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

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UNIT - I

1. Q1 (a) According to Felix Frankfurter, what is a young man going into law supposed to know ?
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2. Q1 OR Describe the trial of Nikolay Harlamov ?
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3. Q1 (b)(i) Use any four words of the following in sentences of your own (as directed in brackets) :
   • 1) guide - (as a noun and verb)
   • 2) after - (as conjunction and preposition)
   • 3) fast - (as adjective and adverb)
   • 4) close - (as adjective and verb)
   • 5) iron - (as a verb and noun)
   • 6) near - (as adjective and preposition)
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4. Q1 (b)(ii) Fill in the blanks with suitable modal auxiliaries.
   • 1) _____________ I come in ?
   • 2) I _____________ finish my work by next Sunday.
   • 3) He _____________ not answer the question.
   • 4) I ____________ rather starve than beg.
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UNIT - II

1. Q2 (a) What are the three delays in the court ? Explain.
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2. Q2 OR What is needed to have good judicial administration ?
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3. Q2 (b)(i) Bring out the meanings of the following homophones by using them in sentences of your own.
   • 1) bride ; braid
   • 2) soar ; sour
   • 3) role ; roll
   • 4) corporal ; corporeal
   • 5) degree ; decree
   • 6) fair ; fare.
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4. Q2 (b)(ii) Give the antonyms of the following (any four) :
   • 1) private
   • 2) latter
   • 3) simple
   • 4) foreign
   • 5) fortune
   • 6) legal.
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UNIT - III

1. Q3 (a) Why does Gandhiji plead that the judge should give him the severest penalty ?
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2. Q3 OR How does Gandhiji prove that, what according to law is a deliberate crime, appears to him to be the highest duty of a citizen ?
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3. Q3 (b)(i) Write a paragraph on :
   • Health is wealth
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4. Q3 OR Write a paragraph on :
   • As you sow, so shall you reap.
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5. Q3 (b)(ii) Write a report on :
   • Three terrorists arrested
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6. Q3 OR Write a report on :
   • India - the world champions in cricket.
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UNIT - IV

1. Q4 (a) Sum up G. B. Shaw's views on wrong methods of imparting justice.
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2. Q4 OR Why does George Bernard Shaw maintain that the murderer was credulous to the 'marvels of science' ?
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3. Q4 (b)(i) Write a dialogue between two friends on the hike in petrol prices.
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4. Q4 OR Write a dialogue between two friends discussing about their preparations for their examination.
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5. Q4 (b)(ii) Refute the following statement :
   • Eradication of corruption is possible.
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6. Q4 OR Refute the following statement :
   • Industrialization has made man a slave of machines.
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UNIT - V

1. Q5 (a) How does Joseph Planck explain the fallacy that, 'The law is a jealous mistress' ?
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2. Q5 OR "The horizon of the law is as broad as human life itself and all culture is its domain" - Explain.
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3. Q5 (b) Interpret any two of the following notices :
   • i) Tress passers shall be prosecuted
   • ii) Sound Horn Please
   • iii) Hospital ahead; go slow
   • iv) Drive slowly; reach safely.
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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.