English (precis & Comp) 2002
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ENGLISH (Precis & Composition)__________
Time Allowed : 3 Hours___________ Maximum Marks : 100


Q 1. 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.

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MY PRECIS:
Human beings are Homosepians, Anthropologists say they should be homofaberth: tool makers. But author composed a 3rd definition that they are “good talkers”. It made knowing and doing different things possible. Without talking their great IQ becomes useless. Even it feels worse because of suffering between apes and humans. Language introduced social, moral and religious values In short language transformed wild beasts into civilized humans.
Title of précis: language Significance
Total no. of words =190
Target=64
My précis=65


passage from css 2001
Q 1.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 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


Q1 MY PRECIS:

In early Greeks there was not any desire of understanding the beauty of nature. It reflected from their early works of art. Instead they were hostile towards these blessings Due to hurdles like snow, river and mountains. These places were safe shelters to wild beasts. It created further problems in the days of natural disasters. Mountains and rivers were huge hurdles for agriculture and limited their relations. Seas were considered unnavigable. In those days art and culture were always on the conflict, there was nothing to make Greeks understand the importance of nature. Small towns were easy to manage in Greek republics but after the gloom of Greeks. Everybody rushed towards cities for social benefits. It increased population and pollution both. This unveiled the beauty and significance of natural life which reflected in their future works of art.

Title of précis: Discerning Significance of Nature

Total no. of words= 413
Target=138
My précis= 138