Technical English Writing 2015 – BSc Computer Science Part 2 (MJPRU)

Paper code: 13510
1510
B.Sc. (Computer Science) (Part 2)
Examination, 2015
Paper No. 1.1
TECHNICAL ENGLISH WRITING

Time: Three Hours] [Maximum Marks: 50

Note: Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions in own words:

In states which have a communistic system, private property and private enterprise are reduced to a minimum. They exist, but are limited to a small area of the economy. Karl Marx conceived of a world in which there would be no private property whatsoever. Communism, in theory, states that all property should belong to the state. In practice, however, the citizens of States like the USSR are permitted to have personal effects.

The important thing about the community system is its central planning. The state organizes the whole economic effort of the nation. A central authority with complete power decides what goods and services will be produced. The authority decides what quantities of the goods will be produced, and also controls their quality, deciding how they will be distributed and what prices will be charged for them. In addition, the state provides all (or most of) the services which the citizens require. It is responsible for the economy, and is therefore concerned with methods of production as well as with quality and quantity. The national economy must be planned ahead over a number of years.

A Marxist economy is planned. The system is related to the needs to the state as a whole, not to the needs of the person. The emphasis is on collective efforts and not on personal effort, so that the individual is subordinated to the collective state.

Questions:

1. Describe the world of Karl Marx’s conception.
2. Point out the difference between communist theory and practice regarding property.
3. What is meant by central planning?
4. Point out the function of the state under a system of central planning.
5. What is the status of an individual in a communist state?

2. Put the verbs in brackets in correct tenses in the following sentences:

1. I (lose) my pen, please help me find it.
2. Why you always (make) such idiotic mistakes?
3. I (bring) you a cup of coffee?
4. I (love) you forever, he declared emphatically.
5. I (finish) everything by the time you get back tomorrow.
6. You will know more about life as you (grow) older.
7. If he (arrive) tomorrow, he will be in time for the interview.
8. No newspapers (distribute) the day after Holi.
9. Keep quiet, we (do) a difficult exercise.
10. He (play) football when he sprained his ankle.

3. Do as directed:

1. I saw………………one-eyed man on the road. (Supply article)
2. Honesty is the best policy. ……………………honest of Sohan is appreciable. (Supply artical)
3. He has a very………………………knowledge on his subject. (Supply adjective of depth)
4. His………………………brother is in America. (older/elder)
5. Let……………and…………………………solve the problem. (he, she/him, her yours)
6. You are not so young as……………………. (he/him)
7. Walk carefully………………………you should fall. (Use conjunction)
8. This is the…………………………house. (brother’s-in-law/brother-in-law’s)
9. Mathematics…………………………a difficult subject. (is/are)
10. Such people………………………are very sweet spoken are not general good at heart. (that/as)

4. Use the following pairs of words in your own sentence so as to bring out the difference in meaning:

1. Alternate, alternative
2. Confidant, confident
3. Affect, effect
4. Bail, bale
5. Fain, feign
6. Stationery, stationary
7. Physics, physique
8. Raise, raze
9. Yoke, yolk
10. Seer, sere

5. Substitute one word for each of the following:

1. That cannot be solved.
2. That cannot be blotted out.
3. One who always takes a brighter view of things.
4. One who hates women.
5. One who truly loves his country.
6. One who makes love in a trifling manner.
7. A child who is born after the death of its father.
8. Speech delivered for the first time.
9. Notice of a person’s death, especially in a newspaper.
10. A book compiled to give information on every subject.

6. (a) From words by attaching he following prefixes:

1. Fore
2. Mis
3. Super
4. Auto
5. Extra

(b) From words by attaching the following suffixes:

1. ism
2. ize
3. ful
4. able
5. ish

7. Give your own view on cyber crime.

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