B.Sc. ENGLISH (_PU) - PAST PAPER 2007

PAPER NO. 4

(YEAR 2007)

Attempt any TWO questions from Section-A. 

Section-B is COMPULSORY

SECTION - A

1. (a) Man is usually called "the highest animal" on the basis of intelligence. What are the specific traits that make him "the lowest animal" for Mark Twain? (15)

(b) "The Damned Human Race" was written in the early 1900's. It is true today? Does man still deserve this attack or has he improved in a Century's time?

2. (a) "How the Poor Die" by George Orwell is pathetical and critical description of the public ward of the French hospital. Discuss.  (15)

(b) How does the French hospital where Orwell stayed, compared with the hospitals in England? (10) 
3. (a) "The Gray Beginnings" by R.L. Carson is an illustration of the scientifically accurate and lyrically beautiful way in which the writer stretches the reader's imagination by revealing  the magic and mystery of the sea. Elaborate. (15)
(b) What were the effects of "The Birth of the Moon"? (10) 
4. (a) Comment on the Marie Winn's statement "In a way heavy viewer's life is as imbalanced by his television habit as a drug addict's or an alcoholic's." (15)
(b) What method could parents or individuals use to prevent or lesson T.V. addiction. (10)

SECTION - B

5. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions at the end. (6+9 =15) 

     Travelling is the best means of acquiring sound knowledge. Knowledge thus gained is the result of first hand experience. A person who travels to various cities and towns from one end of Pakistan to the other and stays at different places for sometime gets a first rate knowledge of the country, places and its people. He comes to know the geography, the fauna and flora of the various regions, the people and their ways of life and their customs and manners. He enjoys the beauties of the countryside, the variety of scenes of the vast plains, the open valleys and the snow capped peaks of the mountains. One great advantage of the knowledge so gained is that it has the warmth of the personal experience and pulsates with life as opposed to the second hand knowledge gained from books. 

Questions:

(i) What does the author mean by first hand knowledge? (2)

(ii) What is one great advantage of travelling? (2) 

(iii) What things hold attraction for the traveller? (2) 

(iv) Make a precis of the passage and give a suitable title to it. (9)6. Write a survey report on "Inflation and its effects" with your suggestions and conclusions. (10)

7. Write an essay of 200 words on ONE of the given topics: (15)

(i) Unemployment and Pakistanis Youth

(ii) Memories

(iii) Eid-ul-Azha: The Festival of Sacrifice

(iv) Human Right Abuses

8. Translate into English. (10)