Technical English Writing 2024 – BSc Computer Science Part 2

Total No. of Questions : 7] [Total No. of Printed Pages : 8

Paper code: 13510
1510
B.Sc. (Computer Science) (Part 2)
Examination, 2024
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 carefully and answer the questions in your own words:

Because our eyes are so valuable to us both for work and for play, it is important that we should take very great care of them. By using our eyes foolishly it is possible to damage them so severely that they never fully recover. For this reason it is wise to observe a few simple rules, especially when reading, writing or doing other close work such as making models. 

Whatever work we are doing there should always be enough light. It should be sufficiently strong and should at the same time be, evenly spread. If we are writing we should be in such position that the hand which holds the pen does not cast a shadow on the paper where the letters are being formed very strong light should be avoided since it is tiring for eyes, particularly when reflected from a sheet of white paper.

When reading or writing it is best to sit straight, but quite comfortably and to have the page about twelve inches from the eyes.

Never look directly at a very bright sheet, such as the sun or a welder’s arc, unless you have thick dark glass to look through. Lights are bright as these can quickly damage the retina beyond repair.

Questions:

(i) How can we protect our eyes from getting severely damaged?

(ii) Why should we never look directly at a very bright light?

(iii) Suggest a suitable title to the above passage.

(iv) Give a summary of the above passage in about 75 words.

(v) Explain the underlined portions.

2. (i) Fill in the blanks with suitable articles and put an (x) mark where no articles are required:

(a) He is _________ finest younger player around at the moment.

(b) ____________ Man is mortal.

(c) What is needed is _________________ united action.

(d) We went out to _____________ excellent restaurant last night.

(e) How can we combine economic growth and respect for environment.

(ii) Give one word substitute for the following:

(a) Someone who never dies.

(b) That branch of knowledge which reads the effect of stars on the fate of human beings.

(c) The yearly return of a date.

(d) One’s life history written by one self.

(e) One who eats vegetables only.

3. Choose the correct verb form from those in the brackets in any ten of the following sentences : 10

(i) The earth ________ round the sun. (move, moves, moved)

(ii) My friends ___________ the Prime Minister yesterday. (See, have, Seen, Saw)

(iii) I ___________ him only one letter up to how. (sent, have sent, shall send)

(iv) I shall telephone you when he ____________ back. (comes, will come, came)

(v) Can i have some milk before i ______________ to bed? (go, am going, shall go)

(vi) He ____________ asleep while he was driving. (falls, fell, has fallen)

(vii) He __________ a mill in this town. (have, has, is having)

(viii) Abdul ___________ to be a doctor. (wants, wanting, is wanting)

(ix) It started to rain while we ___________ tennis. (are playing, were playing, had playing)

(x) Don’t disturb me.  I ___________ my homework. (do, did, am doing)

(xi) I _________ him for a long time. (know, have known, am knowing)

(xii) He ___________ here for the last five years. (worked, is working, has been working)

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

(i) Adapt, Adopt

(ii) Bear, Beer

(iii) Beach, Beech

(iv) Career, Carrier

(v) Cattle, Kettle

(vi) Sell, Shell

(vii) Dose, Doze

(viii) Desert, Dessert

(ix) Excess, Access

(x) Fair, Fare

(xi) Herd, Heard

5. Write a precis of the following passage in about one-third of its length and suggest a suitable title:

Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated may may strike an uneducated listener as showing pride-unwittingly; we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling: Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men. 10

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

(i) Auto

(ii) Un

(iii) Sub

(iv) Post

(v) Re

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

(i) Age

(ii) Ence

(iii) Ful

(iv) Ment

(v) Hood

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

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