ae DP EEE EPL MANIPAL UNIVERSITY FIRST SEMESTER B.S. (ENGG.) DEGREE EXAMINATION — JANUARY 2009 SUBJECT: COMPOSITION (EN 111) Monday, January 19, 2009 Time: 10,00-13.00 Hrs, Max. Marks: 100 All questions are compulsory. 1A. Correct the spellings of the following words (if necessary): Liaison; Ambigous; Ideosincracy; Consceintious vaccillating (5 marks) 1B. Punetuate the following: Then i turn my eyes sideways and see the window all frozen over think of that then the servant comes in it is very cold this morning is it not very cold sir. (5 marks) 1C. Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles (if necessary i) He was____ one - eyed person. ii) ___ Monkey is always full of mischief. iii) Meccais Holy city for Muslims. iv) Why are you making __ noise? v) bought mangoes by __ dozen. (5 marks) 1D. Fill in appropriate Prepositions: The Hotel Industry is a Capital intensive one ____ high costs ____ real estate and construction and also heavy depreciation costs__ the assets. _the growing stages the company has to bear heavy depreciation and interest costs as a result of additions _ existing capacities (5 marks) 1E. Fill in appropriate form of tense: i) A necklace of precious gems, presented by friends of the bride _(to be) among the presents on view. ii) The reviewers agree that this is one of the most interesting novels that _ recently been issued (has) iii) He (bleed) profusely iv) He (struck) dead with a pistol vy) He (Lie) for behalf an hour unconscious, until he was seen by a passing motorist. (5 marks) IF. Use the following pairs of words in sentences of your own so as to distinguish the meaning of each word: Adverse; Averse imate; Es imation ni1G Substitute the following phrase by a single word cach: i) Broad outlook, free from prejudice. ii) Words uttered impiously about God. iii) One who lives for pleasure. iv) ‘That cannot be explained. v) A remedy which is supposed to were all diseases. vi) Bitter or wounding remark, especially one ironically worded. vii) One who never touches strong drink. viii) A clever and amusing saying. ix) Restore to lost place, privileges, ete. x) Too ready to believe what others say. (10 marks) Write a paragraph of about 150 words with the following statement as the beginning. (Use Proper Connectives). Money may not make a person happy, but it is better to be unhappy with money than without it (10 marks) Complete the paragraph using the outline/hints as given below. (Use suitable connectives) A dark stormy night ___a boy alone in a lane near the church and an uninhabited house aloud seream___a black creature___boy runs away _ tells. a neighbour the house is haunted ___villages armed with sticks and guns all scared drunken farmer goes into the house inside, a frightened dog. (10 marks) The Indian Government is concerned about the exodus of Indian doctors, engineers and academicians to foreign countries like America, Britain, Germany, and Gulf Countries and wishes to retain these professionals from the above cited fields to utilize their services for their motherland and fellow countrymen. In this connection, the Chief Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, has asked for a report investigating the causes of this trend and suggesting measures to arrest the exodus. As a research analyst in the above Ministry you have been asked to write the report with necessary data to be sent to the Chief Secretary (15 marks) Write an essay on any ONE of the following (In about 600 words): ‘The application of Science to entertainment has made us lazy. If you are caught in a Dust Storm. The Joint Family — A Dying Institution (20 marks)