BEGS-183 Writing and Study Skills Solved Question Paper June 2024

BEGS-183 Writing and Study Skills Solved Question Paper June 2024

Writing and Study Skills
Course Code: BEGS-183

1. Answer any three of the following in around
100 words each : 3×5=15
(a) What do you understand by the term
„Synthesising‟ ? How does „Synthesising‟
become an important step in the writing
process ?
(b) Why is it important to edit/proofread your
writing ?
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(c) What strategies can help you to make a
piece of argumentative writing most
effective ?
(d) How can a tree diagram be used to
organise and present information ? Give an
example.
2. Answer any one of the following in around
200 words : 10
(a) What are the strategies you would adopt to
be a „critical reader‟ ?
Or
(b) What are the three major types of study
skills ? Explain how they can help us to
become better learners.
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P. T. O.
3. Write a well-structured composition (with a
clear beginning, body and conclusion) on the
following topic : 7
“Creating awareness among school children
about the importance of extracurricular
activities.”
4. Write a formal letter to the senior manager of a
leading company in your town/city applying for
the position of an analyst. 5
5. The student council in your college has
conducted a meeting to discuss the implications
of the National Education Policy (2020). Write a
report of the meeting. 6
6. Read the passage given below and answer the
questions :
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in
temperatures and weather patterns. These
shifts may be natural, such as through
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variations in the solar cycle. But since the
1800s, human activities have been the main
driver of climate change, primarily due to
burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
Burning fossil fuels generates greenhouse gas
emissions that act like a blanket wrapped
around the Earth, trapping the sun‟s heat and
raising temperatures. Examples of greenhouse
gas emissions that are causing climate change
include carbon dioxide and methane. These
come from using fossil fuels for driving a car or
for heating a building, for example. Clearing
land and forests can also release carbon
dioxide. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at
their highest levels in 2 million years and
emissions continue to rise. As a result, the
Earth is now about 1.1°C warmer than it was in
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P. T. O.
the late 1800s. The last decade (2011-2020) was
the warmest on record.
Many people think climate change mainly
means warmer temperatures. But temperature
rise is only the beginning of the story. Because
the Earth is a system, where everything is
connected, changes in one area can influence
changes in all others.
The consequences of climate change now
include, among others, intense droughts, water
scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, flooding,
melting polar ice, catastrophic storms and
declining biodiversity. Switching energy
systems from fossil fuels to renewable energy
sources like solar or wind energy will reduce
the emissions driving climate change.
Questions :
(i) (a) What is a „topic sentence‟ ? 1
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(b) In your opinion, which is the topic
sentence in the above passage ?
Justify your answer. 1
(ii) Give a suitable title to the above passage. 1
(iii) Write a summary of the above passage in
your own words (in around 75 words). 4