CCE-2008 English General
 

[B][CENTER]S1NDH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. HYDERABAD
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2008[/CENTER][/B]

[B][CENTER]ENGLISH GENERAL.[/CENTER][/B]

Monday the 06th April, 2009
Time: 2.00.P.M. to 5.00.P.M. Maximum marks: 100


[B]01.[/B] Write an Essay of about 300 words on any one of the following: 20

(i) Reconciliatory steps in politics, a better strategy in democratic norms,
(ii) A down ward trend in education standard today is root cause of all social evils,
(iii) Talibanization and Terrorism has destabilized the South West Asian Region. What policy decisions
Pakistan should adopt to bail out safely.
(iv) The curse of Interest is responsible for world wide recession and declining world economy.


[B]02[/B] Make a precis of the following and give it a suitable heading: 20
Africans and Asians alike have been tortured and oppressed by the energetic ingenuity of the western conquest. If the world is to be happy, energy and ingenuity must no longer be expended in the exploitation of those who have less of these qualities.^Mankind must learn a degree of mutual respect which has never hitherto existed.-v Perhaps some at least of the nation of Asia will have learnt this lesson from their sufferings at the hands of ingenious despots. Perhaps on .the other hand, they will only have acquired a wish to imitate the ruthless mastodons who are bringing the west to disaster. One has not the gift of prophecy and one cannot plumb the depths of human folly, but while there is uncertainty, hope and apprehension are equally rational, and hope is more likely to be beneficial. So long, therefore, as hope remains possible, one shall continue to hope. And a large part of one's hope will be centered in the East.


[B]03[/B] Write a letter to the Chief Engineer (Electricity) of your area complaining him that the un-usual and 20
prolonged load—shedding was in fact due to in-efficiency on part of distribution wing. Efforts
therefore may be made to put the things in order.

[B][CENTER]OR[/CENTER][/B]

Write an application to the Nazim of your district complaining him/her against the increasing trend of professional begging and suggesting some ways to stop it.


[B]04[/B] Select the most appropriate meaning of the following words and use it in your sentence: 20

(i) Discotheque: (A) Night Club (B) Cabaret (C) Saloon
(D) Place where social dancing is done but need not imply the serving alcoholic drinks.

(ii) Benevolence: (A) Generosity (B) Goodwill (C) Un-selfishness (D) Kindness.

(iii) Partisan: (A) Partial (B) Biased (C) Favouring (D) Prejudiced.

(iv) Forego: (A) Give-up (B) Sacrifice (C) Waive (D) Refuse

(v) Extirpate: (A) Annihilate (B) Eradicate (C) Uproot (D) Exterminate

(vi) Vogue: (A) Fad (B) Rage (C) Usage of things having temporary public approval
(D) Fashion

(vii) Tie: (A) Moor (B) Truss (C) Secure (D) Fasten

(viii) Timid: (A) Shy (B) Submissive (C) Coy (D) Bashful

(ix) Modest: A) Lowly (B) Un-assuming (C) Un-pretentious (D) Docile.

(x) Graphic: (A) Pictorial (B) Neutral description to work using techniques of visual design (C) Vivid (D) Picturesque


[B]05 (a) [/B]Give the meaning-of any five of the following idioms and use them in your own sentences: 10
(i) Cloak and dagger (ii) In cold blood (iii) A bottomless pit (iv) Be out of bounds (v) Off the wall (vi) Breathe life into (vii) Heavy handed (viii) A rat-fink (ix) .By word of mouth (x) Come face to face with.

[B](b)[/B] Change the following to Adjectives and use them in your own sentences: 10
(A) Maneuver (B) Train (C) Conquer (D) Maintain (E) Neglect (F) Learn (G) Mitigate
(H) Connect (I) Suffer (J) Defeat.


[B][CENTER]THE END [/CENTER][/B]

Q4
 

Please post the appropriate answer of Question#4. According to my search every answer is so closed to eachother creating ambiguity to touch upon the exact meaning. Seniors and others are requested to post suitable choices.

Regards

answer of Q.4
 

these are the answers of question 4.

.1 Discotheque
.D. place where social dancing is done..........without serving the alcohalic drinks.

2Benevolence
A.generocity

3. Partisan
C. favouring

4. Forego
A. Give up

5.Extirepate
B. Eradicate

6.Vogue
D,Fashion

7.Tie
D.Fasten

8.Timid
A.Shy

9.Modest
C.Unpretentious

10.Graphic
C.Vivid

dear these are answers of Q.4

[QUOTE=Babakhan]Please post the appropriate answer of Question#4. According to my search every answer is so closed to eachother creating ambiguity to touch upon the exact meaning. Seniors and others are requested to post suitable choices.

Regards[/QUOTE]

See following link, answers are available there. There is disagreement on some words do conclude after reading various posts.
[url]http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-compulsory-subjects/english-precis-composition/grammar-section/22288-lets-correct-incorrect-sentences-past-papers.html#post123005[/url]

confusing words
 

hello broters:dd
though the all words r confusing yet i find following confirmed meanings from oxford dictionary n that is quite surprising


.1 Discotheque [confirmed]
.D. place where social dancing is done..........without serving the alcohalic drinks.

2Benevolence
A.generocity[ unconfirmed]

3. Partisan
C. partial [unconfirmed]

4. Forego
A. waive [confirmed]

5.Extirepate
B. Eradicate [unconfirmed]quite confusing beacuse all worrds have similiar meanings.

6.Vogue
D,Fashion [confirmed]

7.Tie
D.Fasten [confirmed]

8.Timid
A.Shy [confirmed]

9.Modest
unassuming [ confirmed]

10.Graphic
pictursque [:confirmed]

:cry

confusing words
 

:ohmy:
sorry bro
ters little mistake:roll

correct meaning for word last word is

[B][I][U]10.Graphic
C.Vivid[/U][/I][/B]

Request To Members
 

it is requested to all candidates that appeared in cce exams that plz put ur comments on precis.and also suggest the title of same in order to guide new commers.
i had titiled above precis as "mutual respect constructs happy world" . plz comments on this too:phone

solution
 

brother i gave four titels to my precis and 'imperialism of the west and sufferings of the third world`was one of these.`exploitation of the poor nations at the hands of hegemonic powers`was an other title.

100%right synonyms
 

1.dicotheque=play where social danc.........
2.benevolence=kindness(benevolent=generosity)
3.partisan=favouring
4.forego=giveup
5.extirpate=eradicate or uproot(both are close)
6.vogue=fashion
7.tie=fasten
8.timid=submissive
9.modest=unpretentious
10.graphic=techniques of visual design.note- my score in this question will hardly be four out of ten.:dd

[quote=Raz][B]
[/B][B]02[/B] Make a precis of the following and give it a suitable heading: 20

Africans and Asians alike have been tortured and oppressed by the energetic ingenuity of the western conquest. If the world is to be happy, energy and ingenuity must no longer be expended in the exploitation of those who have less of these qualities. Mankind must learn a degree of mutual respect which has never hitherto existed.-v Perhaps some at least of the nation of Asia will have learnt this lesson from their sufferings at the hands of ingenious despots. Perhaps on .the other hand, they will only have acquired a wish to imitate the ruthless mastodons who are bringing the west to disaster. One has not the gift of prophecy and one cannot plumb the depths of human folly, but while there is uncertainty, hope and apprehension are equally rational, and hope is more likely to be beneficial. So long, therefore, as hope remains possible, one shall continue to hope. And a large part of one's hope will be centered in the East.
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I assigned following title to it:[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][B]“Western Hegemony & Eastern hope”[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]
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