L J Polytechnic, Ahmedabad Semester: I (2019)

16 What would the result of having sublime faith in oneself be? (GTU-DEC-2015) [LJP] 2
17 What would the result of having sublime faith in oneself be? (GTU-MAY-2015) [LJP] 2
In “Lincoln‟s Letter to His Son‟s Teacher” which qualities Lincoln asks the teacher to inculcate 2
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in his son? (GTU-JUN-2016) [LJP]
19 “The bullies are the easiest to lick.” Explain. (GTU-DEC-2014) [LJP] 2
20 On which occasion Lincoln wrote “Letter to His Son’s Teacher”? (GTU-DEC-2014) [LJP] 2
21 In what areas of life is courage actually required according to Lincoln? (GTU-JUN-2014) [LJP] 2

 Short Notes (3-Marks)

22 Write a short note :- Main points in Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher(GTU-May-2018) [LJP] 3

Unit-2 What we must Learn from the West

(Narayana Murthy)
 Question –Answers (1 Marks)
1 What does professionalism mean? (GTU-May-2018) [LJP] 1
2 What do children do for their parents in India? (GTU-JAN-2017) [LJP] 1
3 What does the author mean by accountability? (GTU-JUN-2014) [LJP] 1
4 What is marriage regarded as in India? (GTU-JUN-2014) [LJP] 1
In the passage “What We Must Learn from the West”, the author talks about __________. 1
(GTU-JUN-2017) [LJP]
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(a) Dignity of Intellectual Labour (b) Dignity of Labour (c) Dignity of Engineers (d)
Dignity of Common Man
‘What We Must Learn from the West’ was written by __________________. (GTU-DEC-2015) 1
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(a) Sudha Murthy (b) Narayan Murthy (c) R.K.Narayan (D) Narayani Ganesh
_______is considered to be an integral part of the value system in the west. (GTU-MAY-2015) 1
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A. Dignity of labour B. Professionalism C. independent thinking D. contract
In the passage “What We Must Learn from the West”, the author talks about acknowledging the 1
8 ________________ of others. (GTU-JUN-2016) [LJP]
(a) responsibilities (b) kindness (c) superiority (d) accomplishments
According to author, Indian attitude to cleanliness is _________________. (GTU-DEC-2014) 1
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(a) good (b) very good (c) excellent (d) very bad
The teacher should move the students away from ___________________. (GTU-DEC-2014) 1
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(a) laughter (b) patience (c) courage (d) jealousy

 Question –Answers (2-Marks)

11 What attitudes do Indians have towards their families?(GTU-May-2018) [LJP] 2
12 What can Indians learn from the West? (GTU-May-2018) [LJP] 2
13 What does Narayan Murthy mean by ‘Intellectual Independence’? (GTU-JUN-2017) [LJP] 2
14 What is the attitude of Indians to community matters? (GTU-JUN-2017) [LJP] 2
15 What in your opinion can India teach the rest of the world? (GTU-JAN-2017) [LJP] 2
16 What does the author say about attitude of Indians to the community? (GTU-JAN-2017) [LJP] 2
17 What are author’s views on professionalism in the West? (GTU-DEC-2015) [LJP] 2
18 Which must come first- privileges or principles? Why? (GTU-MAY-2015) [LJP] 2
19 What does Narayan Murthy mean by ‘accountability’? (GTU-MAY-2015) [LJP] 2
20 “Another attribute we must learn from the West is accountability.” – Explain in detail. (GTU- 2

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