Students’ Improvement Test 13-11-13

J.J. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Students’ Improvement Test

B.E./B.Tech. Degree Examination, 2013

First Semester HS6151 – Technical English-I

(Common to all branches) (Regulation 2013)

Time: 4.:00-5:30                 Date:13-11-13                     Maximum Marks: 100

Answer All Questions

PART-‘A’

1. In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can

be substituted for the given expression:

a) One who does not make mistakes:

                A) Egoist                B) plagiarist          C) good Samaritan              D) infallible

b) One who hates women:

                A) Misogynist       B) pessimist          C) egoist                D) feminist

c) A Government by one:

                A) Aristocracy      B) autocracy        C) oligarchy          D) democracy

d) One who eats too much:

                A) Herbivorous    B) glutton              C) cynic                 D) carnivorous

e) A study of the body:

                A) Ornithology     B) physiology       C) zoology            D) ethnology

f) Murder of the king:

                A) Matricide         B) regicide             C) suicide              D) homicide

g) One who is greedy for money:

                A) Epitaph            B) avaricious        C) idiosyncrasy    D) illegible

h) A person who is free from national prejudices:

                A) Crematorium  B) cosmopolitan C) colleague           D) centenary

i) One who lives by alone and avoids people:

                A) Stale                  B) recluse              C) spokesman      D) polygamist

j) A person who studies insect life:

                A) Stevedore         B) gibbet                C) entomologist   D) teetotaller

2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given:

Verb	Noun	Adjective
Bleed	Blood
classify	classification
conduct		conductive
converge		convergent

Verb	Noun	Adjective
destroy		destructive
Electrify	electrification
Impress		impressive
Magnetize	magnetism

Verb	Noun	Adjective
	discordance	discordant
	disposal	disposable
modify		modifiable
print	printing

3. Use the suitable compound noun from the list of words to complete the following sentences:

full   sun  rise   fast moon   swimming hair train  spotting  cut pool  black  washing machine   board soft     ware  break  under     world

1)  I always feel crazy at ---------.

2)Clean the ---------- please.

3)I can't install this --------- on my PC.

4)We always eat --------- at 8am.

5)Put the clothes in the red -----------.

6)What a beautiful ------------!

7)I like to get up at -------.

8)You need a ---------.

9His hobby is----------.

10)Do you think the police accept money from the --------?

4. Write a single sentences definition for any Two of the following terms:

a) Antenna            b)capacitor           c)telephone           d)transformer       e)transistor            f)hardware g)aircraft          h)calculator                i)acoustics             j)bio-technology.

5. Give antonyms of the following words by adding suitable negative prefixes:

a) climax               b) advantage        c) mount                d) possible             e) social f)potential g)responsible     h)logic    i)plug      j)literate.

6. Fill in the blanks with suitable tense of the verbs given in brackets:

a. Anil ----------(know) what he needs to do.

b.He ----------(believe) he is right.

c. Surya ----- (think) that she can win.

d. Jamil ------- (understand) the problem.

e. Meena ------- (realize) what she must do.

f) Camila----(do)  the homework at home. g) I ----(ride) my bike every day. h) John----(listen)  to music. i) Tom ------(play) football at the club on Tuesdays. j) My father----- (drive) his brand new car.

7. Choose the correct forms of verb that agrees with the subject:

a)Rosy and Sarah is/are friends.     

b)She or he have/has done well

c)The chief minister as well as his followers are/is at the meeting.

d)The moon along with the stars shine/shines at night.

e)Neither they nor I were/was mistaken.        

f)Each of them are/is England citizens.

g)Everyone of the barrels are/is full.               

h)Not one of the boys are/is doing well

i)The boys with their teacher are/is out in the field

j)Either my neighbour or her children is/are coming for dinner.

8. Rewrite the following short conversation in the forms of a reported speech:

a)The man said, “Is your father at home?”

b)The wolf said to the lamb, “Don’t make the water muddy.”

c)She said, “I shall be taking a test.”

 d)The clerk asked his manager, “Shall I email this letter again, Sir?”

e)She said, “Will you tell me what it means, David?”

f)She said to me, “How have you done this sum?rdquo;

g) The policeman said to the stranger, “Who are you? Where do you come from?”

h) “Ooh! what a dirty child!” said the nurse.

i)The old man said, “Thief! Thief! Catch him!”

j)The Shopkeeper says, “Prices are shooting up alarmingly.”

9. Edit the following passage by correcting the mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation:

a.mohandas Karamchand gandhi was born in the town of Porbander in the state of which is now Gujarat on 2 October 1869, he had his schooling in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser or prime minister to the local ruler though India was then under british rule over 500 kingdoms principalities and states were allowed autonomy in domestic and internal affairs: these were the so-called native states. Rajkot was one such state.

b. the human race to which so many of my readers belong has been playing at childrens games from the begining, and will probably do it til the end, which is a nuisence for the few people who grow up

c. oh by the way just in case you missed the forcast? dont expect any fluffy bunies or fragrant blossoms or dulcet giggles to show up in this seminal cyberpunk story. a spot-on metaphor expresses the story’s nihilism, letting you know what youre in for and lugubriously inviting you in

d. wether i shall turn out to be the heero of my own life or wether that station will be held by anybody else thease pages must show

10. Change the statements to questions using the question word in parenthesis.

 a. They do their homework at night. (when)

b.  Mr. Robertson came to the party alone. (who)

c.  The car is across the street from the house. (where)

d.  I like the red blouse, not the blue one. (which )

e.  She felt better after she took a nap. (how)

f.  That is an English book. (what)

g.  My sister called her boyfriend yesterday (when

h.  She talked to him for an hour. (how long) 

i.  The party lasted all night. (how long)

j.  The check was for $5.50. (how much)