Question

20 Marks
(READING)
1. Read the passage given below.
1 Style is a way of writing, a manner of expressing one's thoughts and feelings in words. The matter
remaining the same, the manner may change. It may be high sounding. It may be simple and yet emotional
It may be plain, just a brief statement without feeling. It may show a lack of decency. The same fact may
have a different effect on a different reader because of variations in styles.
2 Some simple people think that style, or what they might call "good style' or 'literary style', is something
that can be added to plain thoughts or plain statement of facts, as icing can be put on to a cake. A student
once said to me, "I have written my report, but I have brought it to you to put some style into it." I could
not put style into it. It was already written in a certain style, though it may not have been a very good style.
I could have re-written it in a different style. Then it would have been my arrangement of facts, my choice of
words, my style. As a man thinks and feels, so will he write. If his thoughts are muddled, his style will also
be muddled. If his thoughts are sharp and clear, his writing will also be sharp and clear.
3 There is another common use of the word "style". You may have been told at some time by a history teacher
when he returned your essay, 'your facts are quite correct but your style is poor. He probably meant by this,
not that your essay did not adequately express your personality, but that your facts were not well expressed
and not arranged in a logical sequence of apt and agreeable words. In this sense, the word "style" is often
used to mean good clear English. Raymond Chapman states, "Bad writing is caused not so much by mis-
takes in grammar as by weakness in style." Weakness in style here means clumsiness in expression, lack of
precision and accuracy.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions from the twelve that
follow.
(1x10=10
i. What change takes place when we add style to writing ?
(a) The manner changes.
(b) The matter changes.
(c) The meaning changes.
(d) All of these three.
ii. What influences a man's style?
(a) His thinking. (b) His feelings. (c) Both (a) and (b). (d) None of these three.
iii. Muddled thoughts will result in
(a) Muddled style (b) Clear style (c) Sharp style (d) None of these three.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. ( a) The manner may change
2. ( c ) both a and b
3. ( a) muddled style

Answer 2

Answer:

1 - a The manner changes

2 - c Both

3 - a Muddled style

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