BLS LLB 5 Years Sem 1 English 1 2023-24 ATKT Set 2 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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SECTION I - Q.1) Answer the following in two sentences only (Any 6) (12 marks)

1. Q1 "To do a great right, do a little wrong" Who is the speaker of this line? Who is this line being spoken to?
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2. Q2 "The ugliest Creature almost I ever beheld, a poor dirty Drab, your Ladyship never saw such a Wretch." Identify the speaker. To whom is the dialogue being said?
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3. Q3 ". but not one farthing of costs or damages do you ever get from me, if I spend the rest of my existence in a debtor's prison." Whom is the speaker addressing? What were the damages the speaker was to pay?
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4. Q4 "Those are the clothes. I made them myself." Identify the speaker. Give the context of the situation when the lines were spoken.
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5. Q5 "The murderer of your friend and mine - York Driscoll of the generous and the kindly spirit - sits in your midst." Identify the speaker. Who is the murderer and what is his true identity?
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6. Q6 "For if I tell you that to do as you say would be a disobedience to God." Who is the speaker of these lines? What is he referring to as "disobedience to God"?
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7. Q7 "But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers." Who is the culprit? From which text have these words been taken?
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8. Q8 "You have made my task easy one way by pleading guilty to the charge." Who was the judge of the trial? Against whom is the judgement being pronounced?
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9. Q9 "Her public justification was that there was a conspiracy against her - not the country - and if she was thrown out, the country would be plunged into chaos." Who is being referred to in these lines? Who is the writer of the prescribed text?
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10. Q10 "I am a Portia man." Who quoted this line from 'The Merchant of Venice' in their judgement? From which text have these words been taken?
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SECTION II - Q.2) Write short notes on any 2 of the following (12 marks)

1. Q11 The role of Cops in the story of Soapy
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2. Q12 The Welsh Students Case
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3. Q13 The character of Lomax Harder
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4. Q14 The Thalidomide Case
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SECTION III - Q.3.A) Select any 1 of the following passages and answer the questions that follow (06 marks)

1. Q15 On this short ground we think the judge was in error. We have already allowed the appeal on this ground. But, even if there had not been this ground, I should have thought that the sentence of six months was excessive. Balogh spent 14 days in prison: and he has now apologised. That is enough to purge his contempt, if contempt it was. Which case is being referred to in the above lines. Give a brief account of the same.
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2. Q16 In most of the cases which I have mentioned the witness had finished his evidence but the case itself was not concluded at the time when the step was taken against him. Which case is being referred to in the above lines. Give a brief account of the same.
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SECTION IV - Q.3.B) Write an essay in approximately 150 words on any 1 of the following topics (06 marks)

1. Q17 Artificial Intelligence : a Boon or Bane for Lawyers?
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2. Q18 Role of Youth in protecting the Environment
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SECTION V - Q.4) Attempt any 2 of the following (24 marks)

1. Q19 Pudd'nhead Wilson made a revelation that nobody suspected for twenty-three years. Discuss the events that led to it.
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2. Q20 Discuss the character of Lawyer Scout in context to his conversation with Lady Booby.
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3. Q21 Discuss how Sam Weller saved Mr. Pickwick from more trouble during the trial.
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4. Q22 Explain the irony in the story "The Cop and the Anthem".
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