BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF SECTION OFFICERS (B-17)

GENERAL PAPER IN BALOCHI

MARKS: 100

MAY 21, 2005

TIME: 03 HOURS

Q-1. Write an Essay (in Balochi) of about 500 words on any of the following topics: (20)

   1 عیدِ قربان

   2 گِدی زبان ءُ ماتی زبان

   3 گوادر بندر ءُ اشیءِ باندات

Q-2. Explain (in Balochi) the life and Contribution of any of the following Men of letters: (20)

(1) محمد خان مری (2) عبداللہ جان جمالدینی (3) سید ہاشمی (4) میر گل خان نصیر (5) مراد ساحر

Q-3. Name the authors of following Balochi Books: (10)

(1) شب چراگ (2) درپشگ (3) شپ روجاک (4) سانکل (5) جتے کہ بگ کپت

Q-4. Prove the opposites of the following Balochi words: (10)

(1) وشکاپ (2) عالم (3) سبک (4) پل (5) ماہ

Q-5. Change the following Balochi Proverbs into English one: (20)

(1) ماہی ءِ دل مشک ءِ واد ۔

(2) ہما چات ءَ آپ درکپیت کہ بن ءَ آپ بہ بیت ۔

(3) جنگاہ ءَ لڈّ اتگ انت پدا پشّل گپتگ انت ۔

(4) دل کہ تپیت دست راست ءَ روت ۔

(5) مئی کج ۔

Q-6. Translate the following lines into Balochi: (20)

“Little is known about Balochi Literature prior to the middle of the 12th Century. The forced migrations and their struggles for survival, aggravated by the oppression by their enemies, deprived the Balochi of their oral tradition in their Caspian Kirman – Seistan areas. The first poem which we know of was composed in the late 12 century at the time when the Baloch migrated from Seistan Kirman to Makran and founded their first confederacy under Mir Jalalan.

In the 15 Century the Baloch were spread throughout what is know today as Eastern Balochistan. The formation of the confederacy provided a chance for poets to compose love songs, record their traditional history and their relations with their neighbours, their inter tribal feuds and their conquest drives into the Indian Sub-Continent.”

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