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ehsan2 Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:04 AM

Synonym and antonym:
Crass
Nicety

remaining dont remember

Muhammad Owais Siddiqui Sunday, February 19, 2017 01:37 PM

Precis title
Evil: A gift from busy people

Ahmad Abbas Sunday, February 19, 2017 01:45 PM

[QUOTE=Talha Majeed;1003858]Kindly post mcqs with correct answers[/QUOTE]

That would be difficult task. Those were out of this world. I had seen all of them for the first time

supergenius Sunday, February 19, 2017 08:09 PM

[QUOTE=armaan ali;1002951]any one can share the title of the precis please??[/QUOTE]

Virtues of laziness and leisure for the restless soul

aminshah101 Sunday, February 19, 2017 11:58 PM

[QUOTE=Abbey Aquamarine;1003552]Haste makes waste

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Same as mine

asifahmed Friday, February 24, 2017 11:36 AM

There is margin of 5-10 words for deviation from 1/3 perhaps. But not mandatory to culminate it in words range. Your precis can be far below limit, and acceptable, if contrains gist of the origional prose.

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Lunatic bird Friday, February 24, 2017 12:33 PM

Precis title:
The world in hands of hasty people.

Muhammad Ahsan Shah Friday, February 24, 2017 03:25 PM

Title... Off-the-mark activities,not laziness, bring forth evil

Great Afnan Friday, February 24, 2017 05:43 PM

[QUOTE=armaan ali;1002951]any one can share the title of the precis please??[/QUOTE]

Laziness doesn't throw the world into muddle.

Asif Ali Shah Saturday, February 25, 2017 10:33 PM

[QUOTE=aminshah101;1004021]Same as mine[/QUOTE]

Brother, I have made a mistake; my title is too long and I think it is not suitable. What do you think about it. My title was:
''All the evils in the world are brought by senseless working people.''

aminshah101 Saturday, February 25, 2017 11:00 PM

[QUOTE=Asif Ali Shah;1005845]Brother, I have made a mistake; my title is too long and I think it is not suitable. What do you think about it. My title was:
''All the evils in the world are brought by senseless working people.''[/QUOTE]
That seems more of a statement than a title. Wish you all the best :)

namraa7 Sunday, February 26, 2017 05:09 AM

Misdirected Energies

Abbey Aquamarine Sunday, February 26, 2017 07:31 AM

What to guys have to say about the title, "Haste makes Waste"

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Yousuf Aziz Sunday, February 26, 2017 09:22 AM

[QUOTE=Abbey Aquamarine;1005892]What to guys have to say about the title, "Haste makes Waste"

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How are you linking this topic to the passage?

Asif Ali Shah Sunday, February 26, 2017 04:07 PM

[QUOTE=Abbey Aquamarine;1005892]What to guys have to say about the title, "Haste makes Waste"

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I think it is one of the best titles.

asifahmed Sunday, February 26, 2017 08:18 PM

The two lengthy examples in precis about polititions and sectorial persons. Was there any need to have been quoted in brief. Bcz they comprised of supporting data towards gist of prose and without it, I guess, precis was very small and unsupportive to claim made in prose.

What do you people think...?

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Talha Majeed Sunday, February 26, 2017 09:29 PM

[QUOTE=SHELLARE;1002979]Synonyms:

fudge
levitate
nicety
nummary
occult
peroration
trice
venial
wanton
wilted

Antonyms:

awry
condign
dastard
occlude
buxom
revile
seedy
tortuous
vociferous
crass[/QUOTE]

Please post the correct answers of these mcqs.

asifahmed Monday, February 27, 2017 09:56 AM

[QUOTE=Yousuf Aziz;1002948]For me it was more difficult than Essay paper.[/QUOTE]
For me too...
Essay paper comparatively went smooth for me too..

hmsaad Monday, February 27, 2017 03:02 PM

[QUOTE=Asif Ali Shah;1006062]I think it is one of the best titles.[/QUOTE]

Actually the author is no where referring to the fact that chaos in the world is due to hasty decisions.

Asif Ali Shah Tuesday, February 28, 2017 05:00 PM

[QUOTE=hmsaad;1006649]Actually the author is no where referring to the fact that chaos in the world is due to hasty decisions.[/QUOTE]
Actually, the author says that devils hate laziness, and they are always up and doing. But the problem is that they don't know what to do and when to do. In simple words, the author wants to say: '' jaldi ka kam shaitan ka'', which can be translated into English as:
''Haste makes waste.''

Afzala Yasin Wednesday, March 01, 2017 04:51 PM

Exactly the same is true for me. Especially composition was time consuming

Muhammad Shujahat Thursday, March 02, 2017 08:42 PM

Please solve sentence correction
 
(i) In the accident one of my arms was broken and my legs bruised.
(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours they wanted increase in their salaries.
(iii) You have been working very hard for the last two years Isn't it?
(iv) John could hardly do not better than to have caught a bass of such dimension.
(v) I who have no chance to meet him would rather go with you instead of sitting at home
(vi) He not only comes there for swimming but also for coaching new swimmers.
(vii) When he visited the fair last time, he bought not less than twenty school bags.
(viii) Ten cattles were grazing in the field.

asifahmed Thursday, March 02, 2017 08:51 PM

[QUOTE=Muhammad Shujahat;1007780](i) In the accident one of my arms was broken and my legs bruised.
(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours they wanted increase in their salaries.
(iii) You have been working very hard for the last two years Isn't it?
(iv) John could hardly do not better than to have caught a bass of such dimension.
(v) I who have no chance to meet him would rather go with you instead of sitting at home
(vi) He not only comes there for swimming but also for coaching new swimmers.
(vii) When he visited the fair last time, he bought not less than twenty school bags.
(viii) Ten cattles were grazing in the field.[/QUOTE]
I guess i and ii should be like this

(i) In the accident one of my arms broke and my legs bruised.

(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours wanted increase in their salaries.

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SHELLARE Monday, March 06, 2017 10:54 AM

[QUOTE=asifahmed;1007785]I guess i and ii should be like this

(i) In the accident one of my arms broke and my legs bruised.

(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours wanted increase in their salaries.

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It might be:

(i) In the accident my arm broke and my legs were bruised.

SSSHARIQ Monday, March 06, 2017 12:11 PM

(i) In the accident one of my arms was broken and my legs [B]were[/B] bruised.
(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours they wanted [B]an[/B] increase in their salaries.
(iii) You have been working very hard for the last two year. [B]hasn't it been[/B]?
(iv)
(v)
(vi) He [B]does[/B] not only come there for swimming but also for coaching new swimmers.
(vii) When he visited the fair last time, he bought [B]atleast [/B]twenty school bags.
(viii) Ten [B]cattle[/B] were grazing in the field.

khanasim Thursday, March 09, 2017 11:43 AM

Cattles is a collective noun so you don't need to use ten with it. It'll be "cattles were grazing in the field"

Mohdarslankhan Thursday, March 09, 2017 07:46 PM

Analogies?
 
Kindly share the answers of analogies?

Saniya lodhi Saturday, March 11, 2017 11:16 PM

i think it is not easy to solve

sarmad bukhari Monday, March 13, 2017 06:01 AM

punctuation answer
 
A Quaker was one day walking on a country road. He was suddenly met by a highwayman pointing a pistol. The robber exclaimed, "Your money or your life!"
"My friend," said the Quaker, "I cannot deliver my money, for I should be helping thee in evildoing. However, exchange is lawful and I will give thee my purse for the pistol." The robber agreed. On receiving the purse, the Quaker at once held the pistol at the robbers head and said, "Now, friend, give me back my purse back or the weapon may go off."
"Fire," said the robber. "There is no powder in the pistol!"

Awesum Farhan Wednesday, March 15, 2017 03:07 PM

Well, after going through this thread, i'll have to admit that 95% people didn't comprehend the the precis. Most of them have written such funny titles e.g. "Haste makes waste" and "In defence of Laziness". I am sorry for this but i could not restrain myself giving my views. The Precis was not in defence of laziness nor it was about doing things slowly. The writter was saying that whatever is happening in world is due to those people who are doing things but do not know what to do and what not to do. Read the first sentence:

[B][I]"All the evil in this world is brought about by persons who are always up and doing, but do not know when they ought to be up and nor what they ought to be doing"[/I][/B]

Now read the sixth sentence:
[B][I]
"There is still plenty of energy in the world(there never were more fussy people about), but most of it is simply misdirected."[/I][/B]

Again read the second last line:

[B][I]"Thus, every now and then, certain religious sects hold conferences; but though there are evils abroad that are mountains high, though the fate of civilization is still doubtful, the members who attend these conferences spend their time condemning the length of ladies' skirts and the noisiness of dance bands."
[/I][/B]
So the main contention of the author was that people are not doing what they are supposed to do. And he adds, such people if do nothing then we will be happier than our current situation.

My precis title was:
"Misdirected Human Energies"

Regards.

Awesum Farhan Wednesday, March 15, 2017 03:31 PM

[QUOTE=Muhammad Shujahat;1007780](i) In the accident one of my arms was broken and my legs bruised.
(ii) The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours they wanted increase in their salaries.
(iii) You have been working very hard for the last two years Isn't it?
(iv) John could hardly do not better than to have caught a bass of such dimension.
(v) I who have no chance to meet him would rather go with you instead of sitting at home
(vi) He not only comes there for swimming but also for coaching new swimmers.
(vii) When he visited the fair last time, he bought not less than twenty school bags.
(viii) Ten cattles were grazing in the field.[/QUOTE]
(i) [B][I]In the accident one of my arms broke and my legs bruised. [/I][/B]
(Parallelism: which means their should be same form of verb before and after "And". Moreover, this sentence should be in active not in passive because we always write "I broke my arm etc.")

[B][I]ii)The people who had been raising slogans against the government for many hours they wanted an increase in their salaries. [/I][/B]
(Before "increase" we add "an")

[B][I](iii) You have been working very hard for the last two years hasn't it?[/I][/B]
(It is problem of question tag. We use same auxiliary verb in tag. But remember in perfect and perfect continuous tags we use same tags "Hasn't it" instead of "Hasn't it bee".)

[B][I](iv) John could hardly do better than to have caught a bass of such dimension[/I][/B].
("Not" will not be used here as the idea has been expressed by "Hardly")

[B][I](v) I, who have no chance to meet him, would rather go with you instead of sitting at home.[/I][/B]

(Here is the problem of punctuation as non restrictive clause has been placed after "I". So, we would add commas before "who" and after "him")
[B][I]
(vi) He comes there not only for swimming but also for coaching new swimmers.[/I][/B]

(Same problem of parallelism. There should be same form of verb after "not only" and "but also". So, we need to place "not only" with for swimming as it becomes same as "but also".)

[B][I](vii) Last time, when he visited the fair, he bought not less than twenty school bags.[/I][/B]

(Last time is an adverb of time so it is place in the beginning)

[B][I](viii) Ten cattle were grazing in the field.[/I][/B]

("Cattle" is a plural word without "s")

Regards,

Maddiha nasim Friday, May 12, 2017 06:45 PM

precise title
 
Laziness: A curse or a boon:blink:

imranhussain Saturday, May 13, 2017 01:30 AM

One of the most difficult papers of precise and composition in recent past years. Most candidates rely on precise and comprehension to pass this paper as other portions of the paper are assumed to be much tougher. When one solves precise and comprehension parts of this paper in a restricted time frame ( during examinations ), one finds himself in total confusion and mess. Precise is difficult to make here because the passage contains too many examples. When these examples are excluded from actual precise being made, one find himself short of words.
In comprehension it seems like paper setter's intention is to give a very tough time to the candidates. There was not a single question whose answer one could find in the passage right away. Other parts were easy but tricky. In conclusion, need your prayers folks 😂

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aliviper22 Monday, May 15, 2017 10:18 AM

Hello everyone. I am new aspirant of CSS, i went through this paper. i had written precis some 4 5 years ago and right now, this thing went through my head. While i still need to prepare for CSS exam and i am left with enough time i believe, since i am of 21 years and currently pursing my BBA, can anyone please upload/provide me the solution of this paper?

M BABAR Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:08 AM

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amirsiddi Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:59 AM

[QUOTE=aliviper22;1022552]Hello everyone. I am new aspirant of CSS, i went through this paper. i had written precis some 4 5 years ago and right now, this thing went through my head. While i still need to prepare for CSS exam and i am left with enough time i believe, since i am of 21 years and currently pursing my BBA, can anyone please upload/provide me the solution of this paper?[/QUOTE]

It will be difficult to get solutions of subjective exams over the internet. The solutions of MCQs are available on this website but you will have to do some work to find them all.

Abbasawan Wednesday, July 26, 2017 03:10 PM

GB Combined competitive exams 2017 papers
 
Does anyone have the papers of CCE GB recently conducted by fpsc ?

SyedUsama Thursday, August 24, 2017 12:55 PM

please check my precise and point out mistakes
 
Assalamulaikum all,
i have attempted precis of 2017 css paper please identify my mistakes.

All the evils in this world are brought about by the persons who are always up and doing, but do not know when they ought to be up nor what they ought to be doing. The devil, I take it, is still the busiest creature in the universe, and I can quite imagine him denouncing laziness and becoming angry at the smallest waste of time. In his kingdom, I will wager, nobody is allowed to do nothing, not even for a single afternoon.
The world, we all freely admit, is in a muddle but I for one do not think that it is laziness that has brought it to such a pass. It is not the active virtues that it lacks but the passive ones; it is capable of anything but kindness and a little steady thought. There is still plenty of energy in the world (there never were more fussy people about), but most of it is simply misdirected. If, for example, in July 1914, when there was some capital idling weather, everybody, emperors, Kings, arch dukes, statesmen, generals, journalists, had been suddenly smitten with an intense desire to do nothing, just to hang about in the sunshine and consume tobacco, then we should all have been much better off than we are now. But no, the doctrine of the strenuous life still went unchallenged; there must be no time wasted; something must be done. Again, suppose our statesmen, instead of rushing off to Versailles with a bundle of ill-digested notions and great deal of energy to dissipate had all taken a fortnight off, away from all correspondence and interviews and what not, and had simply lounged about on some hillside or other apparently doing nothing for the first time in their energetic lives, then they might have gone to their so-called peace conference and come away again with their reputations still unsoiled and the affairs of the world in good trim. Even at the present time, if half of the politicians in Europe would relinquish the notion that laziness is crime and go away and do nothing for a little space, we should certainly gain by it. Other examples come crowding into mind. Thus, every now and then, certain religious sects hold conferences; but though there are evils abroad that are mountains high, though the fate of civilization is still doubtful, the members who attend these conferences spend their time condemning the length of ladies’ skirts and the noisiness of dance bands. They would all be better employed lying flat on their backs somewhere, staring at the sky and recovering their mental health.

[B]'LAZINESS AND ITS VIRTUES'
This world is in trouble only due to those who condemns laziness. Its potential is often mismanaged. For instance, world would be a better place after July 1914, if leaders decided to rest. Another time, instead of meeting up at Versailles, if they preferred a vacation it would be useful for the world. Currently it would be beneficial, if few European politicians subdue laziness. People devote their time in attending religious sermons, to criticize women clothing and dancing. It is necessary for them to improve their mental health.[/B]

Bakr Monday, September 04, 2017 12:23 PM

Please share your thoughts on the precise title
 
*Devil's whisper and the brainless minds*

And then I realized why did I have to be a philosopher. It could have been kept so simple.

It was my first attempt though.

What do the experienced have to say on this?

aishaehtesham Monday, October 02, 2017 04:56 PM

ayesha ehtesham
 
i need my css related stuff to be chec ked for improvement


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