INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING · 2015-08-15 · RISK MANAGEMENT & LEELA’S FRIEND 1. What is risk management? Understand e 2. Why did Sidda tell Leela that he knows the moon?

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INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING Dundigal, Hyderabad - 500 043

FRESHMAN ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK

Course Name : ENGLISH

Course Code : A10001

Class : I - B. Tech

Branch : Common for all Branches

Year : 2015 - 2016

Course Faculty : Dr. D.Prdhuvi, Mrs. B. Anand Lakshmi, Mrs. I. Marylatha, Mr.M. Sudhakar, Mr.

B. Kondal, Mr. N. Praveen, Mrs. P.B. Esther Rani, Mrs. Shirisha Deshpande

OBJECTIVES

To meet the challenge of ensuring excellence in engineering education, the issue of quality needs to be addressed, debated and taken forward in a systematic manner. Accreditation is the principal means of quality assurance in higher education. The major emphasis of accreditation process is to measure the outcomes of the program that is being accredited. In line with this, Faculty of Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Hyderabad has taken a lead in incorporating philosophy of outcome based education in the process of problem solving and career development. So, all students of the institute should understand the depth and approach of course to be taught through this question bank, which will enhance learner’s learning process. 1. Group - A (Short Answer Questions)

S. No Question Blooms Taxonomy

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UNIT-I WIT AND HOMOUR & MOKSHAGUNDAM VISVESVARAYA

1 What did Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya learn from his parents? Remember 1

2 What was Visvesvaraya’s watchword? Application 2

3 What were the ornaments that Indu wore? Understand 3

4 Where was the tea party arranged? Remember 4

5 Who said that women were known as the gentle sex? Analyze 5

6 Among all the women in the tea party, who wore the most

gorgeous clothes? Remember 6

7 Who said that relaxation to the human mind and body was like a

cool shower bath on a hot day? Analyze 7

8 How would the refreshment and revival of mind and body Remember 8

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influence everyday duties, according to Mr.Khanna?

9 What were the dams that Visvesvaraya constructed to provide

water to Hyderabad and Secunderabad? Apply 9

10 What is the impression that the people had of Visvesvaraya? Remember 10

11 Write about Visveswaraya’s education? Remember h, j, m

12 Why did Visveswaraya become tutor when he was a student? Analyze f, m

13 Who was the “Grand old man” of India? Remember h, j, m

14 When did Visveswaraya passed away? Remember h, j, m

15 When was Visveswaraya honoured with “Bharat Ratna”, by the government of India?

Remember h, j, m

16 How did Prem get ready for the tea party? Analyze f, m

17 How do women at the tea party behave? Analyze f, m

18 What is the purpose of Mr. Chaddha’s talk? Analyze j, m

19 What was the reason given by Prem for the improper behavior of Indu?

Analyze j, m

20 Why was Indu looking worried and kept silent in the party? Understand e

UNIT-II CYBER AGE AND THREE DAYS TO SEE

1 Expand BOPP.

Remember e

2 How durable are the polymer banknotes compared to the paper banknotes?

Understand j

3 When were polymer banknotes first developed?

Remember b

4 When were forgeries of the Australian $ 10 found in circulation?

Remember d, b

5 When did RBA start collaboration with CSIRO?

Remember d

6 When was the first patent arising from the development of polymer banknotes field?

Remember d

7 When was the technique of the lamination used to combine materials?

Understand e

8 With what are the polymer banknotes coated? Apply j

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9 What is BOPP?

Understand b

10 What are the relative merits of the polymer banknotes? Apply F

11 Why does Helen Keller say that it is important to “live each day” as if we were “to die” the next day?

Remember b, i

12. According to Helen Keller, why do most people take life for granted?

Understand e

13. Why is it that people don’t appreciate their faculties and senses till they are deprived of them?

Understand Analyze

f

14 Whom would Keller like to see on the first “day of sight”? Remember d

15. How is it possible for people with sight to grasp the true personality of an individual?

Apply g

16. What are the “small, simple things” that she would like to see in her home?

Remember d,

17. How did books enrich her life? Remember Understand

h

18. On the way home after her long walk, where does she want to stop and why?

Remember i, k

19. On the second day of “sight,” what actually does Keller want to do in the Museum?

Remember k

20. What is Keller’s programme for the evening of her second day of “sight”?

Remember

e

UNIT-III

RISK MANAGEMENT & LEELA’S FRIEND

1. What is risk management? Understand e

2. Why did Sidda tell Leela that he knows the moon? Understand j, m

3.

What was the disaster that struck Om Shakti fire works on 5th

September?

Understand e

4. What difference do you find between the characters Leela and her

parents?

Understand j, m

5. What were the tragic consequences of Om Shakti fireworks? Analyze f, m

6.

Why was the factory’s license suspended a few days before the

fire?

Remember g, h

7.

In what ways to fireworks factories at Sivakasi break the laws

relating to child labour and human rights?

Analyze J, m

8.

What was Sidda’s reaction when he was asked about the lost

chain?

Remember j

9.

What are some of the risk factors that are characteristic of factors

in the South Asian region?

Understand e

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10. What problem was Sivasanker thinking about? Remember J

11 Where did Leela’s mother found the lost chain?

Remember g, h

12 How did Leela’s mother react to her daughter’s questions?

Analyze J, m

13 How did Sidda entertain Leela?

Understand e

14 How did Sidda become close to Leela?

Analyze f, m

15 Has Shiva Shankar accepted Sidda as his servant, even after he was not found guilty?

Analyze f, m

16 How is risk management different from disaster management?

Understand e

17 What was one of the reasons for many local people getting hurt in the SivaKasi fireworks factory fire?

Analyze J, m

18 Define risk management?

Understand e

19 What are the solutions for the fire risk?

Remember g, h

20 Write about Big Brands and risk management?

Analyze J, m

UNIT-1V HUMAN VAIUES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & THE LAST LEAF

1 Who is the author of the excerpt “India’s contribution to the world

unity” and what do you know about him?

Remembering A

2 What are the characteristic features that Toynbee noticed in

Indians?

Remembering K

3 Name the Indian virtue that has impressed him greatly and touched him deeply?

Remembering K

4 Can you write in your own words how did Gandhiji made it

impossible for the people of hid country to go on ruling India?

Understanding

M

5 What do you think could have happened next if once the struggle has taken a violent form?

Understanding

L

6 How did Gandhiji saved Britain as well as India from the tragedy of

history according to Toynbee?

Understanding

J

7 What did you mean by truth and salvation? Applying G,H

8 Toynbee says technology has suddenly annihilated distance. Do

you agree? Why/why not?

Applying F

9 What is India’s conspicuous achievement? Applying B

10 What values have you learnt from this lesson? Applying G,H,I

11 Who is the author of the story, the last leaf and what do you know Remembering A

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about him?

12 Where is the studio and how did Johnsy and sue become friends? Remembering B

13 What disease stalked the colony in the story and in which season? Remembering B

14 What is the main theme of the story? Understanding F

15 Predict what could happen at the end of the story before the reading of the entire story is completed?

Understanding

J

16 Interpret in your own words the mental state of Johnsy? Understanding J

17 Do you know of another instance where you have come across such person in real life situation?

Applying I

18 What other factors do you think would help to change the mind of

Johnsy as Berhman painted the ivy leaf on the wall?

Applying F

19 What did the ivy leaves symbolize? Applying B,J

20 Johnsy wanted to the Bay of Naples someday. What is your dream

goal?

Applying M

UNIT-V SPORTS AND HEALTH AND CONVOCATION SPEECH

1 Expand ODI.

Remember e

2 How different Sachin Tendulkar compared to other cricket players?

Understand j

3 When did Sachin start playing cricket?

Remember b

4 When Sachin did became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds?

Remember d, b

5 When did Sachin passed Brian Lara as the leading test run-scorer?

Remember d

6 Which of his century was considered as one of the best innings?

Remember d

7 When did he go past 13000 test runs, 30,000 international runs and 50 test hundreds?

Understand e

8 When did Sachin become the first player to score 100 international centuries?

Apply j

9 What is Bradman’s batting average?

Understand b

10 What are the merits in his batting style? Apply f-

11 When did Sachin Tendulkar first show great promise of excelling in cricket?

Remember e

12 What are the main features of Sachin’s batting? Remember e

13 What are the three of his many achievements mentioned in the articles?

Apply f

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14 Did his relationship with his fans affect Sachin’s life as a brilliant cricketer?

Understand e

15 What was the incident that happened early in Sachin’s career? Remember e

16 What incident shows that Sachin had an immense physical stamina as well as the ability to bear pain?

Apply j

17 What are the personal and environmental factors on which physical acititvity depend?

Understand e

18 How governments can encourages people to lead physically active lives?

Remember e

19 When was Sachin given his first cricket bat? Understand b

20 Which of his centuries is considered as one of the best innings has ever played?

Remember e

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1 Sketch the character of Indu in the lesson ‘A Tea Party’? Remember b, g, h

2 How did u define the humour at the end of the lesson” A Tea

Party”? Understand

b, f, l

3 Where did you find wit in the lesson” A Tea Party”? Remember

b, f

4 Is Chadda is psychophant in the lesson” Tea party why? Analyze g

5 Describe ‘the society of ladies is said to be very softening effect’

in the lesson” A Tea Party”? Analyze g, h

6

Visvesvaraya is known as the versatile genius. Describe his

contribution to the development of our nation?

Remember l

7 Visvesvaraya is the father of technologically independent India.

Explain? Understand a

8 Discuss the role of Visvesvaraya as a patriot? Understand g

9 Explain the incidents which reveal Visvesvaraya’s modesty and

humility? Understand i

10

What according to you is more important between knowledge

and wisdom? Justify your answer with suitable examples from

the lesson?

Understand a

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11 “It is good sometimes to break off in the midst of toil” discuss. Apply f, m

12 How did Prem manage the situation at the tea party? Remember h, j, m

13 Explain the situation on which the simple, humourous story is based?

Analyze j, m

14 Narrate the situation that made the ending of the story both funny and sad?

Analyze f, m

15 Sketch the character of Prem? Apply l

16

Define success according to Visveswaraya? Analyze j, m

17 Explain briefly how Visveswaraya solved the water problem in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad?

Remember h, j, m

18 Describe the contruction of Krishnaraja sagar dam? Understand e

19 How did Visveswaraya plan for the growth of Indian economy? Analyze j, m

20 Sketch the character of Indu in the lesson ‘A Tea Party’? Remember b, g, h


1 Give an account of the polymer banknotes as the latest innovation in the age of computers.

Analyze f

2 What are the security features of polymer banknotes?

Understand d

3 Write about the reasons for the development of the polymer banknotes?

Apply e

4 What makes the counterfeiting of polymer banknotes difficult?

Understand f

5 Illustrate about any such latest innovation of the present age?

Analyze J

6 Helen Keller’s essay expresses her deep concern about the indifference of normal human beings towards their faculties/senses. Substantiate this statement by giving examples from the text

Understand e, j

7. Why is Helen Keller eager to spend so much time with her teacher Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy after getting ‘eye-sight’? Give reasons.

Understand (Explain)

e

8. Describe the personality of Helen Keller on the basis of her selection of ‘sight to see’.

Understand Analyze

j, m

9. Give evidence from the essay to ‘show that Helen Keller loved the theatre a lot.’

Understand e, j

10. Make a list of Keller’s interests and preferences based on her plan for the three days of “sight”.

Understand E

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11 Why is she grateful to the actor Joseph Jefferson? Understand I

12 Keller says that her eyes are open to sights of both “happiness and misery”. Why?

Understand k

13 On the evening of the third day, where would she like to be and what would she like to see?

Remember g, k

14 Helen Keller is not upset about her return to darkness. Why? Remember Apply

f, m

15 What is Keller’s advice to those who can see? Remember Understand

m

16 What suggestion does she offer to those who can hear? Remember Understand

m

17 What is Helen Keller’s advice to people about the use of their senses?

Understand j, m

18 How, according to Keller, can one understand the true personality of people?

Understand m

19 According to Helen Keller, what are the things one can observe in Museums?

Remember b

20 Why Keller wants to see the people in a busy street? Explain Understand b

UNIT-III RISK MANAGEMENT & LEELA’S FRIEND

1

Write an essay on the urgent need for foreign organizations to

have good Risk Management strategies while outsourcing their

manufacturing activities in India.

Remember b, g, h

2 Deadly factory fires in India need stronger Risk Management.

Illustrate. Understand

b, f, l

3 Write an essay on the frequent fire accidents in Sivakasi

fireworks. Remember

b, h

4 What are the preventive measures to be taken and the safety

norms to be followed to prevent fire accidents? Understand g

5 Mention some of the effective risk management strategies to

prevent huge loss/damage. Understand g, h

6 Describe Leela’s character.

Remember j

7 Describe the relationship between Leela and Sidda.

Apply

j, f

8 Describe Sivasanker’s character. Remember j

9 How did Sidda become close to Leela? Apply j, m

10 Narrate the incident of Leela teaching Sidda how to draw a cat. Remember J

11 Sketch the character of Leela’s mother?

Remember j

12 What is the role of Sidda in “Leela’s Friend”?

Analyze J, m

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13 Narrate the story of “missing gold chain” in Leela’s Friend?

Remember j

14 Did Leela’s parents realize for their unfair treatment of Sidda?

Analyze J, m

15 Narrate how Sidda made himself useful to Leela and her parents?

Remember j

16 What are the reasons for deadly factory fires in India?

Understand g, h

17 Write about Sivakasi fire mishap in 2012?

Understand g, h

18 What are the critical risks faced by the labourers during the fire mishaps?

Remember j

19 What are the working conditions of South Asia?

Remember j

20 Write about the author of Risk Management “Joe Crompton”? Remember j

UNIT-IV HUMAN VAIUES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & THE LAST LEAF

1 What is the general Indian point of view that goes hand in hand with the spirit of nonviolence?

Remembering K

2 Why is the attitude of Indians to variety of such great

importance in the present – day world?

Remembering L

3 What is the lesson on spiritual activity that Indians must teach the rest of the world?

Remembering L

4 How does Toynbee support his statement that Indians do not

continue to feel hatred or anger towards someone who hurt

them in the past?

Understanding

G

5 According to Toynbee, from what tragedy did Gandhiji save Britain as well as India?

Understanding

F

6 What does the historian mean when he says that the people of

India have a moral responsibility to keep alive their country’s

tradition of non-violence?

Understanding

G

7 What examples can you suggest to overcome the distance annihilated by technology?

Applying J

8 “Spiritual importance is a necessary enabling condition for spiritual activity”. Justify this statement.

Applying F

9 How would apply the human values and professional ethics you

have learned from the lesson to develop?

Applying H,I

10 How would the problems of Indian with its neighbouring countries be solved using what you’ve learned?

Applying L

11 Who was Behrman? What was his ambition in life? Remembering A

12 What was Johnsy doing when she was lying on the sick bed? Remembering B

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13 What did the doctor say about Ms.Behrman’s condition? Remembering J

14 What made Johnsy change her mind? Understanding B

15 What lesson did Johnsy learn from the last leaf of the vine? Understanding J

16 What do you learn from this story? Understanding G

17 If you were in the place of Behrman, what would you do to change the mind of Johnsy?

Applying I

18 How would you react suppose if one of your friends condition is

critical?

Applying I

19 When sue decided that the last leaf would surely fall during the night and sue shall die at the same time sue says” Dear, dear!” think of me, if you won’t think of yourself, would you really think of your friend like sue if were Johnsy. If so who would it be and what do you think of him / her?

Applying I

20 “The lonesomest thing in the entire world is a soul when it is

making ready to go on its mysterious, for journey”. How would

you interpret this statement quoting real life examples that you

have come across in your own life or somebody else’s life?

Applying G


1 Discuss Sachin Tendulkar in one of the greatest batsmen of all time in cricket.

Analyze f

2 What are the records he made during his play?

Understand d

3 Why do you think Sachin has become the God of cricket?

Apply e

4 Explain why many international cricketers have reminded themselves when they see Sachin’s play?

Understand f

5 Why do you think Sachin has undoubtedly become the most worshipped cricketer in the world?

Analyze J

6 Why does India receive respect now from the rest of the world? Analyze f

7 What are the problems, listed by the speaker that India is facing now?

Understand d

8 What is the hope the speaker has about India? Apply e

9 What makes the speaker to hope to solve the existing problems?

Understand f

10 What was the message given by Dr.N.R.Narayana Murthy at the convocation?

Analyze j

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1 Define the types of sentences? Comprehension a, c, m

2 Define subject- verb -agreement with examples? Comprehension a, m

3 Write a note that Indu writes to Mrs. Kanna explaining her

behavior at the tea party. Understand f, g

4 What are the different kinds of nouns explain with examples? Remember a, m

5 What is the definite article? Explain with examples. Remember a, m

6 What are your long term goals? Remember b

7 Construct a beautiful paragraph on, ‘true friendship’. Apply f

8 “The curse of our country is laziness”. Elucidate Understand d

9 Visvesvaraya gave the clarion call-Industrialize or perish, justify. Remember j

10 “The price of success is hard work”. illustrate Apply b


1 Briefly give an account of polymer banknotes?

Remember d

2 Write short notes on the development of polymer banknotes.

Understand f

3 Highlight the main reason for the development of polymer banknotes.

Remember j

4 Which countries have adopted the polymer banknotes by 2011 and why?

Remember b

5 Discuss on the differentiating factors between polymer banknotes and paper banknotes.

Analyze E

6 Why is ‘Sight’ more important than all other senses? Explain with examples of your own.

Knowledge & Remember

b

7. What is more important sense for you among all and why?

Analysis and differentiate

b, m

8. Imagine that the whole world would come to an end tomorrow

and prepare a list of tasks, dreams, duties that you would like to

fulfill that last day and why?

Distinguish Appraise Apply

k, m

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9. Who are the people and things that Keller wants to see and what

is their role in her life? Illustrate.

Remember Understand

g, i,

10. What impression has this essay made on you? Apply and analysis

h, k, m

UNIT-III RISK MANAGEMENT & LEELA’S FRIEND

1 What are the different types of risks?

Comprehension/

Analyze a, m, c

2 Give directions to your friend how to reach from Bus stand to

your college.

Comprehension/

Analyze

a, m

3 What are punctuation marks? What are the uses of these

marks?

Understand

f, g

4 Explain different forms of present tense with examples. Apply a, m

5 What is the difference between manmade disaster and natural

disaster? Understand a, m

6 Do you think Sidda was very stubborn because he didn’t say

anything about the jewel? Why or why not? Analyze

e, b

7 What is the relationship between Mr. Sivasanker and Sidda?

Explain the difference between their relationship at the

beginning of the story and at the end of the story.

Analyze

e, b

8 List the ways in which Sidda’s company makes Leela supremely

happy and also how Leela attempts to educate him in turn? Analyze

e, b

9 What did Leela’s mother do when she found the gold chain in

the tamarind pot? Analyze

e, b

10 How did Leela’s father react when his wife found the lost chain

in the kitchen? Analyze e, b

UNIT-IV HUMAN VAIUES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & THE LAST LEAF

1 Why Indian attitude towards life is unique from the rest of the world?

Understanding

L

2 If India had not achieved independence through non violence, what would have happened?

Applying K

3 What could not have happened in the year 1945? Remembering F

4 Can you define broad-minded approach to reality? Applying G

5 What can help mankind to save itself from self destruction? Remembering J

6 What was the problem of Johnsy in the story? Remembering J

7 Why did she change her mind at the end of the story? Understanding F

8 What is the turning point to change her mind? Understanding F

9 Can you distinguish the characters of Johnsy and sue? Applying J

10 How Berhman’s masterpiece did save the life of Johnsy? Remembering B

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1 Briefly give an account of Sachin’s records?

Remember d

2 Write a short note on the development of Sachin’s interest on cricket?

Understand f

3 Highlight Sachin’s main records during his play?.

Remember j

4 Who are the international players applauded Sachin and why?

Remember b

5 Discuss the factors helped Sachin from his childhood to become the world’s best bats man?

Analyze E

6 What are the things that we can do to help India grow?

Remember d

7 How can we be successful in changing the situation in India?

Understand f

8 Write an essay on any of the problems pointed out by Dr.Narayana Murthy, which India is currently facing.

Remember j

9 According to Dr.Narayana Murthy, how can India be built into a great nation?

Remember b

10 What is the dark side of India and how can we change it?

Analyze e

Prepared by: Dr. D.Prdhuvi, Mrs. B. Anand Lakshmi, Mrs. I. Marylatha, Mr.M. Sudhakar, Mr. B. Kondal,

Mr. N. Praveen, Mrs. P.B. Esther Rani, Mrs. Shirisha Deshpande. Date: 01 August, 2015

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INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING · 2015-08-15 · RISK MANAGEMENT & LEELA’S FRIEND 1. What is risk management? Understand e 2. Why did Sidda tell Leela that he knows the moon?