The Lady of Shalott (1832) By Alfred Lord Tennyson Part I On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro’ the field the road runs by To many-tower’d Camelot; The yellow-leaved waterlily The green-sheathed daffodilly Tremble in the water chilly Round…
Ulysses By Alfred Lord Tennyson It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to…
To Autumn By John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and…
Ode to a Nightingale By John Keats My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: ‘Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,— That…
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798 BY William Wordsworth Five years have past; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs With a soft inland murmur.—Once again Do I…
Resolution and Independence by William Wordsworth There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But now the sun is rising calm and bright; The birds are singing in the distant woods; Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods; The Jay makes answer as the Magpie…
Movie 1980 – The Gift of the Magi by O Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation…
The Lotus Eater By W. Somerset Maugham Most people, the vast majority in fact, lead the lives that circumstances have thrust upon them, and though some repine, looking upon themselves as round pegs in square holes, and think that if things had been different they might have made a much better showing, the greater part…
Tremendous Trifles By G.K. Chesterton XXXVI. A Somewhat Improbable Story I cannot remember whether this tale is true or not. If I read it through very carefully I have a suspicion that I should come to the conclusion that it is not. But, unfortunately, I cannot read it through very carefully, because, you see, it…
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1971 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: (i) Answer questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. (ii) Each question in Section A carries 15 marks. Each question in Section B…
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1973 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: (i) Answer questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. (ii) Each question in Section A carries 15 marks. Each question in Section B…
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1974 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: (i) Attempt any TEN questions. (ii) Each question carries 5 marks. What are the functions of various parts of a plant? Give a…
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1975 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: (i) Attempt any TEN questions. (ii) All questions carries equal marks. Note: (i Attempt any TEN questions (ii) Each question carries 5 marks….
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1977 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: (i) Attempt any TEN questions. (i) All questions carries equal marks. Under what principle is electricity produced by water help up by a…
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1978 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: (i) This question paper consists of FOUR parts. PART – I 1. Name any two Chemical fertilizers. 2. Name two common commercial solvents….
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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1980 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: (i) Answer any ten questions. All question carry equal marks. Be brief and to the point. How is it that by simply pressing…
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1981 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: Attempt Eleven questions in all. Question No.1 is compulsory. Be brief and to the point. All questions carry equal marks except question No….
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1982 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: Attempt Eleven questions in all. Question No.1 is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks. Write a short essay on Science and Society Describe…
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1983 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, PAPER – I EVERYDAY SCIENCE Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50 Note: Attempt Eleven questions in all. Question No.1 is compulsory. Be brief and to the point. All questions carry equal marks. Except question No.1,…