, most of us would answer in terms of hospitals, doctors and pills.
Yet we are all making a whole range of decisions about our health which go beyond this limited area; for
example, whether or not to smoke, exercise, wear a seat belt, drive a motorbike, drink alcohol regularly.
The way we reach decisions and form attitudes about our health are only just beginning to be
understood. The main paradox is why people consistently do things which are known to be very
hazardous. Two good examples of this are smoking and not wearing seat belts: addiction helps keep
smokers smoking; and whether to wear a seat belt is only partly affected by safety considerations. Taken
together, both these examples underline elements of how people reach decisions about their health.
Understanding this process is crucial. We can then more effectively change public attitudes to
hazardous, voluntary activities like smoking. Smokers run double the risk of contracting heart disease,
several times lung cancer, as compared to non-smokers. Despite extensive press campaigns (especially
in the past 20 years), which have regularly told smokers and car drivers the grave risks they are running,
the number of smokers and seat belt wearers has remained much the same. Although the numbers of
deaths from road accidents and smoking are well publicized, they have aroused little public interest. If
we give smokers the real figures, will it alter their views on the dangers of smoking? Unfortunately, not.
Many of the ‘real figures’ are in the form of probabilistic estimates, and evidence shows that people are
very bad at processing and understanding this kind of information. The kind of information that tends to
be relied on both by the smoker and seat belt non-wearer is anecdotal, based on personal experiences.
All smokers seem to have an Uncle or an Auntie who has been smoking cigarettes since they were
twelve, lived to 90, and died because they fell down the stairs. And if they don’t have such an aunt or
uncle, they are certain to have heard of someone who has. Similarly, many motorists seem to have
heard of people who would have been killed if they had been wearing seat belts. Reliance on this kind of
evidence and not being able to cope with ‘probabilistic’ data form the two main foundation stones of
people’s assessment of risk. A third is reliance on press-publicized danger and causes of death. American

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psychologists have shown that people overestimate the frequency (and therefore the danger) of the
dramatic causes of death (like aero plane crashes) and underestimate the undramatic, unpublicized
killers (like smoking) which actually take a greater toll of life. 4 What is needed is some way of changing
people’s evaluations and attitudes to the risks of certain activities like smoking. What can be done? The
‘rational’ approach of giving people the ‘facts and figures’ seems ineffective. But evidence shows that
when people are frightened, they are more likely to change their estimates of the dangers involved in
smoking or not wearing seat belts. Press and television can do this very cost-effectively. Programmes
like Dying for a Fag (a Thames TV programme in April 1975) vividly showed the health hazards of
smoking and may have increased the chances of people stopping smoking permanently. However, the
shock effects of programmes like this can be too severe, resulting in little or no change in attitudes or
behaviour. Or the effects may be swamped by the more pervasive effect of personal contact and other
TV programmes which show people smoking. So a mass-media approach may work. But it needs to be
carefully controlled. Overall, the new awareness of the problem of health decisions and behaviour is at
least a more hopeful sign for the future.

(from ‘Why do we still dice with death? by Robert Hallett in New Society)

Q1a The subject under discussion in this article is (choose the correct answer) 1

i) Why people persist in running health risks.

ii) Why people fail to make health decisions. Ans

iii) How people estimate the dangers of smoking.

iv) How to use the mass media for health education.

Q1b What are the two things which are dangerous, but people continue to do them? 2

Ans- Smoking and not wearing seat belts

Q1c Name the three major risks that smokers face compared to nonsmokers. 3

Ans- Smokers run double the risk of contracting heart disease, lung cancer, and Asthama as compared to
non-smokers

Q1d Why do you think giving ‘real figures’ to smokers, does not prevent them from smoking? 2

Ans- giving ‘real figures’ to smokers, does not prevent them from smoking because Many of the ‘real
figures’ are in the form of probabilistic estimates, and evidence shows that people are very bad at
processing and understanding this kind of information.

Q1e What is the most effective way of preventing people from things that harm them? Discuss. 3

Ans- If people really got afraid of what are the risks involved in Smoking or not wearing seat belts,
they are more likely to change their habits of the dangers involved in smoking or not wearing seat
belts. Mass Media, Press and television can do this very cost-effectively. If they will know dangers
effectively on a large scale which only mass media, television and now a days social media can do,
That can really be a most effective way of preventing people from things that harm them.

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Q1f A reason given for using the mass media to publicise health risks is _________ (complete the
sentence) 2

Ans- A reason given for using the mass media to publicise health risks is because Press and
television can do this very cost-effectively and on very large Scale.
Q1g The most hopeful aspect of this article is the fact that: (choose one) 1
i) The media are having an increasing effect in health education.
ii) Attention is being paid to how people assess health risks. ans
iii) People are becoming more concerned about their own health.
iv) Precise figures are now available to underline health risks.
Q1h Give a title to the passage. 1

Ans- Health risks & Decision Making

Q2 Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. 10
Column A Column B
i) Paradox (h) a) change (viii)
ii) Hazardous (e) b) being infected (v)
iii) Crucial (d) c) a situation which is strange because both
aspects of it cannot be true (x)
iv) Voluntary (g) d) very important (iii)
v) Contracting (b) e) dangerous (ii)
vi) Extensive (j) f) serious (vii)
vii) Grave (f) g) doing something willfully and with full
consciousness. (iv)
viii) Alter (a) h) something which happens suddenly and is
noticeable and surprising. (i)
ix) Probabilistic (i) i) something which is likely to be true or correct. (ix)
x) Dramatic (c) j) containing many details or ideas on a particular
subject. (vi)

Q3 Complete the sentences given below:

If-Conditional- What would happen if …………………….. 5
i. If the trees are felled there would be soil erosion.
ii. If the soil is eroded ……there will be lack of nutrients in soil……………………….
iii. If the soil lacks nutrients ……then nothing will grow on the land…………………
iv. If nothing grows on the land …then people will have nothing to eat……………….
v. If people have nothing to eat ……they will be starving…………….

vi. If the government doesn’t do anything for the starving people…there will be death due to hunger

Q4 Complete the following sentences with appropriate main clauses. 5

i. …The door Opened………… just as I was ringing the bell.
ii. …They greet me………… every time I meet them.
iii. …I will be staying here………… as long as you want it.
iv. …Dad left………… by the time mother came home
v. …He cried…………. the moment he went on the stage.

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Q5 Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. 10

i) Wildlife is disappearing so fast ……on…….. earth that soon the only ‘wild’ animals left may be
those found ……in…….zoos.

ii) So, as the forests……on……… earth get smaller and smaller, zoos are becoming more important.

iii) The first recorded zoological gardens were set up……in…….. China ……at…... Wen Wang.

iv) The first modern zoo to study animals, the Jordin des Planets……at…… Paris, was set up
……in….. the end …of……. the 18th century.

v) The zoo…in……. my city is very popular …among………children.

Q6 Select the correct form of the verbs given in brackets in each of the following sentences: 10

i. He (went/has gone) to Bombay yesterday. Ans: - Went

ii. I (am/have been) waiting for two hours. Ans: - Have Been
iii. They will serve you lunch if you (attend/will attend) the function. Ans: - Attend
iv. They had left when he (arrived/had arrived). Ans: - Arrived
v. The bus (left/has left) an hour ago. Ans: - Left
vi. Had I known you were coming I (would have waited/would wait) for you. Ans: - would have
waited
vii. I (did not write/have not written) the essay yet. Ans: - have not written
viii. She (lived/has lived) in Jaipur since 1947. Ans: - lived
ix. I (am not hearing/have not heard) from her for a year. Ans: - have not heard
x. A new TV channel (has been started/was started) last Monday. Ans: - has been started

Q7 Fill up the gaps with a suitable word from the choices in the brackets: 5

i The management did not …accept... the explanation given by the employee. (except/accept)
ii She was the youngest ……Among…...the seven new recruits. (between/among)
iii The lawyer tried to ……Assure...her that she had a strong case. (ensure/assure/insure)
iv She was nervous as many ……Eminent...academicians were coming to her paper
reading.(eminent/imminent)
v He found everything ……Accept…...the file he was looking for. (accept/except)

Q 8 Write a dialogue of about 200 words on any one of the following: 20

i. You want to initiate a campaign with your friend on cleaning your locality. Discuss with her/him
how you both will proceed.
ii You want to go on a trek to the mountains. Discuss with your friend who is accompanying you
about the arrangements, things to take along, places to go to and so on.

Ans (i) cleanliness is next to godliness"

Hi friend , we can keep our city clean only if the people of our city think like us. without public
cooperation we cannot achieve anything . so first to keep our city clean there should be a huge
awareness to the public via various mass media and news papers. also the government should take

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major role in conducting awareness programs to public and also introduce new rules if necessary .
only our thinking does not make our city clean . KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN IS EVERY
CITIZEN'S DUTY. FIRST WE SHOULD LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE SING SONGS PRAISING
BHARATH MATHA AND SO ON BUT WE NEVER THINK TWICE TO THROW DIRT
ANYWHERE THAT SUITS US. STRICT LAW SHOULD BE ENFORCED LIKE THE ONE IN
SINGAPORE WHO LITTER. THIS WAY FINE ALSO CAN BE COLECTED WHICH IN TURN
CAN BE USED FOR DEV PURPOSES.IN A DMOCRATIC COUNTRY LIKE OURS PEOPLE
TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERYTHING AND IF ONE TRIES TO EDUCATE ABOUT THIS ONE
MAY NOT TAKE IT IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT. INFACT THEY FEEL WE ARE TOO
INTERFERING. HENCE BETTER TO ENFORCE FINE. Its our duty to keep our city clean because
it repersent that which types of people live in that city.for make city clean following steps is
important - 1. Educate the people about it.

2.do not use plastic bag.

3.do not through garbage in the open area.

4.grow plants.

5.use solar energy because it does not produse residue

Young student like me must start to do something worth-remembering and that is to keep the world
clean and green. I heard a question that is raised, “how can you do that”? I must say, “we will work
together to start this”. Some points I want to emphasize are the following:

First, let's keep the world clean and green by recycling and cleaning the world. This point includes
different kinds of pollution from massive factories and smoking pollution that would kill us because
of lung cancer. No tobacco, no pollution. We must clean every sort of pollutions and to protect one
another.

Q9 Write a composition in about 200 words on any one of the following: 20

i. Good health is the most important thing in life.
ii. Describe your closest friend and how this friendship came about.
iii. Problems in life are actually challenges to overcome in order to become better human beings.
iv. A creative hobby you are interested in.

Ans: - (i) . Good health is the most important thing in life

The meaning of most common saying “health is wealth” is very simple and easy. It means our good
health is the real wealth of our life which gives us good physique and mind and enables us to enjoy
whole life by managing its all challenges. Good health promotes a good mental, physical and social
health. I completely agree with this saying that health is actually a true wealth as it helps us at all. A
good health keeps us away from the metal and physical disabilities as well as other medical
conditions including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, fatal diseases, etc.

A physically or internally unfit person has to face lot of challenges in the whole life even she/he has
to be depend on someone else for performing daily basic needs. This situation is quite embarrassing
for one who faces it. So, it is good at all to maintain a good health forever to be happy forever
without anyone’s help. It is true that to maintain a good health we need money and to earn money we

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need good health. But it is also true that without money we can live life and without a good health we
cannot live life happily. Because our good health helps us all the time and encourages us to do
something better in our life, instead of earning money only.

In such a busy life and polluted environment, it is very hard for everyone to maintain a good health
and live healthy life. It needs a careful watch and regular medical check-up to get healthy

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