English (precis & Comp) 2002
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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

English (precis & Comp) 2003
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN
PBS-17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2003
ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
TIME ALLOWED : THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

1. Make a precis of the given passage and give a suitable heading20) 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)


precis:

Practical purpose of universities must be to train good members of the society. Because aim of human life is perfectness neither university education inspires someone to do the miracles nor its certification implies the addition of a genius in the society. But university refines the individual character. This place gives him a particular direction. It clarifies his ideas and future objectives. To take what is beneficial and to leave what is irrelevant. University is the place which provides him facilities to master the areas of his interest.

Title: Almamater Refines Personality.

Total words= 280
Target=93
My précis=90

2004 ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17,

UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2004

ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION)

Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 100

1. 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. Self-mastery 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, psych-up, 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.

Q1: précis
People have a strange concept regarding personal relations. They ignore their flaws but focus on improving their personal relations. Author says self mastery should be the prime focus. One should discipline his own self because private victory conquers public support. Real respect originates from this independence. This liberation from others is an honor. Without it, developing personal relations will be short term. When ever bad times occur he will be alone. A person should be real because the duality in nature can be judged easily. He must be focused towards his aims and principles. Then he becomes the center of attention. The relations which are formed on mutual respect they have the ability of lasting long.
Title: personal evolution
Total words= 348
Target=116
My précis=116

Don't use expressions like author says, this passage says etc etc in ur precis

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Early Greeks have no sense of beauty, all literary fields were just fairy-tales at that time,Art & architecture,poetry & portaits were myth.Nature has no fascination for them,man & beasts were inhabited inforests under hot & frost, hurricanes & catastrophs.Mighty mountains istead of being a source of inspiration just seems to them as obstacles of the way.Rainbow of nature,abundance of greenery,fruits, songs of birds were mere a commonplace objects for them.Evolution of Greeks enhance their aesthetic sense.

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Evolution of Greek's Aesthetic Sense








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