Model Question


Tribhuvan University

Office of the Rector

Curriculum Development Center (2067)

Humanities and Social Sciences

Bachelor II Year Compulsory English

Full Marks: 100                                                           Pass Marks: 35

Time: 3 hrs

Model Question


Candidates are required to give their answer in their own words as far as practicable. The figure in the margins indicate full marks.


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Attempt ALL the questions.

Group A

Q. [1]. Read the following passage and answer the questions that below:                               [3*5=15]

"How can we provide the best health care for our people?" This is the question that every responsible society attempting to answer. In the wealthier nations, doctors and patients demand that the health care systems provide the highest standard of service regardless of the cost. If certain drugs or procedures are not immediately available to patients, angry complaints are heard. In the poorer countries, however, the priorities seem very different. Here an estimated 1.7 million children die annually from treatable infections; from common, curable diarrhea; and from infectious diseases like measles and whooping cough - diseases that have almost completely disappered in the industrial nations. In the developing countries, it is believed; about 80 percent of all illnesses are the result of contaminated water and inadequate sanitation.
It seems, therefore, there are two worlds of medicine and that these two worldshave nothing in common with each other. The industrial world is concerned about illness like heart diseases and cancer, which are often still incurable; the developing countries are concerned about illness that would disappear if basic health programs could be afforded. One world seeks to provide the latest, most advanced treatment for the small section of population who are ill; the other has difficulty providing, for the majority of people, things that industrial world takes for granted - clean drinking water, vaccines, and drugs essential to medical care. The immediate problems that face these two worlds seem very different. Howrever, when we examine the challenges and possible solutations, we see alsmost as many similarities among nations as differences.


(a) Why are, in wealthier nations, angry complaints heard concerning health care system?
(b) Which diseases have almost completely disappeared in the industrial nations?
(c) What could be done to prevent a large number of children dying from common infectious diseases in the poor countries?
(d) Which two types of illnesses are common in industrial nations?
(e) Nations of the world are classified into two groups in the passage. List four phrases from the passage that are used to denote these two categories.

Q. [2]. Write a newspaper article in four paragraphs on "The Health Care System in Your Country- its strength and weaknesses."                                                                      [15]
    Or,
Write an essay in about 250 words on "Human Induced Climate Changes."

Q. [3]. From the list below, find the noun that best continues an idea from the first sentence of each of them. The first one has been done for you as an example.                                                                      [5]

progress risk lack requirement increase assistance

(a) The condition of the patient has improved in the last twenty-four hours.
This progress
(b) The cost of health care rose by 14 percent last year.
This                  
(c) In many poorer countries, there are not enough doctors or other health workers.
This                    
(d) Wealthier nations need to help poorer countries develop their health care system.
This                      
(e) To graduate from that university, you need to take at least three computer classes.
This                       
(f) The chance of catching malaria is especially high in some tropical countries.
This                       

Q. [4]. In the following sentences, circle the Definition Markers, underline/highlight the technical terms, and underline the definitions. The first one has been done for you as  an example.         [10]

1. Demand can be [defined] as the quantities of a product or service that are purchased  during a certain period of time.

2. Internal migration - i.e., movements of people within a counry - is determined largely by economic factor.

3. Voiceless sounds are sounds that are produced with no vibration of the vocal words.

4. Some birth defects in unborn children can be diagnsed by amniocentesis, a procedure in  which fluid is taken from the amniotic sac surrounding the child and analyzed.

5. Frustration may be defined as the unpleasant feeling that results when a desired goal is  not achieved.

6. Prejudice is an unfair judgement that people make before they have all the facts.

Q, [5]. Match the synonyms in column A with the phrases in column B that are similar in  meaning.                                                   [5]

            A                         B

fatal to cause something or someone to disappear
gene the possibility that something/someone will develop
inherit the parts of cells which influence our growth
potential to receive something from someone who has died
climate causing death

Group B

Q. [6]. Write one-sentence summary of the following paragaraphs. Express the main idea in your own words.                                                                     [10]

Researchers have specified that certain behavioral differences are due to male and female hormones. Both men and women produce the male hormone, androgen, and the female hormone, estrogen, but in different quantities. The male embryo's "Y" chromosome gives a "command" to release androgen at specific stages of prenatal development. The hormone signals the embryo to develop as a male, with male body shape and male sexual organs. Later on, hormones influence bodily changes during puberty; for example, androgen gives signal to the male's body for growth of facial and body hair and for the deepening of the voice.
Thus, hormones clearly play a role in human physical development. But what effects do they have on emotional development and actual behavior? Again, this question is still being debated and studied. Some research shows that the male hormone testosterone appears to stimulate aggressive behavior in female animals. At the same time, a female hormone, prolactin, seems to stimulate nurturing, motherly activity in male animals.

Q. [7]. What is a thesis statement? What are the characteristics of body paragraphs?                                          [5]

Q. [8]. John Holt claims that school is bad for children in the article "School is Bad for Children." Give your arguments either for or against it.                                                     [10]

Or,

What are the major aspects of the new American dreamers that Ruth Sidel discuss in th e article "The New American Dreamers"?

Q. [9]. Do you think that biological, anthropological, or social factors are most important in determining gender roles? Why? (Sex Roles by Hamilton McCubbin and Barbara Blum Dahl)
                                                               [10]
Or,

Examine the pros and cons of using Internet as an educational tool. To what degree does it enhance and to what degree does it obstruct, students' learning?
(How the Web Destroys the Quality of Students' Research papers by David Rothenberg)

Q. [10]. Complete the following chart supplying the male/ female equivalent word in the vacant box.                 [5]

Male Female
Widower             
             witch
              bride
bachelor             
tomboy              

Q. [11]. Imagine you are a teacher at a Secondary school in your locality. Now write a newspaper article on the qualities of a good teachers and good students: consider such things as goals, values, teaching and learning styles, behaviors and character traits.                                                                                                 [10]

Or,

Write a newspaper article on "Advertising as the means of Misinformation."


The End.