BA Marathi And English SEM I 2016 2017 March 2017 ATKT COMMUNICATION SKILLS Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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1. Q2 Read the passage and answer the questions: Jose “Silvino” do Silveira Jorge recalled his incredible story for me while we sat on the harbor wall in his home of Sao Mateus, Pico, waiting for the sailing regatta to start. Hecomes from a family of whalers, and on the day of the accident he was the harpooner and his father was the official onthe same whaleboat They were far from home when Silvino threw the first harpoon, but instead of fleeing straight ahead, the whale started circling the boat. Silvino had struck with his three times, and his brother in a nearby whaleboat had also struck it once. Because of the whale’s movements, however, they could never get a better angle. Sure enough, the opportunity came and Silvirio threw his lance once again. This time the lance sunk very deeply, and the whale turned over on its side end came under the bow of the boat with its chin, throwing Silvino and three other men water What happened next is the stuff of folklore. Silvino fell into the whale’s mouth, where he was pierced by a tooth at the end of the jaw when the whale closed its mouth on He grabbed for the line leading back into the boat, but the whale started to with him. As he was pulled beneath the water, he started to say his prayers and his goodbyes. Soon afterhe realized that he was feeling his wound with the hand that wasn’t holding the line, and he whale had let him go. He was still being pulled however, and understood they had cut then line from the boat and he was now only holding on to the whale. He let go and swam to this surface, grabbing onto his boat. The whale resurfaced after him, smashing hirn and breaking three of his ribs He was in the hospital for 30 days recovering, and was whaling again within five months of his release, and for many years after that. When | asked if he ever thought about leaving whaling after the accident, he said that, although he was nervous about going back months, he never considered another Whaling nearly took his life, and did end the life of one of his brothers, but this is where he stayed. As I sat next to him watching the whaleboat regatta, i stop thinking: you have been in the mouth of a whale, and here at age drinking wine in the afternoon sun 1 what expected course of action did the whale avoid? 2 Towhat extent was Silvino hurt? How did it affect (0 The writer considered the aged hero of the story with 4 How had the profession cost Silvino family? 5 synonym in the passage to match each following words
   • a) comprehended
   • b) pondering
   • d) seized
   • e) chance
   • f) sibling 6 The passage reads like a/n: (mystery/fantasy/adventure)
   • Q.P. Code : 00396 7 “The whale resurfaced after him, smashing him and breaking three of his “The quoted sentence (02) contains the following figures of speech:
   • a) alliteration and onomatopoeia
   • b) transferred epithet and metaphor
   • c) simile and pathetic fallacy 8 The location of the story and setting of Silvino’s identical (True/False) (01) 9 “Silvino told his father to stop the boat so that the whale would pass them and he could get a better (02) Circle the verbs in the above sentence 10 Silvino had struck the whale with his lance three times, and his brother whaleboat hadalso (01) struck it once.” Circle the verbs in the 11 suitable title for the > (01) 12 “You have been in the mouth of a whale, and-here you are at age 77, drinking wine in the afternoon (02) the prepositions in the quoted sentence Attempt any two of the following: (20)
   • a) Write an application in response to the following advertisement: Marketing Executives fora reputed publishing house. Graduates in any field with good communication skills may apply to The Advertiser, Box No. 3456, The Indian Express,
   • b) You wish apply to a foreign university post-graduate programme in journalism. Write out your Statement of Purpose
   • c) Draft an application under the Right to Information Act regarding illegal hawkers in your locality
   • A) Interpret the following data and write your analysis of both diagrams in about 150 words: Sale.of different commodities inva departmental store in 2016 10
   • Q.P. Code : 00396
2. Q8 Data of time spent by young professionals in 1999
3. Q5 essay on any oneof the following:
   • A) The need for regular physical activities for good health
   • B) Yourdove for furry and feathered creatures
   • C) Citizens’ changes

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