R.T.M.

NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR

Syllabus for Bachelor of Science Part I
COMPULSORY ENGLISH
(To be implemented from the session 2013-2014 and onwards)

Semester I
Theory : (Full marks 60)
Internal Assessment : (15 marks)
Prescribed Textbook : Life and Language by Board of Editors
(Dr. Sunilkumar Navin, Dr. Kartik Panicker, Dr. Nitin Akhuj,
Dr. Rini Dwivedi, Dr. Goldie Baghmar, Dr. Radheshyam Dipte,
Dr A.A.Khan & Dr. R.P.Singh)
(Published by Oxford University Press)
Unit I - Prose Lessons
1. The House
2. The Boy Who Broke The Bank
3. Parveen
4. The Selfish Giant
Unit II - Poems

1. Eyes Immortal
2. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
3. Ulysses
4. Ecology

Unit III - Grammar

1. Tenses
2. Voice
3. Prepositions

Unit IV – Composition, Comprehension & Vocabulary

1. Letter Writing
2. Comprehension
3. Synonyms and Antonyms

Recommended books for Unit III & IV :

1. Macmillan Foundation English (Macmillan) by R.K.Dwivedi & A.Kumar

2. Learners’ English Grammar and Composition (S.Chand) by N.D.V.Prasada Rao
3. Grammar and Composition For Communication by Sagarmal Gupta and Alpana Gupta
(Orient BlackSwan)
Distribution of Marks
LAQ SAQ VSAQ Total
Unit I (Prose) 06 06 (03+03) 03 15

Unit II (Poems) 06 06 (03+03) 03 15

Unit III (Grammar) -- -- 15 15

Unit IV 06+06 -- 03 15
(Composition, Comprehension & Vocabulary)
Pattern of the Question paper
Q.1. (A) One out of Two LAQs to be answered in about 150 words from Unit I. 06

(B) One out of Two LAQs to be answered in about 150 words from Unit II. 06

Q. 2. (A) Two SAQs with internal choice to be answered in about 75 words each from Unit I.
03+03 = 06

(B) Two SAQs with internal choice to be answered in about 75 words each from Unit II.
03+03 = 06

Q.3. (A) 6 VSAQs from any one of the prescribed grammar items in Unit III
(carrying 01 mark each) 6 x1=6

(B) 6 VSAQs from any one of the remaining prescribed grammar items in Unit III
(carrying 01 mark each) 6 x1=6

Q.4. (A) Letter writing on any one of the given topics 6

(B) Comprehension of an Unseen Passage 6 x1 = 6

Q. 5. (A) Three VSAQs from Unit I 3x1=3

(B) Three VSAQs from Unit II 3x1=3

(C) Three questions carrying 1 mark each on the remaining prescribed grammar items in
Unit III. 3 x1=3
(D) Three VSAQs from Unit IV (On Synonyms and Antonyms) 3 x1=3

Internal Assessment: The teacher should give regular assignments to students on the basis of
the items prescribed in Units I, II, III & IV. These assignments should be submitted by the
students for evaluation. This record of assignments should be produced by the students at the
time of the Internal Assessment conducted towards the end of the Semester.
 R.T.M.NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, NAGPUR

Syllabus for Bachelor of Science Part I

COMPULSORY ENGLISH
(To be implemented from the session 2013-2014 and onwards)

Semester – II
Theory : (Full Marks 60)

Internal Assessment : (15 marks)

Prescribed Textbook : Life and Language by Board of Editors

(Dr. Sunilkumar Navin, Dr. Kartik Panicker, Dr. Nitin Akhuj,
Dr. Rini Dwivedi, Dr. Goldie Baghmar, Dr. Radheshyam Dipte,
Dr A.A.Khan & Dr. R.P.Singh)
(Published by Oxford University Press
Unit I - Prose Lessons

1. Maintaining Democracy
2. The Verger
3. Two Gentlemen of Verona
4. Freedom at Midnight
Unit II - Poems

1. Where the Mind is without Fear

2. My Last Duchess
3. Up Hill
4. The Village Schoolmaster

Unit III - Grammar

1. Subject-Verb Agreement
2. Transformation of Sentences
(Interchange of Degrees of Comparison, Affirmative and Negative Sentences,
Interrogative and Assertive Sentences, Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences)
3. Exercises on Common Errors

Unit IV – Comprehension & Composition

1. Comprehension
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Make sentences of your own from the words given.
(Words shall be from the prescribed lessons.)
Recommended books for Unit III & IV :
1. Macmillan Foundation English (Macmillan) by R.K.Dwivedi & A.Kumar
2. Learners’ English Grammar and Composition (S.Chand) by N.D.V.Prasada Rao
3. Grammar and Composition For Communication by Sagarmal Gupta and Alpana Gupta
(Orient BlackSwan)

Distribution of Marks
LAQ SAQ VSAQ Total
Unit I (Prose) 06 06 (03+03) 03 15

Unit II (Poems) 06 06 (03+03) 03 15

Unit III (Grammar) -- -- 15 15

Unit IV 06+06 -- 03 15
(Comprehension & Composition)

Pattern of the Question paper

Q.1. (A) One out of Two LAQs to be answered in about 150 words from Unit I. 06

(B) One out of Two LAQs to be answered in about 150 words from Unit II. 06

Q. 2. (A) Two SAQs with internal choice to be answered in about 75 words each from Unit I.
03+03 = 06

(B) Two SAQs with internal choice to be answered in about 75 words each from Unit II.
03+03 = 06

Q.3. (A) 6 VSAQs from any one of the prescribed grammar items in Unit III
(carrying 01 mark each) 6x1=6
(B) 6 VSAQs from any one of the remaining prescribed grammar items in Unit III
(carrying 01 mark each) 6x1=6

Q.4. (A) Comprehension 6x1=6

(B) Curriculum Vitae 1x6=6

Q. 5. (A) Three VSAQs from Unit I 3x1=3

(B) Three VSAQs from Unit II 3x1=3

 (C) Three questions carrying 1 mark each on the remaining prescribed grammar items in
Unit III. 3 x1=3
(D) Three VSAQs from Unit IV (Make sentences) 3 x1=3

Internal Assessment: The teacher should give regular assignments to students on the basis of
the items prescribed in Units I, II, III & IV. These assignments should be submitted by the
students for evaluation. This record of assignments should be produced by the students at the
time of the Internal Assessment conducted towards the end of the Semester.