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B. A. (GENERAL)
(CBCS)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
June, 2025
BEGLA–138 : READING AND SPEAKING SKILLS
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer all questions.
Section—A
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
The Diagon Alley
Vampires ? Hags ? Harry’s head was swimming. Hagrid, meanwhile, was counting bricks in the wall about the
dustbin. “Three up… two across…” he muttered. “Right, stand back, Harry.” He tapped the wall three
times with the point of his umbrella. The brick he had touched quivered–it wriggled in the middle, a small hole
appered–it grew wider and wider a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an
archway on to a cobbled street which twisted and termed out of sight.
“Welcome,” said Hagrid, “to Diagon Alley,” He grinned at Harry’s amazement. They stepped through the archway.
Harry looked quickly over his shoulder and saw the archway shrink instantly back into solid wall. The sun shone
brightly on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop. Cauldrons All sizes Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver-Self
Stirring– Collapsible said a sign hanging over them. “Yeah, you’ll be needin’ one,” said Hagrid, “but we gotta get
yer money first.” Harry wished he had about eight more eyes. Heturned his head in every direction as they
walked up the street, trying to look at everything at once : the shops, the things outside them, the people doing
their shopping A plump woman outside an apothecary was shaking her head as they passed, saying,“Dragon liver,
sixteen sickles an ounce, they’re mad….”
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A low, soft hooting came from a dark shop with a sign saying Eeylops Owl Emporium–Tawny, Screech, Barn,
Brown and Snowy. Several boys of about Harry’s age had their noses against a window with broomsticks in it.
“Look,” Harry heard one of them say, “the new Nimbus Two Thousand-fastest ever.” There were shops
selling robes, shops selling telescopes and strange silver instruments Harry had never seen before, windows
stacked with barrels of bat spleens and eels’ eyes, tottering piles of spell books, quills and rolls of parchment,
potion bottles, globes of the moon…
“Gringotts,” said Hagrid,
“They had reached a snowy-white building which towered over the other little shops.”
Questions :
(i) How would you categories the abovementioned passage based on what you have learned about the different
types of text ? Provide sound reasons to justify your response.
(ii) Why has the writer named this strange place Diagon Alley ? Discuss.
(iii) What is the passage reflecting on when listing down shops of Diagon Alley ?
(iv) What kind of writing genre would you categorize this passage in and why ?
(v) From the above passage, explain the meaning of the word “tottering.”
(vi) Why are there people excited about a broomstick in Diagon Alley ?
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2. Find words from the passage which convey similar meanings as given below :
(a) to reduce or exhaust
(b) unpleasant and worrisome
(c) steady use without much harm to the environment
(d) area or place for a specific purpose
(e) dirty and polluted
(f) pick and separate
(g) relating to heat
(h) relating to the sun
(i) release of something in the atmosphere
(j) a situation of serious problems
3. What are the different kinds of reading skills that may be taught in a language classroom ?
4. What is a Narrative Text ? Describe its structure.
5. Describe the different types of descriptive writing (texts).
6. Briefly define the following :
(i) Syllable
(ii) IPA
(iii) Digraph sounds
(iv) Diphthong sounds
7. What are the barriers which influence the process of communication ?
8. Describe skimming and scanning as reading strategies.
9. How is formal communication different from informal communication ?
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