Time
allowed: 3 hours
Maximum marks: 100
Question No 1 1. Make a précis of the following passage in about
200 words:
Man is pre-eminently an animal good a gadget.
However, there is reason for doubting his good judgement in their utilization.
perhaps the first chemical process which man
employed for his own service was combustion. First utilized to warm naked and
chilled bodies. It was then discovered to be effective for scaring off
nocturnal beasts of prey and an admirable agent for the preparation and
preservation of food. Much later came the discovery that fire could be used in
extracting and working metals and last of all that it could be employed to
generate power. In ancient times man began to use tire as a weapon, beginning
with incendiary torches and arrow and proceeding to explosives, which have been
developed principally for the destruction of human beings and their works.
in the control and utilization of gases. The
achievements of our species have not been commendable. One might begin with
air, which man breathes in common with other terrestrial vertebrates. He differs
from other animals in that he seems incapable of selecting the right kind of
air for breathing. Man is for ever doing things which foul the air and
poisoning himself by his own stupidity. He pens himself up in a limited air
space and suffocates, he manufactures noxious gases which accidentally or
intentionally displace the air and remove him from the ranks of the living, he
been completely unable to filter the air of the disease germs, which he
breathes to his detriment, he and all his works are powerless to prevent a
hurricane or to withstand its force. Man has indeed been able to utilize the
power of moving air currents to a limited extent and to imitate the flight of
birds, with the certainty of eventually breaking his neck if he tries it.
Man uses water much in the same way as other animals;
he has to drink it constantly, washes in it frequently, and drowns ii
occasionally — probably oftener than other terrestrial vertebrates. Without
water, he dies as miserably as any other beast and with too much of it, as in
hoods, he is equally unable to cope. However, he excels other animals in that
he has learned to utilize water power.
But it is rather man’s lack of judgement in the
exercise of control of natural resources which would disgust cities. Of higher
intelligence. Although it would not surprise the apes. Man observes that the
wood of trees is serviceable for constructing habitation and other buildings.
He straight away and recklessly denudes the earth of forests, in so far as he is
able. He finds that the meat and skins of the bison are valuable and
immediately goes to work to exterminate the bison. He allows his grazing
animals to strip the’ turf from the soil so that it is blown away and fertile
places become deserts. He clears for cultivation and exhausts the rich land by
stupid planting. He goes into wholesale production of food. Cereals. Fruit and
livestock and allows the fruits of his labor to rot or to starve because he has
not provided any adequate method of distributing them or because no one can pay
for them. He invents machines which do the work of many men. And is perplexed
by the many men who arc Out of work. It would be hard convince judges of human conduct
that man is not an economic fool.
Question No 2 Write a prose version of the following poem in
simple English and then Comment on the difference in the language of both the
poem and its prose version:
Without that once clear aim, the
path of flight
‘To follow for a life-time through white
air.
This century’ chokes me under roots of might.
I suffer like history in Dark Ages. Where
Truth lies in dungeons, from which dirties
on whisper.
We hear of towers long broken off from
sight
And tortures and war, in dark and smoky rum
ours.
But on man’s buried lives there falls no
light.
Watch me who walks through coiling streets
where rain
And fog down every cry and corners of day
Road drills explore new areas of pain.
Nor summer nor light may reach down here to
play.
The city builds its horror in my brain.
This writing is my only wings away.
Question No 3 a) Distinguish between the meaning of the words in
the following pairs. And use them in sentences to illustrate:
Grateful. Gratified, imaginary, imaginative, negligent,
negligible. Pla-cable, peaceable. Restive, restless.
b) Use any live
of the following idioms in your own sentences to illustrate their meaning:
When all is said and done, and axe to grind, torn a
new leaf’, horn the candle both ends, leave in the lurea. Goes without saving,
like a red rag to a bull. No leg to stand on under the thumb of him writing on
the wall.
Question No 4 Develop the following quotation into a paragraph of
about 120 words:
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate
them,-but to be indifferent to them, that’s the essence of humanity.”(G.B. Shaw
in The Devil’s Disciple. Act II) OR
Give a brief but complete statement of your ideals and
dreams of life in simple English.
Question No 5 List, with some amplification the steps that the
Government of Pakistan should take in order to check inflation and rising
prices in the country. OR
Compose a short speech for a Forum on international
understanding and goodwill.