English (Hons.), Semester-I, March 2021 Question Paper

Paper Code- 72032806

English C

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Note: Attempt any Three Questions.All Questions carry equal marks. (25x3=75)

1. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (5x3=15)

Despite growing literacy among women ,it is the man who decides whether a woman will ‘work’ outside the house or not after marriage.Girls with jobs and careers are expected to set these aside for the sake of marriage to a ‘suitable boy’.One comes across apparently ‘modern, educated’ young men who will tell you that they will marry girls who are professionals with jobs , ‘but she will not work after marriage ‘.Why? Obviously, because even though being modern should mean having a mindset that recognises the needs and rights of women, once she enters your home as a bride, she is expected to give them up and cater to the needs of her husband and his family.So women can ‘work’ outside the house, if the husband needs the income, but otherwise they must be content to work inside the home..... for that is considered their true role and destiny.

a. Answer the following questions briefly

(I) Who decides whether a girl should work after marriage and why?
(II) What do you understand by the term’ suitable boy’?
(III) Are husbands justified in asking working women to give up their jobs after they are married? Give reasons
(IV) What double standards are practiced by men?
(V) Make sentences with : professional, income, Destiny

b.Write a summary of the passage in about 50 words. (10)

2. Write a paragraph in about 100 words on ‘My favourite News Channel’ (25)

3. You are the President of the students union of your college. Prepare a speech in about 150-200 words that you will give at the inauguration of the college festival. (25)

4. You are taking part in a survey to find out how many girls are working in your colony, what type of work they are doing and if they will continue working after marriage.Prepare a list of 10 questions that you will ask them. (25)

5. Ravi and Umesh are close friends. Ravi wants an educated wife who will continue to work after marriage. Umesh also wants to marry a working girl but he is not sure if he will let her work after marriage. Write a dialogue of about 10 sentences about their discussion. (25)

6. Write a small article of about 200 words, to be published in your college magazine about Equality in the workplace (25)