Jadavpur University Semester Question Papers

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The Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal.

It has two campuses: the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake, approximately 12.6 kilometres and 8.8 kilometres from the city centre respectively.

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Jadavpur University

BA English Admission Test 2009:
Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Full Marks: 130

Answer Part I first, in the first few pages of your answer-book.
Part II will only be assessed if you qualify in Part I.

PARTI
1. Rewrite the following sentences correctly. You need not copy the original sentence in your answer-book; write only the corrected version. (10 x 1 = 10)

a) Blind by 1654, Fortune did not favour Milton.

b) I was late because the train did not run timely.

c) Here is the person who 1 met yesterday.

d) Our cricket team batted poorly in the first inning.

e) This is a masterpiece poem by Rabindranath Tagore.

f) I have studied the texts in details for the examination.

g) My father adviced me to study the sciences.

h) I knocked up on the door but there was no reply.

i) By the time he left, he received the sad news, j) The buses are not playing in the city today.

2. Pair the first word in each line below with the word or phrase closest to it in meaning within the brackets. Write only the paired set in your answer-book

(10x1 = 10)

a) sinuous ( bloody, powerful, winding, uneven)

b) augment (huge, piece, elderly, increase)

c) strew (hotpot, scatter, involve, summon)

d) feign (simulate, lose consciousness, young deer, pawn)

e) inveigle (tickle, tell lies, persuade falsely, make up)

f) kindling (baby human, dry wood, baby pig, old woman)

g) audacious (attractive, rude, bold, happy)

h) barrack (criticize loudly, run for President, sideline, greet)

i) swine (faint, influenza, pigs, contagious)

j) cogent (convincing, fraud, agent, male accomplice)

3. Make idiomatic/oft-quoted sentences by putting one word in each of the blank spaces. Write the completed sentences in your answer book.(20 x 1/2 = 10)

a) A lot... items are on sale, so you should lose... time

b) Its always ... before dawn, as the saying ....

c) ... yourself in hand, and the ... the better.

d) Yuvraj is ... of a batsman ... a bowler.

e) Better the ... you know than the ... you dont.

f) Its not whether you win or lose, its how you ... the____

g) 1 have swom to speak the truth, the ... truth, and ... but the truth.

h) Ask me no ... and youll be told no ....

i) Workers of the world ...! You have nothing to lose bul your .... j) Our sweetest ...are those that tell of saddest....

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