BLS LLB 5 Years Sem 1 English 1 2017-18 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

• (2) Figures to the right indicate maximum marks,

1. Q1 (A) Answer in not more than two sentences any three of the following: 6 marks
   • (i) Are you acquainted with the difference that holds this present question in the court? Who is the speaker of the above lines? What is the ‘question’ he is referring to?
   • (ii) The ugliest Creature almost I ever beheld, a poor dirty Drab, your Ladyship never saw. such a Wretch Who uttered these words? What is meant by ‘Drab’?
   • (iii) Do you think it a much greater expense to keep two people, keep one? Identify the speaker of these words. Name the ‘two people’ referred to in the question
   • (iv) A woman was in the witness box, a middle aged woman, who spoke in a firm distinct voice Who is the woman referred to? From which text are the above lines taken?”
   • (B) Answer in not more than two sentences any three of the following;
   • (i) 1 to die, and you to live, which is better God only knows 6 Who is speaker of the above lines? From which text are the lines taken? But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers Who are the ‘accusers’ in the above line? Name the culprit in the above line
   • (iii) What was the justification for the Emergency? From which text is the question taken? When was Emergency declared?
   • (iv) in this denouement that I would follow the example of Portia —I too am a Portia man What is the denouement? Who uttered the above expression?
   • (C) Rewrite the following in indirect speech: 2 “Well, Mr. Hale, said the county attorney, ‘’tell just what happened when you came here yesterday
   • (D) Do as directed (any two)
   • (i) It is cold (Add a question tag)
   • (ii) Tom letter of thanks to the well-wishers. (Change to passive voice)
   • (iii) I didnt see or hear anything I knocked at the door and still it was all quiet inside (Punctuate)
   • (E) Give the meaning of any four of the following: 4
2. Q2 Write briefly on any four: 20 marks
   • (i) The significance of the title ‘The Cop and the Anthem’
   • (ii) The Gas case
   • (iii) The Victimization of Witnesses
   • (iv) The Thalidomide Case
   • (v) Refusing to Answer Questions The Mareva Injunction 3 (a) Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 6 The environment ministry on April 12 banned the use of party poppers that use low intensity chemical explosives and plastics streamers. “The ban is a precautionary measure. We know that these explosives can prove dangerous to people especially children,” Manoj Kumar Gangeya, a senior official at the ministry, said. “They are harmful for the environment and human health,” he
   • Q. P. Code: 38678 \ The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been charged with implementing the directive according to \ which, only poppers that use compressed air as the charge material and soft paper as streamers will be allowed India is hosting World Environment Day this year with a focus on plastic pollution. The ubiquitous use of plastic in everything from packaging to storage to furniture is part of the problem. Different measures are being taken to curb its use. In February, the environment minister declared that the ministry headquarters in Delhi would be a plastic-free zone. Recently, Maharashtra became the 18" state to ban the use of plastic bags The Delhi government directed schools to restrict students from using plastic covers for their books The Hindustan Times, April 26, 2018
3. Q1 What has been banned on April 12 and why?
4. Q2 What has the CPCB been charged with implementing?
5. Q3 What is ‘part of the problem’ with regard to plastic?
6. Q3 (b) Make sentences using any three of the words given below: 6 marks
7. Q4 (A) Attempt any two of the following: 14 marks
   • (i) Critically analyse Portia’s role as Jawyer in The Merchant of Venice
   • (ii) Give a detailed account of Dickens’ presentation of Sergeant Buzfuz in Pickwick Papers
   • (iii) How did Socrates defend himself at his trial?
   • (B) Attempt any two of the following:
   • (i) Give a critical account of Gandhi’s defense at his trial. 14
   • (ii) Discuss Arnold Bennett’s presentation of Austin.Bond as a detective
   • (iii) Give an account of Sarah Stone’s testimony
   • (C) Attempt any one of the following: 10 Write a letter of application with bio data for the post of legal assistant to a legal firm Address your letter to: Box No: 1234, The Indian Express, Mumbai Write a letter of complaint to the local Ward Officer regarding careless dumping of garbage in your area and the dangers posed therein
   • (D) Write an essay on any one of the following: 10
   • (i) Should the death penalty be abolished? empowerment: a myth or reality (iit) Cyberworld: boon or bane (3 Hours) [ Total Marks : 100
8. Q1 (a) Answer any three of the following in not more than two sentences :— 6 marks
   • (i) It blessed him that gives, and him that takes, Who is the speaker of these lines ? From which text have these S lines been taken ?
   • (ii) | have been pressed for a long time by my friends an av Who is the writer of this epilogue? What is meant by the word
   • (iii) Guilty Who has been held guilty? What has the accused been
   • (iv) | presume you know something of revolvers ? a Who is the speaker ? Who are these words ?
   • (b) Answer any three of the following in not more than two sentences 6
   • (i) There can be no reward so fitting as maintenanc the Prytaneum Who is asking for this reward? What is aneum’ ?
   • (ii) Those are the clothes. | made them mysel& d had kept them by me ever since my last child was born Who is the speaker ? Where were lines uttered ?
   • (iii) My life began in 1893 in South troubled weather Who is the speaker ? To whom words addressed ?
   • (iv) Your honour, we are all they are identical From which text are these taken? Who is the author of this
   • (c) Do as directed (any two) :— 2
   • (i) These men are a question tag)
   • (ii) They do not (add a question tag) (ill) Oh no certainly (punctuate)
   • (d) Rewrite in indirect 2 have now don&with my theory, and will proceed to the evidences by which | propose to try to prove its soundness,”
   • (e) Give of any four the following :— 4
9. Q2 Write notes on any four of the following :— Booby’s conversation with Lawyer Scout 20 marks
   • (d) In the face of the Court
   • (e) Refusal to answer
10. Q3 (a) Read the given passage and answer the questions that following :— Eye contact is a bizarre human obsession. Too little is considered skittish, too much borderline psychopathic, and the spectrum in between can make or break a date, meeting or catch-up But why do we struggle to maintain it, and why do we feel the urge to look S away ? Researchers from Kyoto University have been looking into it and, in a paper published in the journal Cognition they present a possible explanation following a study Volunteers were asked to play a simple word association game, the pair finding that, for more challenging words, they would need a little longer, but this time was cut down if they broke eye contact. After examining data, the researchers found that: “The dual task of maintaining eye while also racking the brain for a word to meet the request is demanding- to save itself, the brain pushes for breaking eye so it can focus exclusively on finding a word that will fulfill the Essentially, breaking eye contact allows us to better words Looking someone in the eye may help us better emotional rapport, but looking elsewhere may actually stimulate conversation The Times of India, Mumbaj\December 30, 2016 6 marks
11. Q1 Why is eye contact difficult to define?
12. Q2 What does breaking eye contact to researchers ?
13. Q3 Give the passage a title A
    • (b) Make sentences with three the — 6
14. Q4 (a) Answer any two of the 14 marks
    • (i) How did Portia defe ntonio ?
    • (ii) Describe Gandhi’ ense of himself at his trial
    • (iii) Was Hetty a victiny of circumstances ?
    • (b) Answer any two of following :— 14
    • (i) Write a account of observations on the Mareva
    • (ii) Soapy’s efforts to reach the Island
    • (iii) ly analyse the characterization of Lomax Harder and Franting
    • (c) one of the following 10 Wri letter to the concerned authorities regarding the hawkers menace an application to a legal firm seeking the position of legal assistant
    • (d) Attempt an essay on any one of the following :— 10
    • (i) The Right to Dissent and Debate
    • (ii) Unity in Diversity

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