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Foundation Course in English (FEG-01/BEGF-101)
Assignment
Course Code: FEG-01/BEGF-101
Assignment Code: FEG-1/BEGF-101/TMA/2024-25
Max. Marks: 100
Answer all the questions.
1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our
pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour,
when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but
rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul
of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the
pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of
humanity.
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with
her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike
she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end
today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate
today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that
await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the
challenge of the future?
Freedom and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this Assembly, a
sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom we have
endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of this sorrow. Some
of those pains continue even now. Neverthless, the past is over and it is the future that beckons to
us now. That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessant striving so that we may fulfil the
pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today. The service of India means the
service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and
inequality of opportunity. The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe
every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and suffering, so
long our work will not be over.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
1a What does ‘tryst with destiny mean’? 1
1b Explain ‘at the stroke of the midnight.’ 1
1c Explain: ‘when the world sleeps.’ 2
1d Which moment is the author talking about? 2
1e What kind of achievement is the author talking about? 2
1f Give a suitable title to the passage. 2
1g Find words from the passage which mean the same as the following: 10
(i) prolonged (ii) before (iii) fate (iv) regain (v) liberty (vi)compassion
(vii) triumph (viii) misfortune (ix) aspiration (x) agony
2. Select the correct form of the verbs given in brackets in each of the following sentences: 10
i. He (went/has gone) to Bombay yesterday.
ii. I (am/have been) waiting for two hours.
iii. They will serve you lunch if you (attend/will attend) the function.
iv. They had left when he (arrived/had arrived).
v. The bus (left/has left) an hour ago.
vi. Had I known you were coming I (would have waited/would wait) for you.
vii. I (did not write/have not written) the essay yet.
viii. She (lived/has lived) in Jaipur since 1947.
ix. I (am not hearing/have not heard) from her for a year. x. A new TV channel (has been
started/was started) last Monday
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3 Complete the sentences given below:
If-Conditional- What would happen if …………………….. 5
Example i. If the trees are felled there would be soil erosion
ii. If the soil is eroded …………………………….
iii. If the soil lacks nutrients ………………………
iv. If nothing grows on the land …………………..
v. If people have nothing to eat ………………….
vi. If the government doesn’t do anything for the starving people………………….
4. Complete the following sentences with appropriate main clauses. 5
i. …………… just as I was ringing the bell.
ii. …………… every time I meet them.
iii. …………… as long as you want it.
iv. …………… by the time mother came home
v. ……………. the moment he went on the stage.
5. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb given in brackets: 10
Many years ago when Martin Luther King (address) a public meeting, someone (throw) a shoe at
him. There (be) a deep silence. King (pick) up the shoe and (tell) the gathering that some king
gentlemen, knowing that he (can) not afford shoes (throw) one for him. He (request) the
gentlemen to throw him the other one too. The man(feel) embarrassed and (go) away from there.
6. Asking Wh-Questions, example:
You want to know where the post office is.
Where is the post office?
Now make questions in a similar way. 10
i Find out why your brother is angry.
ii Find out when your exam will start
iii Find out why he arrives late at the office.
iv You want to know where the Railway station is
v Find out how far is your father’s office from your home.
vi You’re interested in knowing where he’s coming from.
vii You need to know when you could reach him.
viii Find out what the number of the Chairperson is.
ix Find out how she goes to the office.
x Find out how to reach the airport.
7. Write a about 300 words on any one of the following topics: 20
i Educating girl child
ii National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
8. In about 200 words, write a conversation between: 20
i You and elder brother where you are asking his suggestions regarding which stream you
should go for after completing 10.
OR
ii You and your chief minister where you are asking him ten questions and he is answering
those ten questions
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