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English precis and composition Paper 2013
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2013 ENGLISH (Précis and Composition) TIME ALLOWED: (PART-I MCQs) 30 MINUTES .................. MAX. MARKS:20 (PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES...MAX.MARKS:80 PART I - COMPULSORY Q.1 Choose the word that is near 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. ABRIDGMENT 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) Unfavorable 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) Blamed d) Meet e) None of these 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 the precis 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. They are changed and 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 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 fragmentation, the vertical division among different tribal and national groups, the horizontal division among different classes within the same tribal or national groups. 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 question that follow. Use your own language.(20) The civilization of China, as everyone 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 that 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 men who ever lived. His personality has been stamped on Chinese civilization from his day to our own. During his lifetime 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, Mongol and Manchu dynasties, and occasional longer or shorter periods of chaos and civil war, the Confucian system survived, bringing with it art and literature and a civilized 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 supernatural or with mystical beliefs. It is a purely ethical system, but its ethics, unlike those of Christianity, are not too exalted for ordinary men to practice. In essence, what Confucius teaches is something 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'. Questions:
Q4. Write a comprehensive note (250-300 words) on any ONE of the following: (20)
Q.5. (a) Use ONLY FOUR of the following in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (Extra attempt shall not be considered). (04)
Q.5. (b) Use ONLY FOUR of the following pair of words in sentences which illustrate their meaning: (Extra attempt shall not be considered). (04)
1. My boss agreed with my plan. 2. If he was here, he would be as wise as he was during the war. 3. We have amusements in form of music. 4. You get hungry for all the work you have to do 5. We were glad for being there. 6. I prefer the fifth act of Shakespeare King Lear the best of all. 7. After finishing my lecture, the bell rang. 8. We needed not to be afraid. Q.6 (b) Change the narration from direct to indirect speech. (DO ONLY FIVE) Extra attempt shall not be considered. 1. “If I had spoken to my father as you speak to me he’d have beaten me,” he said to me. 2. “How far is it”? I said, “and how long will take me to get there”? 3. “Do you know anybody in this area or could you get a reference from your landlady?" he asked me. 4. She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit. 5. He wanted to know if I was going to concert and suggested that we should make up a party and go together. 6. He said, I must'nt mind if the first one wasn’t any good. 7. “What a nuisance! Now I’ll have to do it all over again”, he exclaimed. 8. “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said. “ I have an appointment”. |
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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 (2) DELUGE: a. Immerse b. Rescue c. Drown d. Overflow e. None (3) TIRADE: a. Argument b.Procession c. Angry Speech d. Torture e. None (4) QUASI: a. Secret b. Improper c. Seeming d. Whole e. None (5) VILIFY: a. To prove b. Boast c. Defraud d. Defame e. None (6) RIGMAROLE: a. Unnecessary b. Disorder c. Confused talk d. Game e. None (7) DEIGN: a. Condescend b. Pretend c. Disparage d. Refuse e. None (8) PROLETARIAT: a. Trade agreement b. Government Secretariat c. Laboring class d. Wealthy class e. None (9) LUDICROUS a. Liberal b. Fearful c. Comic d. Praise worthy e. None (10) MALEFIC: a. Baleful b. Belonging to a male person c. Social d. Fighting by nature e. None 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 (12) HIGH-STRUNG a. Nervous b. Tense c. Costly d Calm. e. None (13) METTLE: a. Courage b. Boldness c. Cowardice d. Spirit e. None (14) ABRIDGEMENT: a. Epitome b. Dissect c. Abstract d. Synopsis e. None (15) CAJOLE: a. Flaunt b. Coax c. Beguile d. Flatter e. None (16) CELIBACY: a. Virginity b. Wedlock c. Chastity d. Single e. None (17) INCLEMENT a. Rough b. Unpleasant c. Unfavorable d. Genial e. None (18) IRRESOLUTE: a. Ineffective b. Without resolution c. Yielding d. Sturdy e. None (19) ANNEXATION: a. Supplement b. Augmentation c. Appendix d. Contraction e. None (20) INCUR: a. Shun b. Run c. Blame d. Meet e. None nehi aatey the.. just mind use kiya aur yeh...
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My title: "Socio-cultural evolution of newly independent states in conext of colonization"
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Cultural and social problems... A colonial legacy
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Q.1 Choose the word that is near 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) Bost 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 Secritariat 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 ------------------------------------- 1. The milk of human kindnessFig. natural kindness and sympathy shown to others. (From Shakespeare's play Macbeth, I. v.) Mariam is completely hard and selfish—she doesn't have the milk of human kindness in her. 2. A rule of thumb a way of calculating something which is not exact but which will help you to be correct enough A good rule of thumb is to cook two handfuls of rice per person. 3. Out and out Complete; thoroughgoing: One should have out-and-out knowledge about the world affairs. 4. To wash one's dirty linen in public To discuss one's personal affairs in public Our politicians must avoid to wash their dirty linen in public. 5. To pay through the nose To pay too much or heavily The elite class in Pakistan pay through their nose just to show off. 6. To lose face To be less respected or show stupidity He did not need to lose face but he made a mistake. ------------------------------------- 1. My boss agreed with my plan. Correct: My boss agreed to my plan 2. If he was here, he would be as wise as he was during the war. 3. We have amusements in form of music. 4. You get hungry for all the work you have to do Correct: You get hurry for all the work you have to do. 5. We were glad for being there. Correct: We were glad to be there 6. I prefer the fifth act of Shakespeare King Lear the best of all. Correct: I prefer the fifth act of Shakespeare's King Lear the best of all. 7. After finishing my lecture, the bell rang. 8. We needed not to be afraid. Correct: We need not to be afraid. ------------------------------------- 1. “If I had spoken to my father as you speak to me he’d have beaten me,” he said to me. Indirect: He told me that if he had spoken to his father as I spoke to him, he would have beaten him. 2. “How far is it”? I said, “and how long will take me to get there”? I wanted to know that how far it was and how long it would take me to go there. 3. “Do you know anybody in this area or could you get a reference from your landlady He asked me. Indirect: He wanted to know whether I know anybody in this area or could I get a reference from my landlady. 4. She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit. 5. He wanted to know if I was going to concert and suggested that we should make up a party and go together. 6. He said, I must’nt mind if the first one wasn’t any good. Indirect: He told that he must not mind if the first one wasn't any good. 7. “What a nuisance! Now I’ll have to do it all over again”, he exclaimed. 8. “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said. “ I have an appointment”. He told that he must go to the dentist next day as he had an appointment.
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My answersQ.1 Choose the word that is near 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 b 2. DELUGE a). Immerse b) Rescue c) Drown d)Overflow e)None of These d 3. TIRADE a) Argument b) Procession c) Angry Speech d) Torture e)None of These c 4. QUASI a) Secret b) Improper c) Seeming d) Whole e)None of These c 5. VILIFY a)To Prove b) Bost c) Defraud d) Defame e)None of These d 6. RIGMAROLE a) Unnecessary b) Disorder c) Confused Talk d) Game e)None of These c 7. DEIGN a) Condescend b) Pretend c) Disparage d)Refuse e)None of These c 8. PROLETARIAT a) Trade Agreement b) Government Secritariat c) Labouring Class d) Wealthy Class e)None of These c 9. LUDICROUS a) Liberal b) Fearful c) Comic d) Praise Worthy e)None of These d 10. MALEFIC a) Baleful b) Belonging to a male person c) Social d) Fighting by Nature e)None of These d
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Great,An appriciabl job you did Rauf bhai ,i have to uploaded again the answers because there were some errors. in such post uploaded by any other brother
[QUOTE=Rauf Tariq;562202](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. Non b. Flare up (2) DELUGE: a. Immerse b. Rescue c. Drown d. Overflow e. None d. Overflow (3) TIRADE: a. Argument b.Procession c. Angry Speech d. Torture e. None c. Angry Speech (4) QUASI: a. Secret b. Improper c. Seeming d. Whole e. None (5) VILIFY: a. To prove b. Boast c. Defraud d. Defame e. None d. Defame (6) RIGMAROLE: a. Unnecessary b. Disorder c. Confused talk d. Game e. None (7) DEIGN: a. Condescend b. Pretend c. Disparage d. Refuse e. None c. Confused talk (8) PROLETARIAT: a. Trade agreement b. Government Secretariat c. Laboring class d. Wealthy class e. None (9) LUDICROUS a. Liberal b. Fearful c. Comic d. Praise worthy e. None c. Laboring class (10) MALEFIC: a. Baleful b. Belonging to a male person c. Social d. Fighting by nature e. None a. Baleful Last edited by Shooting Star; Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 07:18 PM. Reason: Do not use red colour. |
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Quote:
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culture and social development
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The word DELUGE has two correct options i.e. DROWN and OVERFLOW. Which one is more near?
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