Technical English Writing 2019 – BSc Computer Science Part 2

Paper code: 13510
1510
B.Sc. (Computer Science) (Part 2)
Examination, 2019
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:

Dark clouds in a dull sky meant one thing and one thing only :there was going to be a thunder storm. Not one of us has brought an umbrella, or even a raincoat, so when Jack suggested we should go to a museum, we all agreed immediately. As we had been shopping all morning and were now feeling very tired, it would be a pleasure to sit down. We took a bus and arrived just as large drops of rain were beginning to fall.

The museum was quite deserted and very peaceful. We sat down in the main hall and listened to the rain beating against the windows. Suddenly there was great disturbance at the entrance. Then a large party of school-boys were led in by teacher. The poor man was trying to keep them quite and threatening to punish them, but they did not pay the slightest attention. the boys ran here and there like a wild tribe. Apologizing for this lack of discipline the teacher explained that the boys were rather excited. But in the end the noise proved too much for us and we decided to leave. As Jack remarked when we were walking in the rain, the boys had more right to be in a museum than we had. After all they had come on an educational visit, while we had simply wanted to get out of rain.

Questions:

(i) What did the dark clouds in the sky mean ?

(ii) Why were we feeling very tired ?

(iii) Were did we go for shelter when it began to rain ?

(iv) Who come to the museum afterwards and how did they behave ?

(v) What did Jack remark after we had left the museum ?

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

    (i) We’ll go out when, the rain (stop).

    (ii) My elder brother joined the army when he (be) seventeen.

    (iii) They already (repair) some of the old ones.

    (iv) When I saw him, he (sit) asleep in a chair.

    (v) We (live) here for the last six months.

    (vi) He (not have) a holiday for nine years.

    (vii) Architects (make) the plans of buildings.

   (viii) I (play) hockey in the evening.

   (ix) He always (study) till late at night.

   (x) I (write) ten letters since breakfast.

   (xi) I (write) letters since breakfast.

   (xii) How long ago you (arrive) here ?

3. Use correct options in any ten of the following sentences :

(i) Here are a few books ……………………….. is yours ?(what/which)

(ii) The boy …………………. you taught last year has qualified.(who/whom)

(iii) ……………………..  students were present in the class.(a few/the few)

(iv) Brutus is ………………………….. honorable man.(an/a)

(v) This is my book. That is …………………… .(your/yours)

(vi) Always help ……………………. .(poors/the poor)

(vii) He is ………………………. the Cyril.(elder/older)

(viii) The English are peace loving ………………………. .(people/peoples)

(ix) One should always be loyal to ………………………. country.(one’s/his)

(x) It is ………………………. who did all this.(him/he)

(xi) I ………………. was present there. (me, myself)

(xii) All such boys ………………. are hard working never wast their time.(who/that)

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

   (i) Alter, Altar

   (ii) Allusion, Illusion

   (iii) Coarse, Course

   (iv) Dual, Duel

   (v) Fare, Fair

   (vi) Hart, Heart

   (vii) Minor, Miner

   (viii) Rein, Reign

   (ix) Story, Storey

   (x) Empire, Umpire

   (xi) Rout, Route

   (xii) Career, Carrier

5. Substitute one word for any ten of the following:

   (i) One who does not believe in God

   (ii) One who sees the dark side of things

   (iii) Property inherited by a person from his ancestors

   (iv) The man whose wife is dead

   (v) One who had infinite knowledge

   (vi) A book published after the death of the author

   (vii) A child whose parents are dead

   (viii) One who loves one’s country

   (ix) Difficult or impossible to read

   (x) Place where horses are kept

   (xi) Medical examination of the dead body.

   (xii) Science of the structure of animal bodies.

6. (a) From one word each by attaching he following prefixes:

         (i) Dis

         (ii) En

         (iii) Im

         (iv) Mis

   (b) From one word each by attaching the following suffixes:

         (i) hood

         (ii) less

         (iii) ship

         (iv) some

7. Brings out the difference between technical language and literary language.

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