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EXAMINATION 1972
ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)
Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum marks: 100
1. Make a Précis of the following passage in about 250 words:
Up to a point the Second German War resembled the first. Each began with a German bid for
power which almost succeeded in spite of the opposition of France and Great Britain. In each the
United States came to the rescue after year of neutrality. Each ended with a German defeat. But
the differences were easier to see than the resemblances. The powers were differently grouped:
Italy and Japan were on the German side, Russia was neutral until the Germans attacked
across what had been, to begin with, Poland and Baltic States. The second war lasted even longer
than the other. It pressed harder on the civilian population. After a period of restraint, perhaps,
intended to conciliate American opinion, both sides dropped bombs from the air, without respect
for the nature of the targets, wherever the officers concerned expected to cause the greatest
effect. In Great Britain 60,000 civilians were killed. Though the Island was not invaded, the
population was more directly involved than it was in any former war. Children and others were
evacuated from towns into the country. Food supplies ran so short that, at the worst, even
potatoes were rationed. Of all the states opposed to Germany, Great Britain was the only one
which fought throughout the war. The resources of the nation were concentrated in the war effort
more completely than those of any other nation on either side. Labour for women as well as men,
became compulsory. Nevertheless, once the war reached its full severity in the west, eight
months after it was declared, there was less disunion between classes and interests than in any
other five years within living memory. Fighting spread all over the world. The Pacific was as
vital a theatre as Europe. Scientists, especially Physicists, made revolutionary discoveries during
the war, not only in the fields of weapons and defence against them, but in supply, transport, and
control in action. Strange to say the fight services suffered fewer casualties than in 1914-18:
300,000 of the armed forces and 35,000 of the navy were killed. There was nothing like the
trench warfare offormer war, though there was almost every other sort of warfare, from
mechanized war of movement in the North African desert to hand to hand jungle fighting in
Burma. Both sides experimented and built up stocks for gas warfare and biological warfare, but
neither side used them. (George Clark: English History: a survey)


My precis of the above text.

The two German wars resembled to the point that both started with German ambition to power, that Germany was almost victorious but table was turned against and that America entered after some time of neutrality.But the differences were clearly visible as powers were differently grouped and it lasted long. British was full time actor with all sources channeled into it. Labour became compulsory irrespective of gender and Britian passed through hard time. wAR TACTICS WERE MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM FORMAL ONE, AND CASUALTIES WERE HIGH ON CIVILIAN SIDE RATHER THAN COMBATANTS. Scintific development led to development of danger warfare chemicals but no one used it.

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Write a speech for or against the above mentioned.
EXAMINATION 1973
ENGLISH (Précis & Composition)
Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum marks: 100
1. Make a Précis of the following passage in about 250 words:
As a kind of foot-note I should comment that there are those who doubt whether it is within
the power of science to ensure over a prolonged period freedom from destitution and famine for
mankind. The argument -is the old one of Maithus, that in the race between increasing
population and increasing production, population must eventually win. Those of us who decline
to accept this pessimistic view recognize the difficulty of the practical problem of meeting the
needs of an ever-expanding population. We have, however, greater faith in human
resourcefulness. We note that it is not only in the technology of production and medicine that the
present generation differs so greatly from the one before. A similar rapid change is likewise
occurring the thinking of masses of people. This change is brought about partly by experience
with technology by more widespread education. Here lies a new realm in which dramatic
advance is being made. The hope for the longer future lies in a growing understanding of the
conditions for the good life of man in a world of science and technology, and the acceptance of a
morality that is consistent with these conditions. With the widespread thought now being given
to such problems by persons whose thinking is schooled to rely on reason and tested fact. It is
evident that advance from this angle will also appear. Youth may, for example, consider the
seremarks as an effort to see in iruer perspective the type of ideals that are appropriate to the age
of science. Many are those who are now sharing to this exploration of human values.
The great question is whether such understanding of human goals and the corresponding
development of morals can be achieved before the forces seen by Maithus, and emphasized so
forcefully by recent writers, overwhelm the efforts of the pioneers in this new and critical field. I
do not believe that this is inevitable. Jam confident of man’s ability to meet and solve this ethical
problem that is so vital to the success of his effort to achieve physical and spiritual freedom.
It is relevant that as I analyse the reasons for my faith in man’s eventual ability to meet this
critical problem. I find that prominent in my mind is the confidence that God who made us holds
for us an increasing density, to be achieved through our own efforts in the world setting that he
supplies. This observation is significant in the present setting because it is my strong impression
that most of those who have the firm faith in man’s advancement likewise have a religious basis
for their faith. If this impression is valid its consequence is clear. It means that it is men and
women of religious faith on whom we must primarily rely to work strongly toward achieving a
favourable world society. It means also that those of religious faith because of their faith have a
better chance of survival, a fact that has a bearing on the attitude that may be expected in the
society of the future.

My precis of the above text...


The gloomy view that disproportionate shift towards increasing population in population-sustainable production balance is inevitable may bear reality, but there is emergence of another era of social thinking wherein human conditions are bound to improve given the reasoning and logical thinking of contemporary generation..While it is not necessary that this thinking may overcome the gloomy view, but one must remember that God has better planning for our sustenance once he has created us,Given this religious faith as base, Favorable conditions are bound to prevail in this ever increasing population.