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Dear friends, your exams are approaching and this is the right time to revise the complete syllabus of second semester B.Com General English SECP syllabus under Bangalore City University. So, I'm going to revise here from the examination point of view. I won't discuss in depth because you can you can already I mean to say you can watch my previous videos on summary and all the grammar topics in depth or in detail, but here we are going to revise for the examination from the examination perspective. So, let's begin it.
Before we discuss all the lessons in detail, let's have a glance at the syllabus. So, you have here six important chapters under literary components which have the weightage for 50 marks. Then, you have here your language components that's called grammar here which has the which have the weightage for 30 marks. So, totally 80 marks syllabus. Then, the QP pattern if you look at the QP pattern, the QP pattern is like this 50 marks for 50 marks two marks five questions five marks four questions and 10 marks two questions and the remaining we find here all the grammar components.
So, here in you have six chapters and I'll be giving you six chapters brief summary so that you can easily recall, recapitulate and find out that if you have missed any important lesson, you it's a right time to prepare better. So, let's begin it.
Lesson number one, the poem Fruits of the Earth by Sumitranandan Pant. The poem tells a story of the poet's journey from childish dreams to mature understanding of nature and life. In his childhood, the poet planted coins thinking they would grow into money trees, but nothing happened. Only disappointment and failure. Which shows This shows how childish fantasies can lead to false hopes. 50 years later, as an older man, the poet plants bean seeds in his garden. He does it casually without much expectation. But after some days, to his surprise and joy, he sees the seeds sprouting. Some green plants appear standing proudly like the little soldiers. Then, he watches the plants grow beautifully with leaves, tendrils, flowers, and finally plentiful pods. So, these vegetables feed his family and even others around, friends, neighbors, and the strangers. Everyone shares in nature's gift. At the end, the poet realizes a deep truth. Nature rewards real effort and gives freely to all, not based on wealth, but on care and patience. The earth is loving and generous, but she only bears the right kind of seed, not money, nor not money or any selfish desires. So, so that's about lesson number one.
Lesson number two, >> [clears throat] >> another poem, Blowing in the Wind. It's a poem by Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan. Blowing in the Wind is a powerful protest song that asks important questions about freedom, peace, and justice in the world. Bob Dylan uses simple language and deep questions to make people think about war, suffering, inequality, and ignorance. In the very first stanza, the poet asks how long it how long it will take for people to be respected, for peace to come, or for war to end. He shows how people are still suffering and looking for peace and dignity. In the second stanza, he talks about how freedom is delayed and how many people pretend not to see injustice. He says that even strong things like mountains or unfair systems will break down one day, but it takes time and awareness. In the third stanza, the In the third stanza, Bob Dylan ask people to become aware and responsible. He wants them to open their eyes, ears, and and hearts to the pain around. He ask one questions. He ask one question, how many people must suffer or die before we take action? So, after each stanza, the poet repeats the line. What's the line? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. This means the answers are are already around us like the wind, but we must listen carefully and take action to bring change. So, that's about lesson number two.
Lesson number third three, Marriage is like a tanga. Story by Saba Mahjoor. So, this story is about Saba, who is a newly married woman in Kashmir. After her wedding, she's told not to call her husband by his name, but to use a respectful title called Dr. Saab. This makes her feel uncomfortable because uh he can he can call he can call her by name, but she cannot do the same. So, she feels this is unfair and disrespectful, but doesn't know how to speak up. So, one day one day Saba's aunt, Pushpa, visits her house and takes her for a walk to talk in private. So, under walnut tree, her aunt lovingly asks what is bothering her. Saba opens up. Pushpa shares her own story of marriage, how women in her time had no voice, no choice, and how she slowly changed that with her husband's support, and she gives a strong message. What's the message? Marriage is like a tonga. It needs two wheels to move forward smoothly. If only one person is doing everything, it will go in circles. So, encouraged by this wisdom, Saba talks to her husband about how she feels. He listens quietly. A few days later, he starts calling her lovingly like uh My Azu, that's my life. A bold and sweet change in the traditional world. People around them are shocked, but Saba feels proud. Her world changes, and her love story becomes a quiet inspiration for others.
Now, lesson number four, My Beloved Charioteer by Shashi Deshpande. So, this story, My Beloved Charioteer, is about three generations of women. One is Aji, that is grandmother, Arati, her daughter, and Preeti, that is Arati's daughter, Arati's little daughter, living together. So, three generations living together in a house which is filled with silence and sadness. So, after the deaths of her husband and father, Arati becomes withdrawn and angry, blaming her mother for not telling her about her father's illness. Aji silently handles the household and finds comfort in a bond with Preeti, her granddaughter. The child brings joy, love, and energy into Aji's life, becoming a source of become a source of hope. Aji regrets not being emotionally close to her daughter and thinks deeply about the mistakes of the past. One day, when a photo of Aji's late husband falls and breaks, it brings out the years of pain. Aji finally speaks out about how her married life was filled with fear, silence, and no real happiness. Aarti shocked to hear the truth about her father, whom she had admired. But for Aji, this moment is freeing. She no longer feels the need to stay silent. She realizes that Preeti, with her innocence and love, gave her courage to speak up. So, like Krishna guided Arjuna in the Mahabharata, here Preeti, the granddaughter, has unknowingly becomes Aji's beloved charioteer. So, this question will appear, who is the charioteer here? Preeti is the charioteer, helping her find her voice and strength.
Lesson number five, Sweetness, another story by Toni Morrison. I'm sorry. Sweetness is a story told by woman who talks about raising her daughter, Lula Ann, who was born with her dark skin. Sweetness herself is a light-skinned Her name is Sweetness. She is a light-skinned and feels shocked and ashamed when her daughter is born. Her husband leaves her thinking the child cannot be this his. Sweetness believes that society treats dark-skinned people unfairly. Even within the black community, she decided to raise Lula Ann very strictly. She doesn't show her much love thinking it will make her strong enough to survive a harsh world. She even asked her daughter not to call her mama in public to avoid people's judgement. People should not know she's my daughter. The mother thinks like this. As Lula Ann grows up, she feels hurt by her mother's cold behavior. She leaves home, changes her name to Bride, and becomes a confident, successful woman who embraces her dark skin. Sweetness lives alone in a nursing home and still believes she did the right thing even though she's lonely and regrets losing her daughter's closeness. When she hears that Bride is going to have a baby, she wonders if her daughter will now understand how hard motherhood can be in a racist world. So, the story shows how deeply racism and colorism can affect family relationships and how love without acceptance can leave lasting scars.
Now, lesson number six, Danger of a of a single story written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Danger of a silence single story. Chimama Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speech, I'm sorry, it's a speech, it's not a story here. The danger of a single story. The danger of a single story explains how hearing only one story about a person, about a culture, about a place can lead to harmful stereotypes and misunderstanding. So, let's not look at only one face of the coin. She shares how growing up in Nigeria, she read mostly Western books and started writing stories about white characters, snowy weather, so things far from her own life because she thought those were the only stories worth telling. Later, reading African writers helped her realize the importance of seeing her own culture in literature. She learned that when we hear only one kind of story about people, we start believing it's a whole truth even when it's just a small part. So, Adichie gives examples from from her own life, like thinking of her house boy's family as poor until she saw their beautiful crafts and realized they were much more. In America, her roommate believed false things about her because of a single negative story told about Africa. She admits she also once believed a single story about Mexicans and which was prepared by uh cooked by media stereotypes. This the this speech this speech teaches us that the power decides which stories are told and that stereotypes are dangerous not because they are completely false, but because they are incomplete. So, Adichie's main message is very much clear here. We must seek out many stories to slow to truly understand people and celebrate their full humanity. So, that's about these six lessons in your literature component for 50 marks.
Now, we are moving to the second section of your question paper, that's a grammar. Here, the grammar stands for 30 marks and this very important section, you can get 30 out of 30. You need to give a lot of time when you're answering the grammar questions. Check once again, recheck it either you have written correctly or incorrectly because here you are It's like a mathematics mathematics question, right? And so here, to begin with, the very first question in grammar will be reading comprehension passage. So, there'll be a passage will be given. You have to read the passage. You need to answer five questions. Each question will have the weightage for one mark.
Then, the second question, do as directed. Here, fill up the blanks will be given here and the idioms and the phrasal verbs will be given. Idioms and phrases will be given, not verbs. I'm sorry. Not verbs. Idioms and phrases will be given completely 2 + 3, five marks. So, you need to select the exact appropriate one having seen the meaning.
Now, correct the sentences for five marks. Here, what kind of five sentences will be given and there'll be some sort of error in those sentences. For example, article error, preposition error, tense error, some sort of grammatical subject-verb agreement error. You need to identify and you need to correct and you need to rewrite. So, let's look at this question here. Mohan came to India in in 2014. So, in India Mohan came to India. So, we have to remove here article the. My house is built in 1967. So, there's no error here. You can write the same. Um you can [clears throat] write the same statement. I'm knowing all grammar. I know all grammar. One of the main reasons for the elephant poaching is not are. One of the main reasons. So, when you say one of the Whenever the statement begins one of the, the helping verb should be singular. John has lived in France not since for f o r for 2 years. So, like this you need to identify the particular error and you need to rewrite the sentence. So, it's not phrasal verbs, idioms and phrases for five marks. And sentence corrections, five marks. Reading comprehension comprehension passage, five marks.
The next question is your reported speech. Reported speech, direct indirect speech and that you need to convert direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech. So, I've done a special video on direct indirect speech. Please do watch the video if you want to get more information. The links are available in the description or in the playlist.
Then data interpretation. Uh here one pie chart or the tabulated statistics data will be given here and based on this MCQ questions will be there. You need not write paragraph. Five multiple choice questions will be given there and you need to interpret the data. That's for five marks. Watch my video on data interpretation for more detail. And also watch the model question paper discussion where I have discussed this question.
Next, paragraph writing. That's the last question. Two topics will be given. Select any one topic any one topic and write uh write one paragraph and also write the theme the title of the paragraph. Always remember whenever you're writing a paragraph, each paragraph will have three important components. One is the topic sentence. That means the first two sentences should reflect on which topic you're writing. Then second component, the main content and the last one is called your conclusion. You conclude the paragraph saying, "Hence, thus, in this manner, in my opinion." So, these are the three important components of paragraph writing. Paragraph writing, that's for five marks.
So, this is how we have discussed here grammar's 30 marks component and friends, this is how I have tried to revise the complete syllabus of second semester B Com as a part of the examination from the examination point of view. If you would like to get information more in-depth and detail, I would suggest you to watch my videos on summary and the grammar in detail. All the videos links are available in the description or in the playlist.
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