BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER/SECTION OFFICER (B-17)
IN THE SERVICES & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH GENERAL & ENGLISH ESSAY
June 23, 2021
Total Marks 100
Time Allowed 03 Hours
NOTE
i Attempt all questions
ii All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places
iii Candidate must write Q No in the Answer Book in accordance with Q No in the Q Paper
iv No Page/Space be left blank between the answers All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed
Q No 1 Write an essay (450-500 words) on any one of the following topics (30)
i Youth a period of strain and stress
ii Democracy in Theory and Practice
iii Act well your part, there all the honour lies
iv Socialism and Capitalism
Q No 2 Write a letter to the Editor of “The Pakistan Times” criticizing fashions in dress (15)
Q No 3 Use the following idioms in your sentences to bring out their meaning (10)
i To eat the humble pie
ii Alpha and Omega
iii A child’s play
iv To leave one in the lurch
v Over and above
Q No 4 Correct the following sentences (10)
i I had my friend to drive me to the airport
ii One of my friends need some help
iii One should not betray his friends
iv I dare not to do it
v These two brothers often quarrel among themselves
Q No 5 Insert appropriate prepositions in the following blanks (10)
i The judge acquitted him ______ the charges
ii Do not be impatient ______ the weak students
iii She takes ______ her mother
iv They have put ______ a lot of money to buy a house
v Can you make ______ what the problems are?
Q No 6 Make a précis of the following passage and assign a suitable title (25)
Now for an example of the prevailing ignorance. When a father advises his son on a choice of occupation, he is generally guided mainly by economic, and partly by ethical considerations. He wants his son to avoid bad wages and bad company. He does not think about bad health though he may be impressed by the risk of violent death. Yet the health of different occupations differs to an extraordinary extent, and the average man knows very little about the risks of even his own job, let alone his neighbour’s. Otherwise, no sane man would take up such an occupation as that of metal grinder or barman, with a morality double that of the average man, when he might become a carpenter or a railwayman, and thus enjoy an expectation of life above the average. Our rulers are equally ignorant on these matters. Protective duties and subsidies are granted quite impartially to health occupations like agriculture, and unhealthy ones such as the cutting trade. When this policy is opposed it is opposed on economic grounds and never because by encouraging an unhealthy trade, you are condemning some of your fellow countrymen to death. All parties agree in putting economic considerations before biological; wealth before health. I could give you plenty more examples of this ignorance if time permitted.
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