Tuesday, August 30, 2016

I CIA QB rough for I BA English 2016

CORE II:  PROSE – I
This is a rough copy for I CIA alone.
Unit I
Bacon:  Of Studies
1. According to Bacon who condemns studies?
a. crafty men             b.  simple men           c. wise men          d.  ready men
2. Bacon suggests that the general counsels come best from those that are :
a.  Experienced          b.  Professionals          c.  Learned         d.  Businessmen
3. To use studies too much for Ornament is _______
           a. affection                b. adornment  c.  affectation      d.  none
4. To Bacon to spend too much time in studies is:
          (a)  Affection         (b)  Affectation 
          (c)  Studious         (d)  Sloth
5. According to Bacon what maketh an exact man?
          (a)  sleeping (b)  eating 
          (c)  chatting                    (d)  reading
6. Bacon suggests that if a man’s wit be wandering let him study:
          (a)  History  (b)  Mathematics
          (c)  Philosophy      (d)  Logic
7. According to Bacon what makes men wise?
          (A)  Physics           (B)  Mathematics 
          (C)  Philosophy     (D)  History
8. According to Bacon gentle walking is good for
          (a)  eyes                          (b)  stomach
          (c)  brain     (d)  lungs
9. According to Bacon the chief use of study is:
       (a)  Ability                                          (b)  Ornament 
       (c)  Delight                                        (d)  Adornent
10. Bacon suggests that if a man’s wit be wandering let him study:
       (a)  Mathematics                               (b)  History
       (c)  Philosophy                                   (d)  Logic
11. Bacon’s style is known for:
       (a)  pathos                                          (b)  humour 
       (c)  paradox                                        (d)  aphorisms
12. According to Bacon philosophy makes men:
       (a)  wise                                             (b)  witty
       (c)  subtle                                           (d)  grave

Unit III
J.B. Priestley        :  Lectures
1. Priestley has probably ______________ a hundred readers every time he gives a lecture
          (a)  gained   (b)  lost
          (c)  added    (d)  none
2. Just as the young ____________ falls into an ecstasy at the sound of flagons, the successful lecturer thrills with the pleasure of his voice
          (a)  Margantua      (b)  Gargantua
          (c)  Targantua       (d)  None
3. According to Priestley what is more foolish than going to hear a lecture?
          (a)  learning from a lecture       (b)  giving a lecture
          (c)  preparing a lecture   (d)  not giving a lecture
4. To Priestley there is no glory, no fun and no money in _____
          a)  writing   b)  giving a lecture
          c)  acting     d)  none
5. Priestley is basically a good ________
          a)  singer     b)  lecturer
          c)  writer                                           d)  dancer
6. According to Priestley a successful lecturer takes a delight in his ________
          (a)  dress     (b)  audience
          (c)  voice     (d)  mannerisms
7. When he gives a lecture, Priestley ______ the town, the hall, the audience and himself.
          (a)  adores   (b)  loves
          (c)  despises          (d)  likes
8. If Priestley went on an American tour there would be men waiting with_____ outside the hall.
          (a)  garlands         (b)  cash prize
          (c)  guns      (d)  none
9. Priestley, when he writes he feels that he is addressing a company of ____________ persons
       (a)  bored persons                              (b)  pleasant persons
          (c)  pedants                                        (d)  none
10. According to Priestley what is more foolish than going to hear a lecture?
       (a)  learning from a lecture                 (b)  giving a lecture
       (c)  preparing a lecture                       (d)  not giving a lecture
11. Priestley is greatly in demand as a lecturer.
       a)  true                                               b)  false
       c)  not much                                      d)  none
12. If Priestley is given a pile of sheets, a fountain-pen or a type writer he will do his __________
       (a)  worst                                            (b)  best
       (c)  will not care                                 (d)  none
13. According to Priestley to-er-is human, to ________ divine
       (a)  refuse                                          (b)  forgive
       (c)  forget                                            (d)  none

Unit IV
Robert Lynd    :      In Praise of Mistakes
1. The true error-hunter is a man who searches for error as men search for______
          (a)  Iron       (b)  Gold
          (c)  Diamond         (d)  Copper
2. According to Lynd, in the history of the world the man who makes mistakes has never been ________
          (a)  rewarded         (b)  appreciated
          (c)  censured         (d)  none
3. To Lynd, the only fatal error in a writer is to be________
          (a)  accurate (b)  uninteresting
          (c)  interesting      (d)  none
4. Dr.Johnson endeared himself to posterity by his _________ in his dictionary.
          (a)  blunders         (b)  accurate definitions
          (c)  interesting details     (d)  none
5. To Lynd, all comedy arises from other people’s _________
          (a)  mistakes        (b)  jokes
          (c)  foolishness      (d)  none
6. According to Lynd, the poet uses the word “chrysoberyl” for the _________
          (a)  sound ` (b)  sense
          (c)  precious stone (d)  none
7. What according to Lynd is the chief value of error?
          (a)  makes the reader superior         (b)  confuses the readers
          (c)  makes the reader laugh      (d)  none
8. According to Lynd, there has been a heavy shower of letters in _______ about the mistakes made by famous novelists:
          (a)  The Times      (b)  The Morning Star
          (c)  The Saturday Review         (d)  None
9. ____________ blundered in Chronology and geography
       (a)  Hazlitt                                          (b)  Milton
       (c)  Shakespeare                                (d)  Scot
10. Robert Lynd remarks as one grows older no doubt, one cares less for the rarer kind of  jewellery  in ____________
    (a) article   (b) prose   (c) drama         (d) poetry
11. The inaccuracies of the historian ________ have been laughed at.
(a)  Dryden   (b)  Aristotle   (c)  Froude    (d)  Plato
12. Why does Lynd awakes out of dream at night and breaks into a sweat of fear?(a)  bad dream (b)  is anxious  if he had made a mistake (c)  suffers from sleeplessness (d)  none

Sunday, August 28, 2016

II MA Mass Communication I CIA 2016 QB

Unit IV
Reporter
1. What is “Nose for News”?
a. News engagement  b. Sound news judgement c. News story d. Sniff like a dog
2. Who is the foundation of a newspaper?
a. editor b. reporter c. sub-editor d. office
3. Who is a cub?
A) The young of a certain animal B) A junior reporter C) pet animal D) An experienced reporter

Reporting: Crime
1. Assault is a crime against ___________.
a) a person                      b) property               c) public welfare     d) legal authority
2. Kidnapping is a crime against ___________.
a) a person                      b) property               c) public welfare     d) legal authority
3. Forgery is a crime against ____________.
a) a person                       b) property              c) public welfare     d) legal authority
4. Riot and strikes are crime against ______________.
a) a person                       b)property                c) public welfare   d) legal authority
5. Bigamy is a crime against _____________.
a) a person                       b)property                c) public welfare   d) legal authority
6. Obstructing government officers from performing their duties is a crime against _____________.
a) a person                       b)property                c) public welfare     d) legal authority
7. Bribing government officials is a crime against
a) a person                       b)property                c) public welfare     d) legal authority

Reporting: Court
1._______is the place where the accused stands in the court.
a. Dock b. Stage c. Pulpit d. Podium
2. _____ is a man or woman who abets or aids the commission of offence.
a. Accomplice b. Accord  c. Abused d. Aiden
3. Wilful disobedience to any court judgement is called _____________.
a) civil contempt  b) court disdain      c) criminal contempt                     d) legal contempt
4. Publication of any matters which scandalises/lowers the authority of any court is called ___________.
a) civil contempt     b) court disdain      c) criminal contempt                  d) legal contempt
5. What is the ‘application form’ used for requesting more time for finding witnesses?
a) habeas corpus     b) adjournment                c)parole                     d) None
6. What is ‘Parole’?
a) producing a person in the court                     b) requesting time for finding witness
c) requesting for change of court                        c) release on promise of reappearance
7. What is ‘writ’?
a) court order                     b) rules of a game   c) quality of a reporter                   d) a crime

Reporting: Election
1. In _________________ officials take the press man to selected pooling stations.
a) party coverage                                                b) media coverage             
c) conducted coverage                                   d) independent coverage
2. In _________________ the press man selects the pooling stations.
a) party coverage                                               b) media coverage             
c) independent coverage                             d) conducted coverage
3. What are the two Peoples Acts that acts as a guideline for conducting an election?
a) Representation of Peoples Act of 1950 and 1951
b) Representation of Peoples Act of 1950 and 1952
c) Representation of Peoples Act of 1951 and 1952                              
d) Representation of Peoples Act of 1951 and 1953
4. Who decides to hold the General Election?
a) Central Cabinet            b) Supreme/High Court    c) Election Commission    d) Political Party
5. Who is in-charge of conducting election?
a) Supreme Court                                                   b) a team of retired High Court Judges
c) Election Commission                                    d) Central/State Government
6. What is ‘Curtain Raiser’?
a) crime news                       b) a scandal  c) human interest stories  d) final round of poll news
7. Scrutiny of nomination for public election is done by the ______________________.
a) Election Commission                            b) Returning Officer      
c) Central/State Government                               d) the Collector

Reporting: Legislature
1._______________ is the one to which a member of the assembly desires an oral answer in the house and on which supplementary question by other members could be asked
a) A Stared Question                                      b) an Unstarred Question
c) A Short Notice Question                             d) One Minute Question
2. During _____________ the members of various parties can raise questions and argue on various issues.
a) Legislative Hour                     b) Business Hour    c) Zero Hour    d) Question Hour
3.________________ is the one to which an oral answer is not called for and on which no supplementary questions can be asked.
a) An Unstarred Question                b) A Starred Question                  
c) A Short Notice Question                 d) One Minute Question
4._____________ consists of introduction, consideration and passing of bills.
a) Assembly Business                            b) Legislative business
c) Notice Business                                      d) Legislative Notice         
5.________________ is one which relates to a matter of urgent public importance, and can be asked with the consent of the minister concerned
a) A Short Notice                                 b) An Unstarred Question                      
c) A Starred Question                           d) One Minute Question
6. The first hour of every legislature sitting is normally devoted to __________________.
a) Question Hour b) Papers to be laid  c) Zero Hour d) Legislative Business
7. Which is the most challenging task for a Legislature Reporter?
a) Question Hour b) Papers to be laid   c) Zero Hour           d) Legislative Business

Reporting: Sports
1. Sports Reporters must remind cool and ________ in reviewing performances.
a)  Partial                              b) impartial                        c) subjective             d) prejudice
2. Sports news is called ______ department.
a)  ‘normal’                      b) ‘easy’                     c) ‘play’                      d) ‘toy’
3. The featured sports story helps reporter to develop ____________ stories.
a)  overnight                  b) overwrought       c) undeveloped                    d) copied
4. Compared to the past the sports news has __________________ readers.
a) tremendous                   b) apathetic              c) sluggish                d) slothful
5.To which reporting does the phrases like ‘outstanding defence’, ‘style of the play’, ‘high score’ are used?
a) crime                                 b) sports                   c) court                      d) election

Investigative Reporting
1. What is a “hunch”?
a. Intuition b. back c. A type of play d. A type of reporting
2. Who probed the Watergate story?
a) Richard            Woodward                                        b) William Edward                        
c) Woodward and Bernstein                                   d)George Bernstein
3. Which reporting is also called ‘depth reporting’?
a) election reporting                                         b) court reporting             
c) crime reporting                                                  d) investigative reporting
4. Investigating reporting became famous after the famous _______ scandal in the 1970’s
a) Watergate b) Teapot Dome    c) The Wilbur Mills d)The Hamilton – Burr
5. Which reporting demands more patience, determination, hard and sustained work?
a) Investigative Reporting        b) Interpretative Reporting          c) Sports Reporting            d) all the above

Development Reporting
1. Which reporting helps in creating awareness about the various plans, programmes, schemes and projects drawn up by the government and government agencies?
a) Interpretative Reporting                                  b) Sports Reporting          
c) Development Reporting                               d) Court Reporting
2. Why Development Reporting can be considered different from other reporting?
a) It would compare, contrast and cover news over the past years
b) It takes a long time to cover a news story as the development of a new plan or scheme is slow
c) It involves interviewing people ‘for whom and by whom a project is undertaken’ to collect information
d) All the above
3. Why does Development Reporter take a long time to cover a news story?
a. the development of a new scheme is slow b. slow reporters are appointed c. It is wrong to so d. Full time is not devoted

Interpretive Reporting
1. Which reporting combines facts with interpretation?
a) election reporting                             b) court reporting             
c) crime reporting                                 d) interpretative reporting
2. Interpretative reporting is not the recital of bare facts but reporting news with ________.
a. background material b. jokes c. anecdotes d. coolness
3. Why does interpretative reporting depend on background material?

a. to make it comprehensive and meaningful. b. to make it interesting c. to make it beautiful c. to make it readable

Saturday, August 27, 2016

E-Assignment for I MA (English) 2016



I MA English Core I:  MODERN LITERATURE I [Chaucer to the Jacobeans]

Assignment Topic from



Unit II
Donne                       :           1.Canonization, 2. Extasie 
Richard Lovelace   :        To Althea, from prison
Herbert                     :        1. Affliction, 2.The Pulley
Unit III
Sydney                      :           Astrophel and Stella – Sonnet No. 1