B.A. ENGLISH (PU) - PAST PAPER (B) 2009

PAPER NO. 11

(Year 2009 - Group I) 

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

(i) Why I Love Pakistan?

(ii) An Excursion Trip

(iii) Life is Struggle

(iv) Importance of Reading

(v) Life in a Big City

2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end. (The answers must be in your own words.)

     Advertising is essentially the art of communication. As such, its origin can be traced right back to the origin of the species. "Advertising colouration" is a familiar biological phrase denoting the colours developed by certain animals to make them stand out against their natural background. It is the direct opposite of camouflage. There is always a message in these colours, such as; "keep away, "mind your step", "darling won't you care for a dance?" While camouflage is tricky and timed, "advertising" is honest, confidant, and forthright, as far as the world of nature goes. In human life, advertising through the mouth must have begun with the beginning of commerce. The tradition is still kept alive by hawkers and street vendors in our towns and villages. As regards advertising through the written word there is archaeological evidence that it was being practiced at least 3,000 years ago. An advertisement offering a gold coin as a reward to anyone tracing out a runaway slave was unearthed in the ruins of Thebes and is computed to be as old as the third millennium B.C. It was the prototype of our "lost and found" classified ad that was painted on a wall.

Questions:

(i) What was advertising?

(ii) What does the phrase "advertising colouration" mean?

(iii) What is the difference between camouflage and advertising?

(iv) When did verbal and written advertising begin in human life?

(v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage.

(vi) Make a precis of the passage.

3. Write a letter to the Editor of a Newspaper on the evils of street begging.

OR

Write an application to the Director of Education for the post of an English Teacher.

4. Correct any FIVE of the following sentences. (No extra attempts will be marked.)

(i)  Saleem and I am enemies.

(ii) He has often beat me at tennis.

(iii) He was born in nineteen hundred eighteen.

(iv) I have not seen you since a long time.

(v) The time passed off quickly.

(vi) I cannot pull on my work.

(vii) Write with ink.

(viii) I do not care for these sorts of things.

(ix) She is not clever to do it.

(x) He is a coward boy.

5. Use any FIVE of the following phrases in sentences. (No extra attempts will be marked.)

(i) Come about

(ii) Fix up

(iii) Look up

(iv) Turn up

(v) Run up against

(vi) Root and branch

(vii) Hang fire

(viii) Kick the bucket

(ix) On the cards

(x) Pull up

6. Translate the following into English.

OR

Write a dialogue between the Manager and the customer about the stale food items of the bakery.