CCSU BA LLB - General English IV - 2025 - Old question paper

BA LLB 4th Semester Examination, May 2025
General English IV
(BL-4001)

Section A
Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 4 marks

1. Give one synonym of any four of the following

(a) Discover

Ans: Find

(b)  Enthusiasm

Ans: Eagerness 

(c) Ponder

Ans: contemplate

(d) Mutiny

Ans: rebellion

(e) Sacred

Ans: Holy

(f) Dispute

Ans: Argument

2. Give antonyms of any four of the following:

a) ancient

Ans: modern

(b) dawn

Ans: Dusk

(c) external

Ans: Internal

(d) major

Ans: minor

(e) bravery

Ans: cowrdice

(f) hope

Ans: despair

     
3. Give the meaning of any two sets of homonyms given below and use them in your own sentences

(a) Addition : Edition

• Addition: The process of adding something to increase or improve a whole.

  • Sentence: The firm decided that the addition of a dedicated research department would improve their case success rate.

• Edition: A specific version of a published work.

  • Sentence: The latest edition of the legal dictionary includes updated definitions for digital privacy laws.

(b) Route : Root

• Route: A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.

  • Sentence: Due to heavy traffic on the highway, we took a more scenic route through the countryside.

• Root: The part of a plant that attaches it to the ground; or the basic cause or source of something.

  • Sentence: To solve a complex problem effectively, one must identify the root cause rather than just treating the symptoms.

(c) Berth : Birth

• Berth: A fixed bunk or sleeping place on a ship, train, or aircraft.

  • Sentence: I managed to reserve a lower berth on the overnight train to ensure a comfortable journey.

• Birth: The emergence of a young from the body of its mother; the beginning of something.

  • Sentence: The birth of the United Nations marked a new era in international cooperation and human rights.

(d) Write : Right

• Write: To mark letters, words, or symbols on a surface with a pen, pencil, or keyboard.

  • Sentence: It is important to write down the specific details of the contract before signing it.

• Right: That which is morally good, justified, or acceptable; or a legal entitlement.

  • Sentence: Every citizen has the right to a fair trial under the provisions of the constitution.

     
4. Change the form of any four words as instructed against them in brackets:

(a) Prison (verb): Imprison

(b) Sharp (verb): 

Ans: Sharpen
(c) Anger (adjective): 

Ans: Angry
(d) Heat (adjective): 

Ans: Heated (or Hot)
(e) Careful (adverb): 

Ans: Carefully
(f) Clear (adverb): 

Ans: Clearly

5. Give the meaning of any four words given below:

(a) Contemporary

Ans: Belonging to or occurring in the present time; or a person living at the same time as another.

(b) Manuscript

Ans: A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed; or an author's text that has not yet been published.
(c) Soliloquy

Ans: An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
(d) Invisible

Ans: Unable to be seen; not visible to the eye.
(e) Patriot

Ans: A person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.
(f) Biography

Ans: An account of someone's life written by someone else.

Section B
Note: Attempt any two question. Each question carries 10 marks

6. Explain the following lines with reference to context, from the play prescribed in your course

"So doth the greater glory dim the less. A substitute shines brightly as a king until a king be by, and then his state empties itlelf as doth and inland brook into the main of waters."

7. Write a paragraph not exceeding 200 words on any one of the following topics:

(a) Honesty is the best policy

(b) Fundamental duties of the citizen of India.

(c) The role of education in the development of India.

(d) The advantages and disadvantages of Artificial Intelligence

8. Add a prefix to the following words

(a) loyal

Ans: Disloyal

(b) max

Ans: Premax or Postmax or Ultramax

(c) happy

Ans: unhappy

(d) regular

Ans: Irregular

(e) logical

Ans: Illogical

Section C
Note: Attempt any three question. Each question carries 20 marks

9. Give a character sketch of Skylock.
10. Write a note on Lorenzo-Jessica episode.
11. This question has two parts. Both the parts are mandatory. Each part is of 10 marks.

(A) Fill in suitable words in the blanks as directed 

(i) Lata is going to the market with _______ mother. (Pronoun)

Ans: her

(ii) The baby is crying _____. (Adverb)

Ans: loudly

(iii) The Tajmahal is located in ______. (noun)

Ans: Agra

(iv) _______ Himalayas are the highest mountain. (article)

Ans: The

(B) Correct the following sentences:

(i) Fifteen miles are not a long distance.

Ans: Fifteen miles is not a long distance.

(ii) He lives in Shaheed-ganj at Saharanpur.

Ans: He lives at Shaheed-ganj in Saharanpur.

(iii) I have not gone to the college from Monday.

Ans: I have not gone to the college since Monday.

(iv) Unless you do not work hard, you cannot succeed.

Ans: Unless you work hard, you cannot succeed.

(v) The Indian team have won the match.

Ans: The Indian team has won the match.

12. Write a precis of the paragraph given below:

Your mental attitude is a great determining influence in your daily life. begin the day with a positive and energetic mental attitude towards wirjs, plans and purposes, and it will elevate and enhance all your activities. The spirit in which you regard your fellow people and the world around you, will be reflected back to you. When you are in the right mental attitude, many things will seem to support to advance your work and interest. 

Primarily it is you mental attitude which makes the day happy and productive or contrary. You can demonstrate the truth of this today by resolving to look only for the best, to be intelligently optimistic and to have confidence in the eternal supremacy of the God. Make more positive resolutions regarding the things you aught to do. Write down on a card, the special things, you resolve to do and read it several times a day. Assert in vigorous tone of the voice, the thoughts you wish to establish as unconscious habit of your life. The best means of impressing new resolutions in your mind is by concentration, iteration and assertion. At the close of everyday, review your thoughts, your actions and know precisely what you have done with your new thoughts. It is a great thing to conceive a great idea, but it is still greater to put it into execution.