IGIMS, COLLEGE OF NURSING

Duration: 3 hours SESSIONAL TEST, 2017-2018 Total Marks: 75

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

NAME:…………………………………….. Roll No………

Note:
i. Any sort of cheating/gossip/murmuring/showing or exchanging your answer sheet or
question paper is strictly prohibited.
ii. No mobile phone/text book/note book or any sort of written material is allowed.
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1. Write an antonym of the following words: 1x5=5 marks
Gaiety, Ugly, Legible, Obedient, Capable

2. Subsititute one word for the following: 1x5=5 marks

i. A vehicle for conveying sick or injured people to the hospital
ii. Low level of iron in the blood
iii. A medicine to counteract poison
iv. Instrument for measuring heat or cold
v. A hospital for TB patients

3. Use the following idioms/ phrases in sentences: 1x5=5 marks

a. A white elephant b. From hand to mouth c. Live and let live
d. A red carpet welcome e. Ups and downs

4. Put in the verbs in brackets as per the tenses mentioned thereafter: 1x5=5 marks
i. Let me tell you a story of Sonika, a first year B.Sc. Nursing student of IGIMS.
She…………..always ………….. (waste) her time in gossips during her English classes.
(present continuous)
ii. The teacher …………..(ignore) her since first day, because her previous academic record
was admirable. (present perfect continuous)
iii. She never …………..(fail) in class.(simple past)
iv. But she………….. always …………..(disturb) the class.(past continuous)
v. I wish she …………..(listen) to her parent’s advice.(past perfect)

5. Insert proper articles. Write ‘X’ where articles are omitted: 1x5=5 marks
i. He has …………..chance of winning the match.
ii. He is …………..best man of the town.
iii. Iron is …………..useful metal.
iv. …………..Patna is …………..old city.

6. Change the voice of the following sentences. 1x5=5 marks

i. Do you play a match?
ii. Jesus saved the child.
iii. Didn’t she help you?
iv. You will catch him copying.
v. I shall not attend the meeting.

7. Convert the following sentences into indirect speech. 1x5=5 marks

i. Suraj said, “Good-bye, my friends”.
ii. The visitor said to me, “Is your mom at home?”
iii. The old mother said to her son, “May you live long and prosper!”
iv. Kapil said to me, “Let us go for a river-bath”.

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 v. Golu said to Molu, “Why did you break my slate?”

8. Application/letter writing (any one): 1x10=10 marks

i. Write an application to your principal for remission of fine.
Or,
Write a letter to the Director of IGIMS complaining about pathetic condition of laboratory.
Or,
Write a letter of apology for coming late in college. Mention genuine and practical reasons.

9. Write an essay on (any one in 300 words): 1x10=10 marks

i. Nursing Profession
ii. Florence Nightingale
iii. Computers in medical profession
iv. Ragging

10. Make a Precis of any one of the following passage and suggest a suitable heading:
1x10=10 marks
i. To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of the good actor; you must be able to hold
the attention of your audience; you must be clear speaker; with a good strong, pleasing voice
which is fully under your control and you must be able to act what you are teaching in order
to make its meaning clear. Watch a good teacher and you will see that he does not sit
motionless, he stands the whole time he is teaching. The fact a good teacher has some of the
gifts of a good actor does not mean that he will be able to act well on the stage, for there are
very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to
speak the sentences which he has learnt by heart. A good teacher works in quite a different
way. His audience takes an active part his play. They ask and answers questions. The
teacher has, therefore to suit his acts to all needs of his audience, i.e. class. He cannot learn
his part by heart; he must invent it as he goes along. A good teacher has the talent of
abactor. He expresses through the movements of his organs and gestures. A good teacher
has well modulated yet powerful and pleasant voice. This holds the attention and interest of
his pupils. He moves about in the class. Although he is different form an actor as his success
depends on adaptability of methods to the need of his pupils. On the other hand, an actor has
to stick to the role he is assigned to him.

ii. The aim of education is not merely to cram the mind of a man with information to enable
him to talk learnedly about books. Nor is it to prepare him merely for a profession that pays.
Its aim is to draw out all his faculties. Its true end is to develop in him every intellectual and
moral power. It will not be a complete and generous education, if it does not strengthen him
physically, mentally and spiritually and makes him a useful, patriotic, pious gentleman with
wide sympathies and decency of conduct. Education is a failure if it does not produce a
balanced personality free from prejudices of all kinds, self, controlling, self developing, self-
respecting and respecting others.

iii. Our civilization has many good parts. First, it has given us order and safety. Today, we do
not get beaten up by another man only because he is strong than us. We can go to law and
the law will protect us. We may not realize the importance of this order and safety, but if
there were no order and safety, civilization could not develop. The inventor could not
invent, the scientist could not make any discovery and the artist could not make beautiful
things. In fact order and safety are as important for us as the air. Secondly, modern
civilization has freed man from the fear of pain. Today, men are ill much less often. Also
illness is no longer as painful as it used to be. Without good health, a man cannot enjoy
anything or achieve anything. It is true that many men did great things in life in spite of their

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 bad health, but they would have done better if they had enjoyed better health. Today, men
and women enjoy better health. Therefore, they enjoy life better. Thirdly, our civilization is
more secure than any of the previous civilizations. Previous civilizations were limited. They
were surrounded by uncivilized people. These people attacked them again and again and
destroyed them. But modern civilization is free from that danger. Fourthly, modern
civilization has made the world a single whole. Every country of the world has become
dependent on the other country for its needs. The food that we eat comes from all over the
world.

11. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 1x5=5 marks
When Algu Chaudhari’s name was proposed in the chaupal as a person to act as the Chief Judge,
the aunt agreed to accept him. Jumman was overjoyed but he hid his feelings. Algu said, “Aunty,
you know that Jumman and I are close friends,” She replied, “ Son, nobody sells his, conscience for
friendship,” Algu said, “We have been old friends but at this moment I cannot favour anyone.
Please state your case before Panchayat”. Jumman was so confident of his victory that he imagined
the talk of Algu was mere show. He had to face questions from his friend that were too difficult for
him to answer He was much amazed. Finally Algu gave the judgment. “Jumman Sheikh, the elders
think that the property of your aunt yields enough profits for monthly expenses to be paid to her. If
you do not agree, the property should be returned to her.” Hearing this the audience cheered the
village judges noisily.
1. What feelings did Jumman hide and why ?
2. Why did the aunt have full faith in Algu?
3. How did jumman feel when Algu said he couldn’t favour any one?
4. What amazed jumman?
5. What was Jumman asked to do in case he did not agree to pay the aunt her monthly
expenses?
6. Give a suitable heading to this passage.

12. Prepare a report of a patient suffering from Jaundice. 1x5=5 marks

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