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2. Choose the correct meaning of the idiom from the four options:
(a) He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by back door.
(i) Using physical force (ii) in an unfair way
(ii) Non-violence means (iv) using leadership skills
(b) Workers were kept in the dark about the plans to sell the company.
(i) Not giving food
(ii) Keeping them in the dark room
(iii) Not permitting them to go out
(iv) Do not know about the plan.
Ans: a. (b) in an unfair way.
b. (d) Do not know the about the plan.
3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate collocation from the given options.
Ans. Mobile phones are extensively used for business purpose and
social relationships by people and also used by teachers for teaching English.
PART-B
11. ATTEMPT BOTH SUBDIVISIONS
(b) Look at the following information and graph about pass percentage of the students in the
plus tow examination. Analyse the given data and write a short review of the pass percentage
of the students of not more than 120 words:
About John Higher Secondary school
This school was started in a village to cater to the needs of the poor people.
In 2011, many experienced teachers left the school.
After reviewing the low performance of the students in the plus-two examination, the
infrastructure facilities were improved and teachers were given adequate training to
teach their subjects effectively.
Besides, the management has started giving special incentives to the teachers who
give cent percent results in the examination.
11. B.)Bar chart
The given bar char gives information about the academic performance and pass percentage of
students in the plus two examinations at John Higher Secondary school. The x axis represents
the years and the y axis represents the pass percentage or academic performance of students.it
is clear from the given chart the school was started in the village in order to cater to the
academic needs of the poor students .As per the chart, the pass percentage of students was
75% which in successive years has gone down to 68%in 2011and 65%in 2012 A steady
decrease is recorded. The reason for the deterioration is attributed to many teachers leaving
the school, poor infrastructure facility, in competent teaches and the likes. It’s quite clear
from the chart that renewed efforts has been taken to improve the pass percentage of students
in the wake of poor show of performance after 2012.on account of the efforts taken to
developed the faculty and the infrastructural facility, the pass percentage has potentially
improved from 65% in2012 to 91% in 2013 and has reached the zenith with 95% in 2014
recording a quantum leap in the performance. It goes without saying from the given chart that
factors like the environment, infrastructure, quality of faculty and above all, monetary
remunerations are the crucial parameters that actually determine the performance of teachers
and students alike in any given environment
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(12) (A) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge
industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning
because everything which goes into the dustbin would be made into something useful. Even
the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes provide energy if nothing else.
The new concept of recycling waste is taking shape at the British technological laboratory at
Warren Spring, not for north of London. Today, the laboratory spends four times as much
money in studying recycling as it did five years ago.
The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly
what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw
materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This
plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber
as well. Methods have been discovered, for example, for removing the link from newsprint so
that the paper can be used again, and for obtaining valuable oils and gases from old motor car
tyres. All these ideas are already being made use of, but what is new is the idea of combining
them on such a large scale in a single plant designed to recycle most types of waste.
Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the
rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will
pass through sharp metal spikes which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is
usually packed; then it will pass through powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from
the heavy solids; after that crushers and rollers will break up everything that can be broken.
Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets, which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the
rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.
The first full scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. But in some big
industrial areas, where rubbish has been dumped for so long that there are no holes left to fill
up with rubbish, these new automatic recycling plants may be built sooner. Indeed with the
growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to
build their own recycling plants.
Write a short summary of the given passage in not more than 100 words. (6)
12. A)
The entire passage is about the impotence and the imperative of recycling. The author
expresses his acute sense of environmental concern of finding a viable eco-system to do away
with the waste. According to the author recycling the rubbish is the best method to get rid of
the menace of waste of every kind. the author says that the word “rubbish” will lose its
meaning because everything that is called rubbish and useless will be made useful by the
process of recycling by the process of which even the most dangerous and unpleasant waste
would be utilized in such a way as to provide energy. He further emphasises that a laboratory
for an extensive study on recycling is called the British Technology Laboratory located at
Warren Spring was for the first time, incepted to efficiently manage the waste of the Great
Britain in the last decade and a half.
The new idea of recycling is to find ways and means of synergising all the
hitherto used methods of recycling not only using metals, lead, copper, but also using paper
and rubber in an effort to better waste management. The author advocates the four stages in
the new project for sorting and separating the rubbish are as follows .first, the rubbish is made
to pass through sharp metal spikes which tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is really
packed. The second is passing through powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the
heavy solid. The third is passing the rubbish through magnet to remove the bits of iron and
steel and the fourth is sorting out the rubber and plastics. At the concluding passage, the
author cautions that disposing the rubbish and the residue of recycling is a major cause of
concern. Not only the disposal of the waste is expensive given the sacristy of dumping yard
but also the transporting cost involved in the elimination of the same is increasingly
exorbitant which is why the author feels the big cities will be compelled to build their own
recycling plant
(i) Answer the following questions in not more than three sentences(5*2=10)
1. Why does the writer say that the word ‘rubbish’ will lose its meaning?
2. What is the name of the laboratory for an extensive study on recycling?
3. Which one is considered as the new idea in the latest project?
4. List the four stages in the new project for sorting and separating the
rubbish?
Why does the writer feel that the big cities will be compelled to build their own recycling
plants?
Answers 12. B)
. 1.the author says that the word “rubbish” will lose its meaning because everything that is
called rubbish and useless will be made useful by the process of recycling by the process of
which even the most dangerous and unpleasant waste would be utilized in such a way as to
provide energy.
2. The laboratory for an extensive study on recycling is called the British Technology
Laboratory located at Warren Spring.
3. The new idea of recycling is to find ways and means of synergising all the hitherto used
methods of recycling not only using metals, lead, copper, but also using paper and rubber in
an effort to better waste management.
4. The four stages in the new project for sorting and separating the rubbish are as
follows .first, the rubbish is made to pass through sharp metal spikes which tear open the
plastic bags in which rubbish is really packed. The second is passing through powerful fan to
separate the lightest elements from the heavy solid. The third is passing the rubbish through
magnet to remove the bits of iron and steel and the fourth is sorting out the rubber and
plastics.
5. Disposing the rubbish and the residue of recycling is a major cause of concern. Not only
the disposal of the waste is expensive given the sacristy of dumping yard but also the
transporting cost involved in the elimination of the same is increasingly exorbitant which is
why the author feels the big cities will be compelled to build their own recycling plant.
(Or)
(b) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
Let us now consider a modern case of telepathy. A girl of about ten years of age was walking
along a country lane, reading a book on geometry. Quite suddenly her surroundings seemed
to fade away, and she saw her mother lying apparently dead on the floor of a little- used room
at home, known as the ‘white room’. Near her on the floor was a handkerchief. The child was
so upset by his vision that instead of going straight home she rushed to the doctor’s house and
persuaded him to go home with her. They found the woman lying on the floor of the ‘white
room’ suffering from severe heart attack. Beside her was the handkerchief. The doctor
arrived in time to save her life.
The case is a good one. The story is not that a child of ten would be expected to invent in
crisis. Moreover, it was verified that she did visit the doctor before going home. Quite
possibly, however, the tale was ‘helped’ by the addition of details after the event. The
mention of the handkerchief may have, been added later to make the story sound more
impressive, or it may even have been a distortion of memory. What is most important is that
the child acted on her vision and went straight to the doctor.
Quite recently in the New York Times Magazine a physician tried to discredit the case by
suggesting that the child’s mother may have been a hysteric who frequently imagined she was
having heart attacks, and so there would be nothing very remarkable in the child’s inventing a
vision of her parent suffering from such a seizure. The suggestion does not seem very likely.
Had the woman been subject to such attacks, genuine or imagined, the doctor would surely
have mentioned the fact. Moreover,
Answers 12.B
The passage is all about telepathy and how by means of telepathy patents can
be monitored and diagnosed. Through a series of case studies, the author emphasis how
vision and telepathy can help psychiatrist, doctors diagnose and prognoses mentally
deranged individuals. .the author states that Telepathy is one of the methods of curing
mentally disturbed individuals using psychoanalytical methods .this is the by-product of
modern psychology. According to the writer’s point of view, telepathy, vision which could be
view as the manifestation of a disturbed mind, many a times seem to bear relevance to reality.
For instance, the handkerchief that appeared as an omen in the vision of the little girl,
forecasting the seizure of the lady in the “white room” exactly matched with the reality
check. He further adds that the little girl came to know of her mother’s sickness by means of
telepathy. He alludes that the white room in the passage refers to the place or room where the
mother laid apparently dead due to sudden seizure. The white room also metaphorically
suggests the pale, withered body of the mother at the time of seizure suggesting infirmity and
morbidity as that of a dead body.
The reason given by the physician in “New York Times” magazine to discredit the case was
that the little girl’s mother was suffering from hysteria, a form of mental derangement
because of which she suffered from delusion of having chronic heart attack. The author also
in his recount describes what not telepathy is.
Answers 12. B.
B) 1. Telepathy is one of the methods of curing mentally disturbed individuals using
psychoanalytical methods .this is the by-product of modern psychology.
2.acccording to the writers point of view, telepathy ,vision which could be view as the
manifestation of a disturbed mind ,many a times seem to bear relevance to reality. For
instance, the handkerchief that appeared as an omen in the vision of the little girl, forecasting
the seizure of the lady in the “white room” exactly matched with the reality check
3. The little girl came to know of her mother’s sickness by means of telepathy.
4. The white room in the passage refers to the place or room where the mother laid apparently
dead due to sudden seizure. The white room also metaphorically suggests the pale, withered
body of the mother at the time of seizure suggesting infirmity and morbidity as that of a dead
body.
5. The reason given by the physician in “New York Times” magazine to discredit the case
was that the little girl’s mother was suffering from hysteria, a form of mental derangement
because of which she suffered from delusion of having chronic heart attack.
13. (A) Read the following advertisement published in “The Times of India” and write a
letter of application. Enclose your resume with the letter of application.
Date: 02.03.2017.
To
The HR Manager,
Mac & Co,
First Street,
Parrys Corner,
Chennai - 1
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: Software Engineering – Regarding
Ref: Your Advertisement on ‘The Hindu’ dated 01.03.17.
With reference to your advertisement in “The Hindu” dated 01.03.2017, I would like to apply
for the post of Software Engineering.
I am an undergraduate in Computer Science Engineering with two years hands-on experience
in the relevant field.
I possess good communication and technical Skills and other professional skills to be fit for
the job advertised in the paper. I have a sound knowledge in project management life cycle
such as concept designing; manufacture testing, maintenance of electrical equipment.
I have enclosed my resume for your consideration. I kindly request you to consider my
application and call me for the interview earliest.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
. [ Ms.P.NIRMALA]
Resume
, email: [email protected]
No.25 Ramanar Street, Mobile: 9895969454
Shanmuga Nagar,
Vellore – 2.
Objective:
Educational Qualification:
May 2010 BE (CSE) with 83%
ABC Engineering College, Vellore
Work Experience:
June 2012 – till date Assistant Designer
Ragavi Private Limited, Bangalore.
Skill Summary:
Dynamic result oriented Engineering Professional with successful track record in
designing and database management. A strong decision maker with good communication
skill and leadership quality.
Achievements:
i) College Topper in UG Level.
ii) Won the best project award in the College level symposium.
iii) Played in state level Volley ball.
iv) NSS member in the school level.
Reference:
i) Prof.Dr.K. Elangovan,
HOD/Department of English, TCM College, Vellore
ii) Dr.S.Gomathi Srinivasan, MS
Dental Surgeon, Government Hospital, Vaniyampadi.
Personal Details:
Date of Birth : 10.12.1990
Gender : Female
Father’s Name : Mr.J.Periyasami
Address : No.25 Ramanar Street,
Shanmuga Nagar,
Vellore -2.
Declaration
I hereby declare that all the above information are true to the best of my knowledge.
Date : sd/-
Place : Vellore – 2. [Ms.P.NIRMALA]
Or
(b) Read the following advertisement uploaded in the website – http:// tech.ssolutions.com/
and write your cover letter in the email format and the resume in the attachment file format
and send them to the following email ID [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Post of Software Developer – Regarding
Dear Sir, I have attached and sent my resume for the above mentioned post. Kindly do the
needful.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub:
Ref: Your Advertisement on ‘The Hindu’ dated 01.03.14.
With reference to your advertisement in “The Hindu” dated 01.03.2014, I would like to apply
for the post of Software Developer.
I am an undergraduate in Computer Science Engineering with two years hands-on experience
in the relevant field.
I possess leadership qualities and technical Skills and other professional skills to be fit for the
job advertised in the paper.
I have experience in running and arranging projects I have enclosed my resume for your
consideration. I kindly request you to consider my application and call me for the interview
earliest.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
. Resume
, email: [email protected]
No.25 Ramanar Street, Mobile: 9895969454
Shanmuga Nagar,
Vellore – 2.
Objective:
Work Experience:
June 2012 – till date Assistant Designer
Ragavi Private Limited, Bangalore.
Skill Summary:
Dynamic result oriented Engineering Professional with successful track record in
designing and database management. A strong decision maker with good communication
skill and leadership quality.
Achievements:
i) College Topper in UG Level.
ii) Won the best project award in the College level symposium.
iii) Played in state level Volley ball.
iv) NSS member in the school level.
Reference:
i) Prof.Dr.K. Elangovan,
HOD/Department of English, TCM College, Vellore
ii) Dr.S.Gomathi Srinivasan, MS
Dental Surgeon, Government Hospital, Vaniyampadi.
Personal Details:
Date of Birth : 10.12.1990
Gender : Female
Father’s Name : Mr.J.Periyasami
Address : No.25 Ramanar Street,
Shanmuga Nagar,
Vellore -2.
Declaration
I hereby declare that all the above information are true to the best of my knowledge.
Date : sd/-
Place : Vellore – 2. [Ms.P.NIRMALA]
Ms. P. Nadhiya]
14. B. Imagine that you are the coordinator for the project on educational short films .In
general, students show a lot of enthusiasm in seeing films. For the project you have produced
seven short films related to science and technology. Write a report in not more than 300
words about short films that you have [produced for the project.
Project report
TITLE OF THE PROJECT
EDUCATIONAL SHORTFILMS
PROJECT REPORT PREPARED BY
REPORT SUBMITTED TO
DATE: 2 NOVEMBER1016
EXCUTIVE SUMMARY
With reference to the meeting followed by discussion held on 23d September 2018, a
committee was formed for the development of educational short films among students so as
to nurture creativity and problem solving bent of mind. The team was headed by Mr.Rajan,
student counsellor, erudite. With expert inputs from university professors, feedback from
students the content for the project on educational short films has been created.
BACK GROUND
Learning has evolved gradually and erudite has witnessed major changes in the teaching and
learning industry.in fact, adopting to the changes around, we have tried our hand at
multimedia, projects on educational short films to inculcate a sense of creative bent of mind
so that students are able to confidently solve any professional setbacks and also effectively
surmount them. This venture was a huge success and has contributed to the growth of our
institute.
Inspired by these success, erudite is venturing into the most popular mode of teaching that
has proved to be very successful –project on educational short films. Educational short films
are one of the best methods for generation y learners.
A survey was conducted among the learning teaching fraternity to understand the
opportunities and challenges in this field of educational short films. The responses were
encouraging enough to embark on this voyage.
OBJECTIVE
To inculcate a critical and creative ben of mind among students fraternity. The materials are
designed in a manner to pay way for interesting interactive development of educational short
films.
Erudite has always catered to their learners and their specific needs. The academic institution
can install the required software and the online materials to develop and create educational
short films will be available to students. They can interact with teachers, directors through
video-conferencing. Wail web cast and submit assignments online.in addition to classroom
learning, extramural learning such as these will be of great advantage to the students.
DURATION
The project on educational short films teaching material of 70 hours, at the rate of two hour
per week.
WORKING METHODOLOGY
The units are divided into convenient chunks and the students can learn them at comfortable
pace. There are discussions, brain storming sessions at the end of every unit .the students
whose inputs are very creative, their names are displayed on notice board. There is no
compulsion to be a part of the learning race, but it is absolutely a matter of choice.
BUDGET ESTIMATE.
The project material are all designed in a user friendly interface and contained video lectures,
notes, tests, diagrams, application ,case studies ,thematic analysis ,a package is priced at
Rs.10,000 for a semester.
CONCLUSION
Short films are fast growing trend to get into the creative industry of filmmaking that calls for
a creative bent of mind .with up dated syllabus and practical orientation students will benefit
more .moreover the creative community will encourage the students to think and be adept at
making effective, educational short films.
a) You wish to start employability skills club in your college. You meet the principal of your
college to get permission for this club. Write a dialogue that happened between you and the
principal.
You : many student in our college need employability skills and the club will conduct
programmes to cater to their needs.
Principal: oh that’s a good idea .I appreciate your efforts. It would be far better and more
pertinent if you start English club to horn the linguistic skills of students as well.
You : you are absolutely right sir. We have an idea of incepting that too.
You : precisely sir, moreover, such clubs will be a clarion call for the academically poor
students to realise the need to be employable too.
Principal: by way of encouraging activities such as oration, skits, poetry recitation, group
discussion etc., the stage fear of students can be curbed off.
You : you are one hundred percent right sir, such club will certainly boost the confidence
of our student’s sir.
Principal: Furthermore, such club activities will serve a creative platform for our students to
unearth their hidden potentials.
You : it will also be a great relief from the daily chore of studies...Kind of de-stressor
too.
Principal: you mean that? Are your study schedules very bothersome that you need a relief?
Principal: no sir, I’m just kidding. Any ways, thank you very much for the permission and
support sir.
Principal: all the very best for your efforts, I’m sure it will be a great eye opener for all of us
and would serve the cause.
Or
b) You are working as a safety engineer in a firm .last month, there were four accidents and
the company experienced heavy financial loss. Write a dialogue that happened between you
and the chief engineer.
Chief engineer: what are the major reasons for these accidents?
You : the accidents are due to low quality machines and continuous power
fluctuations.
Chief engineer: you know Mr.kumar, besides incurring a heavy financial loss, it has resulted
in five casualty. We are accountable...
You : it’s highly unfortunate that such mishaps often witnessed of late. We are
accountable. I don’t deny that either sir.
Chief engineer: this is not a responsible answer …have you found out the reason for the
occurrence Mr.kumar?
You : yes I have sir, the continuous power fluctuations and the low quality of
machines are the cause for the accidents sir.
Chief engineer: you could have brought it to my knowledge at the earliest Mr.kumar.
You : I did bring it to your knowledge sir but you were very busy with other
projects that u seem to have forgotten the issue.
Chief engineer: be that as it you may, you should have remained me …now I have got to
face the music.
You : I hope you have made necessary arrangement for the compensation money
for the families of our deceased workers?
Chief engineer: it’s done as per the company’s policy, however, it’s an irrecoverable
personal loss for the families.
Chief engineer: money is not the only concern, cancel the purchase order of machinery and
place order for qualitative tools only.
Chief engineer: see to that rewiring is done for the entire unit and also ensure additional
transformers are incepted for the uninterrupted power supply.
Chief engineer: better late than never, let’s ensure the working environ is very safe and
conducive and no loss whatsoever is incurred in future.
You : thanks for the assurance sir. You never cease to inspire us sir...
Chief engineer: this is not the time for nice talks … let show our accountability in our deeds.
You : sure sir... have a nice day.
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