INSTITUTE OF COST AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS OF PAKISTAN

Fall (Winter) 2010 Examinations

Thursday, the 25th November 2010

BUSINESS ENGLISH – (S-104)

STAGE- 1

Time Allowed – 2 Hours 45 Minutes Maximum Marks – 55

(i) Attempt ALL questions.
(ii) Answers must be neat, relevant and brief.
(iii) In marking the question paper, the examiners take into account clarity of exposition, logic of arguments,
presentation and language.
(iv) Read the instructions printed inside the top cover of answer script CAREFULLY before attempting the paper.
(v) DO NOT write your Name, Reg. No. or Roll No. anywhere inside the answer script.
(vi) There will also be a presentation of 25 marks on one of the given topics.
(vii) Question No.1 – “Multiple Choice Question” printed separately, is an integral part of this question paper.

MARKS
SECTION – “A”
Q.2 (a) Do as directed: 03
(i) The boy was disobeying the old man. (change the voice)

(ii) Pakistan cricket team will have won the match. (change the voice)

(iii) Rimsha is going to teach Zara. (change the voice)

(iv) She inquired whether his name was not Arsal. (change the speech)

(v) He said to me, “Please wait here till I return.” (change the speech)

(vi) Saad said, “How clever I am!” (change the speech)

Q.3 (b) Following words have the same pronunciation but different meanings and 05
spellings. Differentiate between the words and write a sentence on each word.
(i) Census (ii) Bail (iii) Ceiling
Senses Bale Sealing
(iv) Chord (v) Cite
Cord Sight

Q.3 (a) The following given sentences contain some spelling, grammatical or singular – 02
plural errors. Redo the sentences by eliminating these errors:
(i) Rania is studying here since last januery.

(ii) Sarosh have been seeing that movie three time, and now he is wanting to see it
again.

(iii) Maryam want to get maried, but she don’t meet the right person yet.

(iv) Maria washed the dishes and clean up the kitchen after her dinner guests was
leaving.

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Q.3 (b) Read the following paragraph and answer the questions: 04
One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right
lane when suddenly a car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi
driver slammed on his breaks. The driver of the other car whipped his head around and
started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he was
very friendly.
So I asked, ‘Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to
the hospital!’ This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call ‘The Law of the
Garbage Truck’. He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run
around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their
garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you.
Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their
garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the street. The bottom line
is that successful people don’t let garbage trucks take over their day.
Required:
(i) “The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us”.
In the above sentence, which of the following tense has been used?
(a) Past indefinite (b) Past perfect (c) Past continuous
(ii) “Don’t take their garbage.”
In the above sentence, which of the following tense has been used?
(a) Present indefinite (b) Past indefinite (c) Future indefinite
(iii) “Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.”
In the above sentence, the word “wish” is a __________.
(a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective
(iv) “This guy almost ruined your car.”
In the above sentence, the word “your” is a __________.
(a) subjective pronoun (b) possessive pronoun (c) objective pronoun
(v) “The Law of Garbage Truck.”
The above expression is a ____________.
(a) sentence (b) clause (c) phrase
(vi) “Many people are like garbage trucks.”
In the above given example the “subject” of the sentence is _____________.
(a) people (b) many (c) trucks
(vii) “The driver of the other car whipped his head.”
In the above given example the “object” of the sentence is _____________.
(a) other car (b) his head (c) whipped
(viii) The synonym for the word “waved” in line 4 could be ___________.
(a) gesticulated (b) ignored (c) laughed

Q.4 (a) Which one of the four alternatives completes the sentences in the correct or most 04
likely way?
(i) People who neither read nor travel tend to be __________.
(a) self-centred (b) narrow-minded
(c) straightforward (d) self-contained

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(ii) In the fierce attack, the enemies were completely wiped ____________.
(a) off (b) away
(c) over (d) out
(iii) Diseases are easily _________ through contact with infected animals.
(a) transferred (b) transported
(c) transmitted (d) transplanted
(iv) The flash of a torch __________ a cobra.
(a) exposed (b) displayed
(c) disclosed (d) revealed
(v) The world is so constructed that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you must also
__________ its pains.
(a) deny (b) neglect
(c) ignore (d) endure
(vi) There being no evidence against him, he was acquitted _______ the charge.
(a) of (b) off
(c) from (d) with
(vii) If someone deliberately damages your property, he is ________ to pay for the cost
repairs.
(a) liable (b) forced
(c) requested (d) compelled
(viii) Maheen was ________ in the gathering because of her curly hair and height.
(a) glamorous (b) important
(c) conspicuous (d) remarkable

(b) Give the correct meaning of following idiomatic expressions and then use them in 05
your own composed sentences:

(i) Cut things fine

(ii) By hook or by crook
(iii) Be at loggerheads
(iv) Spend money like water
(v) A lone wolf
SECTION – “B”
Q.5 (a) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows:
(Do not reproduce parts of the passage but report answers in yours own language)
The function of the machine is to save work. In a fully mechanized world all the dull
drudgery will be done by machinery, leaving us free for more interesting pursuits. At first
sight, this seems a splendid idea. It makes one sick to see half a dozen men toiling
mindlessly to dig a trench for a water-pipe, when some suitable machine would scoop
the earth out in a couple of minutes. Why not let the machine does the work so that the
men can go and do something else? But presently the question arises what else they to
do? Supposedly they are set free from something they consider to be work in order that
they may do something which for them is not “work”. But what is work and what is not
work? Is it work to dig, to plant trees, to rid, to hunt, to feed chickens, to play the piano,
to build a house, to cook, to mend motor bicycles? All of these things are work to
somebody, and all of them are play to somebody. There are in fact very few activities
which cannot be classed as either work or play according to the circumstances.

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A human being needs work and usually looks for it, though he may not call it work. Man
is not only a kind of walking stomach; he also has two hands, two eyes and a brain.
Consider those half-dozen men again who are digging the trench for the water-pipe. Let
us imagine that a machine has set them free from digging the trench and they are free
to choose to do something else. But their freedom of choice is an illusion because,
whatever they want to do, they will find that another machine has set them free that.

The tendency of mechanical progress is to frustrate the human need for effort and
creativity. It makes unnecessary and even impossible the activities of the eye and the
hand.

Some people may be hostile to machines, but this attitude is pointless because of the
obvious fact that the machine has come to stay. The machine has to be accepted, but it
is probably best to accept it rather as one accepts a pain-killing drug.
Required:
(a) Apart from saving us work, what else, according to the passage, makes the use of 02
machinery attractive?
(b) “Man is not only kind of walking stomach; he also has two hands, two eyes and a 04
brain”. Using your own words, explain as fully as you can what the writer means by
the sentence.
(c) What is meant by ‘dull drudgery’ and ‘pain-killing drug’? 01
(d) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. 01

Q.6 (d) Write an essay of about 250 words on any one of the following topics: 08
(a) The world in fifty years in my views.
(b) The most difficult decision I ever made.
(c) Have cell phones become a nuisance at public places?
(d) The effect of sensualisation of news by the media on the viewers.
(e) Uses and abuses of private tuition.

Q.7 (a) Assume that you have been working as Manager Finance in “Saman International”, a 06
leading garments manufacturer. Your Director has observed continuous increase in bad
debts. You have been asked to present a ‘Report’ covering introduction with financial
facts (aging schedule) of last five years, background of the problems, causes and
recommendations. (Assume necessary details)

(b) Al Mustafa Super Store announces annual clearance sale of its branded items. Draft a 05
sales letter addressed to old customers intimating of sales programme, offering special
discounts seeking their patronage to participate in the sales.
(Assume necessary details as may be required for drafting the sales letter)

Q.8 (a) Write a job application for the position of “Assistant Manager Finance”, advertised in a 05
daily newspaper. Give details of all your personal profile like age, education, experience,
reasons for leaving current position, your suitability for this position, references, previous
salary, expected salary etc. (Assume other necessary details if needed)

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