SINDH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, HYDERABAD.
Combined Competitive Examination, 2019
English General.
Sunday the 21st April, 2019.
Time: 02:00 pm to 05: 00 pm Maximum marks. 100
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Note-I .
(i) Please attempt all parts of each Question at one place clearly indicating Question No.
(ii) All the blank pages of Answer Copy must be crossed.
(iii) Extra attempted question(s) will not be assessed.
Note-II. Attempt all Questions.
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Question No. Marks.
01. Write a well organized and coherent Essay on any One of the following: 20
(i) Civilized dissent is necessary for social progress.
(ii) They never fall who fall in good cause.
(iii) Disaster management and Government preparedness. (iv) Wars do not solve any problem, peace does.
02 (a) Make a Précis of the following passage and give it a suitable heading: 20
Things change with the passage of time. There have been great many changes in the world. Seasons of the year keep on changing. They follow one another in a cycle. Most of thickly populated cities and towns that existed centuries ago are reduced to ruins and give a deserted look now. Cities and towns that were destroyed by natural calamities or razed to the ground by invaders long ago have again been populated thickly and become great trading centres and tourist places. Some of them afford breath-taking scenes and wonderful places ever seen on the earth. Small towns have been developed to be big cities and deserted places have become worth-seeing places. This all happens because change is a constant course of life.
It is but natural that man is attracted by innovations, discoveries, inventions, new creations and change in his life. That is why he has created wonderful things for his ease and comfort. Wonderful, magnificent and sky-high buildings reflect his tendency to high life, luxurious living and glorious and glamorous station of life. Gone are the days when man used to light oil lamp and cooked food by burning firewood and coal. Means of transport, communications and routes of conveyance have drastically changed. Modern inventions have brought wonderful change in our life-style and made our mobility frequent and speedy, and living amazingly convenient.
Some drastic and violent changes were brought about by cruel and wicked invaders who not only plundered wealth and precious things, but also put tens of thousands of innocent people to sword. Genghis khan and Hulagu Khan of Mongol stock are the worst examples of tyranny, scourge, mass killing of Muslims and hostility and ill-will towards Islam. They laid cities, crops and bazaars waste and set libraries and properties of Muslims on fire and reduced magnificent buildings to debris and dust and burnt thousands of precious and rare books to ashes. Their invasions came as wrath of God to teach transgressors a lesson.
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03. Law and order situation in your town is getting worse day be day. Felonies of 20 almost all sorts are getting rampant. Therefore, lives, properties and valuables of residents are at stake. As a peace-loving and law-abiding citizen of the town, apprise the concerned authorities of situation for restoration of law and order and peace there.
OR
You are keen on furthering your academic pursuits. As a Postgraduate in your discipline, write an application to the Chairman Higher Education Commission, Pakistan for a scholarship to meet your educational expenses abroad. Give some reasons for grant of a scholarship for a doctoral programme, and justify how far your degree would be useful for your country.
04 Explain and use meaningfully in your own sentences any Ten of the following 20 idioms:
(i) The best of both worlds (ii) Speak of the devil (iii) See eye to eye (iv) Once in a blue moon (v) When pigs fly (vi) To cost an arm and a leg (vii) A piece of cake (viii) Let the cat out of the bag (ix) To feel under the weather (x) To kill two birds with one stone (xi) To cut corners (xii) To add insult to injury (xiii) You can’t judge a book by its cover. (xiv) Break a leg.
05 (a) Convert any Five of the following words into adjectives and use them 10 (adjectives) in your sentences meaningfully.
(i) Mouth (ii) Lip (iii) Word (iv) Language (v) Nose (vi) Neglect (vii) Learn (viii) Number.
(b) Sort out the synonyms from the words listed below: 05
Proscription, assume, breakthrough, stumble, prohibition, stagger, foil step forward, counterpart, infer.
(c) Sort out the antonyms from the words listed below: 05
Arrogant, nonconformist, humble, deter, crooked, sparse, urge, traditional, straight, plentiful.
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