Time
allowed: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100
Question No 1 make a précis of the following passage in about 250
words:
as a kind of foot-note I should comment that there
are those who doubt whether it is within the power of science to ensure over a
prolonged period freedom from destitution and famine for mankind. The argument
is the old one of Malthus that in the race between increasing population and
increasing production, population must eventually win. Those of us who decline
to accept this pessimistic view recognize the difficulty of the practical
problem of meeting the needs of an ever-expanding population. We have, however,
greater faith in human resourcefulness. We note that it is not only in the
technology of production and medicine that the present generation differs so
greatly from the one before. A similar rapid change is likewise occurring the
thinking of masses of people. This change is brought about partly by experience
with technology by more widespread education. Here lies a new realm in which dramatic
advance is being made. The hope for the longer future lies in a growing
understanding of the conditions for the good life of man in a world of science
and technology,. And the acceptance of a morality that is consistent with these
conditions. With the widespread thought now being given to such problems by persons
whose thinking is schooled to rely on reason and tested fact. It is evident
that advance from this angle will also appear. Youth may, for example, consider
these remarks as an effort to see in truer perspective the type of ideals that
are appropriate to the age of science. Many are those who are now sharing to
this exploration of human values.
The great question is whether such understanding of
human goals and the corresponding development of morals can be achieved before
the forces seen by Malthus, and emphasized so forcefully by recent writers,
overwhelm the elicits of the pioneers in this new and critical field. I do not
believe that this is inevitable. I am confident of man’s ability to meet and
solve this ethical problem that is so vital to the success of his effort to
achieve physical and spiritual freedom.
It is relevant that as I analyse the reasons for my
faith in man’s eventual ability to meet this critical problem. I find that
prominent in my mind is the confidence that God who made us holds for us an
increasing density. to be achieved through our own efforts in the world setting
that he supplies. This observation is significant in the present setting
because it is my strong impression that most of those who have the firm faith
in man’s advancement likewise have a religious basis for their faith. If this
impression is valid its consequence is clear. It means that it is men and women
of religious faith on whom we must primarily rely to work strongly toward
achieving a favorable world society. It means also that those of religious
faith because of their faith have a better chance of survival, a fact that has a
bearing on the attitude that may be expected in the society of the future.
Question No 2 Render the following poem in simple prose and
comment on the difference in the effective use of language between the poem and
its prose version by you.
TO DAFFODILS
You haste away so soon,
As yet the early rising sun
Has not attained his noon.
Stay, stay,
Until the hasting day
Fair daffodils, we weep to see
Has run
But to the even-song,
And having prayed together, we
Will go with you along.
We have short time to stay, as you.
We have as short a spring,
As quick a growth to meet decay,
As you, or anything,
We die,
As your hours do, and dry Away
Like to summer’s rain or as the pearls of morning dew, never
to be found again. (Robert Herrick)
Question No 3 Each
of the following words has more than one meaning. Choose any five of them and
by using them in at least two sentences each indicates what these different
meanings are:
a) Report,
ruler, point, wear, glasses, vessel, stage, spirit.
b) Use any live
of the following idiomatic expressions in yon own sentences to illustrate their
meaning:
Turn to account: to heat the air, to break a lance with, to
foul of, to keep open house, to put out of countenance, got up to kill, to have
a finger in the pie.
Question No 4 “It is my invincible belief that science and peace
will triumph over ignorance and war, that notions will eventually unite not
destroy but build and that the future .will belong to those ‘who will have done
most for suffering Humanity.”(Louis Pasteur)
Expand this in a paragraph of about 120 words
giving examples and arguments sin support of Pasteur’s belief. OR
Suggest what the people of this country can do themselves to
remedy social evils.
Question No 5 “Asghar is now twenty-two,” she tells her husband,
“It’s time you thought of his marriage lest the boy starts keeping bad
company.” Mir Nihal clears his throat and says:
“Yes, I was going to speak to you about him himself.
Has he gone to sleep?” — No. He went out after dinner and has no come back
yet.(Ahmad Au: Twilight in Delhi)
Develop this conversation between Mir Nihal and Begum Nihal
about
their son Asghar and his marriage in order to give an
impression of the customs and manners of Muslims in Indo-Pak sub-continent. OR
Write a critical review of the marriage customs of your
region or tribe or family, etc.