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B.A. (Part-I) Examination, 2019
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
[Paper - Second ]
Time: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks :50

Note : All questions are compulsory and carry equal

marks.

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the

questions that follow : [2x5=10]

Sir RanjitsinghjiVibhaji Jadeja, GCSI GBE, often

known as Ranji, wasthe ruler of the Indian princely
state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933, as

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 Maharaja Jam Saheb, and a noted Test
cricketer
who played for the English cricket team. He alsa
plaved first-class cricket for Cambridge University
and county cricket for Sussex. Ranji has
widely
been regarded as one of the greatest
batsmen of
all time. Neville Cardus
described him as "the
Midsummer night's dream of cricket". Unorthodox
in technique and withfast
reactions,he brought a
newstyle to batting and revolutionised the game.
Previously, batsman had generally pushed forward;
Ranjitook advantage of the improving quality of
pitches in his era and played more on the back
foot, both indefence and attack. He is particularly
associated with one shot, the leg glance, which he
invented or popularised. The first-class cricket
tournament in India,the RanjiTrophy, was named
in his honour and inaugurated in 1935 by the
Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. His nephew
Duleepsinghji followed Ranj's path as a batsman
playing first-class cricket in England and for the

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 England cricket team. Away from cricket, Ranji
became Maharaja Jam Saheb of
Nawanagar in
1907, He was later Chancellor of the
Indian
Chamber of Princes, and represented India at the
League of Nations. His official title was Colonel H.H.
Shri Sir Ranjitsinghji Vibhaji Il, Jam Saheb of
Nawanagar, GCSI GBE. Ranjitsinghji made his
debut for Trinity College,Cambridge, in 1892 after
injury ruled out another player and his subsequent
form, including a century, kept him in the college
team, achieving a batting average of 44, only
Jackson averaging more. However, the other
players ignored Ranjitsinghji in these matchs. That
June,watched by Ranjitsinghji, Cambridge were
defeated by Oxford in the University Match; Malcolm
Jardine, an Oxford batsman, hit 140 runs, many
with a version of the leg glance; Jackson would
not alter his tactics and Jardine was able to score
easy runs. In his day, Ranjitsinghji's batting was
regarded as innovative and history has come to

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 look upon him as "one of the most originalstylists
to have ever played the game". His great friend and
Sussex captain, C.B. Fry commented on Ranji's
"distinctiveness", attributing it to"'a combination of
perfect poise and the quickness peculiar to the
athletic Hindu". Neville Cardus described English
cricket, before the arrival of Ranjitsinghji as
"English through and through", but that when Ranji
batted, '"astrange light from the East flickered
in the English sunshine". Wisdon editor and cricket

critic Steven Lynch says that "everything seems

possible" for him while playing on afast wicket.
The popularity of an Indian playing cricket in
England and for England was remarked upon
linked
during Ranjitsinghj's era. W.G Grace directly
skill
Ranji's celebrity status to "his extraordinary
batsman and his nationality'",
as a
Questions :
to say about
(a) What did Neville Cardus have
Ranji?
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 (b) How did Ranjienter the Trinity College team
at Cambridge ?

(c) Why did W.G. Grace consider Ranji a

celebrity?
(d) What was Ranjifamous for outside cricket?
Mention the positions held.
(e) What did C.B.Fry have tósay about Ranji's
batting ?
2. Read the following passage carefully and answer
the questions given below: [2x5=10]

Raj Kapoor was an Indian film actor, producer and

director of Indian cinema. Born at Kapoor Haveli in
Peshawar to actor Prithviraj Kapoor. Kapoor is
regarded as one of the greatest and most influential
actors and filmmakers in the historyof cinemaand
known as "the greatest showman of Hindi cinema'".
He received multiple accolades, including 3
National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in

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 India. The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is
named after Raj Kapoor. He was a twWO-time
nominee for the Palme d'Or grand prize at the
Cannes Film Festival for his films Awaara (1951)
and Boot Polish(1954). His performance inAwaara
was ranked as one of the top ten greatest
performances of all time by Time magazine. His
films attracted woridwide audiences, particularly
in Asiaand Europe. He was called "the Clark Gable
of the Indian film industry".The Government of India
honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971
for his contributions to the arts. India's highest
award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
was bestowed on him in 1987 bythe Government
of India. At the age of ten, he appeared in Bollywood
films for the first time, in 1935's Inquilab. Raj
Kapoor's big break came with the lead role in Neel
Kamal (1947) opposite Madhubala in her first role
twenty
as a leading lady. In 1948, at the age of
R.KFilms, and
four, he established his own studio,

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 became the youngest film director of his time
making his directorial debut with Aag starring
himself, Nargis, Kamini Kaushal and Premnath. In
1949 he co-starred alongside Dilip Kumar and
Nargis in Mehboob Khan's hit film Andaz which
was his first major success as an actor. He had
star of
his first succèss as producer, director and
Barsaat released later that year. Raj Kapoor is
fans.
appreciated both by film critics and movie
of him as
Film historians and movie buffs speak
since he
the "Charlie Chaplin of Indian cinema",
portrayed a tramp-like figure, who, despite
often
His fame
adversity, was still cheerful and honest.
by audiences
spread worldwide. He was adored
parts of South/Central/SoutheastAsia, the
in large
Soviet Union/Bloc, China, the Middle East,
former
Africa; his movies were global commercial
and
Raj Kapoor had the knack of getting
Successes.
out of any one, since he had mastered all
the best
even marketing
departments of film making and
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 them. His films reflected the era in which they were
made. A postage stamp, bearing his face, was
released by India Post to honour him on
14December 2001. To honour him, a brass statue
of his was unveiled at Walk of the Stars at Bandra
Bandstand in Mumbai in March 2012. Many of Rai
Kapoor's movies had a patriotic theme. His film
Aag, Shree 420 and Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti
Hai ( In the country where the Ganges flows)
celebrated the newly independent India, and
encouraged film-goers to be patriots. Raj Kapoor
commissioned these famous lyrics for Mera Joota
Hai Japani, a song from the movie Shree 420.
Kapoor had received many awards throughout his
career, including 3 National Film Awards, 11
Filmfare Awards and 21 nominations. His films
Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954) were
nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film
Festival. His acting in the former was rated as one
of the "Top-Ten Performances of all time" by Time

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 Magazine.His film Jagte Raho (1956) also
won
the Crystal Globe award at the
Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival.
Questions :

(a) Where was Rai Kapoor born and who was

his father ?

(b) What did the Time magazine have to say

about Raj Kapoor's performance in Awara
(1951) ?

(c) Why has Raj Kapoor been compared to

Charlie Chaplin ?

(d) Which films of Raj Kapoor celebrated the

newly independent India ?

(e) Which film won the Crystal Globe award ?

3. Write an essay on Terrorism. [10]

OR

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 Write a paragraph on the advantages of higher
education.

4. Write ashort story dealing with soldiers or

lovers. [10]

OR

Describe the rainy season in about 150 Words.

5. Translate the following passage into English: [10]

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Read the following passage and answer the

questions given below: [2x5=10]
Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt (22 May 1878-23
May 1960), better known by the ring name The
Great Gama, was a Kashmiri wrestler from the
British Raj who then moved to Lahore, Pakistan
post-partition where he lived for the rest of his days.
Born in Amritsar village Jabbowal, then the

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 Punjab Province of British India, in 1878, he was
awarded the Indian version of the World
Heavyweight Championship on 15 October 1910,
and went on to defeat grappling champIons acrosS
the world. Undefeated in a career spanning more
than 52 years, he is considered one of the greatest
Wrestlers of all time. Gama's daily training
Consisted of grappling with forty of his fellow
wrestlers in the akhada (court). He did a minimum
of fve thousand baithaks (squats) (avg. speed 100
200 sauats per minut) and three thousand dands
(pushups) (avg. speed 50-100pushups per minut)
in a day and even sometimes more within 30 to 45
minutes each by wearing a doughnut-shaped
wrestling apparatus called Hasli of 1 Quintal.
Gama's diet included 2 gallons of milk per day
mixed with 1.5 pounds of cruched almond paste
and fruit juice. On September 10, 1910, Zbyszko
faced the Great Gama in the finals of the John Bull
was
World Championship in London. The match

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 £ 250 in prize money and the John Bull Belt. Within
a minute, Zbyszko was taken down and remained
in that position for the remaining 2 hours and 35
minutes of the match. There were a few brief
moments when Zbyszko would get up, but he just
ended back down in his previous position. Crafting
adefensive strategy of hugging the mat in order to
nulify Great Gama's greatest strengths, Zbyszko
wrestled the Indian legend to a draw after nearly
three hours of grappling, thought Zbyszko's lack of
tenacity angered many of the fans in attendance.
Nevertheless, Zbyszko stillbecame one of the few
wrestlers to ever meet the Great Gama without
going down in defeat; The two men were set to
face each other again on September 17, 191o. On
that date, Zbyszko failed to show up and Gama
was announced the winner by default. He was
awarded the prize andthe John Bull Belt.
Receiving
this belt entitled Gama to be called
Rustamn-e-
Zamana or World Champion. Shortly after his return

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 from England, Gama faced Raheem
Bakhsh
Sultani Wala in Allahabad. This bout
eventually
ended the long struggle between the two pillars of
Indian Wrestling of that time in favour of Gama and
he won the title of Rustam-e-Hind or Champion of
India. Later in his life when asked about who was
his strongest opponent, Gama replied, "Raheem
Bakhsh Sultani Wala". In the 1940s he was invited
bythe Nizam of Hyderabad and defeated all his
fighters. The Nizam then sent him to façe the
wrestler Balram Heeraman Singh Yadav, who was
never defeated in his life. The fight was very long.
Gama was unable t0 defeat Heeraman and
eventually neither wrestler won. Heeraman was
one of the toughest wrestlers for Gama to face.

Questions:

(a) Where was the Great Gama born?

Describe Gama's daily training schedule ?

(b)
happened during the 10 September,
(c) What
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 1910 match between Gama and
Zybszko ?

(d) Who did Gama wrestle against in

Allahabad ?

(e) What was the result of the fight between

Gama and Heeraman ?

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