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 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2000)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN
BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2000.

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1.Good governance and the role of the public servant.

2.Sweet are the uses of adversity.

3.“Hero-worship is the strongest where there is least regard for human freedom”.

4.Advancement in science and technology is the gateway to the economic prosperity of a country.

5.The barbarity of ethnic cleansing.

6.“Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave”.

7.“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry:.

8.Progressive alleviation of poverty in Pakistan - an overview.

9.“If you wish the sympathy of broad manes, then you must tell them the crudest and most stupid things”.

10.Moral standards in international relations.

11.“Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness”.

12.“The purification of politics is an iridescent dream”.

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2001)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN
BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2001.

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. “Turn not thy cheek in scorn towards folk nor walk with pertness in the land”. (Al-Quran)

2. Economic prosperity of a nation is directly proportional to the level of literacy in it.

3. “Justice delayed is justice denied”.

4. National integration.

5. “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes”.

6. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

7. On tolerance.

8. Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

9. He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed.

10. “The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm”.

11. Public office is a public trust.

Devolution of power in Pakistan.

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2002)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN
BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2002.

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. World scenario in 21st century and Pakistan's Role in it.

2. International Crisis in Terrorism.

3 "Every art is an imitation of nature".

4 Higher Science Education in the developing countries.

5 Austerity as a solution of all our economic problems.

6. "Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary".

7. Higher Economic problems in Pakistan and how to. meet them.

8. , "A little philosophy inclincth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth
man's minds about to religion".

9. Art and Morality.

10. "Of all the needs a book has, the chief need is that it be readable".

11. "Education ahs for its object the formation of character".

12. Need for serious planning in technical education in Pakistan.

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2003)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2003

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. Formal and Casual dressing Codes.

2. Attitude of indifference.

3. "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change".———Kung Fu-lzu Confucius.

4. Dilemma of the water and energy crisis in Pakistan.

5. Art Critics and reviewers.

6. Young habits die-hard.

7. Existentialism.
 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2004)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2004

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1) Humanism

2) The end of cheap oil

3) All recorder history is contemporaneous

4) Pluralistic vision of Islam

5) Longing for Love

6) "A long Dispute means that both parties are wrong"

7) Modern Banking, finance and employment are part of one single paradigm 8)

Peer Pressure
 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2005)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2005

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. Strategies for the alleviation of poverty.

2. Socio-Economic Challenges faced by Pakistan.

3. Estrangement from our own culture is driving us on the verge of collapse, not just our identity

but also morality.

4. Reforms in Examination systems

5. Persecuted poor woman.

6. The search for truth.

Islam versus the West.

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2006)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2006

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. Truth In Short Supply

2. Liberalism

3. Humour In Udru Literature

4. Foreign Direc Investment In Pakistan

5. Personaliszayion Of Pakistani Politics

6. Global Warming

7. Nuclear Waepons Are 'not Only A Great Peril, But A Great Hope'

8. 'brain, Like Hearts, Go Where They Are Appreciated'

9. 'lots Of Folks Confuse Bad Management With Destiny'

10. 'there Comes A Time To Put Aside Principles And Do What's Right'

11. 'we Grown Too Old Soon And Too Late Smart'

'every Slution Breeds New Problems'

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2007)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2007

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1- The more developed a country, the more leathly it is armed.

2- Higher Education as an agent of change

3- The future of mankind in a global warming perspective

4- The image of Islam in the western world and responsibilities of the Muslim Ummah

5- A country is backward because it's people are backward

6- Globalization and electronic media

7- The present system of Education must assume some of responsibilities of our failure

8- Politics is the art of possible

9- Terrorism as a new threat to the contemporary world

10- The state of women rights in Pakistan

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2008)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2008

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. Moral depravity is the root cause of poverty.

2. Peace the essential message of our religion 3. Time management is

the key note of success.

4. Lack of discipline - a national disaster.

5. Materialism in the death of spirituality.

6. Poetry is teh highest form of expression - the greatest proof is the Holy Quran.

7. Dreams for future rely on the work of today.

8. Can be prevent the Third World War?

9. Global Warming, fact or fiction?

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2009)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2009

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. The Future of Democracy in Pakistan.

2. Health is not a condition of matter, but of mind.

3. co.education , Merits and Demerits

4. The food crisis: problems , challenges and opportunitities for Pakistan.

5. English as the Medium of Education in Pakistan.

6. The future of UNO, Hopes and Hurdles

7. There is no great genious without a mixture of madness.

8. Status of Women in Islam

9. Pakistan's War on terror and its impact on our psyche and politic.socio.economic fronts.

10. Power of Media in the Modern World.

 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2010)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2010

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

01. Literature is the best criticism of life.

02. Dialogue is the best course to combat terrorism.

03. Pakistan is rich in natural resources but very poor in their management.

04. The U.N.O has failed to measure up to the demands of its charter.

05. All humans are born equal in dignity and rights but htey are in shackles everywhere.

06. Why is there no status of the third gender in Pakistan?

07. Can women be equal to men in Pakistan?

08. Without independent truth-finding commission , accountability is unachievable.

09. Religion has done more harm than help to human relations in the world.

10. The world politics stands more derisive than it was ever before due to the specific imperialist
designs.
 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2011)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2011

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100

NOTE: Write a comprehensive and analytical essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. Truth is a rare commodity despite the freedom by the print and electronic media

2.Without good communication skills, life becomes impossible in the modern world.

3.The time we live in is the winter of the world.

4. In this country reason does not apply to anything,

5.Does Pakistan society regard woman as the angel in the house or source of all evils?

6. Disaster management and government preparedness

7.Fair play and life, as it is lived, in the land of the pure.

8.The pleasures of reading.

9.What are the hurdles in our way to becoming a truly independent state?

10.Insanity in individuals is something rare but in groups, parties and nations it is the rule.
 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2012)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR Roll Number

RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2012

ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3500 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourse e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and
clarity.

1. Energy Crisis in Pakistan: Causes and Consequences.

2. Obesity is the root cause of all diseases.

3. Beggars cannot be choosers.

4. The United Nations in the 21st Century: Obligations and Limitations.

5. Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.

6. The Emerging Power of Public Opinion.

7. The Suffering Soul in the Scientific Age.

8. A Critical Analysis of Education Systems in Pakistan.

9. Democracy is a culture rather than a process.

10. Social and Economic Securities for Women in Islam.

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 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2015)

Roll Number
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT To POSTS
IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2015
ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: (i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of
the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g., exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and
clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.

1. The war on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of human rights.

2. Anticipation is often greater than realization.

3. Punctuality is the virtue of bored.

4. The introduction of new digital technologies has radically altered identities.

5. In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

6. I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to death your right to say.

7. Luxury predecessors becomes the necessity of successors.

8. When life throws you lemons, make lemonade.

9. Government should eliminate subsidies and incentives for manufacturers and

consumers of electric cars as they are costly and do not do enough to protect the
environment.

10. Labor saving devices are more troublesome than they are worth.
 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2016)

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Roll Number
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2016
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE: (i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of
the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and
clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book
must be crossed.
1. World as a global village: Learning to live together.

2. We have to learn to be our own best friends, because we fall too easily into the trap
of being our own worst enemies.

3. Water crisis and national unity.

4. The place of Urdu in Pakistan and Supreme Court’s ruling on making Urdu the
official language of the country.

5. Crisis of good governance in Pakistan: Need for reforms and institution building.

6. Promotion of tax culture in Pakistan: Perspective, prospects and challenges.

7. Gender equality is a myth!

8. The creation of new provinces in Pakistan: Implications for an integrated country.

9. Does foreign aid help to achieve economic stability?

10. Frailty, thy name is woman.

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 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2017)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT To POSTS
IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2017

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of the
given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition, argumentation,
description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.

1. Is colonial mentality impeding Pakistan’s progress?

2. Brexit means globalization is the rhetoric of the privileged, and capitalism will return
ferociously as ever.

3. More and more International military engagements by the United Nations; is the world moving
towards peace?

4. Modernity is an unending project.

5. Feminism is not really a Third World issue.

6. Literature is a lonely planet of idealists.

7. Being a minority is a fate no one wants. Can nationalism be really inclusive?

8. Ideologies thrive on notions of resistance, yet change is a simulation.

9. Are modern wars not holy wars?

10. Life without controversy is no life. But why one should not choose the safe haven of
conformism?

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 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2018)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll No.

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2018

FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE: (i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of the
given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition, argumentation,
description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.

1. Real development should transform people’s lives, not just economic statistics.

2. Higher Education in Pakistan: Ills and Remedies.

3. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

4. China – Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its Socio-economic Implications for the
Region and the World.

5. Beware the barrenness of a busy life!

6. The Emerging Power of Social Media: Prospects and Problems.

7. In the fight against terrorism and corruption, it is imperative not to compromise human rights
and civil liberties.

8. The threat of Global Warming and the ways to counter it.

9. Will “Rule of law” always remain an impracticable myth in our country?

10. Democracy in Pakistan: Hopes and Hurdles.

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 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2019)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2019 Roll Number

FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

ESSAY
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourse e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization,
relevance and clarity.
1. Let there be more light in the corridors of worship places.

2. New war fronts lie in economic zones.

3. Urdu literature and progressive movement.

4. Art for peace.

5. Truth is lived not taught.

6. New Waves of feminism and our culture.

7. Democracy and illiteracy do not move together.

8. Sometimes we do not see what we see.

9. Expanding information technology: a curse or blessing.

10. Classrooms decide the future of the nation.

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 ENGLISH ESSAY (Year-2020)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll No.

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2020
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

ESSAY

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE:(i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE
of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition,
argumentation, description and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance and
clarity.
(ii) No Page/Space be left blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.

1. Do we really need literature in our lives?

2. Women universities as agents of change.

3. Pakistan and the future of Kashmir cause.

4. Polarized politics: the issues and challenges of democracy in Pakistan.

5. Global power dynamics and Pakistan’s foreign policy.

6. Pakistan’s informal economy: the way forward.

7. Promoting tourism in Pakistan: opportunities and challenges.

8. I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.

9. Is Pakistan ready for digital revolution?

10. IMF bailouts: roads to stability or recipes for disaster.

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Civil Services
Preparatory School

English Precise
& Composition
PAST PAPERS

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 English Precise & Composition (Year-2000)

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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR

RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2000

ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q1. MAKE A PRÉCIS OF THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE IN ABOUT ONE THIRD OF

ITS LENGTH. Suggest a suitable title also. (20)

Besant describing the middle class of the 9th century wrote " In the first place it was for
more a class apart. "In no sense did it belong to society. Men in professions of any kind
(except in the Army and Navy) could only belong to society by right of birth and family
connections; men in trade—bankers were still accounted tradesmen—could not possibly
belong to society. That is to say, if they went to live in the country they were not called
upon by the county families and in the town they were not admitted by the men into their
clubs, or by ladies into their houses… The middle class knew its own place, respected
itself, made its own society for itself, and cheerfully accorded to rank the deference due."

Since then, however, the life of the middle classes had undergone great changes as
their numbers had swelled and their influence had increased.

Their already well –developed consciousness of their own importance had deepened.
More critical than they had been in the past of certain aspects of aristocratic life, they wee
also more concerned with the plight of the poor and the importance of their own values of
society, thrift, hand work, piety and respectability thrift, hand work, piety and respectability
as examples of ideal behavior for the guidance of the lower orders. Above all they were
respectable. There were divergences of opinion as to what exactly was respectable and
what was not. There were, nevertheless, certain conventions, which were universally
recognized: wild and drunker behaviors were certainly not respectable, nor were
godlessness or avert promiscuity, not an ill-ordered home life, unconventional manners,
self-indulgence or flamboyant clothes and personal adornments.
 English Precise & Composition (Year-2000)

Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end in
your own words. (20)

The vitality of any teaching, or historical movement, depends upon what it affirms rather
than upon what it affirms rather than upon what it denies, and its survival and continued
power will often mean that its positives are insufficiently regarded by opposing schools.
The grand positives of Bentham were benevolence and veracity: the passion for the relief
of man’s estate, and the passion for truth. Bent ham’s multifarious activities, pursued
without abatement to the end of a long life, wee inspired by a "dominant and all-
comprehensive desire for the amelioration of human life"; they wee inspired, too, by the
belief that he had found the key to all moral truth. This institution, this custom, this code,
this system of legislation-- does it promotes human happiness? Then it is sound. This
theory, this creed, this moral teaching – does it rightly explain why virtue is admirable, or
why duty is obligatory? The limitation of Bentham can be gauged by his dismissal of all
poetry (and most religion) as "misrepresentation’; this is his negative side. But
benevolence and veracity are Supreme Values, and if it falls to one of the deniers to be
their special advocate, the believers must have long been drowsed. Bentham believes
the Church teaches children insincerity by making them affirm what they cannot possibly
understand or mean. They promise, for example, to fulfill the undertaking of their god---
parents, that they will "renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this
wicked world" etc. ‘The Devil" Bentham comments: " who or what is he, and how is it that
he is renounced?" Has the child happened to have any dealings with him? Let the
Archbishop of Canterbury tell us, and let him further explain how his own "works" are
distinguished from the aforesaid "Pomps and Vanity". What king, what Lords Temporal or
Spiritual, have ever renounced them? (Basil Willey)

Questions

(a) What does the writer mean by the following expressions:

Multifarious activities, amelioration of human Life, it is sound, be their special advocate,

Renounce the devil, drowsed, gauged, aforesaid.

(a) On what grounds does Bentham believe that the Church

(b) What is Bentham’s philosophy based upon?

 English Precise & Composition (Year-2000)

(a) What according to the writer is Bentham’s limitation?

Teaches children insincerity?

(b) In what context has the Archbishop of Canterbury been quoted i.e. is he praised or
condemned?

Q3. Write a comprehensive note (250 –300 words) on ONE of the following
subjects:(20)

(a) Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness (Thomas
Pain).

(b) We learn from history that we do not learn from history. (Hegel)

(c) Liberty doesn’t work as well in practice as it does in speeches. (Will Rogers)

(d) Politics is strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. (Ambrose

Pierce)

Q4. Correct the following sentences:

(a) The lake free zed rapidly.

(b) The firm was unwilling to forego its usual commission.

(c) We watched the lambs gamble on the green.

(d) He belonged to the gild of carpenters.

(e) He hadn’t ought to have spoken.

(f) Is this his half – brother?

(g) Hay! Watch out for the car!

(h) This is the historical spot where he was shot dead.

(i) We bought a Japanee print.

(j) Fresh flowers smell sweetly.
 English Precise & Composition (Year-2000)

Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end in
your own words. (20)

The vitality of any teaching, or historical movement, depends upon what it affirms rather
than upon what it affirms rather than upon what it denies, and its survival and continued
power will often mean that its positives are insufficiently regarded by opposing schools.
The grand positives of Bentham were benevolence and veracity: the passion for the relief
of man’s estate, and the passion for truth. Bent ham’s multifarious activities, pursued
without abatement to the end of a long life, wee inspired by a "dominant and all-
comprehensive desire for the amelioration of human life"; they wee inspired, too, by the
belief that he had found the key to all moral truth. This institution, this custom, this code,
this system of legislation-- does it promotes human happiness? Then it is sound. This
theory, this creed, this moral teaching – does it rightly explain why virtue is admirable, or
why duty is obligatory? The limitation of Bentham can be gauged by his dismissal of all
poetry (and most religion) as "misrepresentation’; this is his negative side. But
benevolence and veracity are Supreme Values, and if it falls to one of the deniers to be
their special advocate, the believers must have long been drowsed. Bentham believes
the Church teaches children insincerity by making them affirm what they cannot possibly
understand or mean. They promise, for example, to fulfill the undertaking of their god---
parents, that they will "renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this
wicked world" etc. ‘The Devil" Bentham comments: " who or what is he, and how is it that
he is renounced?" Has the child happened to have any dealings with him? Let the
Archbishop of Canterbury tell us, and let him further explain how his own "works" are
distinguished from the aforesaid "Pomps and Vanity". What king, what Lords Temporal or
Spiritual, have ever renounced them? (Basil Willey)

Questions

(a) What does the writer mean by the following expressions:

Multifarious activities, amelioration of human Life, it is sound, be their special advocate,

Renounce the devil, drowsed, gauged, aforesaid.

(a) On what grounds does Bentham believe that the Church

(b) What is Bentham’s philosophy based upon?

(c) What according to the writer is Bentham’s limitation?

Teaches children insincerity?

(d) In what context has the Archbishop of Canterbury been quoted i.e. is he praised
or condemned?
 English Precise & Composition (Year-2000)

Q3. Write a comprehensive note (250 –300 words) on ONE of the following
subjects:(20)

(a) Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness (Thomas
Pain).

(b) We learn from history that we do not learn from history. (Hegel)

(c) Liberty doesn’t work as well in practice as it does in speeches. (Will Rogers)

(d) Politics is strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. (Ambrose

Pierce)

Q4. Correct the following sentences:

(a) The lake free zed rapidly.

(b) The firm was unwilling to forego its usual commission.

(c) We watched the lambs gamble on the green.

(d) He belonged to the gild of carpenters.

(e) He hadn’t ought to have spoken.

(f) Is this his half – brother?

(g) Hay! Watch out for the car!

(h) This is the historical spot where he was shot dead.

(i) We bought a Japanee print.

(j) Fresh flowers smell sweetly.

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Q5. Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning
clear:

(i) Blow one’s top,

(ii) A cock-and-bull story,

(iii) Find one’s feet,

(iv) Call it a night,

(v) The tip of the iceberg,

(vi) Below par,

(vii) From pillar to post,

(viii) Hang up,

(ix) Turn some one in,

(x) By and by.

Q6. Use FIVE of the following pairs of words in sentences of your own to bring
out the difference: (10)
1. Knead, need;
2. Queue, cue;
3. quarts, quartz;
4. choral, coral;
5. discrete, discreet;
6. epoch, epic;
7. Libel, liable;
8. male, mail;
9. banned, band;
10. barred, bard;
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Q7. Complete the conversation with the correct idiom in the correct form: (10)

Keep regular hours, an unearthly hour, the small hours, a night owl, have a night out, at
any moment, have one’s moments, have a minute to all one’s own, a night on the town,
on the spur of the moment:

"morning, Paul! You look tired". "Yes I am. I had a late night last night. I’m not usually----
-------------but I ----------------------- ------ with some friends yesterday. I have been so busy
all week that I’ve hardly---------------------------------- , so I really enjoyed ------------------------
------------------- . I start work early, so I usually -------------- ------- ------ -- but yesterday
was an exception. I didn’t think. I got into bed and must have fallen asleep, because the
next thing I knew my landlady was shaking me, saying she was sorry to wake me at
such----------------------------------- , but she thought there was a burglar in the kitchen".

"Well where was her husband?"

"Mr. Dick’s working on the night-shift, and I was the only man in the house. I am usually
a coward, but I do-----------------------------------, so I grabbed my tennis racket, which was
the only thing I could think of -----------------------------, and crept downstairs".

"And then?"

" I saw a dark figure in the kitchen with a knife in his hand, ready to strike--------------------
--------- . I was just about to hit him with the racket, when a voice shouted out, " "Hey! It’s
me! It was Mr. Dick. He had forgotten his sandwiches".

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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q1.Make a precise of the following passage in about one third of its length and
suggest a suitable heading. (20)

It was not from want of perceiving the beauty of external nature but from the different way
of perceiving it, that the early Greeks did not turn their genius to portray, either in colour
or in poetry, the outlines, the hues, and contrasts of all fair valley, and hold cliffs, and
golden moons, and rosy lawns which their beautiful country affords in lavish abundance.

Primitive people never so far as I know, enjoy when is called the picturesque in nature,
wild forests, beetling cliffs, reaches of Alpine snow are with them great hindrances to
human intercourse, and difficulties in the way of agriculture. They are furthermore the
homes of the enemies of mankind, of the eagle, the wolf, or the tiger, and are most
dangerous in times of earthquake or tempest. Hence the grand and striking features of
nature are at first looked upon with fear and dislike.

I do not suppose that Greeks different in the respect from other people, except that the
frequent occurrence of mountains and forests made agriculture peculiarly difficult and
intercourse scanty, thus increasing their dislike for the apparently reckless waste in
nature. We have even in Homer a similar feeling as regards the sea, --- the sea that
proved the source of all their wealth and the condition of most of their greatness. Before
they had learned all this, they called it “the unvintagable sea” and looked upon its shore
as merely so much waste land. We can, therefore, easily understand, how in the first
beginning of Greek art, the representation of wild landscape would find no place, whereas,
fruitful fields did not suggest themselves as more than the ordinary background. Art in
those days was struggling with material nature to which it felt a certain antagonism.

There was nothing in the social circumstances of the Greeks to produce any revolution in
this attitude during their greatest days. The Greek republics were small towns where the
pressure of the city life was not felt. But as soon as the days of the Greeks republics were
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over, the men began to congregate for imperial purposes into Antioch, or Alexandria, or
lastly into Rome, than we seek the effect of noise and dust and smoke and turmoil
breaking out into the natural longing for rural rest and retirement so that from Alexander’s
day …… We find all kinds of authors --- epic poets, lyricist, novelists and preachers ---
agreeing in the precise of nature, its rich colours, and its varied sounds. Mohaffy: Rambles
in Greece

Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end in
your own words. (20)

Poetry is the language of imagination and the passions. It relates to whatever gives
immediate pleasure or pain to human min. it comes home to the bosoms and business of
men: for nothing but what comes home to them in the most general and intelligible shape
can be a subject of poetry. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with
nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself
or for anything else. Whatever there is a sense of beauty, or power, or harmony, as in the
motion of the waves of the sea, in the growth of a flower, there is a poetry in its birth. If
history is a grave study, poetry may be said to be graver, its materials lie deeper, and are
spread wider. History treats, for the most part, cumbersome and unwieldy masses of
things, the empty cases in which the affairs of the world are packed, under the heads of
intrigue or war, in different states, and from century to century but there is no thought or
feeling that can have entered into the mind of man which he would be eager to
communicate to others, or they would listen to with delight, that is not a fit subject for
poetry. It is not a branch of authorship: it is “the stuff of which our life is made”. The rest
is mere oblivision, a dead letter, for all that is worth remembering gin life is the poetry of
it. Fear is Poetry, hope is poetry, love is poetry; hatred is poetry. Poetry is that fine particle
within us that expands, refines, raises our whole being; without “man’s life is poor as
beasts”. In fact, man is a poetical animal. The child Is a poet when he first plays hide and
seek, or repeats the story of Jack the Giant Killer, the shepherd – boy is a poet when he
first crowns his mistress with a garland of flowers; the countryman when he stops he stops
to look at the rainbow; the miser when he hugs his gold; the courtier when he builds his
hope upon a smile; the vain, the ambitious the proud, the choleric man, the hero and the
coward, the beggar and the king, all live in a world of their own making; and the poet does
no more than describe what all others think and act. Hazlitt

Questions

(a) In what sense is poetry the language of the imagination and the passion?
(b) How is poetry the Universal Language of the heart?
(c) What is the difference between history and poetry? (d) Explain the phrase: “Man is a
poetical animal”.
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(e) What are some of the actions which Hazlitt calls poetry and its doers poet?
(f) Explain the followings underlined expression in the passage.
(i) It relates to whatever gives immediate pleasure or pain to human heart (ii)
A sense of beauty, or power, or harmony.
(iii) Cumbersome and unwieldy masses of things.
(iv) It is the stuff of which our life is made.
(v) The poet does no more than describe what all others think and act.

Q3. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300) on ONE of the following subjects. (20)

(a) Modern history registers so primary and rapid changes that it cannot repeat
itself.
(b) “The golden rule is that there is no golden rule”. G. B. Shaw (c) Crisis tests
the true mettle of man
(d) It is excellent to have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannical to use it like a giant.

Q4. Correct the following sentences. (10)

(a) His wisdom consisted of his handling the dangerous situation successfully (b)
Many a girls were appearing in the examination.
(c) The vehicles run fastly on the Motorway.
(d) Smoking is injurious for health.
(e) He availed of this situation very intelligently.
(f) The black vermin is an odious creature.
(g) What to speak of meat, even, vegetables were not available now.
(h) No sooner we left our home when it started raining.
(i) Little money I had I spent on the way.
(j) The criminal was sent on the goal.

Q5. Use FIVE of the following in sentences to make their meaning clear. (10)

(i) The teeming meanings

(ii) To kick the bucket
(iii) To push to the walls
(iv) To read between the lines
(v) To be at daggers drawn
(vi) To throw down the gauntlet
(vii) To be a Greek
(viii) To stand on ceremony (ix) From the horse’s mouth
(x) To carry the cross
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Q6. Use FIVE of the following pairs of words in sentences. (10)

1. Brooch, broad
2. Collusion, collision
3. Fain, feign
4. Hoard, horde
5. Illusion, delusion
6. Persecute, prosecute
7. Prescribe, proscribe
8. Respectfully, respectively
9. Complacent, complaisant

Q7. Read the following dialogue and place the following words in it at proper
places. (10)
1. Sweating away as usual
2. Health first, exam second
3. Can you study while confined to bed.
4. Has anyone be marketed anywhere? 5. An unwanted commodity
6. As long as there is life, there is hope.
7. You will become a thin, gaunt, half-blind weakling with sunken cheeks and haggard
looks.
8. Once again grow into a rose-cheeked young man.
9. There is no deviation form it.
10. The paring of ways.

- Good morning Waseem ___________________and looking pale. Come out in the open.
- I am sorry, Nadeem. I cannot do that. The examination is drawing near and I want to
urilize every minute for its preparation.
- To hell with exam ___________________
- Well, health is good but failure is bad. Therefore, one should take books and study them
for the University exam.
- Suppose you grow into a bookworm and as a result fall ill. ___________________
Again, many boys work hard and get degrees. Do you think they get jobs. Our society
is flooded with graduates but ___________________? They are roaming about with
degrees in their hands. They are ________________.
Well. Degree is an ornament in itself, job or no job. Besides, there is no need to be
hopeless. I am sure when I get a degree with a good grade, I am sure to get a job in a
Government office or in a private firm. You know that ___________________. - Well, how
should I explain to you the blessing of a good health. If you continue treading on this path,
___________________. Please come into the fresh air take exercise and play some
game and ___________________ Don’t grow old prematurely. - Please listen, I

- want to be a graduate this year, now or never. I have made up my mind for this and
___________________.
- Well, if this is your aim, then ___________________.
- Bye
- Bye

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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q1. Make a precis of the given passage, also give a suitable heading" (20)

'The official name of our species is homo sapiens; but there are many anthropologists
who prefer to think of man as homo Fabcr-thc smith, the maker of tools It would be
possible. I think, to reconcile these two definitions in a third. If man is a knower and an
efficient doer, it is only because he is also a talker In order to be Faber and Sapiens,
Homo must first be loquax, the loquacious one. Without language we should merely be
hairless chimpanzees. Indeed \vc should be some thing much worse. Possessed of a
high IQ but no language, we should be like the Yahoos of Gulliver's Travels- Creatures
too clever to be guided by instinct, too Self-centered to live in a state of animal grace, and
therefore condemned forever, frustrated and malignant, between contented apehood and
aspiring'humanity. It was language that made possible the accumulation of knowledge
and the broadcasting of information. It was language that permitted the expression of
religious insight, the formulation of ethical ideals, the codification to laws, It was language,
in a word, that turned us into human beings and gave birth to civilization.

Q2. Read the given passage, then give brief answers, to the questions placed at
the end, in your own words: - (20)

There is indeed, something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world
and the new display of the treasures of nature. The darkness and cold of winter with the
naked deformity of every object, on which we turn our eyes, make us rejoice at the
succeeding season, as well for what we have escaped, as for what we may enjoy. Every
budding Flower, whLch a warm situation brings early to our view, is considered by us a
messenger to notify the approach of more joyous days.

The spring affords to a mind free from the disturbance of cares or passions almost
everything that our present state makes us capable of enjoying. The Variegated Verdure
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of the fields and woods, the succession of grateful Odours, the Voice of pleasure pouring
out its notes on every side, with the gladness apparently conceived by every animal from
the growth of liis food and the clemency of the weather, throw over the whole.earth an
air of gaiety, significantly expressed by Smile of nature. (Samuel John Son)

Questions:

(a) Give meanings of the under lines expressions in the passage in your own words.
(10)
(b) Say howr an early budding flower becomes a messenger of happy days? (3)
(c) Who, according to the writer can make the best of the spring season? (3)
(d) Why are all animals glad at the approach of spring9 (3)
(e) Suggest a title for the passage. (I)

Q3. Write a Comprehensive note (250-300 words) on ONE of the following

subjects (20)

(a) The winds are always on the side of the ablest navigator. ENGLISH (PRECIS AND
COMPOSITION)
(b) Keep your face to the Sunshine and you cannot see the Shade.
(c) In strategy it is important to see distant things close, and take a distant view of close
things.
(d) You \vill find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.

Q4. Change the Voice of the verb following sentences (10)

1. The production of Cash Crops directly affects the economy of an agricultural country.
2. The accelerated car sped past the traffic signal and crashed into a van and killed two
men.
3. The students were asked to submit the assignment before
to end of day. 4 The new budget was being discussed.
5. The Manager has announced a bonus for all the workers. 6.
The police chased the dacoit and finally arrested : . him
7. It was difficult to finish the work on time.
8. At last the Speech ended and prizes were distributed.
9. She manages her duties, without any help, despite her blindness.
I appreciate your efforts and hope you will continue in the same fashion.
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Q5. Change the following sentences from direct speech to Indirect Speech:

1. "Hurrah''! Said the captain of the team, "we won the match".
2. "Please Sir, take pity on a poor beggar woman'', the wretched old woman asked for
alms
3. They say. "Is this the right time to arrive9 Aren't you forgetting something"?
4. He often says, "I am always willing to help the needy, if I am assured they arc really in
need''.
5. The master said, "How long will you take in warming my (10)
6 The boy said. "Alas' I could not pass my examination"
7. "Come hare quickly and work out this problem on the blackboard" said the teacher.
8. "What a lovely evening!" Said Irum.
9. "What is the name of this beautiful building?" asked the visitor. 10. He said "Sit
down over here and don't move until I allow you".

Q6-Correct the following sentences: (10)

1. I shall not come here unless you will not call me.
2. He does not have some devotion for the project you have given him. 3 I
went to either of the Four hill stations.
4. Who did you meet on your way to school?
5. You must remember that you are junior than Hamid.
6. Aslam, as well as, his Four friends were planning to visit the museum..
7. Where you went in the vacation?
8. This is the youngest and most intelligent of my two sons.
9. He is one of those who always succeed.
10. I congratulate you for your success.

Q7-Make sentences with the given

Idiomatic phrases so that their meaning become clear: (10)

(1) take aback

(2) take after
(3) take for
(4) take ill
(5) take off
(6) take over
(7) take to
(8) take to task
(9) take to One's heels
(10) take with a grain or pinch of salt.
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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q1. Make a precis of the given passage and give a suitable heading:(20)

If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training
good members of a society. Its ah is the art of social life, and its end is fitness for the
world. It neither confines its views to particular professions on the one hand, not creates
heroes or inspires genius on the other. Works indeed of genius fall under no art; heroic
minds come under no rule; a University is not a birthplace of poets or of immortal authors,
of founders of schools, leaders of colonies, or conquerors of nations. It does not promise
a generation of Aristotle or Newtons of Napoleons or Washingtons of Raphaels or
Shakespearcs though such miracles of nature it has before now contained within its
precincts. Nor is it content on the other hand with forming the critic or the experimentalist,
the economist or the engineer, through such too it includes within its scope. But a
University training is the great ordinary means to a great ordinary end; it aims at raising
the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating the public mind, at purifying the national taste,
at supplying true principles to popular aspirations. It is the education which gives a man
a clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in developing them, an
eloquence in expressing them, and a force in urging them, ft teaches him to sec things as
they arc, to go right to the point, to disentangle a skein of thought, to detect what is
sophistical and to - discard what is irrelevant. It prepares him to fill any post with credit,
and to master any subject with facility. (John H. Ncwman)

Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end, in
YOUR OWN WORDS. 20

My father was back in work within days of his return home. He had a spell in the shipyard,
where the last of the great Belfast liners, the CANBERRA, was under construction, and
then moved to an electronics firm in the east of the city. (These were the days when
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computers were the size of small houses and were built by sheet metal workers). A short
time after he started in this job, one of his colleagues was sacked for taking off time to get
married. The workforce went on strike to get the colleague reinstated. The dispute,
dubbed the Honeymoon Strike, made the Belfast papers. My mother told me not long ago
that she and my father, with four young sons, were hit so hard by that strike, that for years
afterwards they were financially speaking, running to stand still. I don't know how the
strike ended, but whether or not the colleague got his old job back, he was soon in
another, better one. I remember visiting.him and his wife when I was still quite young, in
their new bungalow in Belfast northern suburbs. I believe they left Belfast soon after the
Troubles began.

My father then was thirty-seven, the age I am today. My Hither and I are father and son,
which is to say we are close without knowing very much about one another. We talk about
events, rather than emotions. We keep from each other certain of our hopes and fears
and doubts. I have never for instance asked my father whether he has dwelt on (he
direction his life might have taken if at certain moments he had made certain other
choices. Whatever, he found himself, with a million and a half of his fellows, living in what
was in all but name a civil war.As a grown up 1 try often to imagine what it must be like to
be faced with such a situation. What, in the previous course of your life, prepares your for
arriving, as my father did, at the scene of a bomb blast close to your brother's place of
work and seeing what you suppose, from the colour of the hair, to be your brother lying
in the road, only to find that you arc cradling the remains of a woman? (Glciin Patterson)

Questions

(a) From your reading of (he passage what do you infer about the nature of (he 'Troubles"
(he writer mentions.
(b) What according to the writer were (he working conditions in the Electronics firm where
his father worked?
(c) Why was his father's colleague sacked?
(d) How docs the writer show that as father and son they do not know much about each
other?
(e) Explain the underlined words/phrases in the passage:
Made the Belfast papers, had a spell, dubbed, was sacked, hit hard.

Q3. Write a comprehensive note (250-300) words on ONE of the following: (20)

(1) Lots of people confuse bad management with destiny.

(2) If a window of opportunity appears don't pull down the shade.
(3) We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals: others by their act.
(4) Goodwill is earned by many acts: it can be lost by one.
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Q4. Change the voice of the verb in the following sentences:(10)

(1) The assassins shot the leader in broad daylight.

(2) The President inaugurated the Motorway recently.
(3) Will you negotiate the matter with the opposition?
(4) Why should I be suspected by you?
(5) The establishment is pleased with your performance. (6) The Parliament members
gave a hard time to the Prime • Minister.
(7) The Prisoners in Cuba arc being treated cruelly, by the so-called Human Rights
custodians.
(8) The present Government is serving the people honestly! .
(9) Who did this?
(10) The Palestinians are avenging the death of their leaders.

Q5. Change the following to reported speech: (10)

(1) "This is your house, isn't it?" asked Jcmmic.

(2) "Where do you want to be dropped?" said the taxi driver.
(3) "Call (he first witness," said the judge.
(4) "Don't blame him for the accident," the boy's mother said.
(5) He said, "I baiigcd on Cliffs door but he did not answer".
(6) "Where is the boat? Hurry up we are being chased", she cried.
(7) "I have lost my way. Can you direct me to the Post Office please?" said the old lady.
(8) He said to me, "what a pity you missed such an important meeting.
(9) "How wonderful! Why didn't you suggest this plan earlier".
(10) He said, "Let's wait till the road gets cleared".

Q6. Correct the following sentences:

(1) The hostel provides boarding and lodging to students.

(2) My cousin-brother will come to meet me.
(3) He lives backside of my house.
(4) You have read it. Isn't it?
(5) We discussed about this question.
(6) I am studying in an University for an year.
(7) Neither he nor I arc at fault.
(S) The committee have issued a notice.
(9) One must boast of his great qualities.
(10) . It is one of the best speeches that has ever been made in the General Assembly.
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Q7. Use the following in your own sentences to bring out their meaning: (10)

(1) Kick the bucket

(2) Bolt from the blue
(3) Put your foot down
(4) Worth your salt
(5) Down the drain
(6) All cars
(7) Swan song
(8) Cheek by Jowl
(9) in a nutshell
(10) Give me five

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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q1. Make a precis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading:

We're dealing with a very dramatic and very fundamental paradigm shift here. You may
try" to lubricate your' social interactions with personality techniques and skills, but in the
process, you may truncate the vital character base. You can't have the fruits without the
roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private victory precedes Public Victory. Selfmastery
and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationship with others. Some people say
that you have to like yourself before you can like others. I think' that idea has merit but if
you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over
yourself, it's very hard to like yourself, except in some short-term, psychup, superficial
way. Real self-respect comes from dominion over*self from true independence.
Independence is an achievement. Inter dependence is a choice only independent people
can make. Unless we are willing to achieve real independence, it's foolish to try to develop
human relations skills. We might try. We might even have some degree of success when
the sun is shining. But when the difficult times come - and they will - We won't have the
foundation to keep things together. The most important ingredient we put into any
relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our
actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather
than from our own inner core (the character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We
simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary" for effective
interdependence. The techniques and skills that really make a difference in human
interaction are the ones that almost naturally flow from a truly independent character. So
the place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our Circle of
Influence, our own character. As we become independent - Proactive, centered in correct
principles, value driven and able to organize and execute around the priorities in our life
with integrity - we then can choose to become interdependent - capable of building rich,
enduring, highly productive relationships with other people.
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Q2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end, in
YOUR OWN WORDS. (20)

We look before and after, wrote Shelley, and pine for what is not. It is said that this is what
distinguishes us from the animals and that they, unlike us, live always for and in the
movement and have neither hopes nor regrets. Whether it is so or not I do not know yet
it is undoubtedly one of our distinguishing mental attributes: we are actually conscious of
our life in time and not merely of our life at the moment of experiencing it. And as a result
we find many grounds for melancholy and foreboding. Some of us prostrate ourselves on
the road way in Trafalgar Square or in front of the American Embassy because we are
fearful that our lives, or more disinterestedly those of our descendants will be cut short by
nuclear war. If only as" squirrels or butterflies are supposed to do, we could let the future
look after itself and be content to enjoy the pleasures of the morning breakfast, the brisk
walk to the office through autumnal mist or winter fog, the mid-day sunshine that
sometimes floods through windows, tne warm, peaceful winter evenings by the fireside at
home. Yet all occasions for contentment are so often spoiled for us, to a greater or lesser
degree by our individual temperaments, by this strange human capacity for foreboding
and regret - regret for things which we cannot undo and foreboding for things which may
never happen at all. Indeed were it not for the fact that over breaking through our human
obsessions with the tragedy of time, so enabling us to enjoy at any rate some fleeting
moments untroubled by vain yearning or apprehension, our life would not be intolerable
at all. As it is, we contrive, everyone of us, to spoil it to a remarkable degree.

Questions

1. What is the difference between our life and the life of an animal? (3)
2. What is the result of human anxiety? (3)
3. How does the writer compare man to the butterflies and squirrels? (3)
4. How does anxiety about future disturb our daily life? (3)
5. How can we make our life tolerable? (3)
6. Explain the underlined words/phrases in the passage. (5 )
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Q3. Write a comprehensive note (250-300 words) on ONE of the following: (20)

1. One may smile and smile, and be a villain.

2. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
3. No sensible man ever made an apology.
4. Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.

Q4. (a) Choose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital
letters. * (5)

(1) ARCHIPELAGO:

Reef
Glacier
Cluster of islands
Lagoon

(2) PIAZZA:

Cheese dish
Veranda
Public Square
Style or dash

(3) BAKLAVA:

Stringed instrument
Dessert
Whining dance
Gratuity

(4) IONIC:

Indian stone monument

Greek architecture
Roman Sculpture
Mediterranean Sea

(5) CICERONE:

Teacher
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Q4. (b) Pick the one most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: * (5)

(1) DESICCATE:

Lengthen
Hallow
Exonerate
Saturate
Anesthetize

(2) APOTHEOSIS:

Departure from tradition

Impatience with stupidity
Demotion from glory
Surrender to impulse
Cause for grief

(3) SPUNK:

Success
Timidity
Growing awareness
Loss of prestige
Lack of intelligence

(4) CAVIL:

Discern
Disclose
Introduce
Flatter
Commend

(5) RAUCOUS:

Orderly
Absorbent,
Boyant
Mellifluous
Contentious
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Q5. (a) Change the Voice of any FIVE of the following sentences: (5)

1. International Humanitarian Law forbids actions leading to unnecessary death and

suffering.
2. Why should I antagonize you?
3. Let Manchoo be told about the jokes of Mulla Nasiruddin.
4. Whv have the roads not been constructed by the government in this part of the
country?
5. Do not kill your ability by roaming in the streets.
6. Your cousin is drawing a large sum of money from his account.
7. The arrangements of holding the Art Exhibition could not be completed on time.
8. Build your house when cement is cheap;

Q5. (b) Correct any FIVE of the following sentences: (5)

1. Passing through ten different cities, Karachi is the most active.

2. He was laid up for six weeks with two broken ribs.
3. Someone showed the visitors in the room.
4. Until you remain idle you will make no progress.
5. It is very wrong to be devoted to lying and cheating.
6. He told me that he is waiting for me since a long time.
7. The .house stood up in the dull street because of its red door.
8. He brought the articles to the market which he wanted to sell.

6. (a) Use any FIVE of the following in your own sentences to bring out their
meaning: (5)

1. To bring grist to the mill.

2. Set one s cap at.
3. To draw the long bow.
4. To send a person to Coventry .
5. Beer and skittles.
6. The acid test.
7. A skeleton in the cupboard.
To discover a mare's nest.
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Q6. (B) Use FIVE of the following pairs of words in your own sentences so as to
bring out their meanings: * (10)

1. Auger, Augur
2. Fain, Feign
3. Emigrate, Immigrate
4. Envy, Jealousy
5. Invade, Attack
6. Trifling, Trivial
7. Simulation, Dissimulation
8. Venal, Venial

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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q1. Make a précis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading (20 +5)

Basically, psychoses and neuroses represent man’s inability to maintain a balanced or

equated polarity in conducting his life. The ego becomes exclusively or decidedly one
sided. In psychoses there is a complete collapse of the ego back into the inner recesses
of the personal and collective unconsciouses. When he is repressed toward fulfilling
some life goal and where he is further unable to sublimate himself toward another goal,
man regresses into goal structures not actually acceptable to himself or to the society.
Strong emotional sickness of the psychotic type is like having the shadow run wild. The
entire psyche regresses to archaic, animal forms of behaviors. In less severe forms of
emotional sickness there may be an accentuated and overpowering use of one of the
four mental functions at the expense of the other three. Either thinking, feeling, intuiting
or seeing may assume such a superior role as to render the other three inoperative. The
persona may become so dominant as to create a totally one-sided ego, as in some
forms of neurotic behavior. All in all, whatever the type of severity of the emotional
disorder, it can be taken as a failure of the psyche to maintain a proper balance
between the polarities of life. Essentially, psychoses and neuroses are an alienation of
the self from its true goal of self actualization. In this sense the culture is of no
consequence. Emotional disorder is not a question of being out of tune with one’s
culture so much as it is of being out of tune with one’s self. Consequently, neurosis is
more than bizarre behavior, especially as it may be interpreted by contemporaries in the
culture. This interpretation avoids the sociological question of what is a mental disorder,
since form of behavior which is acceptable in one culture may be considered neurotic in
other culture. To Jung, the deviation from cultural norms is not the point. The inability to
balance out personal polarities is.
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Q2. Here is an excerpt from the autobiography of a short story writer. Read it
carefully and answer the questions that follow.

My father loved all instruments that would instruct and fascinate. His place to keep things
was the drawer in the ‘library table’ where lying on top of his folder map was a telescope
with brass extensions, to find the moon and the Big Dripper after supper in our front yard,
and to keep appointments with eclipses. In the back of the drawer you could find a
magnifying glass, a kaleidoscope and a gyroscope kept in black buckram box, which he
would set dancing for us on a string pulled tight. He had also supplied himself with an
assortment of puzzles composed of metal rings and intersecting links and keys chained
together, impossible for the rest of us, however, patiently shown, to take apart, he had an
almost childlike love of the ingenious. In time, a barometer was added to our dining room
wall, but we didn’t really need it. My father had the country boy’s accurate knowledge of
the weather and its skies. He went out and stood on our front steps first thing in the
morning an took a good look at it and a sniff. He was a pretty good weather prophet. He
told us children what to do if we were lost in a strange country. ‘Look for where the sky is
brightest along the horizon,’ he said. ‘That reflects the nearest river. Strike out for a rive
and you will find habitation’. Eventualities were much on his mind. In his care for us
children he cautioned us to take measures against such things as being struck by
lightening. He drew us all away from the windows during the severe electrical storms that
are common where we live. My mother stood apart, scoffing at caution as a character
failing. So I developed a strong meteorological sensibility. In years ahead when I wrote
stories, atmosphere took its influential role from the start. Commotion in the weather and
the inner feelings aroused by such a hovering disturbance emerged connected in
dramatic form.

Questions

a. why did the writer’s father spend time studying the skies ? (3)
b. why the writer thinks that there was no need of a barometer? (3)
c. what does the bright horizon meant for the writer’s father ? (3)
d. How did her father influence the writer in her later years ? (3)
e. explain the underlined words and phrases in the passage. (8)

Q3. Write a comprehensive note (250-300) words ) on any one of the following .
(20)

a. each man is the architect of his own destiny

b. ignorance is bliss, knowledge worry
c. democracy fosters mediocrity
d. unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talent and our
expectations
they know enough who know how to learn
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Q4. (A) choose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital
letters

1). ANATHEMA a) curse b) cure c) anemia d) asthma

2). TORPOR a) fever b) lethargy c) taciturn d) torrid
3). TOUCHSTONE a) criterion b) gold c) character d) characteristics
4). SEQUESTER a) eliminate b) finalize c) sedate d) isolate
5). DENOUEMENT a) denunciation b) dormancy c) termination d) explanation

Q4. (B) pick the most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized letters

1). DELETERIOUS a) nourishing b) injurious c) vital d) fatal

2). VALEDICTORY a) farewell b) final c) hopeful d) parting
3). SEDENTARY a) afraid b) loyal c) active d) torpid
4). TURBID a) muddy b) clear c) invariable d) improbable
5). PHLEGMATIC a) dull b) active c) lymphatic d) frigid

Q5. (A) change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech (do
any five)

1). Our sociology professor said , ‘I expect you to be in class every day. Unexcused
absences may affect your grades.’
2). My father often told me , ‘every obstacle is a steppingstone to success. You should
view problems in your life as opportunities to prove yourself.’
3). When tom asked Jack why he could’nt go to the game, Jack said he didn’t have
enough money for a ticket.
4). When I asked the ticked seller if the concert was going to be rescheduled, she told
me that she didn’t know and said that she just worked there. 5). Ali said, ‘I must go to
Lahore next week to visit my ailing mother.’
6). The policeman told the pedestrian, ‘you mustn’t cross the road against the red light’
7). Ahmed asked if what I said was really true.
8). Sarah wanted to know where they would be tomorrow around three O’clock
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Q5 (B) Make corrections in any five of the following where necessary ?

1). What does a patient tell a doctor it is confidential ?

2). It is a fact that I almost drowned makes me very careful about water safety whenever
I go swimming
3). Did they not consider this as quiet convincing 4). St
Peter’s at Rome is the largest of all other churches
5). The amount they receive in wages is greater than twenty years ago
6). They succeeded with hardly making any effort 7). Whatever have
you done !
8). The officers were given places according to their respective ranks

Q6 (A) use any five of the following in your own sentences to bring out their
meaning

1). Keep ones nose to the grindstone

2). Throw someone for a loop
3). Letter perfect
4). Off the wall
5). Out to lunch
6). Salt something away
7). Take someone to the cleaners
8). Wear the pants in the family

Q6 (B) use five of the following pairs of words in your own sentences so as to
bring out their meanings

1). Council, counsel

2). Distinct, distinctive
3). Apposite, opposite
4). Deprecate, depreciate
5). Punctual, punctilious
6). Judicial, judicious
7). Salutary, salubrious
8). Canvas, canvass
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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q # 1... Make a précis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading: (20 +
5)

It was not so in Greece, where philosophers professed less, and undertook more.
Parmenides pondered nebulously over the mystery of knowledge; but the pre-Socratics
kept their eyes with fair consistency upon the firm earth, and sought to ferret out its secrets
by observation and experience, rather than to create it by exuding dialectic; there were
not many introverts among the Greeks. Picture Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher;
would he not be perilous company for the dessicated scholastics who have made the
disputes about the reality of the external world take the place of medieval discourses on
the number of angles that could sit on the point of a pin? Picture Thales, who met the
challenge that philosophers were numskulls by “cornering the market” and making a
fortune in a year. Picture Anaxagoras, who did the work of Darwin for the Greeks and
turned Pericles form a wire-pulling politician into a thinker and a statesman, Picture old
Socrates, unafraid of the sun or the stars, gaily corrupting young men and overturning
governments; what would he have done to these bespectacled seedless philosophasters
who now litter the court of the once great Queen? To Plato, as to these virile
predecessors, epistemology was but the vestibule of philosophy, akin to the preliminaries
of love; it was pleasant enough for a while, but it was far from the creative consummation
that drew wisdom’s lover on. Here and there in the shorter dialogues, the Master dallied
amorously with the problems of perception, thought, and knowledge; but in his more
spacious moments he spread his vision over larger fields, built himself ideal states and
brooded over the nature and destiny of man. And finally in Aristotle philosophy was
honoured in all her boundless scope and majesty; all her mansions were explored and
made beautiful with order; here every problem found a place and every science brought
its toll to wisdom. These men knew that the function of philosophy was not to bury herself
in the obscure retreats of epistemology, but to come forth bravely into every realm of
inquiry, and gather up all knowledge for the coordination and illumination of human
character and human life.
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Q # 2… Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: (20 Marks)

“Elegant economy!” How naturally one fold back into the phraseology of Cranford! There
economy was always “elegant”, and money-spending always “Vulgar and Ostentatoin;” a
sort of sour grapeism which made up very peaceful and satisfied I shall never forget the
dismay felt when certain Captain Brown came to live at Cranford, and openly spoke of his
being poor __ not in a whisper to an intimate friend, the doors and windows being
previously closed, but in the public street! in a loud military voice! alleging his poverty as
a reason for not taking a particular house. The ladies of Cranford were already moving
over the invasion of their territories by a man and a gentleman. He was a half-pay captain,
and had obtained some situation on a neighbouring rail-road, which had been vehemently
petitioned against by the little town; and if in addition to his masculine gender, and his
connection with the obnoxious railroad, he was so brazen as to talk of his being poor __
why, then indeed, he must be sent to Coventry. Death was as true and as common as
poverty; yet people never spoke about that loud on the streets. It was a word not to be
mentioned to ears polite. We had tacitly agreed to ignore that any with whom we
associated on terms of visiting equality could ever be prevented by poverty from doing
anything they wished. If we walked to or from a party, it was because the weather was so
fine, or the air so refreshing, not because sedan chairs were expensive. If we wore prints
instead of summer silks, it was because we preferred a washing material; and so on, till
we blinded ourselves to the vulgar fact that we were, all of us, people of very moderate
means.

(a) Give in thirty of your own words what we learn from this passage of Captain Brown. (
4 marks )
(b) Why did the ladies of Cranford dislike the Captain. ( 2 marks )
(c) What reasons were given by the ladies of Cranford for “not doing anything that they
wished”? ( 2 marks )
(d) “Ears Polite”. How do you justify this construction? ( 2 marks )
(e) What is the meaning and implication of the phrases? ( 2 marks each )
(1) Sour-grapeism
(2) The invasion of their territories
(3) Sent to Coventry
(4) Tacitly agreed
(5) Elegant economy
This one is quite simple and easy. THANKS ALMIGHTLY.
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Q # 3... Write a comprehensive note (250-300 words) on any ONE of the following:
( 20 marks )

(a) Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.

(b) A pen becomes a clarion.
(c) Charms strike the sight but merit wins the soul (d) What fools these mortals be!
(e) Stolen glances, sweeter for the theft.

Q # 4 (A)… Chose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital
letters. (1 mark each)

(1) FINICKY: (a)

unstable
(b) troubled
(c) fussy
(d) unpleasant

(2) SAMIZDAT:
(a) underground press
(b) secret police
(c) twirling jig
(d) large metal tea urn

(3) VELD:
(a) arctic wasteland
(b) European plains
(c) South African grassland
(d) Deep valley

(4) CAJUN:
(a) French-Canadian descendant
(b) American Indian
(c) Native of the Everglades
(d) Early inhabitant of the Bahama Islands

(5) LOGGIA:
(a) pathway
(b) Marsh
(c) gallery
carriage
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(B) Pick the most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: (1
mark each)

(1) CAPTIOUS:
(a) Tolerant (b) capable (c) Winning (d) Recollected

(2) PENCHANT:
(a) Dislike (b) Attitude (c) Imminence (d) Distance

(3) PUTATIVE:
(a) Powerful (b) Colonial (c) Undisputed (d) Unremarkable

(4) FACSIMILE:
(a) imitation (b) model (c) mutation (d) pattern

(5) LARCENY:
(a) appropriation (b) peculation (c) purloining (d) indemnification

Q # 5… (A) Change the narration from direct to indirect and from indirect to direct
speech (only five)

(1) He said, “let it rain ever so hard I shall go out”.

(2) The mother said to the young girl, “Do you know where salim is”? (3) The
officer said, “Hand it all! Can you not do it more neatly”.
(4) Invoking our help with a loud voice she asked us whether we would come to her aid.
(5) He exclaimed with an oath that no one could have expected such a turn of events. (6)
The teacher said to his students, “Why did you come so late”?
(7) They applauded him saying that he had done well.
(8) “You say,” said the judge, “the bag you lost contained one hundred and ten pounds”?

(B) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following:

(1) Playing a game regularly is better than to read books always.

(2) A good reader must be hardworking and possess intelligence.
(3) I noticed Akbar was carrying a bag in his hand.
(4) Having entered his house, the door was shut at one.
(5) He thinks that his writing is better than his friend.
(6) He is such a man who is liked by everyone.
(7) I sent a verbal message to my friend.
(8) He has visited as many historical places as one has or can visit.
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(4) He exclaimed with an oath that no one could have expected such a turn of events. (6)
The teacher said to his students, “Why did you come so late”?
(7) They applauded him saying that he had done well.
(8) “You say,” said the judge, “the bag you lost contained one hundred and ten pounds”?

(B) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following:

(1) Playing a game regularly is better than to read books always.

(2) A good reader must be hardworking and possess intelligence.
(3) I noticed Akbar was carrying a bag in his hand.
(4) Having entered his house, the door was shut at one.
(5) He thinks that his writing is better than his friend.
(6) He is such a man who is liked by everyone.
(7) I sent a verbal message to my friend.
(8) He has visited as many historical places as one has or can visit.

Q # 6… (A) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences to bring out their
meaning:

(1) Twiddle with

(2) Vamp up
(3) Whittle away
(4) Winkle out
(5) Give someone the bum’s rush
(6) Loom large
(7) Besetting sin
(8) To hang fire

(B) Use ONLY FIVE pair of words in sentences:

(1) Veracity, Voracity

(2) Persecute, Prosecute
(3) Moat, Mote
(4) Loath, Loathe
(5) Ingenious, Ingenuous
(6) Fair, Feign (7) Emigrant, Immigrant (8) Wreak, Wreck.
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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q#1 Make a précis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading.

The author of a work of imagination is trying to effect us wholly, as human beings,

whether he knows it or not; and we are affected by it, as human beings, whether we
intend to be or not. I suppose that everything we eat has some effect upon us than merely
the pleasure of taste and mastication; it affects us during the process of assimilation and
digestion; and I believe that exactly the same is true of any thing we read.

The fact that what we read does not concern merely something called our literary taste,
but that it affects directly, though only amongst many other influences , the whole of what
we are, is best elicited , I think, by a conscientious examination of the history of our
individual literary education. Consider the adolescent reading of any person with some
literary sensibility. Everyone, I believe, who is at all sensible to the seductions of poetry,
can remember some moment in youth when he or she was completely carried away by
the work of one poet. Very likely he was carried away by several poets, one after the
other. The reason for this passing infatuation is not merely that our sensibility to poetry is
keener in adolescence than in maturity. What happens is a kind of inundation, or invasion
of the undeveloped personality, the empty (swept and garnished) room, by the stronger
personality of the poet. The same thing may happen at a later age to persons who have
not done much reading. One author takes complete possession of us for a time; then
another, and finally they begin to affect each other in our mind. We weigh one against
another; we see that each has qualities absent from others, and qualities incompatible
with the qualities of others: we begin to be, in fact, critical: and it is our growing critical
power which protects us from excessive possession by anyone literary personality. The
good critic- and we should all try to critics, and not leave criticism to the fellows who write
reviews in the papers- is the man who, to a keen and abiding sensibility, joins wide and
increasingly discriminating. Wide reading is not valuable as a kind of hoarding, and the
accumulation of knowledge or what sometimes is meant by the term „a well-stocked
mind.?It is valuable because in the process of being affected by one powerful personality
after another, we cease to be dominated by anyone, or by any small number. The very
different views of life, cohabiting in ourminds, affect each other, and our own personality
asserts itself and gives each a place in some arrangement peculiar to our self.
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Q.2 Read the following passage and answere the questions that follow:

Strong section of industrials who still imagine that men can be mere machines and are
at their best as machines if they are mere machines are already menacing what they call
“useless” education. They deride the classics, and they are mildly contemptiois of history,
philosophy, and English. They want our educational institutions, from the oldest
universities to the youngest elementary schools, to concentrate on business or the things
that are patently useful in business. Technical instruction is to be provided for adolescent
artisans; book keeping and shorthand for prospective clerks; and the cleverest we are to
set to “business methods”, to modern languages (which can be used in correspondence
with foreign firms), and to science (which can be applied to industry). French and German
are the languages, not of Montaigne and Gorthe, but of Schmidt Brothers, of Elberfeld
and Dupont et Cie., of Lyons. Chemistry and Physics are not explorations into the
physical constitution of the universe, but sources of new dyes, new electric light
filaments, new means of making things which can be sold cheap and fast to the Nigerian
and the Chinese. For Latin there is a Limited field so long as the druggists insist on
retaining it in their prescriptions. Greek has no apparent use at all, unless it be as a
source of syllables for the hybrid names of patent medicines and metal polishes. The
soul of man, the spiritual basis of civilization- what gibberish is that?

Questions

a) What kind of education does the writer deal with? (2)

b) What kind of education does the writer favour? How do you know? (3)
c) Where does the writer express most bitterly his feelings about the neglect of the
classics? (3)
d) Explain as carefully as you can the full significance of the last sentence. (4)
e) Explain the underlined words and phrases in the
passage (8)

Q-3 Note (250-300 words) on any one of the following

1- Honesty is the best policy but advertising also helps.

2- It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
3- A suspicious parent makes an artful child.
4- Spontaneity and creativity as symbols of freedom. 5- Means justify ends.
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Q-4 Choose synonyms (only five)

1- LACUNAE
a-tiny marine life b-shallow
water c-local dialect
d-missing parts

2-PAROXYSM a-moral lesson b-

sudden outburst c-contradiction
d-pallid imitation

3-GROTTO
a-statue b-cavern c-
neighbourhood
d-type of moth

4-FETTER
a-rot b-to restrain c-make
better
d-enable to fly

5-STOICISM
a-indifference b-boldness c-deep
affection
d-patient endurance

6-SUCCULENT
a-edible b-parched c-generous
d-mature

7-MALEDICTION a-compliment b-
summary c-perfume
d-awkwardness
(B) Pick the most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized words.

1-TWINE
a-straighten
b-continue
c-unravel
d-detach

2-FRUGAL
a-prodigal b-
intemperate c-
extravagant
d-profuse
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3-GAWKY
a-neat
b-
handy
c-
gracef
ul
d-handsome

4-CAPRICIOUS
a-firm b-
decided
c-inflexible
d-constant

5-CONGEAL
a-liquify
b-molify
c-
harden
d-
solidify

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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS…………………..Maximum Marks: 100

Q.1. Write a précis of the following passage in about 100 words and suggest the
title: (20+5)

Objectives pursued by, organizations should be directed to the satisfaction of demands

resulting from the wants of mankind. Therefore, the determination of appropriate
objectives for organized activity must be preceded by an effort to determine precisely
what their wants are. Industrial organizations conduct market studies to learn what
consumer goods should be produced. City Commissions make surveys to ascertain what
civic projects would be of most benefit. Highway Commissions conduct traffic counts to
learn what constructive programmes should be undertaken. Organizations come into
being as a means for creating and exchanging utility. Their success is dependent upon
the appropriateness of the series of acts contributed to the system. The majority of these
acts is purposeful, that is, they are directed to the accomplishment of some objectives.
These acts are physical in nature and find purposeful employment in the alteration of the
physical environment. As a result utility is created, which, through the process of
distribution, makes it possible for the cooperative system to endure.

Before the Industrial Revolution most cooperative activity was accomplished in small
owner managed enterprises, usually with a single decision maker and simple
organizational objectives. Increased technology and the growth of industrial organization
made necessary the establishment of a hierarchy of objectives. This is turn, required a
division of the management function until today a hierarchy of decision makers exists in
most organizations.

The effective pursuit of appropriate objectives contributes directly to organizational

efficiency. As used here, efficiency is a measure of the want satisfying power of the
cooperative system as a whole. Thus efficiency is the summation of utilities received from
the organization divided by the utilities given to the organization, as subjectively evaluated
by each contributor.
The functions of the management process is the delineation of organizational objectives
and the coordination of activity towards the accomplishment of these objectives. The
system of coordinated activities must be maintained so that each contributor, including
the manager, gains more than he contributes.
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Q.2. Read the following passage carefully and answer all the questions given at
the end.

These phenomena, however, are merely premonitions of a coming storm, which is likely
to sweep over the whole of India and the rest of Asia. This is the inevitable outcome of a
wholly political civilization, which has looked upon man as a thing to be exploited and not
as a personality to be developed and enlarged by purely cultural forces. The people of
Asia are bound to rise against the acquisitive economy which the West have developed
and imposed on the nations of the East. Asia cannot comprehend modern Western
capitalism with its undisciplined individualism. The faith, which you represent, recognizes
the worth of the individual, and disciplines him to give away all to the service of God and
man. Its possibilities are not yet exhausted. It can still create a new world where the social
rank of man is not determined by his caste or colour or the amount of dividend he earns,
but by the kind of life he lives, where the poor tax the rich, where human society is founded
not on the equality of stomachs but on the equality of spirits, where an untouchable can
marry the daughter of the king, where private ownership is a trust and where capital
cannot be allowed to accumulate so as to dominate that real producer of wealth. This
superb idealism of your faith, however, needs emancipation from the medieval fancies of
theologians and logists? Spiritually, we are living in a prison house of thoughts and
emotions, which during the course of centuries we have woven round ourselves. And be
it further said to the shame of us—men of older generation—that we have failed to equip
the younger generation for the economic, political and even religious crisis that the
present age is likely to bring. The while community needs a complete overhauling of its
present mentality in order that it may again become capable of feeling the urge of fresh
desires and ideals. The Indian Muslim has long ceased to explore the depths of his own
inner life. The result is that he has ceased to live in the full glow and colour of life, and is
consequently in danger of an unmanly compromise with force, which he is made to think
he cannot vanquish in open conflict. He who desires to change an unfavourable
environment must undergo a complete transformation of his inner being. God changes
not the condition of a people until they themselves take the initiative to change their
condition by constantly illuminating the zone of their daily activity in the light of a definite
ideal. Nothing can be achieved without a firm faith in the independence of one’s own inner
life. This faith alone keeps a people’s eye fixed on their goal and save them from perpetual
vacillation. The lesson that past experiences has brought to you must be taken to heart.
Expect nothing form any side. Concentrate your whole ego on yourself alone and ripen
your clay into real manhood if you wish to see your aspiration realized.
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Questions:

i. What is the chief characteristic of the modern political civilization? (4) ii. What are
possibilities of our Faith, which can be of advantage to the world? (4) iii. What is the chief
danger confronting the superb idealism of our Faith? (4) iv. Why is the Indian Muslim in
danger of coming to an unmanly compromise with the
Forces opposing him? (4)
v. What is necessary for an achievement? (2) vi. Explain the expression as
highlighted/under lined in the passage. (5) vii. Suggest an appropriate title to the passage.
(2)

Q.3. Write a comprehensive note (250—300 words) on any one of the following:
(20)

a. To rob Peter to pay Paul

b. The child is father of the man.
c. Art lies in concealing art
d. Life without a philosophy is like a ship without rudder
e. A contented mind is a blessing kind.

Q.4. a. Use any FIVE of the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning
clear: (5)

i. Blow one’s top ii. A

cock and bull story iii.
Find one’s feet iv. Call
it a night
v. The tip of the iceberg
vi. Below par vii. From
pillar to post viii. Hang
up ix. Turn some one in
x. By and by

b. Use any FIVE of the following pairs of words in your own sentences to bring
out their meanings: (5)

i. Mitigate, Alleviate ii.

Persecute, Prosecute iii.
Popular, Populace iv.
Compliment, Complement v.
Excite, Incite vi. Voracity,
Veracity vii. Virtual, Virtuous
viii. Exceptional, Exceptionable
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Q.5. a. Pick the most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word. Do any
FIVE. (5)

i. MORATORIUM..a. Large tomb……..….b. Waiting period..c. Security for debt…..d.

Funeral house ii. PROLIFIC………a. Skilful……………...b. Fruitful………..c.
Wordy…………..…d.
Spread out
iii. BI-PARTISAN….a. Narrow minded…….b. Progressive…...c. Representing two
parties….d. Divided iv. UNEQUIVOCAL.a. Careless…………….b. Unmistakable…c.
Variable………...d.
Incomparable
v. COVENANT…….a. Prayer…………...…b. Debate………...c. Garden…………..d.
Agreement vi. TENTATIVE…….a. Expedient…………..b. Nominal………c.
Provisional……...d.
Alternative vii. DEMOGRAPHIC..a. Relating to the ……..b. Demons……….c.
Communications..d. Population
…………………………….study of Government viii. SONAR…………..a. Apparatus to
Detect ..b. Locate objects...c. Measure rain…….d. Anticipate Earthquake
…………………………….something in the air...….under water

b. Indicate the meaning of any FIVE of the following: (5)

i. Brag ii.
Antiquarian
iii. Input iv.
Prodigal
v. Bibliophile vi.
Nostalgia vii. Burn
one’s boats viii.
Feedback
ix. Agrarian
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Q.6. a. Correct the following sentences. Do any FIVE. (5)

i. Please tell me where is your brother? ii.

Sajjad as well as Saleem were late. iii. He
is the most cleverest boy in the class. iv. I
have met him last month.
v. Your writing is inferior than him. vi. Nothing but novels
please him. vii. The teacher gave the boy an advice
which he refused. viii. He brought the articles to the
market which he wanted to sell.

b. Change the narration from Direct to Indirect or Indirect to Direct speech. (5)

i. He said to his friend, “Let me go home now” ii. I will say

“Mother, I will always obey you” iii. “Splendid”: said father as he
read my report, iv. He said, “Good morning, can you help me”
v. She said “Brother, why do you tease me” vi. The King said to
the Queen, “If I die, take care of my people” vii. “By God”, he
said” I do not know his name” viii. You exclaimed with sorrow
that you lost your pen.

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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR

RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2009

EGLISH (Precis & Composition)

(PART-I) 10 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:10
TIME ALLOWED:

NOTE: (i) First attempt PART-I (MCQ) on separate Answer Sheet which shall be taken back
after 10 minutes.
(ii) Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.
(PART-II) 2 HOURS & 50 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:90

PART – I (MCQs)

Q.1.(a) Choose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters. (5) (Do only FIVE)
Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.

(i) OBSCURE
(a) unclear (b) doubtful

(ii) AMIABLE
(a) obnoxious (b) affable
(iii) HOODWINK
(a) delude (b) avoid
(iv) GUILEFUL
(a) honourable (b) disingenuous
(v) OBSESSION
(a) fixed ideas (b) delusion
(vi) RADICAL
(a) innate (b) moderate
(vii) PRESUMPTIVE
(a) credible (b) timid

(b) Pick the most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: (5)

(viii) PRESENTABLE
(a) unable (b) scruffy (c) suitable (d) personable
(ix) SALVATION
(a) escape (b) starvation (c) doom (d) rescue
(x) PLAIN
(a) clean (b) distinct (c) ambiguous (d) frugal
(xi) ODIOUS
(a) porus (b) charming (c) horrid (d) offensive
(xii) INFLAME
(a) calm (b) anger (c) excite (d) kindle
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PART – II

(i) PART-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.

NOTE:
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.

Q.2 Make a precis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading. (20+5)

From Plato to Tolstoi art has been accused of exciting our emotions and thus of disturbing the order and harmony
of our moral life. “Poetical imagination, according to Plato, waters our experience of lust and anger, of desire and
pain, and makes them grow when they ought to starve with drought. “Tolstoi sees in art a source of infection. “Not
only in infection,” he says, “a sign of art, but the degree of infectiousness is also the sole measure of excellence in
art.” But the flaw in this theory is obvious. Tolstoi suppresses a fundamental moment of art, the moment of form.
The aesthetic experience – the experience of contemplation – is a different state of mind from the coolness of our
theoretical and the sobriety of our moral judgment. It is filled with the liveliest energies of passion, but passion
itself is here transformed both in its nature and in its meaning. Wordsworth defines poetry as “emotion recollected
in tranquility”. But the tranquility we feel in great poetry is not that of recollection. The emotions aroused by the
poet do not belong to a remote past. They are “here”-alive and immediate. We are aware of their full strength, but
this strength tends in a new direction. It is rather seen than immediately felt. Our passions are no longer dark and
impenetrable powers; they become, as it were, transparent. Shakespeare never gives us an aesthetic theory. He does
not speculate about the nature of art. Yet in the only passage in which he speaks of the character and function of
dramatic art the whole stress is laid upon this point. “The purpose of playing,” as Halmet explains, “both at the first
and now, was and is, to hold, as, twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own
image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.” But the image of a passion is not the passion
itself. The poet who represents a passion does not infect us with this passion. At a Shakespeare play we are not
infected with the ambition of Macbeth, with the cruelty of Richard III, or with the jealousy of Othello. We are not
at the mercy of these emotions; we look through them; we seem to penetrate into their very nature and essence. In
this respect Shakespeare’s theory of dramatic art, if he had such a theory, is in complete agreement with the
conception of the fine arts of the great painters and sculptors.

Q.3. Read the following passage and answers the questions that follow. (20)

It is in the very nature of the helicopter that its great versatility is found. To begin with, the helicopter is the
fulfillment of one of man’s earliest and most fantastic dreams. The dream of flying – not just like a bird – but of
flying as nothing else flies or has ever flown. To be able to fly straight up and straight down – to fly forward or back
or sidewise, or to hover over and spot till the fuel supply is exhausted.

To see how the helicopter can do things that are not possible for the conventional fixed-wing plane, let us first
examine how a conventional plane “works.” It works by its shape – by the shape of its wing, which deflects air when
the plane is in motion. That is possible because air has density and resistance. It reacts to force. The wing is curved
and set at an angle to catch the air and push it down; the air, resisting, pushes against the under surface of the wing,
giving it some of its lift. At the same time the curved upper surface of the wing exerts suction, tending to create a
lack of air at the top of the wing. The air, again resisting, sucks back, and this gives the wing about twice as much
lift as the air pressure below the wing. This is what takes place when the wing is pulled forward by propellers or
pushed forward by jet blasts. Without the motion the wing has no lift.
Questions:
(i) Where is the great versatility of the helicopter found?
(ii) What is the dream of flying?
(iii) What does the wing of the conventional aircraft do?
(iv) What does the curved upper surface of the wing do? (v) What gives the wing twice as much lift?
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Q.4. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following: (20) (i) The
importance of industrialization.
(ii) Do we live better than our forefathers?
(iii) Protecting freedom of expression not lies.
(iv) Adopting unchecked Western life style. (v) Variety is the spice of life.

Q.5.(a) Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech. (Do only FIVE) Extra attempt of
any Part of the question will not be considered. (5)
(i) He said to him, “why do you waste your time?” (ii) He
ordered his servant not to stand there doing nothing.
(iii) He exclaimed with joy that he had won the match. (iv)
The traveler said, “What a dark night?”
(v) He said, “Let it rain even so hard, I will start today.”
(vi) My mother said, “May you live happily and prosper in your life.”
(vii) He said, “How foolish have I been?”

(b) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following: (5)

Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.

(i) He swore from God

(ii) Is your dress different than mine?
(iii) He inquired whether I live in Karachi.
(iv) He spoke these words upon his face.
(v) They ran direct to their college.
(vi) I shall not come here unless you will not call me.
(vii) They have been building a wall since three days. (viii) He does not have some devotion to his
studies.

Q.6.(a) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5) Extra attempt of
any Part of the question will not be considered.
(i) Leave in the lurch. (ii) Hard and fast. (iii) Weather the storm.
(iv) Bear the brunt. (v) Meet halfway. (vi) Turncoat.
(vii) Where the shoe pinches.

(b) Use ONLY FIVE of the following pairs of words in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (10)
Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.
(i) Persecute, Prosecute (ii) Luxuriant, Luxurious (iii) Mean, Mien
(iv) Observation, Observance (v) Naughty, Knotty (vi) Ghostly, Ghastly
(vii) Hew, Hue (viii) Hoard, Horde

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
2010
ENGLISH (Precis & Composition)
(PART-I) 10 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:10
TIME ALLOWED:
(PART-II) 2 HOURS & 50 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS:90
NOTE: (i) First attempt PART-I (MCQ) on separate Answer Sheet which shall be taken back
after 10 minutes.
(ii) Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.
PART – I (MCQs)
Q.1.(a) Pick the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the capitalized word. (5) (Do any FIVE). Extra
attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.
(i) ACRIMONIOUS
(a) Bitter (b) Provocative (c) Cheap (d) Volatile
(ii) CALLIGRAPHY
(a) Computers (b) Handwriting (c) Blood pressure (d) Brain waves
(iii) UNEQUIVOCAL
(a) Variable (b) Plain (c) Unmistakable (d) Negligent
(iv) DEMISE
(a) Conclude (b) End (c) Affection (d) Death
(v) INCENDIARY
(a) Happy (b) Sneer (c) Causing fire (d) Jolly
(vi) TOUCHSTONE
(a) Remind (b) A hall (c) At rest (d) Criterion
(vii) VOID
(a) Emptiness (b) Lea (c) Anger (d) Trick
(viii) ESSAY
(a) Direct (b) Compose (c) Attempt (d) Suppose
(b) Indicate the most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters: (5) (Do only
FIVE). Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.
(i) IGNOBLE
(a) Lowly (b) Vile (c) Good (d) Noble
(ii) MELANCHOLY
(a) Sorrowful (b) Happy (c) Forbidden (d) Brisk
(iii) OBLITERATE
(a) Preserve (b) Destroy (c) Ravage (d) Design
(iv) ALLY
(a) Alloy (b) Foe (c) Partner (d) Accessory
(v) VULGAR
(a) Coarse (b) Gross (c) Exquisite (d) Obscene
(vi) PRETEND
(a) Sham (b) Substantiate (c) Feign (d) Fabricate
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(vii) LIBERTY
(a) Permission (b) Licence (c) Serfdom (d) Bound
(viii) CONSCIENTIOUS
(a) Uncorrupt (b) Honourable (c) Principled (d) Profligate
PART – II
(i) PART-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
NOTE:
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
Q.2 Write a precis of the following passage in about 100 words and suggest a suitable title. (20+5)
Of all the characteristics of ordinary human nature envy is the most unfortunate; not only does the
envious person wish to inflict misfortune and do so whenever he can with impunity, but he is also himself
rendered unhappy by envy. Instead of deriving pleasure from what he has, he derives pain from what others
have. If he can, he deprives others of their advantages, which to him is as desirable as it would be to secure the
same advantages himself. If this passion is allowed to run riot it becomes fatal to all excellence, and even to the
most useful exercise of exceptional skill. Why should a medical man go to see his patients in a car when the
labourer has to walk to his work? Why should the scientific investigator be allowed to spend his time in a warm
room when others have to face the inclemency of the elements? Why should a man who possesses some rare
talent of great importance to the world be saved from the drudgery of his own housework? To such questions
envy finds no answer. Fortunately, however, there is in human nature a compensating passion, namely that of
admiration. Whoever wishes to increase human happiness must wish to increase admiration and to diminish
envy.
What cure is there for envy? For the saint there is the cure of selflessness, though even in the case of
saints envy of other saints is by no means impossible. But, leaving saints out of account, the only cure for envy
in the case of ordinary men and women is happiness, and the difficulty is that envy is itself a terrible obstacle
to happiness.
But the envious man may say: ‘What is the good of telling me that the cure for envy is happiness? I
cannot find happiness while I continue to feel envy, and you tell me that I cannot cease to be envious until I
find happiness.’ But real life is never so logical as this. Merely to realize the causes of one’s own envious feeling
is to take a long step towards curing them.
Q.3. Read the following passage and answers the questions that follow. (20)
And still it moves. The words of Galileo, murmured when the tortures of the Inquisition had driven
him to recant the Truth he knew, apply in a new way to our world today. Sometimes, in the knowledge of all
that has been discovered, all that has been done to make life on the planet happier and more worthy, we may
be tempted to settle down to enjoy our heritage. That would, indeed, be the betrayal of our trust.
These men and women of the past have given everything --- comfort, time, treasure, peace of mind and
body, life itself --- that we might live as we do. The challenge to each one of us is to carry on their work for the
sake of future generations.
The adventurous human mind must not falter. Still must we question the old truths and work for the
new ones. Still must we risk scorn, cynicism, neglect, loneliness, poverty, persecution, if need be. We must
shut our ears to the easy voice which tells us that ‘human nature will never alter’ as an excuse for doing nothing
to make life more worthy.
Thus will the course of the history of mankind go onward, and the world we know move into a new
splendour for those who are yet to be. Questions:
(i) What made Galileo recant the Truth he knew?
(ii) What is the heritage being alluded to in the first paragraph?
(iii) What does the ‘betrayal of our trust’ imply?
(iv) Why do we need to question the old truths and work for the new ones?
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ENGLISH (Precis & Composition)

(i) Explain the words or expressions as highlighted/underlined in the passage.
Q.4. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following: (20)
(i) When flatterers get together, the devil goes to dinner.
(ii) The impossible is often the untried. (iii) A civil servant is a
public servant. (iv) Internet --- a blessing or a bane. (v) Hope is
the buoy of life.
Q.5.(a) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5)
Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.
(i) Make for. (ii) Yeoman’s service. (iii) Discretion is the better part of valour.
(iv) A casting vote. (v) Look down upon. (vi) Iconoclast.
(vii) Out of the wood. (viii) A swan song
(b) Use ONLY FIVE of the following pairs of words in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (10)
Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.
(i) Adverse, Averse (ii) Maize, Maze (iii) Medal, Meddle
(iv) Imperious, Imperial (v) Veracity, Voracity (vi) Allusion, Illusion
(vii) Ordnance, Ordinance (viii) Willing, Wilful
Q.6.(a) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following: (5)
Extra attempt of any Part of the question will not be considered.
(i) This house is built of bricks and stones.
(ii) The climate of Pakistan is better than England?
(iii) He swore by God.
(iv) You ought to have regarded him your benefactor.
(v) My friend is very ill, I hope he will soon die.
(vi) He is waiting for better and promising opportunity.
(vii) When I shall see her I will deliver her your gift. (viii) Many a sleepless nights she spent.
(b) Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech. (Do only FIVE) Extra attempt
of any Part of the question will not be considered. (5)
(i) On Monday he said, “My son is coming today.”
(ii) They wanted to know where he was going the following week.
(iii) He said, “Did she go yesterday?”
(iv) ‘By God’, he said, “I do not know her nickname.” (v) He says that we are to meet him at the
station.
(vi) He said, “I don’t know the way. Ask the old man sitting on the gate.” (vii)
My father prayed that I would recover from my illness.
(viii) He said, “How will you manage it?”
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2011
ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)
TIME ALLOWED: (PART-I MCQs) 10 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 10
THREE HOURS (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 50 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 90
NOTE: (i) First attempt PART-I (MCQs) on separate Answer Sheet which shall be taken back after 10
minutes.
(ii) Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.

(PART-I MCQs) (COMPULSORY)

Q.1. (a) Choose the word that is nearly similar in meaning to the word in Capital letters. (Do only FIVE)
Extra attempt of any Part of the question shall not be considered. (05) (i) CHRONICLE:
(a) Daily ritual (b) Widely held belief (c) Account of events.
(ii) FLUME:
(a) Sea bird with a wing span four times its body length
(b) Narrow gorge with a stream running through it (c)
Warm summer wind.
(iii) EPITAPH:
(a) Editorial (b) Clever head line (c) Tomb stone inscription.
(iv) LACONIC:
(a) Concise (b) Weekly (c) Circular.
(v) SHINGLE:
(a) Gravelly beach (b) Exposed sand bar (c) Group of dolphins.
(vi) FILIAL:
(a) Related by marriage (b) Of sons and daughters(c) Of brothers.
(vii) MISOPEDIA:
(a) A hatred for children (b) Middle age (c) Family history.
(viii) MENAGE:
(a) Marriage vow (b) Household (c) Golden years.
(b) Choose the word that is nearly most opposite in meaning to the Capitalized words. (Do only
FIVE) Extra attempt of any Part of the question shall not be considered. (05)
(ix) ANNIHILATE:
(a) Supplement (b) Augment (c) Append (d) Contract.
(x) BRACE:
(a) Prop (b) Knock (c) Invigorate (d) Refresh.
(xi) BRUSQUE:
(a) Gruff (b) Curt (c) Smooth (d) Discourteous.
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(ii) CONCORD:
(a) Amity (b) Accord (c) Variance (d) Unity.
(iii) CONSCIENTIOUS:
(a) Uncorrupt (b) Honourable (c) Principled (d) Profligate.
(iv) DIPLOMATIC:
(a) Sagacious (b) Shrewd (c) Bungling (d) Prudent.
(v) HYPOCRISY:
(a) Uprightness (b) Pretence (c) Cant (d) Deceit. (xvi) ONEROUS:
(a) Burdensome (b) Wearing (c) Difficult (d) Fluent.

ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

PART-II
NOTE: (i) PART-II is to be attempted on separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt all questions from PART-II.
Q.2. Make a précis of the given passage and suggest a suitable heading: (20 + 5 = 25)
The Psychological causes of unhappiness, it is clear, are many and various. But all have something in
common. The typical unhappy man is one who having been deprived in youth of some normal satisfaction, has
come to value this one kind of satisfaction more than any other, and has, therefore, given to his life a one-sided
direction, together with a quite undue emphasis upon the achievement as opposed to the activities connected with
it. There is, however, a further development which is very common in the present day. A man may feel so
completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a
devotee of “Pleasure”. That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for
example, is temporary suicide; the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of
unhappiness. The narcissist and the megalomaniac believe that happiness is possible, though they may adopt
mistaken means of achieving it; but the man who seeks intoxication, in whatever form, has given up hope except
in oblivion. In his case the first thing to be done is to persuade him that happiness is desirable. Men, who are
unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. Perhaps their pride is like that of the fox who
had lost his tail; if so, the way to cure it is to point out to them how they can grow a new tail. Very few men, I
believe, will deliberately choose unhappiness if they see a way of being happy. I do not deny that such men exist,
but they are not sufficiently numerous to be important. It is common in our day, as it has been in many other
periods of the world’s history, to suppose that those among us who are wise have seen through all the enthusiasms
of earlier times and have become aware that there is nothing left to live for. The man who hold this view are
genuinely unhappy, but they are proud of their unhappiness, which they attribute to the nature of the universe and
consider to be the only rational attitude for an enlightened man. Their pride in their unhappiness makes less
sophisticated people suspicious of its genuineness; they think that the man who enjoys being miserable is not
miserable.
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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: (5 x 4 = 20)
Knowledge is acquired when we succeed in fitting a new experience in the system of concepts based
upon our old experiences. Understanding comes when we liberate ourselves from the old and so make possible a
direct, unmediated contact with the new, the mystery, moment by moment, of our existence. The new is the given
on every level of experience – given perceptions, given emotions and thoughts, given states of unstructured
awareness, given relationships with things and persons. The old is our home-made system of ideas and word
patterns. It is the stock of finished articles fabricated out of the given mystery by memory and analytical reasoning,
by habit and automatic associations of accepted notions. Knowledge is primarily a knowledge of these finished
articles. Understanding is primarily direct awareness of the raw material.
Knowledge is always in terms of concepts and can be passed on by means of words or other symbols.
Understanding is not conceptual and therefore cannot be passed on. It is an immediate experience, and immediate
experience can only be talked about (very inadequately), never shared. Nobody can actually feel another’s pain
or grief, another’s love or joy, or hunger. And similarly no body can experience another’s understanding of a
given event or situation. There can, of course, be knowledge of such an understanding, and this knowledge may
be passed on in speech or writing, or by means of other symbols. Such communicable knowledge is useful as a
reminder that there have been specific understandings in the past, and that understanding is at all times possible.
But we must always remember that knowledge of understanding is not the same thing as the understanding which
is the raw material of that knowledge. It is as different from understanding as the doctor’s prescription for pencitin
is different from penicillin.
Questions:
(i) How is knowledge different from understanding?
(ii) Explain why understanding cannot be passed on.
(iii) Is the knowledge of understanding possible? If it is, how may it be passed on?
(iv) How does the author explain that knowledge of understanding is not the same thing as the
understanding?
(v) How far do you agree with the author in his definitions of knowledge and understanding? Give
reasons for your answer.

ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

Q.4. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following: (20) (i)
Child is the father of man.
(ii) Life succeeds in that it seems to fail.
(iii) Yellow Journalism.
(iv) The violence of war can be diluted with love.
(v) Love is a beautiful but baleful god.

Q.5. (a) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: Extra attempt shall not
be considered. (05)
(i) To eat one’s words. (ii) Dog in the manger (iii) A close shave
(iv) A Freudian Ship (v) A Gordian knot (vi) A cog in the machine
(vii) A sugar daddy (viii) A wet blanket.
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(b) Use ONLY FIVE of the following Pairs of words in sentences which illustrate their meaning: Extra
attempt shall not be considered. (10)
(i) Capital, Capitol (ii) Assay, Essay (iii) Envelop, envelope
(iv) Decree, Degree (v) Desolate, Dissolute (vi) Species, Specie
(vii) Tortuous, Torturous (viii) Wet, Whet

Q.6. (a) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following: Extra attempt shall not be considered. (05) (i)
Please speak to the concerned clerk.
(ii) You have got time too short for that.
(iii) Not only he was a thief, but he was also a murderer.
(iv) They thought that the plan would be succeeded.
(v) It is unlikely that he wins the race.
(vi) My uncle has told me something about it yesterday.
(vii) I hoped that by the time I would have got there it would have stopped raining. (viii) They
prevented the driver to stop.
(b) Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech. (DO ONLY FIVE) Extra
attempt shall not be considered. (05)
(i) “I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break a window”, he said.
(ii) “Would you like to see over the house or are you more interested in the garden”? She asked
me.
(iii) “Please send whatever you can spare. All contributions will be acknowledged immediately”,
Said the Secretary of the disastrous fund.
(iv) She asked if he’d like to go to the concert and I said I was sure he would.
(v) I told her to stop making a fuss about nothing and said that she was lucky to have got a seat
at all.
(vi) The teacher said, “You must not forget what I told you last lesson. I shall expect you to be able
to repeat it next lesson by heart.”
(vii) He asked me if he should leave it in the car.
(viii) He said, “May I open the window? It’s rather hot in here.”

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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: (PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 20

THREE HOURS (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
NOTE:(i) Candidate must write Q.No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q.No. in the Question Paper.
(ii) Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.

PART-II

NOTE:(i) PART-II is to be attempted on separate Answer Book.

(ii) Attempt all questions from PART-II.
(iii)Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

Q.2. Write a précis of the following passage and suggest a suitable title. (20+5=25)
One of the most ominous and discreditable symptoms of the want of candour in present-day sociology is
the deliberate neglect of the population question. It is, or should be, transparently clear that, if the state is
resolved, on humanitarian grounds, to inhibit the operation of natural selection, some rational regulation of
population, both as regards quality and quantity, is imperatively necessary. There is no self-acting adjustment,
apart from starvation, of numbers to the means of subsistence. If all natural checks are removed, a population
in advance of the optimum number will be produced and maintained at the cost of a reduction in the standard
of living. When this pressure begins to be felt, that section of the population which is capable of reflection and
which has a standard of living which may be lost will voluntarily restrict its numbers, even to the point of failing
to replace death by an equivalent number of new births; while the underworld, which always exists in every
civilized society The failure and misfits and derelicts, moral and physical will exercise no restraint and
will be a constantly increasing drain upon the national resources. The population will thus be recruited in a very
undue proportion by those strata of society which do not possess the qualities of useful citizens.
The importance of the problem would seem to be sufficiently obvious. But politicians know that the
subject is unpopular. The urban have no votes. Employers are like a surplus of labour, which can be drawn upon
when trade is good. Militarists want as much food for powder as they can get. Revolutionists instinctively
oppose any real remedy for social evils; they know that every unwanted child is a potential insurgent. All three
can appeal to a Quasi-Religious prejudice, resting apparently on the ancient theory of natural rights which were
supposed to include the right of unlimited procreation. This objection is now chiefly urged by celibate or
childless priests; but it is held with such fanatical vehemence that the fear of losing the votes which they control
is a welcome excuse for the baser sort of politicians to shelve the subject as inopportune. The socialist
calculation is probably erroneous; for experience has shown that it is aspiration, not desperation, that makes
revolutions.
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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Use your own language. (5x4 = 20)
Human Beings feel afraid of death just as children feel afraid of darkness; and just as children’s fear of darkness
is increased by the stories which they have heard about ghosts and thieves, human beings’ fear of death is
increased by the stories which they have heard about the agony of the dying man. If a human being regards
death as a kind of punishment for the sins he has committed and if he looks upon death as a means of making
an entry into another world, he is certainly taking a religious and sacred view of death. But if a human being
looks upon death as a law of nature and then feels afraid of it, his attitude is one of cowardice. However, even
in religious meditation about death there is something a mixture of folly and superstition. Monks have written
books in which they have described the painful experience which they underwent by inflicting physical tortures
upon themselves as a form of self-purification. Such books may lead one to think that, if the pain of even a
finger being squeezed or pressed is unbearable, the pains of death must be indescribably agonizing. Such books
thus increase a Man’s fear of death.

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Seneca, a Roman Philosopher, expressed the view that the circumstances and ceremonies of death frighten
people more than death itself would do. A dying man is heard uttering groans; his body is seen undergoing
convulsions; his face appears to be absolutely bloodless and pale; at his death his friends begin to weep and his
relations put on mourning clothes; various rituals are performed. All these facts make death appear more
horrible than it would be otherwise.
Questions:
(1) What is the difference between human beings’ fear of death and children’s fear of darkness?
(2) What is a religious and sacred view of death?
(3) What are the painful experiences described by the Monks in their books?
(4) What are the views of Seneca about death?
(5) What are the facts that make death appear more horrible than it would be otherwise?

Q.4. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following: (20)
(i) Self done is Well done.
(ii) The Bough that bears most bend most.
(iii) Nearer the Church, farther from God.
(iv) Rich men have no fault.
(v) Cut your coat according to your cloth.

Q.5. Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: Extra attempt shall
not be considered. (05)
(i) Wool gathering (ii) Under the harrow (iii) Cold comfort
(iv) A gold digger (v) Walk with God (vi) On the thin ice
(vii) A queer fish (viii) Unearthly hour
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Q.6. (a) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following: Extra attempt shall not be considered. (05)
(i) A ten-feet long snake made people run here and there.
(ii) We are going to the concert, and so they are.
(iii) Enclosed with this letter was a signed Affidavit and a carbon copy of his request to our main
office.
(iv) Fear from God.
(v) Pakistan has and will support the Kashmiris.
(vi) He has come yesterday.
(vii) Arshad’s down fall was due to nothing else than pride. (viii) Do not avoid to consult a doctor.
(b) Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech. (DO ONLY FIVE) Extra
attempt shall not be considered. (05)
(i) He said to us, “You cannot do this problem alone”.
(ii) The beggar asked the rich lady if she would not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man
and help him with a rupee or two.
(iii) The Commander said to the soldiers, “March on”.
(iv) He entreated his master respectfully to pardon him as it was his first fault.
(v) “Do you really come from America? How do you feel in Pakistan?” Said I to the stranger.
(vi) The officer threatened the peon to come in time otherwise he would be turned out.
(vii) People wished that the Quaid-i-Azam had been alive those days to see their fate. (viii) They said, “
Bravo! Imran, what a shot”.

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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: (PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 20

THREE HOURS (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
NOTE:(i) First attempt PART-I (MCQs) on separate OMR Answer Sheet which shall be taken back after 30
minutes.
(ii) Overwriting/cutting of the options/answers will not be given credit.
(PART-I MCQs) (COMPULSORY)
Q.1. Choose the word that is nearly most similar in meaning to the Capitalized words: (1 Mark each) (20)
(1) BRISTLE: (a) Regulate (b) Flare up (c) Frail (d) Exhilarate (e) None of these
(2) DELUGE: (a) Immerse (b) Rescue (c) Drown (d) Overflow (e) None of these
(3) TIRADE: (a) Argument (b) Procession (c) Angry Speech (d) Torture (e) None of these
(4) QUASI: (a) Secret (b) Improper (c) Seeming (d) Whole (e) None of these
(5) VILIFY: (a) To Prove (b) Boast (c) Defraud (d) Defame (e) None of these
(6) RIGMAROLE: (a) Unnecessary (b) Disorder (c) Confused talk (d) Game (e) None of these
(7) DEIGN: (a) Condescend (b) Pretend (c) Disparage (d) Refuse (e) None of these
(8) PROLETARIAT: (a) Trade agreement (b) Government Secretariat (c) Labouring Class
(d) Wealthy Class (e) None of these
(9) LUDICROUS: (a) Liberal (b) Fearful (c) Comic (d) Praise Worthy (e) None of these
(10) MALEFIC: (a) Baleful (b) Belonging to a male person (c) Social
(d) Fighting by nature (e) None of these
Choose the word that is nearly most opposite in meaning to the Capitalized words:
(11) LANGUID: (a) Feeble (b) Dull (c) Vigorous (d) Weak (e) None of these
(12) HIGH-STRUNG: (a) Nervous (b) Tense (c) Costly (d) Calm (e) None of these
(13) METTLE: (a) Courage (b) Boldness (c) Cowardice (d) Spirit (e) None of these
(14) ABRIDGEMENT:(a) Epitome (b) Dissect (c) Abstract (d) Synopsis (e) None of these
(15) CAJOLE: (a) Flaunt (b) Coax (c) Beguile (d) Flatter (e) None of these
(16) CELIBACY: (a) Virginity (b) Wedlock (c) Chastity (d) Single (e) None of these
(17) INCLEMENT: (a) Rough (b) Unpleasant (c) Unfavourable (d) Genial (e) None of these (18)
IRRESOLUTE: (a) Ineffective (b) Without resolution (c) Yielding (d) Sturdy (e) None of these
(19) ANNEXATION: (a) Supplement (b) Augmentation (c) Appendix (d) Contraction (e) None of these
(20) INCUR: (a) Shun (b) Run (c) Blame (d) Meet (e) None of these
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PART-II

NOTE:(i) PART-II is to be attempted on separate Answer Book.

(ii) Attempt all questions from PART-II.
(iii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
(iv) Candidate must write Q.No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q.No. in the Q. Paper.

Q.2. Make a précis of the following passage and suggest a suitable heading. (20+2=22)
Culture, in human societies, has two main aspects; an external, formal aspect and an inner, ideological aspect. The
external forms of culture, social or artistic, are merely an organized expression of its inner ideological aspect, and both
are an inherent component of a given social structure. They are changed or modified when this structure is changed or
modified and because of this organic link they also help and influence such changes in their parent organism. Cultural
Problems, therefore, cannot be studied or understood or solved in isolation from social problems, i.e. problems of political
and economic relationships. The cultural problems of the underdeveloped countries, therefore, have to be understood and
solved in the light of the larger perspective, in the context of underlying social problems. Very broadly speaking, these
problems are primarily the problems of arrested growth; they originate primarily from long years of imperialist –
Colonialist domination and the remnants of a backward outmoded social structure. This should not require much
elaboration European Imperialism caught up with the countries of Asia, Africa or Latin America between the sixteenth
and nineteenth centuries. Some of them were fairly developed feudal societies with ancient traditions of advanced feudal
culture. Others had yet to progress beyond primitive pastoral tribalism. Social and cultural development of them all was
frozen at the point of their political subjugation and remained frozen until the coming of political independence. The
culture of these ancient feudal societies, in spite of much technical and intellectual excellence, was restricted to a small
privileged class and rarely intermingled with the parallel unsophisticated folk culture of the general masses. Primitive
tribal culture, in spite of its child like beauty, had little intellectual content. Both feudal and tribal societies living
contagiously in the same homelands were constantly engaged in tribal, racial, and religious or other feuds with their tribal
and feudal rivals. Colonialist – imperialist domination accentuated this dual

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fragmentation, the vertical division among different tribal and national groups, the horizontal division among different
classes within the same tribal or national group. This is the basic ground structure, social and cultural, bequeathed to the
newly liberated countries by their former over lords.

Q.3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Use your own language. (20)
The civilization of China - as every one knows, is based upon the teaching of Confucius who flourished five hundred
years before Christ. Like the Greeks and Romans, he did not think of human society as naturally progressive; on the
contrary, he believed that in remote antiquity rulers had been wise and the people had been happy to a degree which the
degenerate present could admire but hardly achieve. This, of course, was a delusion. But the practical result was the
Confucius, like other teachers of antiquity, aimed at creating a stable society, maintaining a certain level of excellence,
but not always striving after new successes. In this he was more successful than any other man who ever lived. His
personality has been stamped on Chinese Civilization from his day to our own. During his life time, the Chinese occupied
only a small part of present day China, and were divided into a number of warring states. During the next three hundred
years they established themselves throughout what is now China proper, and founded an empire exceeding in territory
and population any other that existed until the last fifty years. In spite of barbarian invasions, and occasional longer or
shorter periods of Chaos and Civil War, the Confucian system survived bringing with it art and literature and a civilised
way of life. A system which has had this extra ordinary power of survival must have great merits, and certainly deserves
our respect and consideration. It is not a religion, as we understand the word, because it is not associated with the super
natural or with mystical beliefs. It is purely ethical system, but its ethics, unlike those of Christianity, are not too exalted
for ordinary men to practise. In essence what Confucius teaches is something is very like the old-fashioned ideal of a
‘gentleman’ as it existed in the eighteenth century. One of his sayings will illustrate this: ‘The true gentleman is never
contentious………he courteously salutes his opponents before taking up his position,……..so that even when competing
he remains a true gentleman’.
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Questions:
(1) Why do you think the author calls Confucius’ belief about the progress of human society as a delusion? (04)
(2) How did Confucius’ thought affect China to develop into a stable and ‘Proper’ China? (04)
(3) Why does the author think that Confucian system deserves respect and admiration? (04)
(4) Why does the author call Confucian system a purely ethical system and not a religion? (04)
(5) Briefly argue whether you agree or disagree to Confucius’ ideal of a gentleman. (04)

Q.4. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following: (20)
(i) Revolution versus Evolution. (ii) Let us agree to disagree in an agree-able way.
(iii) Say not, the struggle not availth. (iv) Beneath every cloud there is always a silver lining.
(v) In democracy an ideal form of government?

Q. 5.(a) Use ONLY FOUR of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (Extra attempt shall not be
considered). (04)
(i) The milk of human kindness (ii) A rule of thumb (iii) Out and out
(iv) To wash one’s dirty linen in public (v) To pay through the nose (vi) To lose face
(b) Use ONLY FOUR of the following pairs of words in sentences which illustrate their meanings. Extra attempt
shall not be considered: (04)
(i) Adjoin, Adjourn (ii) Allay, Ally (iii) Bases, Basis
(iv) Click, Clique (v) Distract, Detract (vi) Liable, Libel

Q.6. (a) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following: Extra attempt shall not be considered. (05)
(i) My boss agreed with my plan. (ii) If he was here, he would be as wise as he was during the war.
(iii) We have amusements in form of music. (iv) You get hungry for all the work you have to do.
(v) We were glad for being there. (vi) I prefer the fifth act of Shakespeare King Lear the best of all. (vii) After
finishing my lecture, the bell rang. (viii) We needed not to be afraid.
(b) Change the narration from direct to indirect or indirect to direct speech. (DO ONLY FIVE) Extra
attempt shall not be considered. (05)
(i) “If I had spoken to my father as you speak to me he’d have beaten me,” he said to me.
(ii) “How far is it”? I said, “and how long will it take me to get there”?
(iii) “Do you know any body in this area or could you get a reference from your landlady”? he asked me.
(iv) She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit.
(v) He wanted to know if I was going to the concert and suggested that we should make up a party and go
together.
(vi) He said, I must’nt mind if the first one wasn’t any good.
(vii) “What a nuisance! Now I’ll have to do it all over again”, he exclaimed.
(viii) “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said. “I have an appointment”.
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RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
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ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)
TIME ALLOWED: (PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 20
THREE HOURS (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
PART-II
NOTE: (i) PART-II is to be attempted on separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt all questions from PART-II.
(iii) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Question Paper.
(v) No page/space should be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
Q.2. Make a précis of the following passage and suggest a suitable heading. (20+2=22)
Probably the only protection for contemporary man is to discover how to use his intelligence in the
service of love and kindness. The training of human intelligence must include the simultaneous
development of the empathic capacity. Only in this way can intelligence be made an instrument of social
morality and responsibility – and thereby increase the chances of survival.
The need to produce human beings with trained morally sensitive intelligence is essentially a challenge
to educators and educational institutions. Traditionally, the realm of social morality was left to religion
and the churches as guardians or custodians. But their failure to fulfil this responsibility and their
yielding to the seductive lures of the men of wealth and pomp and power are documented by history of
the last two thousand years and have now resulted in the irrelevant “God Is Dead”
theological rhetoric. The more pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with the
fundamental problems of social morality. For them simplistic Machiavellianism must remain the
guiding principle of their decisions – power is morality, morality is power. This over-simplification
increases the chances of nuclear devastation. We must therefore hope that educators and educational
institutions have the capacity, the commitment and the time to in-still moral sensitivity as an integral
part of the complex pattern of functional human intelligence. Some way must be found in the training
of human beings to give them the assurance to love, the security to be kind, and the integrity required
for a functional empathy.
Q.3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Use your own language. (20)
In the height of the Enlightenment, men influenced by the new political theories of the era launched two
of the largest revolutions in history. These two conflicts, on two separate continents, were both initially
successful in forming new forms of government. And yet, the two conflicts, though merely a decade
apart, had radically different conclusions. How do two wars inspired by more or less the same ideals
end up so completely different? Why was the American Revolution largely a success and the French
Revolution largely a failure?
Historians have pointed to myriad reasons—far too various to be listed here. However, the most
frequently cited are worth mentioning. For one, the American Revolution was far removed from the Old
World; that is, since it was on a different continent, other European nations did not attempt to interfere
with it. However, in the French Revolution, there were immediate cries for war from neighboring
nations. Early on, for instance, the ousted king attempted to flee to neighboring Austria and the army
waiting there. The newly formed French Republic also warred with Belgium, and a conflict with Britain
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loomed. Thus, the French had the burden not only of winning a revolution but also defending it from
outside. The Americans simply had to win a revolution.

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Secondly, the American Revolution seemed to have a better chance for success from the get-go, due to
the fact that Americans already saw themselves as something other than British subjects. Thus, there
was already a uniquely American character, so, there was not as loud a cry to preserve the British way
of life. In France, several thousands of people still supported the king, largely because the king was seen
as an essential part of French life. And when the king was first ousted and then killed, some believed
that character itself was corrupted. Remember, the Americans did not oust a king or kill him—they
merely separated from him.
Finally, there is a general agreement that the French were not as unified as the Americans, who, for the
most part, put aside their political differences until after they had already formed a new nation. The
French, despite their Tennis Court Oath, could not do so. Infighting led to inner turmoil, civil war, and
eventually the Reign of Terror, in which political dissidents were executed in large numbers.
Additionally, the French people themselves were not unified. The nation had so much stratification that
it was impossible to unite all of them—the workers, the peasants, the middle-class, the nobles, the
clergy—into one cause. And the attempts to do so under a new religion, the Divine Cult of Reason,
certainly did not help. The Americans, remember, never attempted to change the society at large; rather,
they merely attempted to change the government.
(1) Why and how did the Reign of Terror happen?
(2) In what ways does the author suggest that the American Revolution was easier to complete
than the French Revolution?
(3) Of the challenges mentioned facing the French revolutionaries, which do you think had
the greatest impact on their inability to complete a successful revolution? Why?
(4) Of the strengths mentioned aiding the American revolutionaries, which do you think had
the greatest impact on their ability to complete a successful revolution? Why?

Q.4. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following: (20) (i) Actions speak louder than
words.
(ii) Girls are more intelligent than boys.
(iii) First deserve, then desire.
(iv) Nothing is certain unless it is achieved.

Q.5. Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meanings: (Extra attempt shall not be
considered). (10)

(i) To bring grist to the mill (ii) To keep one’s fingers crossed
(iii) With one’s tongue in one’s cheek (iv) A storm in the tea cup
(v) To talk through one’s hat (vi) Hum and Haw
(vii) To let the grass grow under one’s feet (viii) Penny wise and pound foolish.
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Q.5. Correct ONLY FOUR of the following: Extra attempt shall not be considered. (08)
(i) Each furniture in this display is on sale for half price.
(ii) He is abusing the money of his father.
(iii) The duties of the new secretary are to answer the telephone, to type letters and bookkeeping.
(iv) The new models are not only less expensive but more efficient also.
(v) He complied with the requirement that all graduate students in education should write a thesis.
(vi) No sooner we left the shop it began to rain.
(vii) The population of Karachi is greater than any other city in Pakistan.

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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2015

ENGLISH (Precis & Composition)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS (PART-I MCQs): MARKS: 20
PART-I(MCQs) : MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES (PART-II): MARKS: 80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) All the parts(if any) of each question must be attempted at One Place instead of at different places.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. 2. Make a précis of the following text and suggest a suitable title. (20)
In studying the breakdowns of civilizations, the writer has subscribed to the conclusion – no new discovery! – that war
has proved to have been the proximate cause of the breakdown of every civilization which is known for certain to have
broken down, in so far as it has been possible to analyze the nature of these breakdowns and to account for their
occurrence. Like other evils, war has an insidious way of appearing not intolerable until it has secured such a stranglehold
upon the lives of its addicts that they no longer have the power to escape from its grip when its deadliness has become
manifest. In the early stages of a civilization’s growth, the cost of wars in suffering and destruction might seem to be
exceeded by the benefits accruing from the winning of wealth and power and the cultivation of the “military virtues”;
and, in this phase of history, states have often found themselves able to indulge in war with one another with something
like impunity even for the defeated party. War does not begin to reveal its malignity till the war-making society has begun
to increase its economic ability to exploit physical nature and its political ability to organize manpower; but, as soon as
this happens, the god of war to which the growing society has long since been dedicated proves himself a Moloch by
devouring an ever larger share of the increasing fruits of man’s industry and intelligence in the process of taking an ever
larger toll of life and happiness; and, when the society’s growth in efficiency reaches a point at which it becomes capable
of mobilizing a lethal quantum of its energies and resources for military use, then war reveals itself as being a cancer
which is bound to prove fatal to its victim unless he can cut it out and cast it from him, since its malignant tissues have
now learnt to grow faster that the healthy tissues on which they feed.
In the past, when this danger-point in the history of the relations between war and civilization has been reached and
recognized, serious efforts have sometimes been made to get rid of war in time to save society, and these endeavours
have been apt to take one or other of two alternative directions. Salvation cannot, of course, be sought anywhere except
in the working of the consciences of individual human beings; but individuals have a choice between trying to achieve
their aims through direct action as private citizens and trying to achieve them through indirect action as citizens of states.
A personal refusal to lend himself in any way to any war waged by his state for any purpose and in any circumstances
is a line of attack against the institution of war that is likely to appeal to an ardent and self-sacrificing nature; by
comparison, the alternative peace strategy of seeking to persuade and accustom governments to combine in jointly
resisting aggression when it comes and in trying to remove its stimuli before hand may seem a circuitous and unheroic
line of attack on the problem. Yet experience up to date indicates unmistakably, in the present writer’s
opinion, that the second of these two hard roads is by far the more promising.
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Q.3. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions below: (20)
Experience has quite definitely shown that some reasons for holding a belief are much more likely to be justified by the
event than others. It might naturally be supposed, for instance, that the best of all reasons for a belief was a strong
conviction of certainty accompanying the belief. Experience, however, shows that this is not so, and that as a matter of
fact, conviction by itself is more likely to mislead than it is to guarantee truth. On the other hand, lack of assurance and
persistent hesitation to come to any belief whatever are an equally poor guarantee that the few beliefs which are arrived
at are sound. Experience also shows that assertion, however long continued, although it is unfortunately with many
people an effective enough means of inducing belief, is not in any way a ground for holding it.

The method which has proved effective, as a matter of actual fact, in providing a firm foundation for belief wherever it
has been capable of application, is what is usually called the scientific method. I firmly believe that the scientific method,
although slow and never claiming to lead to complete truth, is the only method which in the long run will give satisfactory
foundations for beliefs. It consists in demanding facts as the only basis for conclusions, and in consistently and
continuously testing any conclusions which may have been reached, against the test of new facts and, wherever possible,
by the crucial test of experiment. It consists also in full publication of the evidence on which conclusions are

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based, so that other workers may be assisted in new researchers, or enabled to develop their own interpretations and
arrive at possibly very different conclusions.
There are, however, all sorts of occasions on which the scientific method is not applicable. That method involves slow
testing, frequent suspension of judgment, restricted conclusions. The exigencies of everyday life, on the other hand,
often make it necessary to act on a hasty balancing of admittedly incomplete evidence, to take immediate action, and to
draw conclusions in advance of the evidence. It is also true that such action will always be necessary, and necessary in
respect of ever larger issues; and this inspite of the fact that one of the most important trends of civilization is to remove
sphere after sphere of life out of the domain of such intuitive judgment into the domain of rigid calculation based on
science. It is here that belief plays its most important role. When we cannot be certain, we must proceed in part by
faith—faith not only in the validity of our own capacity of making judgments, but also in the existence of certain other
realities, pre-eminently moral and spiritual realities. It has been said that faith consists in acting always on the nobler
hypothesis; and though this definition is a trifle rhetorical, it embodies a seed of real truth. Answer briefly in your
own words the following questions:
1. Give the meaning of the underlined phrases as they are used in the passage. (04)
2. What justification does the author claim for his belief in the scientific method? (04)

3. Do you gather from the passage that conclusions reached by the scientific method should be considered
final? Give reasons for your answer. (04)

4. In what circumstances, according to the author, is it necessary to abandon the scientific method? (04)

5. How does the basis of “intuitive judgment” differ from that of scientific decision? (04)

Q.4. Write a comprehensive note (250 – 300 words) on any ONE of the following topics: (20)
(i) Education should be for life, not for livelihood (ii) The art of being tactful
(iii) Human nature is seen at its best adversity (iv) Spare the rod and spoil the child
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Q.5. (a) Use only Five of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning (Extra attempt shall not be
considered). (05)
(i) Itching palm (ii) The primrose path (iii) Break one’s fall (iv) Wash one’s hands of
(v) To become reconcile to (vi) To militate against (vii) To be cognizant of (viii) Wages of sin
(b) Explain the difference between the following word pairs by defining each word. (Do only Five) (05)
(i) Plaintiff, plaintive (ii) valet, varlet (iii) monitor, mentor (iv) complacent, complaisant
(v) penitence, penance (vi) crevice, crevasse (vii) beneficent, beneficial
Q.6. (a) Correct only Five of the following sentences: (05)
(i) Have either of you seen my pen?
(ii) On attempting to restore the picture to its original condition, almost irreparable change was discovered.
(iii) The child is the prettiest of the two.
(iv) I was annoyed arriving late, also his rather insolent manner put me out of temper.
(v) He is anxious not only to acquire knowledge, but also eager to display it.
(vi) If he was here now, we should have no difficulty.
(vii) Due to unforeseen environments, we shall have to leave early.
(viii) People have and still do disagree on this matter.
(b) Rewrite One of the following passages, converting what is in direct speech into indirect, and what is
in indirect speech into direct. (05)
(i) Just as we came in sight of the valley Jamil met us,--“yes, the valley is all very fine, but do you
know there is nothing to eat?”
“Nonsense; we can eat anything here.”
“Well, the brown bread’s two months old, and there’s nothing else but potatoes.”
“There must be milk anyhow.”
“Yes, there was milk’’, he supposed.
(ii) Miss Andleeb said she thought English food was lovely, and that she was preparing a questionnaire
to be circulated to the students of the university, with a view to finding out their eating preferences.
“But the students won’t fill up questionnaires,” said Miriam.
“Won’t fill up questionnaire?” cried Miss Andleeb, taken aback.
“No”, said Miriam, “they won’t. As a nation we are not, questionnaire-conscious.”
“Well, that’s too bad,” said Miss Andaleeb.
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2016 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20 PART-
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II

Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage in about 120 words and suggest a suitable title: (20)
During my vacation last May, I had a hard time choosing a tour. Flights to Japan, Hong Kong and Australia are just
too common. What I wanted was somewhere exciting and exotic, a place where I could be spared from the holiday tour
crowds. I was so happy when John called up, suggesting a trip to Cherokee, a county in the state of Oklahoma. I agreed
and went off with the preparation immediately.
We took a flight to Cherokee and visited a town called Qualla Boundary surrounded by magnificent mountain scenery,
the town painted a paradise before us. With its Oconaluftee Indian Village reproducing tribal crafts and lifestyles of
the 18th century and the outdoor historical pageant Unto These Hills playing six times weekly in the summer nights,
Qualla Boundary tries to present a brief image of the Cherokee past to the tourists.
Despite the language barrier, we managed to find our way to the souvenir shops with the help of the natives. The shops
were filled with rubber tomahawks and colorful traditional war bonnets, made of dyed turkey feathers. Tepees,
coneshaped tents made from animal skin, were also pitched near the shops. "Welcome! Want to get anything?" We
looked up and saw a middle-aged man smiling at us. We were very surprised by his fluent English. He introduced
himself as George and we ended up chatting till lunch time when he invited us for lunch at a nearby coffee shop.
"Sometimes, I've to work from morning to sunset during the tour season. Anyway, this is still better off than being a
woodcutter ..." Remembrance weighed heavy on George's mind and he went on to tell us that he used to cut firewood
for a living but could hardly make ends meet. We learnt from him that the Cherokees do not depend solely on trade for
survival. During the tour off-peak period, the tribe would have to try out other means for income. One of the successful
ways is the "Bingo Weekend". On the Friday afternoons of the Bingo weekends, a large bingo hall was opened,
attracting huge crowds of people to the various kinds of games like the Super Jackpot and the Warrior Game Special.
According to George, these forms of entertainment fetch them great returns.
Our final stop in Qualla Boundary was at the museum where arts, ranging from the simple hand-woven oak baskets to
wood and stone carvings of wolves, ravens and other symbols of Cherokee cosmology are displayed.
Back at home, I really missed the place and I would of course look forward to the next trip to another exotic place.
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Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just have not had time to read it.
Questions: 1. Why most of us fail in our efforts for self-improvement? (5)
2. Why is it a basic mistake to announce our resolution to everybody?
(5) 3. Why did the writer not carry out his resolution on New Year’s
Day? (5)
4. Find out the words in the above passage which convey the similar
meaning to the following:
(1) intimidating (2) peril (3) dwindle (4) repel (5) barb (5) Page 1 of 2
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
Q. 4.(a) Correct only FIVE of the following:
(i) We were staying at my sister’s cape’s code vacation home. (5)
(ii) She recommended me that I take a few days off from work.
(iii) I tried to explain him the problem, but he had difficulty understanding
me.
(iv) I’ll do the grocery shopping for you grandma, Lucy said.
(v) We took a tent, a cooler, and a sleeping bag.
(vi) I don’t know why you didn’t go. If I were you, I should have gone.
(vii) Kevin says he stopped to travel internationally because of his family.
(viii) Don’t run! Mr. Salman shouted. (5)
(b) Choose the punctuation mark that is needed in each of the following
sentences:
(i) “It isn’t fair!” shouted Martin. Coach Lewis never lets me start the game!”
(ii) Maureen’s three sisters, Molly, Shannon, and Patricia are all spending the summer at
their grandmother’s beach house.
(iii) For the centrepieces, the florist recommended the following flowers daisies, tulips,
daffodils, and hyacinths.
(iv) Lily is an accomplished gymnast she won three medals in her last competition.
(v) Everyone was shocked when Max Smithfield – a studious, extremely bright high
school senior decided that college was not for him.

Q. 5.(a) Choose the analogy of the words written in capital letters (Any five). (5)
(i)SLAPSTICK : LAUGHTER (ii)CONVICTION : INCARCERATION
(a) Fallacy : Dismay (b) Genre : (a) Reduction : Diminution
Mystery (b) Induction : Amelioration
(c) Satire : Anger (d) Horror : Fear (c) Radicalization : Estimation
(iii) PROFESSOR : ERUDITE (d) Marginalization : Intimidation
(a) Aviator : Licensed (iv) METAPHOR : SYMBOL
(b) Inventor : Imaginative (a) Pentameter : Poem (b) Rhythm :
(c) Procrastinator : Conscientious Melody
(d) Overseer : Wealthy (c) Nuance : Song (d) Analogy :
(v) SPY : CLANDESTINE Comparison
(a) Accountant : Meticulous (vi) VERVE : ENTHUSIASM
(b) Furrier : Rambunctious (a) Loyalty : Duplicity (b) Devotion :
(c) Lawyer : Ironic Reverence
(d) Shepherd : Garrulous (c) Intensity : Colour (d) Eminence :
(vii) DELTOID : MUSCLE Anonymity
(a) Radius : Bone (b) Brain : Nerve (viii)DEPENDABLE : CAPRICIOUS
(c) Tissue : Organ (d) Blood : Vein (a) Fallible : Cantankerous
(b) Erasable : Obtuse
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Capable : Inept

(b) Rewrite the following dialogue, written in indirect speech, in a paragraph form.
(5) Helen: Mr West, what's happened to John? Mr West: He's left the company Helen:
Why has he done that?
Mr West: He asked me for a rise but I didn't give it to him.
Helen: Why didn't you give him a rise?
Mr West: Because he was lazy.
Helen: Has he found another job?
Mr West: Yes, he is working in a film company.
Helen: What is his salary like?
Mr West: I think he earns quite a lot.
Helen: Does he like the new job? Mr West: I don't know

Q. 6. (a) Explain the difference between the following word pairs by using each word in your own sentences
(Any five): (5)
(i) Adverse, averse (ii) altogether, all together (iii) allude, elude (iv) braise, braze
(v) curb, kerb (vi) faze, phase (vii) maybe, may be (viii) moat, mote
(b) Use any FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5)
(i) Smash hit (ii) Murphy’s law (iii) Place in the Sun (iv) Wooden spoon
(v) Go bananas (vi) Beard the Lion in his den (vii) Groan inwardly (viii) Chicken out

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2017 FOR RECRUITMENT TO
POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
All the evils in this world are brought about by the persons who are always up and doing, but do not know when they ought
to be up nor what they ought to be doing. The devil, I take it, is still the busiest creature in the universe, and I can quite
imagine him denouncing laziness and becoming angry at the smallest waste of time. In his kingdom, I will wager, nobody
is allowed to do nothing, not even for a single afternoon. The world, we all freely admit, is in a muddle but I for one do
not think that it is laziness that has brought it to such a pass. It is not the active virtues that it lacks but the passive ones;
it is capable of anything but kindness and a little steady thought. There is still plenty of energy in the world (there never
were more fussy people about), but most of it is simply misdirected. If, for example, in July 1914, when there was some
capital idling weather, everybody, emperors, Kings, arch dukes, statesmen, generals, journalists, had been suddenly
smitten with an intense desire to do nothing, just to hang about in the sunshine and consume tobacco, then we should all
have been much better off than we are now. But no, the doctrine of the strenuous life still went unchallenged; there must
be no time wasted; something must be done. Again, suppose our statesmen, instead of rushing off to Versailles with a
bundle of ill-digested notions and great deal of energy to dissipate had all taken a fortnight off, away from all
correspondence and interviews and what not, and had simply lounged about on some hillside or other apparently doing
nothing for the first time in their energetic lives, then they might have gone to their so-called peace conference and come
away again with their reputations still unsoiled and the affairs of the world in good trim. Even at the present time, if half
of the politicians in Europe would relinquish the notion that laziness is crime and go away and do nothing for a little
space, we should certainly gain by it. Other examples come crowding into mind. Thus, every now and then, certain
religious sects hold conferences; but though there are evils abroad that are mountains high, though the fate of civilization
is still doubtful, the members who attend these conferences spend their time condemning the length of ladies’ skirts and
the noisiness of dance bands. They would all be better employed lying flat on their backs somewhere, staring at the sky
and recovering their mental health.

Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20)
Education ought to teach us how to be in love and what to be in love with. The great things of history have been done by the
great lovers, by the saints and men of science, and artists, and the problem of civilization is to give every man a chance of
being a saint, a man of science, or an artist. But this problem cannot be attempted, much less solved, unless men desire to be
saints, men of science, and artists. And if they are to desire that continuously and consciously they must be taught what it
means to be these. We think of the man of science or the artist, if not of the saint, as a being with peculiar gifts, not as one who
exercises, more precisely and incessantly perhaps, activities which we all ought to exercise. It is a commonplace now that art
has ebbed away out of our ordinary life, out of all the things which we use, and that it is practiced no longer by workmen but
only by a few painters and sculptors. That has happened because we no longer recognize the aesthetic activity of the spirit, so
common to all men.
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We do not know that when a man makes anything he ought to make it beautiful for the sake of doing so, and that when a man
buys anything he ought to demand beauty in it, for the sake of beauty. We think of beauty if we think of it at all as a mere
source of pleasure, and therefore it means to us ornament, added to things for which we can pay extra as we choose. But
beauty is not an ornament to life, or to the things made by man. It is an essential part of both. The aesthetic activity, when
it reveals itself in things made by men, reveals itself in design, just as it reveals itself in the design of all natural things. It
shapes objects as the moral activity shapes actions, and we ought to recognize it in the objects and value it, as we recognize
and value moral activity in actions. And as actions empty of the moral activity are distasteful to us, so should objects be
that are empty of the aesthetic activity. But this is not so with most of us. We do not value it; do not even recognize it, or
the lack of it, in the work of others. The artist, of whatever kind, is a man so much aware of the beauty of the universe
that he must impart the same beauty to whatever he makes. He has exercised his aesthetic activity in the discovery of the
beauty in the universe before he exercises it in imparting beauty to that which he makes. He has seen things in that relation
in his own work, whatever it may be. And just as he sees that relation for its own sake, so he produces it for its own sake
and satisfies the desire of his spirit in doing so. And we should value his work; we should desire that relation in all things
made by man, if we too have the habit of seeing that relation in the universe, and if we knew that, when we see it, we are
exercising an activity of the spirit and satisfying a spiritual desire. And we should also know that work without beauty
means unsatisfied spiritual desire in the worker; that it is waste of life and common evil and danger, like thought without
truth, or action without righteousness.
Questions: 1. What has been lamented in the text?
(4) 2. What is the difference between ordinary man and an artist? (4)
3. How can we make our lives beautiful and charming? (4)
4. What does the writer actually mean when he says, “Beauty is not an ornament to life”? (4)
5. Do art and beauty affect our practical life and morals? Justify whether you agree or disagree. (4)
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Q. 4. (a) Correct only FIVE of the following: (5)

(i) In the accident one of my arms was broken and my legs bruised.
(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours they wanted increase
in their salaries.
(iii) You have been working very hard for the last two years. Isn’t it?
(iv) John could hardly do no better than to have caught a bass of such dimensions.
(v) I who have no chance to meet him would rather go with you instead of sitting at home.
(vi) He not only comes there for swimming but also for coaching new swimmers.
(vii) When he visited the fair last time, he bought no less than twenty school bags. (viii) Ten cattles were
grazing in the field.
(b) Re-write the following sentences (Only FIVE) after filling in the blanks appropriately: (5)
(i) I cannot buy this car _____ this price.
(a) for (b) in (c) at (d) on
(ii) Send these books _____ my home address.
(a) on (b) at (c) in (d) to
(iii) Monkeys live _____ trees.
(a) in (b) at (c) upon (d) on
(iv) I said it _____ his face.
(a) at (b) on (c) to (d) upon
(v) The manager _______the receipt of my letter promptly.
(a) accepted (b) realized (c) recognized (d) acknowledged
(vi) Most foreign students don’t like American coffee, and ________ .
(a) I don’t too (b) either don’t (c) neither don’t I (d) neither do I
(vii) We________ take care of our parents when they are old.
(a) could (b) would (c) might (d) ought to
(viii) Yousaf ________in the garden the whole of yesterday.
(a) has dug (b) was digging (c) dug (d) had dug
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Q. 5. (a) Choose the ANALOGY of words written in capital letters. Attempt any FIVE. (5)
(i) LION: ROAR (ii) SHADOW : LIGHT
(a) Snake : Slither (b) Goat: Bleat (a) Flood : Rain (b) Image : Object
(c) Lizard : Crawl (d) Elephant : Tusk (c) Reaction : Action (d) House : Bricks
(iii) CLOT : BLOOD (iv) FEARFUL: COWER
(a) Ink: Water (b) Curdle : Milk (a) Humble: Boast (b) Weak : Exercise
(c) Vaporize : Camphor (d) Brew : Coffee (c) Arrogant : Strut (d) Wise : Dispute
(v) EXPEDITE : HASTEN (vi) WOOD: FURNITURE
(a) Conscript : Write down (a) Father : Child (b) Tree : Seedling
(b) Diver : Make harder (c) Soil : Clay (d) Stone : Sculpture
(c) Facilitate : Make easiest (viii) LECHER : LUST
(d) Satirize : Praise (a) Pith : Herb (b) Glutton : Greed
(vii) SURGEON : DEXTEROUS (c) Business : Profit (d) Showbiz : Fame
(a) Clown : Fat (b) Actress : Beautiful
(c) Athlete : Tall (d) Acrobat : Agile
(b) Punctuate the following text, where necessary. (5)
a quaker was one day walking on country road he was suddenly met by a highwayman pointing a pistol the man
exclaimed your money or your life my friend said the quaker I cannot deliver my money for i should be helping thee
in evildoing however exchange is lawful and i will give thee my purse for the pistol the robber agree on receiving the
purse the quaker at once held the pistol at the robbers head and said now friend my purse back or the weapon may go
off fire said the robber there is no powder in the pistol

Q. 6. (a) Explain the difference between the following word pairs (Any FIVE) by using each word in your
own sentences:
(5)
(i) Wrath, Wroth (ii) Veracity, Voracity (iii) Subtler, Sutler (iv) Retenue, Retinue
(v) Minute, Minuet (vi) Furor, Furore (vii) Dinghy, dingy (viii) Bony, Bonny
(b) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5)
(i) Spirit away (ii) Plough back (iii) Eager beaver (iv) Ring a bell
(v) Be left holding the baby (vi) Cap in hand (vii) Hold out a carrot (viii) Over the moon
 English Precise & Composition (Year-2018)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2018

UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage in about 120 words and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
It is in the temperate countries of northern Europe that the beneficial effects of cold are most manifest. A cold climate seems
to stimulate energy by acting as an obstacle. In the face of an insuperable obstacle our energies are numbed by despair;
the total absence of obstacles, on the other hand leaves no room for the exercise and training of energy; but a struggle
against difficulties that we have a fair hope of over-coming, calls into active operation all our powers. In like manner,
while intense cold numbs human energies, and a hot climate affords little motive for exertion, moderate cold seems to
have a bracing effect on the human race. In a moderately cold climate man is engaged in an arduous, but no hopeless
struggles and with the inclemency of the weather. He has to build strong houses and procure thick clothes to keep himself
warm. To supply fuel for his fires, he must hew down trees and dig coal out of the earth. In the open air, unless he moves
quickly, he will suffer pain from the biting wind. Finally, in order to replenish the expenditure of bodily tissue caused by
his necessary exertions, he has to procure for himself plenty of nourishing food.

Quite different is the lot of man in the tropics. In the neighbourhood of the equator there is little need of clothes or fire,
and it is possible with perfect comfort and no danger to health, to pass the livelong day stretched out on the bare ground
beneath the shade of a tree. A very little fruit or vegetable food is required to sustain life under such circumstances, and
that little can be obtained without much exertion from the bounteous earth.

We may recognize must the same difference between ourselves at different seasons of the year, as there is between human
nature in the tropics and in temperate climes. In hot weather we are generally languid and inclined to take life easily; but
when the cold season comes, we find that we are more inclined to vigorous exertion of our minds and bodies.

Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20)
The third great defect of our civilization is that it does not know what to do with its knowledge. Science has given us powers
fit for the gods, yet we use them like small children. For example, we do not know how to manage our machines. Machines
were made to be man’s servants; yet he has grown so dependent on them that they are in a fair way to become his master.
Already most men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting upon machines. And the machines are very stern
masters. They must be fed with coal, and given petrol to drink, and oil to wash with, and they must be kept at the right
temperature. And if they do not get their meals when they expect them, they grow sulky and refuse to work, or burst with
rage, and blow up, and spread ruin and destruction all around them. So we have to wait upon them very attentively and
do all that we can to keep them in a good temper. Already we find it difficult either to work or play without the machines,
and a time may come when they will rule us altogether, just as we rule the animals.
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And this brings me to the point at which I asked, “What do we do with all the time which the machines have saved for
us, and the new energy they have given us?” On the whole, it must be admitted, we do very little. For the most part we
use our time and energy to make more and better machines; but more and better machines will only give us still more
time and still more energy, and what are we to do with them? The answer, I think, is that we should try to become mere
civilized. For the machines themselves, and the power which the machines have given us, are not civilization but aids to
civilization. But you will remember that we agreed at the beginning that being civilized meant making and linking
beautiful things. Thinking freely, and living rightly and maintaining justice equally between man and man. Man has a
better chance today to do these things than he ever had before; he has more time, more energy, less to fear and less to
fight against. If he will give his time and energy which his machines have won for him to making more beautiful things,
to finding out more and more about the universe, to removing the causes of quarrels between nations, to discovering how
to prevent poverty, then I think our civilization would undoubtedly be the greater, as it would be the most lasing that there
has ever been.
Questions: 1. Instead of making machines our servants the author says they have become our masters. In what sense
has this come about? (4)
2. The use of machines has brought us more leisure and more energy. But the author says that this has been a curse
rather than a blessing. Why? (4)
3. What exactly is the meaning of ‘civilization’? Do you agree with the author’s views? (4) 4. ‘Making
more beautiful things’ – what does this expression mean? Make a list of the beautiful things that you
would like to make and how you would make them. (4)
5. Mention some plans you may have to prevent poverty in the world. Who would receive your most
particular attention, and why? (4)

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Q. 4. (a) Correct only FIVE of the following: (5)
(i) They only work when they have no money.
(ii) They left the hotel here they had been staying in a motor-car.
(iii) I cannot by no means allow you to do so.
(iv) My friend said he never remembered having read a more enjoyable book.
(v) Going up the hill, an old temple was seen.
(vi) One day the bird did not perform certain tricks which had thought it to his satisfaction. (vii) I was
rather impressed by the manner of the orator than by his matter.
(viii) What an awful weather!
(b) Use punctuation marks where needed in the following sentences: (5)
(i) There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish the slavery of caste (ii) All that I am
all that I hope to be I owe to my angel mother.
(iii) Take away that bauble said Cromwell pointing to the mace which lay upon the table.
(iv) There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces and that cure is
freedom
(v) History it has been said is the essence of innumerable biographies.
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Q. 5. (a) Fill the following blanks (any FIVE) appropriate preposition. (5)
(i) _____ a Ford he has a Fiat car
(a) in (b) before (c) besides (d) despite
(ii) I saw him felling a big tree _____ a hatchet.
(a) with (b) through (c) by (d) at
(iii) I must start _____ dawn to reach the station in time.
(a) on (b) at (c) by (d) after
(iv) I have known him _____ a long time.
(a) since (b) from (c) for (d) over
(v) “Will you walk _______ my parlour?”
(a) in (b) to (c) by (d) into
(vi) The public are cautioned ________ pickpockets.
(a) against (b) about (c) of (d) for
(b) Rewrite the following dialogue, written in direct speech, in a paragraph form. (5)
Jack: Hello, Swarup! Swatting away as usual. Come out, man; shut up your old books, and come and have a game
of tennis.
Swarup: I am sorry I cannot do that, Jack. The examination is drawing near, and I want every hour I can get for
study.
Jack: Oh! Hang all examinations! I do not worry about mine. What is the use of them, any way?
Swarup: Well, you can’t get a degree if you don’t pass the examination; and I have set my heart on being a
graduate.
Jack: And pray what good will graduation do you? You may get a clerkship in a government office; but that’s all,
and there are hundreds of fellows who have got their degrees, and are no nearer getting jobs of any sort.
Swarup: That may be so; but I am not studying so much to pass my examination and obtain my degree, as to
store my mind with knowledge and develop my intellectual faculties.

Q. 6. (a) Explain the difference between the following word pairs (Any FIVE) by using each word in your
own sentences: (5)
(i) Callous, Callus (ii) Born, Borne (iii) Faint, Feint (iv) Dinghy, Dingy
(v) Lose, Loose (vi) Waiver, Waver (vii) Shear, Sheer (viii) Resister, Resistor
(b) Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (5)
(i) Show and tell (ii) Helter-skelter (iii) To the death (iv) Tilt at
windmills (v) Het up (vi) The whole ball of wax (vii) It’s about time (viii)
Punch-up
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PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with
children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company. If you have the sort of liking for children that
many people have for horses or dogs, they will be apt to respond to your suggestions, and to accept prohibitions, perhaps
with some good-humoured grumbling, but without resentment. It is no use to have the sort of liking that consists in
regarding them as a field for valuable social endeavour, or what amounts to the same thing as an outlet for power-impulses.
No child will be grateful for an interest in him that springs from the thought that he will have a vote to be secured for your
party or a body to be sacrificed to king and country. The desirable sort of interest is that which consists in spontaneous
pleasure in the presence of children, without any ulterior purpose. Teachers who have this quality will seldom need to
interfere with children's freedom, but will be able to do so, when necessary, without causing psychological damage.

Unfortunately, it is utterly impossible for over-worked teachers to preserve an instinctive liking for children; they are
bound to come to feel towards them as the proverbial confectioner's apprentice does towards macaroons. I do not think
that education ought to be anyone's whole profession: it should be undertaken for at most two hours a day by people
whose remaining hours are spent away from children. The society of the young is fatiguing, especially when strict
discipline is avoided. Fatigue, in the end, produces irritation, which is likely to express itself somehow, whatever theories
the harassed teacher may have taught himself or herself to believe. The necessary friendliness cannot be preserved by
self-control alone. But where it exists, it should be unnecessary to have rules in advance as to how "naughty" children are
to be treated, since impulse is likely to lead to the right decision, and almost any decision will be right if the child feels
that you like him. No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.
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Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (20)
When I returned to the common the sun was setting. The crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the
lemon yellow of the sky-a couple of hundred people, perhaps. There were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared
to be going on about the pit. Strange imaginings passed through my mind. As I drew nearer I heard Stent's voice: "Keep
back! Keep back!" A boy came running towards me. "It's movin'," he said to me as he passed; "it’s screwin' and screwin' out.
I don't like it. I'm goin' home, I am." I went on to the crowd. There were really, I should think, two or three hundred people
elbowing and jostling one another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the least active. "He's fallen in the pit!"
cried someone. "Keep back!" said several. The crowd swayed a little, and I elbowed my way through. Everyone seemed
greatly excited. I heard a peculiar humming sound from the pit. "I say!" said Ogilvy. "Help keep these idiots back. We don't
know what's in the confounded thing, you know!" I saw a young man, a shop assistant in Woking I believe he was, standing
on the cylinder and trying to scramble out of the hole again. The crowd had pushed him in. The end of the cylinder was being
screwed out from within. Nearly two feet of shining screw projected. Somebody blundered against me, and I narrowly missed
being pitched onto the top of the screw. I turned, and as I did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell
upon the gravel with a ringing concussion. I stuck my elbow into the person behind me, and turned my head towards the
Thing again. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes. I think everyone expected
to see a man emerge-possibly something a little unlike us terrestrial men, but in all essentials a man. I know I did. But,
looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two
luminous disks-like eyes. Then something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up
out of the writhing middle, and wriggled in the air towards me-and then another. A sudden chill came over me. There was a
loud shriek from a woman behind. I half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles
were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. I saw astonishment giving place to horror on
the faces of the people about me. I heard inarticulate exclamations on all sides. There was a general movement backwards. I
saw the shopman struggling still on the edge of the pit. I found myself alone, and saw the people on the other side of the pit
running off, Stent among them. I looked again at the cylinder and ungovernable terror gripped me. I stood petrified and
staring. A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it
bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather. Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The
mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might
say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva. The whole
creature heaved and pulsated convulsively. A lank tentacular appendage gripped the edge of the cylinder, another swayed in
the air. Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its appearance. The peculiar V-
shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedge like lower lip,
the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles, the tumultuous breathing of the lungs in a strange
atmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due to the greater gravitational energy of the earthabove all,
the extraordinary intensity of the immense eyes-were at once vital, intense, inhuman, crippled and monstrous. There was
something fungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty.
Even at this first encounter, this first glimpse, I was overcome with disgust and dread.
Questions: 1. What leads us to believe that this passage is from a science fiction story? (4)
2. How was the crowd behaving? (4)
3. Why did the mood of the crowd alter? (4)
4. What was the narrator’s initial reaction to the “Thing”? (4)
5. Why did the writer feel disgusted? (4)

Q. 4. Correct only FIVE of the following: (10)

(i) He enjoyed during the holidays.
(ii) None of the boys had learnt their lesson.
(iii) He is abusing the money of his father.
(iv) I regret at the delay.
(v) I could not help but laugh.
(vi) I always have and always shall be your friend.
(vii) I was out walking when I saw the new moon in the garden.
(viii) He cried as if he was mad.
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Q. 5. (a) Punctuate the following text, where necessary. (5)

a hungry lion slipped out of the forest into a barnyard one evening when he saw a plump donkey his mouth began to
water but just as he was ready to jump on the donkey a rooster crowed he was frightened and so turned away into the
forest again hey look at that cowardly lion the donkey brayed to the rooster i am going to chase him and the donkey
ran after the lion wait the rooster shouted you dont know that but it was too late the lion had turned and killed the
donkey ah my poor stupid friend the rooster said as he watched the lion eating the donkey the lion wasnt afraid of you
but of my crowing
(b) Re-write the following sentences (ONLY FIVE) after filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
(5)
(i) What time do we arrive ______our destination?
(ii) We are flying ______some rough weather; please fasten your seat belts. (iii) It is warming
up; ______noon we should be able to go swimming.
(iv) My parents are not responsible ______my actions.
(v) This pan is ______cooking omelettes.
(vi) ______ poor attendance, this course is being cancelled.
(vii) The police took the men in ______questioning.
(viii) The woman you gave the book ______is my aunt.

Q. 6. Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meanings.
(10)
(i) To cast pearls before swine (ii) To step into one’s shoes
(iii) Stuff and nonsense (iv) A wild goose chase
(v) To be ill at ease (vi) Sit on the fence
(vii) In a jiffy (viii) To preen oneself
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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ALL questions from PART-II.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. 2. Write a précis of the following passage and also suggest a suitable title: (20)
Manto was a victim of some kind of social ambivalence that converged on self-righteousness, hypocrisy, and mental obtuseness. His
detractors branded him as vulgar and obscene and implicated him into a long-dawn legal battle questioning the moral validity of his
writings. Without being deterred by their negative tactics, he remained firm in his commitment to exploring the stark realities of life
offensive to the conservative taste of some self-styled purists. In the line of Freud, he sought to unravel the mysteries of sex not in an
abstract, non-earthly manner but in a palpable, fleshy permutation signifying his deep concern for the socially disabled and depressed
classes of society, like petty wage-earners, pimps, and prostitutes.

For Manto, man is neither an angel nor a devil, but a mix of both. His middle and lower middle class characters think, feel and act
like human beings. Without feigning virtuosity, he was able to strike a rapport with his readers on some of the most vital sociomoral
issues concerning them. As a realist, he was fully conscious of the yawning gap between appearance and reality; in fact, nothing
vexed him more than a demonstrable duality in human behaviour at different levels of the social hierarchy. He had an unjaundiced
view of man’s faults and follies. As a literary artist, he treated vulgarity discreetly --- without ever sounding vulgar in the process.
Like Joyce, Lawrence, and Caldwell, in Manto’s work too, men and women of the age find their own restlessness accurately mirrored.
And like them, Manto was also ‘raised above his own self by his sombre enthusiasm’.

Q. 3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. (20)
Globalization is viewed by its proponents as a process of cementing economic, cultural and political bonds between peoples of different
countries of the world. One may regard it as a process by which they are welded into a single world society, to be termed as global
society. It means internationalization of production and labour leading to integration of economies of developing and developed
countries into global economy. To quote Rosaberth M.Kanter, “The world is becoming a global shopping mall in which ideas and
products are available everywhere at the same time.”

Globalization is a natural outcome of computer networking and electronic mass communication. Information technology has made it
possible for nations of the world to contact one another beyond their national borders. Besides, globalization is also promoted through
the growth and proliferation of multinational companies and corporations that operate as transporter networks. Anyhow the flow of
capital technology and labour across the borders of countries has accentuated the process of globalization.

Deregulation, liberalism and privatization being assiduously pursued in the developing countries are some other manifestations of
globalization. These countries are opening their economies to follow these trends. The size of the public sector is shrinking for the
private sector to assume an increasingly important role in the economic development of the Third World countries. The downsizing
of the public sector is in line with the spirit of market economy. This is suggested as a measure to cover up their fiscal deficit.
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Questions: (4 marks each)

1. Define globalization. 2. What is electronic mass communication?
3. What does the term Third World denote? 4. What is privatization?
5. Explain ‘liberalism’ in the above context.

Q. 4. Correct only FIVE of the following: (10)

(i) I won him in the race. (ii) He said that I am playing chess.
(iii) Unless you do not try, you will never succeed. (iv) He wrote with ink.
(v) What country he belongs to? (vi) When he reaches to manhood, he will visit to England.
( vii) The new session commences from February 1st, 2020. (viii) Please send this letter on my address.
Q. 5. (a) Punctuate the following text, where necessary.
(5)
Letters between relatives and friends are called personal letters the most important thing in such letters is the content don’t begin
with a hackneyed phrase like I was delighted to get your letter received your letter or I have often thought of writing to you use
a vigorous clear chatty style
(b) Re-write the following sentences (ONLY FIVE) after filling in the blanks with appropriate Prepositions. (5)
(i) I was annoyed -------- him. (ii) This train is bound ------- Gujrat.
(iii) The pistol went ------- by accident. (iv) He kept ------- asking silly questions.
(v) He was knocked ------- by the bus. (vi) Do not meddle ------- my affairs.
(vii) The meeting was put -------- by the Chairman. (viii) He rounded -------- his speech with a quote from Ghalib.

Q. 6. Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meanings.
(10)
(i) To break the ice (ii) Nip in the bud (iii) See eye to eye with (iv) For good
(v) Tamper with (vi) The small hours (vii) Keep up appearances (viii) Prima facie
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-I
(EVERYDAY SCIENCE)
TIME (PART-I MCQs) 80 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 50
ALLOWED: (PART-II) 100 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 50
THREE HOURS
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FIVE questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(v) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Discuss the contribution of Muslim scientists in the development of Astronomy, (10)
Algebra and Trigonometry. (3, 31/2, 31/2 each)

Q. No. 3. Give brief answers to the following questions: (2

each) (10)
(a) Why do we bring our hands close to our mouth while shouting across to someone
far away?
(b) Why do we lean forward while climbing a hill?
(c) Why does a swimming pool appear less deep than it actually is?
(d) Why cannot petrol fire be extinguished by water?
(e) Why do Australians celebrate their Christmas during summer?
Q. No. 4. Differentiate between: (2
each) (10)
(a) Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia
(b) Renewable and Non-renewable energy resources
(c) Lava and Magma (d) Mist and Fog (e) Lunar Eclipse and Solar
Eclipse
Q. No. 5. Briefly explain the working principle of the following: (5
each) (10)
(a) Radar (b) Microwave Oven
Q. No. 6. Give brief explanations for following phenomena: (2
each) (10)
(a) While watching a cricket match we see the ball struck a moment before we
hear the sound of the bat hitting the ball.
(b) A ship though made largely of steel, which is heavier than water, floats in
water.
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(c)Diastolic and Systolic blood pressure (d) Infection and Allergy

(e) Conductors and Insulators
Q. No. 9. Briefly explain the function of following in human body: (21/2 each) (10)
(a) Kidneys (b) Lymphatic system
(c) Thyroid gland (d) Pituitary gland
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-I (EVERY DAY SCIENCE)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS (PART-I MCQs) MAXIMUM MARKS: 50
PART-I(MCQs) : MAXIMUM 80 MINUTES (PART-II) MAXIMUM MARKS: 50
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLYT FIVE questions from PART-II. All questions carry EQUAL Marks
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) All the parts(if any) of each Question must be attempted at One Place instead of at different
places.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q.2. (a) Iibn-e Batoota’s famous book Rihalah is an important source of history and
geography. Justify it. (5)
(b) Albarouni is recognized more as natural scientist rather theorist. Comment. (5) (10)

Q.3. (a) How solar eclipse and lunar eclipse are caused? (5)
(b) Discuss the function of kidneys in human body. (5) (10)

Q.4. (a) Describe briefly the principle working of two of the followings
(i) Television (ii) Microwave oven (iii) RADAR (5)
(b) What is current status and future perspective of BIOTECHNOLGY in Pakistan? (5) (10)

Q.5. (a) What do mean by night vision technology? (5)

(b) How Energy crises can be minimized in Pakistan. (5) (10)

Q.6. (a) Write short note on Seismography. (5)

(b) Differentiate between
(i) Cell and battery (ii) Smog and Smoke (5) (10)

Q.7. (a) What do you understand by Pollen Allergy. (5)

(b) Write down short note on any two of the following.
(i) Antibiotics (ii) Hormones (iii) Green House effect? (5) (10)

Q.8. (a) Write down note on Forensic Science and Criminology. (5)
(b) What are fertilizers? What do you understand by NPK Fertilizers? (5) (10)

Q.9. (a) What is Anemia? What are its symptoms and causes? (5)
(b) Write short note on space shuttle. (5) (10)

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS =
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 20 PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY EIGHT questions from PART-II, selecting FIVE questions from SECTION-I
and THREE questions from SECTION-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (a) What were the main objectives of Clean Development Mechanism? Also (5) explain the reasons for
the criticism on Koyoto Protocol by the developed countries.
(b) Differentiate between Sanitary and Industrial Landfills, also describe the land (5) selection
criteria for Landfills.

Q. No. 3. (a) Write a short note on artificial intelligence. (5)

(b) Write short notes on: (2½ each) (5)
(i) Fibre Optics (ii) Global Positioning System

Q. No. 4. (a) What are vaccines? Classify these and discuss DNA vaccines in detail. (5)
(b) What are causative organism and vector for dengue, enlist possible ways of (5) prevention from
dengue.

Q. No. 5. (a) Comment, ‘liver is the chief chemist in human body’. (5) (b) What is Cholesterol? Discuss its
importance, normal blood level and dangers (5) of elevated levels with reference to the health
and disease in humans.

Q. No. 6. (a) What do you know about the Remote Sensing Techniques? Explain resolution (5) and write down
the names of its various types?
(b) What is hydrological cycle? Discuss its importance. (5)

Q. No. 7. (a) What is tsunami? How the tsunamis generated and what are their (5)
characteristics?
(b) What is an earth quake? Discuss Richter Scale in this context. What was the (5) intensity of the
earth quake in Pakistan dated 26 October 2015 and where was the locus?

Q. No. 8. (a) Explain the shape of water molecule with the help of Molecular Orbital (5)
Theory, also draw its orbital diagram.
(b) What are the gamma rays? Explain their applications. (5)

Q. No. 9. (a) Discuss importance of preservatives and antioxidants in food. (5)

(b) Comment, Green House Effect is a blessing. Also discuss Enhanced Green (5)
House Effect and its relation with global warming.

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SECTION-II
Q. No. 10. (a) Define and draw the following: (2½ each) (5) (i) Rightangle triangles
(ii) Equilateral triangles
(b) There are nine students in a group having ages 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, (5) 19. Calculate
mean, medium, mode and range of their ages also define the above mentioned terms:

Q. No. 11. (a) A distribution company provides households to departmental stores within a 50 (5)

kilometers radius. The table below shows how far each departmental store is
from the godown of the distribution company.
Distance from the godown of the Number of
distribution company Stores

10 kilometers or less 03

11 to 20 kilometers 15

21 to 30 kilometers 26

31 to 40 kilometers 20

41 to 50 kilometers 16
(i) How many stores does the distribution company serve?
(ii) What is the most common distance of stores from the company’s godown?
(iii) How many stores are 35 Km or more from the godown?
(iv) What percentage of stores are 31 Km or more from the godown?
(b) Read the following carefully and answer the questions following:
Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shehbaz are students of a college having (5) different heights
and weights. Ahmad weighs thrice as much as Ali and Ali weighs 5 times as much as Akbar.
Akbar weighs half as much as Nasir and Nasir weighs half as much as Shehbaz.
(i) Who is the heaviest in weight?
(ii) Who is the is the lightest in weight?
(iii) Shehbaz is lighter in weight than which of the two students?
(iv) Shehbaz is heavier than which of the two students?
(v) Show the descending order of weights of the students?

Q. No. 12. (a) Classification of blood groups is based on the presence or absence of inherited (5) antigenic
substances on the surface of red blood cells. In a survey of British population the blood
group distribution among 1000 people was as follows: 300 had blood group A, 325 had
blood group B, 250 had O and 125 AB. Out of this group a person was selected at random,
calculate his probability of having blood group AB
(b) Five friends Ahmad, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shehbaz went on summer vacation (5)
to five cities namely V, W, X, Y and Z by five different modes of transport, that is
by bus, train, aeroplane, car and boat from point A. Akbar went to Y by car and
Ali went to X by air. Nasir travelled by boat whereas Shehbaz went by train. For
X and W there is no bus service. The person who went to X did not use boat to
travel. Now answer the following questions.
(i) How did Ahmad travel and where did he go?
(ii) Which mode of transport was used by the person who travelled to X city?

Q. No. 13. (a) Differentiate between primary and secondary mental abilities. How the general (5) mental ability
scales differ from IQ test.
(b) Y = mX + C is an equation of straight line. Draw a graph showing relationship (5) between X
and Y and relate the equation to the slope and intercept on the graph.
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I
(GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II, selecting TWO questions from EACH
SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered. (vii)
Use of Calculator is not allowed.
PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (A) What are the factors responsible for environmental pollution? (5)
(B) Briefly explain the main reasons of water-logging in Pakistan. (5)
(C) What do you mean by Ozone depletion and how we can prevent its depletion? (5)
(D) What is an Acid Rain and how it is produced. Briefly describe the dangers (5) associated
with it?

Q. No. 3. (A) Explain in detail the common causes of Heart Attack. (5)
(B) Differentiate between drug addiction and drug abuse. (5)
(C) Draw the structure of human ear and briefly explain its functions. (5)
(D) What is the significance of Vitamins? Describe the sources, uses and deficiency (5)
symptoms of fat soluble vitamins.

Q. No. 4. (A) What is a mirage? Describe in detail the creation of mirage. (5)
(B) Differentiate between the occurrence of Lunar and Solar Eclipse? (5)
(C) Briefly explain what effects are produced due to Rotation & Revolution of Earth? (5)
(D) Most of the household appliances utilize ‘DC’ then why we generate ‘AC’ at (5) power
stations?

Q. No. 5. (A) Differentiate between RAM and ROM. (5)

(B) Name three basic buses employed in a computer and explain what each is used for. (5)
(C) Draw a basic computer block diagram and briefly explain the function of each (5) part.
(D) Describe various types of computers classified on the basis of size, memory, (5) capacity and
speed.
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SECTION-II
Q. No. 6. (A) Differentiate with examples between a “Pictogram” and “Histogram”. (5)
(B) The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of (5) hours
they spend on marking students assignments each day. The following set of data was
obtained
6 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 4
1 2 5 3 4 5 2 2 3
3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2
Construct a frequency table and draw a Histogram illustrating the results.
(C) How many teachers responded to the survey? (5) (D) What the longest number of hours
and most common number of hours are (5) spent?
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Q. No.7. (A) A man buys 5kg of meat at Rs.500 per kg. In addition, for every kilogram of (5) meat purchased,
he has to pay a consumption tax of 6% on the selling price.
Calculate the total amount of money that he has to pay.
(B) It takes Ali 30 minutes to mark a paper. Aslam only needs 25 minutes to mark (5) a paper.
If they both start marking papers at 10:00 AM, at what time they will finish marking at the
same time?
(C) Two bus tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and three tickets from (5)
Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.770 but three tickets from Rawalpindi to
Islamabad and two tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.730. What are the
fares for cities Islamabad and Murree from Rawalpindi?
(D) A told B that C is his father’s nephew. D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. (5) What
relationship is there between D and C?

Q. No. 8. (A) Divide Rs.500 between Arham, Mariam and Sarim so that Arham gets 2/3 of (5) what Mariam
gets and Mariam gets ¼ of what Sarim gets. Find the share of each.
(B) A school has enough provision of food for 52 days. After 20 days a group of (5)
400 students arrives and the food would have last for 24 days only. How many students
are there in the school actually?
(C) A man walks 2km towards North. Then he turns to East and walks 10km. After (5) this he
turns to North and walks 3km. Again he turns towards East and walks 2km. How far is he
from the starting point?
(D) In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will (5)
MEDICINE be written in that code language?
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2018 FOR
RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
(GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE-I
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt Only FOUR questions from Part II, by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION.
All questions carry Equal marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered. (vii) Use
of Calculator is NOT allowed.

PART-II
SECTION-I
Q. No. 2. (A). Describe different methods to estimate the age of the Universe.
(5)
(B). Explain the formation of Lunar Eclipse.
(5)
(C). Explain the terms Dark Energy and Dark Matter.
(5)
(D). Define the term Black Hole. What’s expected inside it?
(5) (20)

Q. No. 3. (A). Describe different causes and preventions of ‘Polio’ (5)

(B). Define the term ‘Bio-Fuel’. How is it helpful to promote clean energy? (5)
(C). Define ‘Carbohydrates’. Describe different steps to digest these in the
human (5) body.
(D). Describe the ‘Cell Structure’. Write down at least three differences between an
(5) (20) animal cell and plant cell.
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Q. No. 4. (A). What is ‘Acid Rain’.Describe its causes and how it can be prevented? (5)
(B). What is ‘Water Pollution’. Discuss its causes and measurement methods.
Name (5) the countries with the highest and lowest percentage of it.
(C). Write a comprehensive note on ‘Smog’. (5)
(D). Describe different causes of ‘Tsunami’. Is there any difference between a (5)
(20) Tsunami and a tidal wave? Name the worst Tsunami ever recorded.

Q. No. 5. (A). Write a note, how data is stored on a ‘Hard Disk’. (5) (B). How an
‘Optical Fiber’ is constructed? How is it helpful in transmitting the (5)
electromagnetic radiations? (C). Write a comprehensive note on
‘Balanced Diet’. (5)
(D). What is ‘Artificial Intelligence’? How is it helpful for humanity? (5) (20)

SECTION-II
Q. No. 6. (A). It takes 3 liters of paint to cover an area of 24 square meters. What percentage (5)
increase in the quantity of paint would be required to cover an area of 50.4 square
meters?
(B). An automobile travels 3 km towards south, 4 km towards west, 5 km towards
north (5) and 2 km towards south-east. How far is it from its starting position? (C).
Tahir started a business with a capital of Rs. 15,000. After 5 months Umar also
joined (5) him with an investment of Rs. 30,000. At the start of 9th month, Usman
joined them by investing Rs. 45,000. At the end of the year they earned a profit of
Rs. 406,000.
Find the share of each one.
(D). A man left his property of Rs. 640,000. A debt of Rs. 40,000 was due to him and Rs.
(5) (20)
5,000 was spent on his burial. Distribute the amount between his widow, one
daughter and two sons according to the Islamic Law.

Q. No. 7. The breakdown of average monthly expenditure for a family is given in the following
Figure:
(A). Calculate from the figure what percentage of the family’s expenditure is on
‘other ’? (5)
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(B). Approximately what fraction of the (5) family’s monthly expenditure do’
‘utilities’, ‘rent’ and ‘food’ represent? (C).If
the family spends Rs.11600 on (5)
utilities, how much is the family’s total
expenditure?
(D).‘Other’ expenditure comprises savings,

(5) (20) entertainment and luxury items, which are spent in the ratio 3 : 4 : 1.
Calculate how much the family saves each month if monthly income is Rs.24,000.

Q. No. 8. (A). Police officers are in pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Officer Baker is directly behind (5) the
stolen car. Officer Lopez is behind Baker; Officer O'Malley is behind Lopez. Officer Reinhart
is ahead of the stolen car and coming from the opposite direction.
Officer Reinhart makes a U-turn and joins the pursuit. He pulls in behind Officer Lopez.
Officer Baker pulls up on the driver's side of the stolen vehicle and Officer Lopez pulls
up on the other side. Which officer is directly behind the vehicle?

(B). Define a Histogram. How is it constructed? What information may be deduced (5) from
it?
(C). Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, What number should fill the blank? (5)

(D). In a certain code language LANDMINE is written as PYRBQGRC. How will (5) (20)
HOMEMADE be written in that code language?

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PART – II
SECTION - I

Q.2 (a) Deficiency of vitamins causes different human diseases some of which are given in the table
below choose the correct type of vitamin from the box and write in front of each disease. (5)

Vit. A Vit. B1 Vit. C Vit. D Vit. E Vit. K

Diseases caused duw to lack of vitaman Name of the vitaman

1.Poor night vision
2. Bleeding gums
3. Rickets in children
4. Beri-Beri
5. Anaemia

(b) People suffering from cardiovascular disease having high level of cholesterol in their blood, this often
leads to build of fats on its internal arterial walls, suggests how this might be harmful to the heart
(5)

(c) Why the excessive use of chemical fertilizers should be avoided? (5)

(d) Why are Scientists worried about the increase of CO2 in atmosphere? (5)

Q.3 (a) Differentiate between the renewable and non- renewable sources of energy giving example of
each one of them. (5)
(b) Give a brief account of optic fibers. What is their importance in present day telecom system?
(5)
(c) What is the most dangerous part of hurricane and how do cyclone affect humans? (5)
(d) What is the difference between vaccines and Antibiotics? How do antibiotics and vaccines
contribute to health? (5)
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Q.4 (a) What is the importance of forests in the economy of a country? (5)

(b) Give a brief account of biotechnology. (5)

(c) Do the mammals always lay eggs? If yes, where in the world do they live? Write the name
some of them. (5)

(d) How can the sun have such a strong gravitational field if its made of gases? (5)

Q.5 (a) What does Ozone depletion mean and how can we protect the ozone layer? (5)

(b) What are the different types of a network? Explain each briefly. (5)

(c) Why an indiscriminate / causal use of antibiotic may prove dangerous? (5)

(d) Why do atoms form bonds? Name three major types of chemical bonds. (5)

SECTION – II
Q.6 (a) Moiz was trying to sleep at one night but there was too much noise around him. His clock
ticked every 5 seconds; a tap was dipping every seventh seconds and a pet dog snored every 12th
second. He noticed on his clock that all three things happened together on the stroke of midnight.
Find after how may seconds are three things happened together (5)

(b) One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times as fast as second pipe. When both pipes are opened they
can fill the pool in five hours. How long it will take the fill the pool if only slower pipe is
used? 5

(c) The cost of hiring a car for 2 days in 2018 was Rs.264 which was 20% more than in 2013.
What was the cost of hiring a car in 2013? (5)

(d) What do you understand by measure central tendency? State its types. (5)

Q.7 (a) Moiz and Mair share a lottery win of Rs. 2000 in the ratio of 1:4. Moiz then share this part between
himself, his wife and his son.in the ratio of 4:5:1. How much more his wife gets over his son?
(5)

(b) A farmer keeps hens and rabbits on his farm. One day he counted the total of 70 heads and
196 legs. How many more hens than rabbits does he have? (5)

(c) What is polygon? Describe different types of regular polygon. (5)

(d) In a certain code computer is written as FRUVQNPC. How will MEDICINE will be written
in code language? (5)

Q.8 (a) Seven Piano Students T U V W X Y & Z are given a recital and their instructor is deciding the
order in which they will perform, each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo. In
deciding the order of performance the instructor must observer following restrictions.
(i) X cannot play first or second
W cannot have played until X has played
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Neither T nor Y can play Seventh

Either Y & Z must play immediately after W
V must play immediately after, or immediately U Played

(i) If V play first, which one of the following must be true

T plays sixth
X plays third
Z plays seventh
T plays after immediately after Y
W Plays immediately After X

(b) U = [Whole number from 10 to 24]

A = [Even Number]
B = [Number divisible by 5]
Write down the number elements of An B (5)

(c) in the following diagram A represent American, S represent scientist and P represents politicians

(i) American those are politicians but not scientists will be.
(ii) Scientists which are politicisms but not Americans will be

(d) Each packet of washing powder carries a token and 4 token can be exchanged for free packet,
How many free packets will I receive if I buy sixty four packets? (5)
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2020 FOR ECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17

UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-I (GENERAL SCIENCE & ABILITY)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. ALL questions
carry EQUAL marks.
PART – II (SECTION – A)
Q. 2. (a) On 7th April 2012 an Avalanche hit a Pakistan military base in Gayari sector trapping 140 soldiers and (5) civilians under
deep snow. What is Avalanche; describe its four types with focus on most dangerous type?
(b) What do you understand by Global Wind and Pressure patterns? Also explain wind and pressure features at (5)
higher altitude.
(c) World largest earthquake was assigned a magnitude of 9.5 by the United States Geological Survey on 22 May (5)
1960 in southern Chile Valdivia. What do you know about earthquake? Also explain shallow-focus and deep focus
earthquakes.
(d) Differentiate between the renewable and non renewable energy sources. Briefly explain Geothermal Energy (5)(20) and
Hydro Electricity.

Q. 3. (a) What are Pesticides? Explain their different types; why persistent pesticides are more lethal for mankind? (5)
(b) What are carbohydrates? Classify and give detail of each class along with examples. (5)
(c) Discuss different methods of Food preservation. (5)
(d) Where and how Fiber Optics are used? Also write down their advantages and disadvantages. (5)(20)

Q. 4. (a) Briefly describe the various segments of atmosphere. How these segments are maintaining the Earth (5)
Radiation Balance?
(b) How the organic particulate matter enters in the atmosphere. Also describe the sources? (5)
(c) What is natural radioactivity? How it is different from the artificial radioactivity? (5)
(d) What are the Fossils? Discuss the importance of paleontology. (5)(20)

Q. 5. (a) What do you know about Hepatitis? Describe its types and write down preventive measures. (5)
(b) Differentiate between Middle Latitude Cyclones and Tornadoes. (5)
(c) What is Open System Interconnections (OSI) and describe its layers? (5)
(d) What is GPS? How does it work? (5)(20)

(SECTION – B)
Q. 6. (a) Tariq can do a tailoring job in 6 hours. Sajid does the same job in 4 hours. Irfan does it in 8 hours. Tariq and (5) Sajid
start doing the work. Sajid leaves after two hours and Irfan replaces him. How long would it take to complete the work?
(b) Find the missing number to complete each sum. (5)
(a) 9 + 8 – 5 = 2 × (-------------) (b) 3 × 9 – 14 = 24 – (-------------) (c)
15 ÷ 3 × 12 = 41 + (-------------) (d) 24 ÷ 4 + 5 = 66 ÷ (-------------) (e) 8 × 6 – 13
+ 3 = 7 × 6 – (-------------)
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(b) There are seven students in a group having ages 17,17,18,18,18,19,19. Calculate mean, median, mode and (5) range of their
ages. Also define these mentioned terms.
(c) How does mental ability scales differ from IQ test? (5)(20)

Q. 7 (a) Mushtaq, Pervaiz, Ehsan, Umair and Saleem are friends having different heights and weights. Mushtaq (5) weighs four
times as much as Pervaiz and Pervaiz weighs double than Ehsan, Ehsan weighs half as much as Umair and Umair
weighs half as much as Saleem.
(i) Who is the heaviest among five friends? (ii) Who is the second heaviest? (iii) Who has lowest weight?
(iv) Who are equal in weight? (v) Mention the descending order.
(b) A farmer needs to build a boundary wall around his farm. If the area of farm is 484 m2, what will be the total (5) area of the
wall if it is two meters high on three sides and three meters high on one side?
(c) Five girls A,B,C,D,E and four boys W,X,Y,Z have to go to a trip in three cars, car-1,car-2 and car-3. The (5) following
restrictions for seating in car are to be observed:
(i) Only three persons can sit in one car (ii) At least one boy and one girl must be in each car (iii)
A and D should remain together (iv) Z cannot sit with B or C in the same car Distribute
boys and girls in three cars.
(d) What are social skills? Describe four causes of weak social skills. (5)(20)

Q. 8. (a) What do you understand by systematic sampling? Discuss its types. (5)
(b) Blood groups of inhabitants of a village were checked. It was found that 600 people possessed blood group A, (5) 650
possessed blood group B, 550 had blood group AB and 200 have blood group O. Calculate the probability of having blood
group B. (ii) Calculate the probability of having blood group O.
(c) A group of 50 men can construct 20 kilometer road in 40 days. How long will 70 men take to complete same (5) length of
road?
(d) Zahid left a property worth Rs 1750,000/. His family had to pay off a debt of Rs 150,000/. The rest of money (5)(20) was
distributed between a son and a daughter. How much did each child receive if share of a son was double than that of a
daughter?
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(ISLAMIAT)
LOWED: THREE HOURS ART-I MCQs MAXIMUM MARKS: 20 (MCQs) :
MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES (PART-IL) MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
(i) Part-Il is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book, ii) Attempt ONLYT FIVE
questions from PART-11. All questions EQUAL Marks

iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper. iv) All the
parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at One Place instead of at different places.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed. vi) Extra attempt of question will not be considered.
PART-11: (ENGLISH VERSION)
Explain the concept & structure of Muslim Ummah and give suggestions for its revival.(16)

What is the difference between Jihad and Fasaad (Hostility)? Discuss the possibilities of practical
application of Quranic concept of Jihad in current international scenario. (16)

The entire faith in Prophethood is unacceptable without faith in finality of the Prophethood. Discuss in
the light of Quran & Sunnah. (16)

Highlight the importance of Zakat and prove that economic stability of a society can be
ensured through its effective implementation. (16)

Write a comprehensive note on the importance of Sunnah in interpretation and legislation.

(16)

Argue for supremacy of 'Wahi' as the solution of human problems against other sources of knowledge.
(16)

Stability of modern society depends upon a strong family system in the light of Islamic
principles.
Discuss. (16)

Give a comparison of Islamic ideology and modern Western thought about. present trends of
individuality. (16)
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URDU VERSION
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2016
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ISLAMIC STUDIES
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-II . ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. What is meant by culture and civilization? Describe the characteristics of Islamic (20) culture.
Q. No. 3. What is the difference between Deen and Religion? Describe the importance of Deen (20) in human
life with arguments.
Q. No. 4. Describe the characteristics of Military strategist in the light of Sirah of Muhammad (20) (PBUH)
with arguments.
Q. No. 5. Define the meaning of prayer and its different categories. Also describe the spiritual, (20) moral and
social impact of prayers.
Q. No. 6. Highlight the concept of Public Administration in Islam. Explain the responsibilities of (20) Civil
Servants.
Q. No. 7. Discuss the salient features of Islamic political system in the light of governance under (20) pious
Khilafat-i-Rashida.
Q. No. 8. What are the contemporary challenges of Muslim world? Suggest its solutions in the (20) light of
Quran and Sunnah?
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COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT

ISLAMIC STUDIES
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Who are entitled to receive Zakat according to the Quran? Elucidating social impact of (20) Zakat,
clarify how can poverty be alleviated with its distribution in Islamic Society?
Q. No. 3. Write a comprehensive note on the right of inheritance granted to women by Islam. (20)

Q. No. 4. How were the Rightly-guided Caliphs elected? To what extent their system of (20) government be
regarded as democratic?
Q. No. 5. Elucidate how the Prophet of Islam (Peace be upon him) exemplified him as the (20) greatest peace
maker in the world by making reconciliation with pagans, Jews and Christians?
Q. No. 6. Explain the concept of self-purification in the light of the Qur’ân and Sunnah and its (20) impact on
society.
Q. No. 7. Enumerate the reasons of extremism in Pakistan and suggest solutions to eradicate it in (20) the light
of Islamic teachings.
Q. No. 8. Define Ijma’ (consensus) and explain its different kinds. Highlight its importance in the (20)
light of the Qur’ân and Sunnah.
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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2018 FOR RECRUITMENT TO
POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

ISLAMIC STUDIES

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. Define Ijtihad, also highlight its contemporary importance in the light of Islamic Fiqh. (20)

Q. No. 3. What is Self-purification and Ehsan? Explain it in the light of Quran and Sunnah, also (20) describe
its individual and collective impacts.

Q. No. 4. Point out the motives of terrorism in Pakistan. How can the society get rid of (20)
terrorism?

Q. No. 5. Highlight the responsibilities of civil servants in the light of Islamic teachings. (20)

Q. No. 6. Write a comprehensive note on Zakat system of Islam and its spiritual, moral and (20) social impacts.

Q. No. 7. Describe, in detail, the basic characteristics of Islamic civilization. (20)

Q. No. 8. The Holy Prophet () is the prophet of peace and safety. Explain with arguments. (20)
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FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
ISLAMIC STUDIES
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Define Tauheed. What is its impact on individual life and the society? Elaborate. (20)

Q. No. 3. Give a general estimate of Holy Prophet's (pbuh) character in the battle fields as (20)
commander.
(20)
Q. No. 4. Describe the rights of women in Islam in the context of current wave the feminist
movement
(20)
Q. No. 5. Through light in detail on the moral value system of Islam as significant feature
Islamic civilization.
(20)
Q. No. 6. Write a comprehensive note on Hajj (the pilgrimage) system of Islam and its
spiritual, moral and social impacts. (20)

Q. No. 7. Is extremism a challenge to Islam? Discuss in the context of contemporary challenges

faced by Muslim Ummah.
Q. No. 8. Give suggestions to reform Pakistani Politics keeping in view the different aspects of (20)
political system of Islam.
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UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISLAMIC STUDIES

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Discuss the status and grade of “Tolerance and Forgivness” in the life of (20) the Holly

Prophet (PBUH).

Q. No. 3. Write a comprehensive note on the bravery and juridical Wisdom of (20)
Hazrat Ali (R.A)

Q. No. 4.
“The last Sermon of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) is the basic document for (20) awakening

of conscious of mankind for human rights”. Discuss.

Q. No. 5. Discuss in detail the principles and terms & conditions for “Jihad” in the (20) light of
Quran and Sunnah.

Q. No. 6. Analyze the Madina Accord as a “Social Contract” in detail. (20)

Q. No. 7. “Islam teaches the lesson of human respect and dignity irrespective of (20)
colour, race and creed”. Discuss.

Q. No. 8. “Islamic Financial and Economic system is the solution of the human (20) financial
problems”. Discuss.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-III
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TIME (PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 20
ALLOWED: (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
THREE HOURS
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(v) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II

Q. No. 2. Highlight the factors which played significant role in the evolution and growth of
Muslim Society in the Sub-Continent. (20)

Q. No. 3. Evaluate the impact of the services rendered by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan towards the
regeneration of the Muslims (20)

Q. No. 4. Briefly describe the genuine factors which were responsible for the demand of a
separate homeland by the Muslims of the Sub-Continent. (20)

Q. No. 5. “The Simla Deputation, 1906 laid the foundation for the creation of Pakistan”.
Substantiate your view point with solid arguments. (20)

Q. No. 6. Give a critical analysis of the steps taken for Islamization in Pakistan since 1947. (20)

Q. No. 7. “Population explosion in Pakistan is emerging as the greatest threat to the economy of
Pakistan”. Comment. (20)

Q. No. 8. “Pakistan can become one of the richest countries of the world, if we make the best use of our
Natural resources”. Elaborate in the light of the present situation of the country. (20)
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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS (PART-I MCQs) MAXIMUM MARKS: 20
PART-I(MCQs) : MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES (PART-II) MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLYT FOUR questions from PART-II. All questions carry EQUAL Marks (iii)
Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at One Place instead of at different places.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q.2. “Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was in no way pro-British”. Agree or disagree, answer your question with
arguments. (20)

Q.3. “It was over-reaction of Hindus to the partition of the Bengal in 1905 that widened the gulf between
Muslims and Hindus”. Comment. (20)

Q.4. “Khilafat Movement was an emotional movement”. Discuss. (20)

Q.5. “Separation of East Pakistan, though a tragic part of History of Pakistan, was not the negation of
two nation theory”. Comment. (20)

Q.6. Briefly discuss the main features of cultural heritage of Pakistan. (20)

Q.7. Was Islamization during Zia era a need of Pakistan or was it a political propaganda? (20)

Q.8. Critically evaluate the role of Pakistan in “The War on Terror”. (20)

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GK-III (PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS =
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 20 PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Give an account of the life and services of Shah Waliullah. How did he save the Indian (20)
Muslims from political annihilation and religious degeneration?

Q. No. 3. The Aligarh Movement was a pure educational venture but it had deep impacts on (20) Indian
politics. Discuss.

Q. No. 4. Critically analyze the elections of 1937 and the sufferings and grievances of the (20) Muslims
under the Congress rule in the provinces (1937-1939). How much did it help in popularizing
the idea of a separate Muslim state in India?

Q. No. 5. Jinnah in his Presidential Address to the annual session of All India Muslim League in (20) March
1940 said, “The problem in India is not of an inter-communal character, but manifestly of an
international one, and it must be treated as such.” Write note on the Two Nation Theory and
the Lahore Resolution of March 1940 in the light of this statement.

Q. No. 6. Write note on the post 9/11 foreign policy of Pakistan. What role do you foresee for (20) Pakistan
in regional and global politics in the near future?

Q. No. 7. Discuss the Kashmir problem in its entirety; throwing light on its background and (20) prospects
of possible solutions to this core issue between India and Pakistan.

Q. No. 8. Write note on the Afghan War since 1979 and its impacts on Pakistan. How far the (20) emergence
of the “Non-State Actors” and Non-Traditional Security Threats in Pakistan can be attributed
to the decades-long warfare in Afghanistan?

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Roll Number
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FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III (PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
MINUTES
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Pakistan’s national culture reflects unity in diversity. Elaborate. (20)

Q. No. 3. Discus the role of judiciary in the constitutional development of Pakistan. (20)

Q. No. 4. CPEC is a flagship project of One Belt One Road (OBOR) and a regional game (20)
changer. Explain.

Q. No. 5. Explore the significance of Shinghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for (20)
Pakistan.

Q. No. 6. Enumerate the measures adopted by HEC for promotion of higher education (20) and
qualitative research in Pakistan.

Q. No. 7. Explore the option of alternative energy resources to overcome energy crisis in (20)
Pakistan.

Q. No. 8. How general elections in 2002, 2008 and 2013 strengthened democracy in (20)
Pakistan?

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Roll Number
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FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. Critically evaluate the foundations of Allama Iqbal’s concept of Muslim separatism in (20) the
context of Indo-Pak Subcontinent.

Q. No. 3. Discuss the 3rd June Plan or Mountbatten Plan and also describe how it was (20)
implemented?

Q. No. 4. Describe the political system of Pakistan. Which form of government is suitable to (20) make
country politically stable?

Q. No. 5. Define non-state actors. ‘Non-state actors are posing more threat to Pakistan’s national (20)
security than threats from external state actors.’ Argue in favour or against.

Q. No. 6. Discuss the nature of centre-province relations under the 1973 Constitution. (20)

Q. No. 7. Discuss the changing trends in Pakistan- US relations since 2001. (20)

Q. No. 8. There is crisis of national integration in Pakistan since its creation. What measures do (20) you
suggest for the promotion of national integration of Pakistan?
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201 MMISSION9
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER
THE FEDERAL GOVEGENERAL KNOWLED

G RNMENT E-III
(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Critically examine Congress Ministries of 1973. How far it is correct to suggest that it
(20) paved the way for the separate Muslim homeland in India?

Q. No. 3. How far the nature of center province relations has changed under various (20)
amendments to the 1973 constitution? Evaluate.

Q. No. 4. What major economic challenges are being faced by Pakistan? What recommendation (20)
do you suggest to deal with these issues.

Q. No. 5. “The population growth in Pakistan can erupt like an atomic bomb”. Comment (20)

Q. No. 6. What are the main causes of energy crisis in Pakistan? What measure do you
recommend to address it ? (20)

Q. No. 7. Critically analyze the key causes of delaying constriction of dams in Pakistan. Give
(20) some suggestions to revert this collateral loss.

Q. No. 8. Efficient use of natural resources can make Pakistan a prosperous nation. Discuss in
(20) the light of present situation of Pakistan.
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FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 COMPETITIVE

EXAMINATION-2020

UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-III
(PAKISTAN AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. How the reform movement of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi influenced the history of Muslim (20)
India?

Q. No. 3. China, Pakistan-Russia cooperation will find suitable support mechanism in Shanghai (20)
Cooperation organization (SCO). Elaborate.

Q. No. 4. What are the major provisions of Simla Agreement (1972) between Pakistan and India? (20) How it
was helpful for establishment of durable peace in the region?

Q. No. 5. What is meant by the term “Proxy War”? Are there any extrinsic factors at play in the (20) internal
security situation of Pakistan?

Q. No. 6. Discuss the main features of Political culture of Pakistan. (20)

Q. No. 7. Pakistan’s energy crisis was due to the lack of strategy and political will. Discuss. (20)

Q. No. 8. Discuss revival of Pak-US relations in context of present US-Taliban peace process. (20)

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RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2014
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
TIME (PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 20
ALLOWED: (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
THREE HOURS
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(v) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II

Q. No. 2. Evaluate the significance of water conflict between India and Pakistan in perspective of
water management projects in Indian held Kashmir. (20)

Q. No. 3. Discuss the impact of AFPAK policy on Pak-US relations. (20)

Q. No. 4. Substantiate Pakistan’s role in UN peace keeping missions. (20)

Q. No. 5. Critically appreciate the decision making in Pakistan regarding energy crisis in
Pakistan. (20)

Q. No. 6. What is character building? Assess the factor (character building) in education systems
of Pakistan and give suggestions for improvement. (20)

Q. No. 7. How can the corruption elimination be made part of the governance systems of
Pakistan? (20)

Q. No. 8. Discuss the strengths of USA to implement its economic policies Worldwide. (20)

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RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2015

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER-II (CURRENT AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS (PART-I MCQs) MAXIMUM MARKS: 20
PART-I(MCQs) : MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES (PART-II) MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
NOTE:(i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. All questions carry EQUAL Marks
(iii) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(iv) All the parts(if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II

Q.2. Since 1970 every election was accused of rigging, what electoral reforms you will suggest to improve the
electoral system of Pakistan? (20)

Q.3. What is the role of education in character-building of a nation? Highlight major pitfalls in Pakistan’s
education systems. (20)

Q.4. Define the term ‘Good Governance’. What measures the present government should take to improve its
performance? (20)

Q.5. Do you believe that main cause of 2014 floods was Indian ‘water terrorism’ or it was due to awful
mismanagement of water resources in Pakistan? (20)

Q.6. What are the causes of “Arab Spring”? Identify their impacts on the future politics of the region. (20)

Q.7. Do you agree that Pakistan’s role in Afghan Jihad against Soviet Union was the root-cause of terrorism
in Pakistan or it is a reaction of US invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11 and Pakistan’s U-turn in Afghan
policy? (20)

Q.8. Critically evaluate the counter-terrorism policy of Pakistan and suggest measures to eradicate this evil.
(20)
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GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
CURRENT AFFAIRS
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS =
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES 20 PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Discuss in detail the efficacy of counter terrorism measures adopted by the government, (20) especially
with reference to the National Action Plan.

Q. No. 3. What measures would you suggest to improve the economy of Pakistan particularly in the (20) areas of
debt reduction and enhancing export capacity?

Q. No. 4. Discuss the possibilities of progress under the recently agreed rubric of comprehensive (20) dialogue
between Pakistan and India. In your opinion what are the major constraints at present?

Q. No. 5. Discuss the prospects and challenges to the construction of “China-Pakistan Economic (20) Corridor”.
How will CPEC become a game changer for the region?

Q. No. 6. How do you see recent developments in the Middle East, particularly with reference to (20) deteriorating
relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran? What role, if any, Pakistan could play in reducing the
tensions between the two Muslim countries?

Q. No. 7. Examine the emerging strategic competition between China and the US and its impact on (20) global
order.

Q. No. 8. Discuss the adverse impact of climate change on the world and the measures recently (20) adopted by
the Paris Conference to address this issue.

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Roll Number
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II (CURRENT AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
MINUTES
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Highlight the role of National Action Plan (NAP) in stabilization of internal security of (20)
Pakistan. Critically analyze its outcomes?

Q. No. 3. What measures do you suggest to improve the security conditions of Balochistan in (20) respect
to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and the role of regional powers to sabotage it?

Q. No. 4. Critically analyze the US-Russia relations in context of ISIS and its impact on the (20) security
situation of Middle East.

Q. No. 5. Explain the salient contours of the US ‘rebalancing’ policy and China’s assertive (20) policy in
South China Sea and latter’s disputes with the regional countries. Critically evaluate.

Q. No. 6. The impact of burgeoning US-India strategic partnership over the security situation of (20) the
region and Indian Ocean Region.

Q. No. 7. Critically examine China’s strategic vision behind its ‘One Belt, One Road’ venture. (20)

Q. No. 8. (a). Analyze the effects of commissioning of nuclear-powered ballistic missile (10) (20)
submarine (SSBN), INS Arihant equipped with nuclear-capable missile called K-4 over
the strategic stability of South Asia.

(b). US-India in August 2016 signed Logistics Exchange Memorandum of (10)

Agreement (LEMOA) that will reportedly facilitate the two allies to use each
other’s military facilities to check China’s growing influence.
Comment.

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POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART-II
Q. No. 2. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is considered as a game-changer. How the (20) CPEC
can be helpful to uplift the Pakistan’s economy? Discuss.

Q. No. 3. Discuss in detail the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and challenges to it. (20)

Q. No. 4. How the United States is trying to keep its dominant position in the Asia-Pacific and (20) what is
the China’s response to it?

Q. No. 5. Critically analyze the newly established Islamic Military Alliance and its future (20) implications
for the Muslim World?

Q. No. 6. Describe the 2017 Qatar Diplomatic Crisis and its impact on the Middle East. (20)

Q. No. 7. Critically examine the Donald Trump’s Policy for South Asia and its implications for
(20) Pakistan and the region.

Q. No. 8. What are the opportunities and challenges for Pakistan as one of the new members of (20) the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?

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2019
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVE RNMENT
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Examine China strategic vision behind ‘The Bell and Road initiative (BRI)' also (20)
known as One Belt One Road (OBOR).

Q. No. 3. Elaborate the reasons and impacts on Doland Trump withdrawal from climate change (20)
Paris agreement in 2015.
(20)
Q. No. 4. What will be the reason of emerging water conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

(20)
Q. No. 5. Give a critical review of Pakistan Energy Policy 2013 – 2018
(20)
Q. No. 6. How can the corruption elimination strategy be made part of governance system
of Pakistan?

(20)
Q. No. 7. How can the governing structure have the capacity to neutralize threats to internal
security of Pakistan?

Q. No. 8. Discuss instrument of techniques of Hybrid warfare in context to Pakistan (20)

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FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 COMPETITIVE

EXAMINATION-2020

UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE-II
(CURRENT AFFAIRS)

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20

PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be
crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART-II

Q. No. 2. What impact global climate change will have on the water resources of Pakistan? How (20) will it
affect inter-provincial harmony?

Q. No. 3. Why was Pakistan placed on the ‘Grey List’ of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)? (20) What are
the implications and what measures should Pakistan take to move out of this list?

Q. No. 4. Given the volatile lockdown in Indian Occupied Kashmir, what are the viable policy (20) choices
available to Pakistan? What can Pakistan realistically do to ease the sufferings of Kashmiri
people?

Q. No. 5. Discuss the strategic contours of Indo-US evolving partnership and how will it impact (20) Pakistan-
US and Pakistan-China relations?

Q. No. 6. Strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly becoming intense. (20) Define the
interests and role of US, China, India, Japan and Australia in the geopolitics of Indo-Pacific
region.

Q. No. 7. Discuss in detail the role of OIC, Arab league and GCC in the Middle East crises and (20)
conflicts.
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Q. No. 8. In view of the evolving global alignments and changing nature of major-power (20) relationships,
what is the future of globalism and multilateralism? Discuss with examples.

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