TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY
2072
B. B. S. 4 Yrs. Programme/ I Year / MGMT
Full
Marks: 100
Business English (MGT 201) Time:
3 hrs.
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
any TWO of the following: [2x15=30]
(a)
Apply the four levels of reading a
text to “King John and the Abbot of Canterbury” or Parashu Pradhan’s “The
Telegram on the Table.”
(b)
Some psychologists criticize the
birth-order theory as being wrong and unscientific. What is your position? Do
you find the birth-order theory believable? You can base your answer on Lucille
K. Forer’s “How Your Birth Order Influences Your Life Adjustment.”
(c)
Who would you agree for being more
intelligent: men or women? Why? You can use Bertrand Russell’s ideas as given
in the essay “Keeping Errors at Bay”.
2. Answer
any FIVE of the following: [5x10=50]
(a)
Sometimes metaphors are based on other
than single words or short phrases. An example is where a question is used as a
command, for example “Would like to open the window” spoken by a general to a
private. This is not a request for information about what the private would
like to do!
Consider the
following questions and statements and think of the contexts in which they
would have a different force from the most obvious or ‘literal’.
1.
I am hungry!
2.
Is that an ice cream parlour?
3.
Do you have tence pence?
4.
You will not do that ever again.
5.
Does that give you pleasure?
(b)
Explain whether the Litvak is a
critical thinker. In your view, does he carry his skepticism too far? Why or why not?
(c)
Order the following letter
‘goodbyes’ in a list with the most formal at the top and the most familiar at
the bottom. Items which you think are of equal status can be listed together.
Yours Yours truly Yours respectfully Sincerely Love from Luv Yours faithfully Your affectionate niece Your obedient servant With all my love
(d)
Combine each pair of sentences into
one complex sentence. Use the subordinating conjunctions in parentheses.
i.
People harvested the apples. They stored them in cellars. (after)
ii.
They saved enough money. They took a great vacation. (as soon as)
iii. She thought
carefully about which gift to buy. She bought the more expensive one. (before)
iv.
She paid for my college. She retired. (after)
v.
He went straight to his lab. He got up. (when)
(e) Describe a loving couple you know whose
relationship is an example to others.
(f)
What makes a good teacher? Compare
two good teachers that you have had. What were the similarities and differences
between them? What conclusion can you draw about effective teaching?
3. Answer any TEN of the following: [10x2=20]
a)
Present the main point of “A 1996
Commencement Speech” in a sentence.
b)
Combine the ideas below so that
they form one sentence with an if clause.
i.
money/managers/be disciplined/achieve financial goals
ii.
you/exercise regularly/be healthy in old age
c)
Circle the correct quantity
expression in each sentence.
i.
(A little/ several) Bills in congress have tried to protect internet users from
fraud.
ii.
(Many/ a lot of) creativity is necessary for certain types of technology
jobs.
d)
Add two adjectives for each of the
sentences.
i.
The house was located on a …, … street.
ii.
She enjoyed the …, … dinner.
e)
Identify the purpose of the paragraph
that flows logically from each topic sentence below.
i.
Almost anyone can get a good grade if they follow these instructions.
` 1. Express an opinion.
2. Tell steps in a process.
3. Narrate a story.
ii.
I will always remember a fishing trip that I took with my father when I was 12
years old.
1. Compare two subjects.
2. Explain causes and effects.
3. Narrate a story.
f)
What is the ideological difference
between the two expression in each set?
1.
Beautiful girl/ intelligent girl
2.
Terrorists/ freedom fighter
g)
Write the following simple
sentences into a complex sentence.
Bruno
had to absorb a cracking left hook.
Bruno
lauded a thumping overhand right.
But
Bruno then had to give ground.
Coetzer
got through with his share of blows.
It
was a hard close first round.
h) Rewrite the following passage using
‘one’ in place of ‘you’. Then you turn to internal security, and yet, you have
got to be strong on law and order, and do the things only governments can do,
but there, its part government and part people, because you can’t have law and
order observed unless it is in partnership with people.
i) Comment on the use of verbal mime in
the following quotation from a poem by e. e. cummings.
Anyone
lived in a pretty how town
(with
up so floating many bells down)
j)
Choose the better of the two
words within parentheses and rewrite each item as one sentence.
One writer feels
that good lies lead to a good marriage a person should lie in order not to hurt
the spouse’s feelings. (however/ in other words).
k)
Read the sentences and add
apostrophs where necessary.
i.
The students assignments in Professor Browns section are longer than ours.
ii.
Who going to meet Phyllis Flight tomorrow night – her husband or her sons?
l)
Delouse the following sentences:
i.
I can understand why a system build on a pattern must tries to destroy the free
mind.
ii.
I love him so much. Intelligent and kind.
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