POKHARA UNIVERSITY

                                                         Semester: Spring

Level: Bachelor                                                                                     Year: 2017

Programme: BBA                                                                                  Full Marks: 100

 Course: English II                                                                                Pass Marks: 45

                                                                                                              Time: 3hrs

 

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

 

Attempt all the questions. 

1. Answer the following questions. (Any two)                                                        2x15

 

a) Imagine that you work for a manufacturing company. Your company would like to improve its "green" image and reduce its carbon footprint. Recommend your company some ideas to formulate its green policy. Also state the advantage of adopting green policies.

 

Or

 

Textile Inc. used to be a successful textile manufacturer, but now it is losing out to competitors. Currently it is facing the problems of low productivity, high production cost and bad relation with work force and bad environmental image. You are employed as a consultant for the company to help them solve these problems. What would you suggest the company to become successful again and regain its market share?

 

b) The opening sentence of the easy "To know a Fly" states: "A properly conducted experiment is a beautiful thing." This easy by Dethier can be constructed, in some ways, as an effort to prove this opening statement. Elucidate.

                                                                         Or

 

Apply the four levels of interacting with text to the poem The Five Stages of Grief or Where the Mind is without fear.

 

2.  Answer the following questions. (Any Five)                                                  5x10

a) Chekhov wrote "Who Was To Blame" long before scientists realised that punishment does not facilitate learning. In his days, in fact, failure to learn something often led to caning or lashing. What made it possible for Chekhov to realise the futility of this approach?

b) What are the simple rules for keeping errors at bay, according to Bertrand Russell?

c) "No smoke from the Chimneys" is a political poem that describes a time when Nepalese people were struggling for democracy against Rana rule Justify.

d) What do you like about travelling? What do you not like3". Write about anything that went wrong during a journey.

e) How can you measure the performance of a company? What are the main indicators?

 f) "Everyone is in sales. It doesn't matter what area you work in, we have clients and you need to sell. Do you agree? Support your argument.

 

3.   Answer FIVE of the following questions.                                    5x2

a) Why was King John jealous of Abbott?

b) Write the main theme of the story? "Mr. Know All".

c) Tagore wishes his country not to be "broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls". What do you think the poet means by. "narrow domestic walls"?

d) Why were the villagers unhappy with the nymph? 

e) Is the speaker of the poem The Clock Tower happy with his present situation? How?

f) What complain does Mr. Newbold have? What particular things were discovered from his tiny closet towards the end of the story?

 

4.  Complete these sentences using the correct form of adjective.         4x1 

a)  We have seen factories; the…………………….(large) one is in Mexico.

b) I think our new brochure is ......(good) than our competitor's brochure.

c) Germany is ..... ............. (big) country in the EU.

d) 1995 was....... (bad) year for our company ever.

 

5.  Write a word or phrase for the following definition:           4x1

a) Energy whose source will always exist………….. 

b) A time when energy will cause problems…………….

c) Give somebody the desire to do something………... 

d) Increase the possibilities of a better job in your company………………….

 

6. Use the words in italics to make a question. Look at his answers and decide what questions the journalist asked. (You can add word if necessary)                      2x1

 a) Your where/sell/products/you

Q:................................................ 

A: In more than 150 countries.

 

b) the company/when/start

Q:..............................................

A: In 1891

 

                                                            Best of Luck