B.A. ENGLISH (PU) - PAST PAPER (B) 2005

PAPER NO. 3

(Year 2005 - Group I) 

1. Write an essay, with an outline, of 300-350 words on ONE of the following topics:

(i) Reading for Pleasure

(ii) Ills of Smoking

(iii) Literacy Campaign

(iv) An Ideal Student

(v) How to Make Pakistan Strong and Stable

2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end. 

     A person who is aware of his duties and rights in his society in a good citizens. He knows that he is a member of a group with which he is associated by a thousand and one ties. He realizes that he should live in harmony with other members of society.
     Man cannot live without a society. He cannot live alone. He must live with his fellow human beings. But living in a society means cooperation with other members of that society. When you live in a society, you have to live as others live. You have to accept the conditions and traditions that a society prescribes for its members. These conditions and standards of behaviour are for the common good and welfare of the society and individuals. Society gives you some rights and some duties.
     A good citizen does his best to do his duty to the society. He always keeps in view the interests of his society and state. He lives a clean and honest life. He keeps away from such activities that may harm the interests of his fellow citizens.
     A good citizen is aware of the fact that his is indebted to his society in many ways. He knows that the labour and work of countless persons have enriched his life. His life, to a very great extent, depends on others. He has received much in material and spiritual benefits from others. It is only just and right that he should pay his debts.
      How does a good citizen pay his debts to the society? By living a useful and fruitful life. He lives not for himself alone. He lives for others. He pays his taxes. He takes keen interest in the affairs of his state. He does not live in isolation. He is not selfish. He is tolerant, kind and virtuous.
Questions:
(i) Give a suitable title to passage.
(ii) Who is a good citizen?
(iii) Why is society formed?
(iv) What are the duties of a good citizen?
(v) Give other words for:
(a) Harmony     (b) Prescribe     (c) Indebted     (d) Isolation
(vi) Make a precis of the passage in about 100 words.
3. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about smoking among students. 

OR

Write an application to the secretary of higher education for grand of scholarship for higher studies abroad. 
4. Use any FIVE of the following idiomatic expressions in sentences. 
(i) Bring forth
(ii) Die down
(iii) Go against
(iv) Knock about
(v) House of cards
(vi) Laughing stock
(vii) Nip in the bud
(viii) Play truant
(ix) Keep one's fingers crossed
(x) Have a bee in one's bonnet
5. Correct any FIVE of the following sentences.
(i) He or she is a thief.
(ii) Certificates are attached herewith.
(iii) She died from cancer.
(iv) No sooner he left than the storm broke.
(v) I would sooner quit than to do it.
(vi) Slower you move, greater the time you take.
(vii) They considered him as a great fool.
(viii) She was too pleased to hear the news.
(ix) He walks as if he is lame.
(x) One can learn his lesson if he applies his mind to it.
6. Translate the following into English. 

OR

Write a dialogue between a student and a teacher on the importance of discipline.