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

ENGLISH (PRECISE AND COMPOSITION)

Time Allowed: 4 Hours
(Part I, MCQs) 30 Minutes - Maximum Marks: 20
(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. Make a precise of the following passage and suggest a suitable heading. (20)

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 quantity and quality, 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 deaths by an equivalent number of new births; while the underworld, which always exists in every civilised society the failures 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 unborn have no votes. Employers 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 politician 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.

Q.3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Use your own language. (20)

Human beings are afraid of death just as children feel afraid of darkness. The fear of darkness of kids increased by the stories of the heard ghosts and thieves. In the same way, the fear of human being is increased by the stories which they heard about the agony of dying man. If a human being regards death as a kind of punishment for his 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 of cowardice. However, even in religious meditations about death there is sometimes a mixture of folly and superstition. Monks have written books in which they have described the painful experiences which they underwent by inflicting physical tortures upon themselves as a form of self purification. Thus, one may think that the pains of death must be indescribably agonizing. Such books and such thoughts increase a man's fear of death.

Seneca, the Roman Philosopher is of the view that the circumstances and ceremonies of death frighten people more than death itself would do. A dyeing 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 such facts make death appear more horrible than it would be otherwise.
  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) on any ONE of the following:
  1. Self done is Well done
  2. The Bough that bears most bend most
  3. Nearer the Church, farther from God
  4. Rich men have no fault
  5. 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.

  1. Wool gathering
  2. Under the harrow
  3. Cold comfort
  4. A gold digger
  5. Walk with God
  6. On the thin ice
  7. A queer fish
  8. Unearthly hour

Q.6 (a) Correct ONLY FIVE of the following: Extra attempt shall not be considered.
  1. A ten feet long snake made people run here and there
  2. We are going to the concert, and so they are.
  3. Enclosed with this letter was a signed Affidavit and a carbon copy of his request to our main office.
  4. Fear from God.
  5. Pakistan has and will support the Kashmiris.
  6. He has come yesterday.
  7. Arshad's down fall was due to nothing else than pride.
  8. 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.


  1. He said to us, "You cannot do this problem alone".
  2. The beggar asked the rich lady if she could not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man and help him with a rupee or two.
  3. The Commander said to the soldiers, "March on".
  4. He entreated his master respectfully to pardon him as it was his first fault.
  5. "Do you really come from America? How do you feel in Pakistan?" Said I the stranger.
  6. The officer threatened the peon to come in time otherwise he would be turned out.
  7. People wished that the Quaid e Azam had been alive those days to their fate.
  8. They said, "Brave! Imran, what a shot".

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Q5.Use ONLY FIVE of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning.
1.Wool gathering
Meaning:Indulgence in idle daydreaming
Use:We are wool gathering for democratic society.
2.Under the harrow
Meaning:Great affliction or oppression.
Use:Many human beings are "good" because they never have been under the harrow of circumstances, nor sufficiently tempted to do wrong.
3.Cold Comfort
Meaning:Quite limited sympathy or encouragement
Use:The good news about the economy is cold comfort to people who have lost their jobs.
4.A gold digger
Meaning:a woman who has relationships with rich men so that they will give her money.
Use:we can easily find gold diggers in our society.
5.Walk with God
Meaning:live a good life
Use: we must walk with God.
6.On the thin ice
Meaning:in a risky situation
Use: We are on the thin ice because of our own deeds.
7.A queer fish
Meaning:a strange person
Use:You r requested to shun a strange person.
8.Unearthly hour
Meaning:a time of day, especially very early, that is not a reasonable time to speak to or see someone.
Use:What are you doing here at this unearthly hour?
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Correct the following? seniours

A ten feet long snake made people run here and there
We are going to the concert, and so they are.
Enclosed with this letter was a signed Affidavit and a carbon copy of his request to our main office.
Fear from God.
Pakistan has and will support the Kashmiris.
He has come yesterday.
Arshad's down fall was due to nothing else than pride.
Do not avoid to consult a doctor.
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The beggar asked the rich lady if she could not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man and help him with a rupee or two.

The beggar said to rich lady, "Can you not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man? And help me with a rupee or two."

The beggar said to rich lady, "Can you not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man and help him with a rupee or two?"

Which one is correct?
The beggar said to the rich lady, "Can you not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man?". "Can you help me with a rupee or two?" said the beggar.
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Correct the following? seniours

A ten feet long snake made people run here and there
We are going to the concert, and so they are.
Enclosed with this letter was a signed Affidavit and a carbon copy of his request to our main office.
Fear from God.
Pakistan has and will support the Kashmiris.
He has come yesterday.
Arshad's down fall was due to nothing else than pride.
Do not avoid to consult a doctor.
Although these sentences are always tricky but here goes my opinion.

A ten feet long snake made people run here and there.
A ten feet long snake made people to run here and there.

We are going to the concert, and so they are.
We are going to the concert, and so are they.

Enclosed with this letter was a signed Affidavit and a carbon copy of his request to our main office.
Enclosed with this letter was a signed Affidavit alongwith a carbon copy of his request to our main office. [I am not really sure about it]

Fear from God.
Fear God.

Pakistan has and will support the Kashmiris.
Pakistan has and will continue to support the Kashmiris.
To others more plausible version is: Pakistan has supported and will support the Kashmiris.

He has come yesterday.
He came yesterday.

Arshad's down fall was due to nothing else than pride.
Arshad's down fall was due to pride

Do not avoid to consult a doctor.
Do not avoid a doctor.
Do not avoid a doctor's consultation.
Consult a doctor.
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A ten foot long Nhn Hoga?
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A ten foot long Nhn Hoga?
Yep, it should be a ten foot. My bad, I overlooked it. Thanks for the correction.
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dear striver, many of yours sentences are wrong. correction for those sentences is under:

A ten feet long snake made people run here and there.
A ten foot long snake made people run here and there.

We are going to the concert, and so they are.
We are going to the concert and so are they.

Enclosed with this letter was a signed Affidavit and a carbon copy of his request to our main office.
Enclosed with this letter were a signed Affidavit and a carbon copy of his request to our main office.

Fear from God.
Fear God.

Pakistan has and will support the Kashmiris.
Pakistan has been supporting and will support the Kashmiris.

He has come yesterday.
He came yesterday.

Arshad's down fall was due to nothing else than pride.
Arshad's down fall was due to nothing else but pride.

Do not avoid to consult a doctor.
Do not avoid consulting a doctor.
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my title for precis was
need for Regulation of population
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aur why not FOOT? I'm sure yahan Foot aye ga.what you say ?
Yes, Its correct.

Proof: 10-Foot Snake Swallows Pet Terrier

Go through this link.

10-Foot Snake Swallows Pet Terrier - Softpedia

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Arshad's down fall was due to nothing else but pride.
tell me is this correct , because some peopls are saying k else nai ay ga .
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