Foundation Course | BA/BSW 3rd Year Paper | DAVV | 2025

A Foundation Course paper introduces students to basic concepts, skills, and knowledge across disciplines like communication, environment, society, and ethics. It builds a strong base for advanced studies and responsible citizenship.

B.A./B.S.W. III Year (4 Y.D.C.) Examination

March-April 2025

Subject – Foundation Course 

English Language and Communication Skills

(Paper 1)

1. When does the train whistle in the poem ‘The Express”.

(a) at each curve

(b) at the countryside

(c) in the fields

(d) at the graveyard

2. In the very beginning of the poem, the train leaving the station looks like.

(a) a doll

(b) a prince

(c) a king

(d) a queen

3. What is the heavy page of death.

(a) Gas works

(b) Cemetery

(c) Back of the Church

(d) Cremation Ground.

4. William Wordsworth was a poet of.

(a) Love

(b) Romance

(c) Beauty

(d) Nature

5. “The World is Too Much With Us” poem criticizes the speaker’s society for its lack of.

(a) Wealth

(b) Spirituality

(c) Industrial progress

(d) Intellectual growth.

6. The ‘Great God’ referred to in line 9 in the poem is associated with.

(a) Christianity

(b) Paganism

(c) Pantheism

(d) Atheism

7. “My Financial Career” story is authored by.

(a) Stephen Leacock

(b) Ruskin Bond

(c) Charles Dickens

(d) O’ Henry

8. Sonnets are poetic inventions.

(a) Fifteen-line

(b) Fourteen-line

(c) Thirteen-line

(d) Twenty-line.

9. The narrator accidently withdraw dollars.

(a) Fifty-six

(b) Six

(c) Five

(d) One Hundred

10. What was Mark Twain’s speciality in writing.

(a) Fantasy

(b) Detective Mystery

(c) Critical Realism

(d) History

11. ‘Perjury’ means.

(a) Energy  

(b) The act of lying under oath  

(c) Precaution

(d) Submission  

12. Abode’ means.

(a) Home  

(b) School   

(c) Garden  

(d) None

13. When the train gains speed, it looks like………

(a) A comet  

(b) A glider

(c) A ship on the ocean  

(d) A motorboat

14. What does the manager suspect the narrator might be at the bank.

(a) A journalist  

(b) A detective  

(c) A businessman 

(d) A bank auditor

15. ‘The Express’ poem consists of four stanzas having 27 lines. The statement is.

(a) True

(b) False

(c) Not sure

(d) All

16. The Phrase ‘Proteus rising from the sea’ refers to a powerful tidal wave. The statement is.

(a) True

(b) False

(c) Not sure

(d) All

17. The narrator had written fifty-six instead of six. The statement is.

(a) True

(b) False

(c) Not sure

(d) All

18. Mark Twain’s writing reveals the hypocritical and ugly nature of capitalism at its core. The statement is.

(a) True

(b) False

(c) Not sure

(d) All

19. ‘Pylon Poets’ are the writers of 2013 often engaged with technology. The statement is.

(a) True

(b) False

(c) Not sure

(d) All

20. According to the poet, “The train’s horn does not break with Honey buds’. The statement is.

(a) True

(b) False

(c) Not sure

(d) All

Read the complete passage carefully and solve Q. 21 to Q. 25 on the basis of the given passage.

Every morning we read inspirational news related to Women Empowerment. Women Empowerment means empowering women with all the rights they should have in the family, society, schools, college and country, just like a man. It is to make their personal development. The status of women in Indian Society is still backward because of gender inequality. They should not be treated as the weak gender of the society as they occupy almost half the country’s population, so they are half the country’s strength. Women have more patience and effort, they can also contribute for the development of their country.

But how women are empowered in a country where crimes against women are running in parallel. It loses the confidence level of women to actively come out of their homes and participate fearlessly in all the activities like a man.

Crimes against women are rape, sexual harassment, kidnapping and abduction etc. inhibit women’s empowerment from spreading their wings and empowering women.

21. Women Empowerment means.

(a) Providing money

(b) Providing shelter

(c) Providing equal rights

(d) Providing food

22. Women occupy the country’s population.

(a) One-third

(b) Half

(c) One-fourth

(d) Total

23. What are the attributes that a woman possess.

(a) Patience

(b) Efforts

(c) Skill

(d) All

24. Crime against women inhibit them from.

(a) Exploring the world

(c) Success

(b) Getting equal rights

(d) All of the above

25. The Women Reservation Bill gives policies: of reservation for women seats in all levels of Indian.

(a) 33%

(b) 45%

(c) 65%

(d) 53%

26. Spelling error, grammar corrections, capitalization and punctuation work is called.

(a) Revising

(b) Memorizing

(c) Drafting

(d) Editing

27. In any topic, we first write about its.

(a) Types

(b) Process

(c) Consequences

(d) Introduction

28. In essay writing, each idea should be connected to the.

(a) Line

(b) Types

(c) Next idea

(d) None

29. Please…. my humble present.  

(a) Except  

(b) Expect  

(c) Accept  

(d) None

30. Choose the incorrect homophones of ‘cite’.

(a) Sight  

(b) Site  

(c) Shight  

(d) All

31. Dance to someone’s time idiom suggests.

(a) Argue with others  

(b) Do what others want to do  

(c) Delay in decision 

(d) Dancing  

32. A blog is short for………

(a) Web log  

(b) Head log  

(c) Water log  

(d) All

33. What is the main folder is G-mail.

(a) Inbox  

(b) Trash  

(c) SPAM  

(d) Star

34. Which of these is a type of Blogging.

(a) Podcasts  

(b) Vlog  

(c) Insta Blog  

(d) All of these

35. How many pages should a resume be for fresher.

(a) Two pages  

(b) Three pages  

(c) Five pages  

(d) All

36. Which of the following should not be mentioned in the resume.

(a) Address  

(b) Nationality  

(c) Age  

(d) Experience

37. A …….. allows for any Police Station to register an FIR regardless of Jurisdictional Area.

(a) Plus FIR  

(b) Zero FIR  

(c) Minus FIR

(d) DIR 

38. The user name and e-mail server parts of an e-mail address are reported by symbol.

(a) #  

(b) @  

(c) &  

(d) $

39. What sends a copy of an e-mail to a new recipient.   

(a) Star  

(b) BCC  

(c) Forward  

(d) Reply

40. All e-mail sent by the user may be saved in ……..

(a) Inbox  

(b) Sent mails   

(c) Draft  

(d) Spam bin  

41. The best way to start a statement on your resume is. 

(a) I or My   

(b) A Noun 

(c) An Adjective

(d) An Active Verb 

42. ‘Leave no stone unturned’ means. 

(a) Try everything possible  

(b) Leave the path halfway 

(c) Not make enough efforts  

(d) Turn everything upside down

43. To win laurels means.

(a) To be victorious in a game  

(b) To memorize

(c) To be disappointed 

(d) To earn great prestige

44. The …………. is broken.  

(a) Table’s leg  

(b) Leg of table  

(c) Table leg  

(d) None

45. We played a match of one.

(a) Innings  

(b) Inning  

(c) Both  

(d) None  

46. Twenty kilometers …….. a long distance.

(a) are  

(b) is  

(c) Not sure  

(d) All

47. He went to market. Name the tense.

(a) Present

(b) Future  

(c) Past  

(d) All

48. Correct spelling of ‘Restaurant’ is.

(a) Restorant  

(b) Restaurant  

(c) Rasturent  

(d) None  

49. The Policeman jumped …….. the ice.

(a) on  

(b) into  

(c) upon  

(d) None 

50. She is writing ………. pen.  

(a) from  

(b) by  

(c) with  

(d) to

Whatsapp Group	Join
Telegram Group	Join

➡️ हिन्दी और संस्कृति भाषा (प्रथम प्रश्नपत्र) | BA 3rd Year Paper | DAVV | 2025

➡️ DGCA Module 10 (4th Session of 2022) | Download Now

➡️ सामान्य ज्ञान के महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्न उतर | पार्ट 1 | 1-100