B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 1 Special English 2012 Dec Question Paper - KSLU

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UNIT - I

1. Q1 (a) What is your view on liberal education ? Analyse Felix Frankfurter's advice given to the young man interested in going into law.
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2. Q1 OR Do you think the trial in the court is fair ? Examine with reference to Harlamov case.
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3. Q1 (b)(i) Use the following sentence linkers in your own sentence (any three) :
   • Due to; With regard to; inorder to; Going into; Through out; Always.
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4. Q1 (b)(ii) Fill in the blanks with suitable modal auxiliaries (any two) :
   • a) _______ you mind waiting here till I return.
   • b) I ________ punish you if you don't behave yourself.
   • c) We ______ start early in the morning.
   • d) How _______ I ever tell you a lie.
   • e) He _______ not copy out the whole page.
   • f) Only a fool _________ have done it.
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UNIT - II

1. Q2 (a) What can law schools do to improve the working of the courts ?
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2. Q2 OR Why does the author plead in favour of pretrial conferences ?
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3. Q2 (b)(i) Use any three of the following homophones in sentences of your own to bring out their meaning :
   • a) Aught - Ought
   • b) Canon - Cannon
   • c) Fain - Feign
   • d) Berth - Birth
   • e) Check - Cheque
   • f) Plain - Plane
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4. Q2 (b)(ii) Give synonyms for the following (any 2) :
   • Liberal; Obstinate; Proprietor; Vacant.
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UNIT - III

1. Q3 (a) What led Gandhiji to conclude that the administration of law was prostituted in the interest of the exploiter ?
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2. Q3 OR What caused Gandhiji not to ask for mercy ?
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3. Q3 (b)(i) Write a paragraph on any one :
   • a) Too many cooks spoil the broth
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4. Q3 (b)(i) Write a paragraph on any one :
   • b) Ignorance is bliss.
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5. Q3 (b)(ii) Write a report on any one :
   • a) Youth dies in Road Mishap
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6. Q3 (b)(ii) Write a report on any one :
   • b) Rain disrupts match.
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UNIT - IV

1. Q4 (a) What according to Shaw, characterizes 'reasonable murders' ? Why are they dangerous ?
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2. Q4 OR What according to Shaw, is wrong with the deterrent theory of punishment ? What is his remedy for avoiding the desire for crime ?
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3. Q4 (b)(i) Write a dialogue between Ravi and Rahul debating that India today needs dictatorship not democracy.
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4. Q4 OR Write a dialogue between you and the bank manager with regard to opening an account in the bank.
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5. Q4 (b)(ii) Refute any one of the following :
   • a) Strikes should be banned.
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6. Q4 (b)(ii) Refute any one of the following :
   • b) Religion unites human beings.
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UNIT - V

1. Q5 (a) Analyse the views of Joseph Plank in the essay "The Law is a Jealous Mistress - A Popular Fallacy" ?
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2. Q5 OR How does Lord Macmillan describe a professional lawyer ?
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3. Q5 (b) Interpret any two of the following notices :
   • a) This Side up
   • b) Bridge unsafe, unfold and proceed
   • c) No smoking
   • d) Trespassers will be prosecuted.
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Typed from the KSLU paper above. The paper is the original. Long reading passages are shortened here to their first and last lines and a summary.