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Q. 1. Write an essay on any one of the following in minimum 250 words to maximum OBTAINED
300 words. It must exhibit your grasp and critical understanding of the subject in MARKS
the best possible individual style having originality of thought and expression. It
must be well argued piece of writing coherently and sequentially with observance
of grammatical rules. TOTAL
I. Implications of the proposal of reserving 33% seats for women in the Indian MARKS : 20
Parliament.
II. Home is the first school for Gender Sensitization.
III. “The idea of lateral entry into Indian Civil Services would energize the Indian
administration.” Discuss its advantages and disadvantages with appropriate
examples.
IV. The rate of childhood obesity has been growing rapidly all over the world. Discuss
the role of fast food in increasing childhood obesity.
V. “Environmental resources are everybody’s properties but nobody’s responsibilities.”
Critically examine this statement and suggest way forward.

Q. 2. Imagine you are an officer on special duty in the Department of Archaeological OBTAINED
Survey of India (ASI). India has a rich heritage which includes a repository of MARKS
archaeological treasures and incredible monuments. Your senior officer has sought
your opinion about the measures to be adopted to preserve the invaluable heritage TOTAL
monuments. Write a letter, in about 150 words, to your senior officer suggesting MARKS : 10
necessary measures.

Q. 3. Write a press release, in about 150 words, on behalf of the Principal Secretary, OBTAINED
MARKS
Revenue Department, Government of Gujarat, briefing about the launching of
Government’s initiative of online NA (Non-Agriculture) conversion process of lands
along with its salient features and benefits. TOTAL
MARKS : 10

Q. 4. You are the Organizing Secretary of the Blood Donation Camp organized by a OBTAINED
reputed social service organization to commemorate Swami Vivekanand Jayanti. MARKS
Write a report about the event in about 150 words.
TOTAL
Q. 5. The graph below gives information of percentage of female employees in the MARKS : 15
workforce of major technical companies. Describe and analyze the information of
the graph with meaningful observations in about 150 words.
The Tech World Is Still a Man’s World
Percentage of female employees in the workforce of major tech companies*
Tech Jobs Leadership Jobs Total Workforce

43
41
39 38
36 35
33 32
31
28 28 29
26
25 25
22 23
20 19 19
19
17
15
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n/a
TOTAL
MARKS : 15
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Q. 6. Draft a formal speech, in about 150 words, to be delivered by the honourable OBTAINED
Governor of the State at the convocation ceremony of a reputed University of MARKS
the State.
Q. 7. Write a precis of the following passage in about one-third of its original length. TOTAL
MARKS : 15
 ureaucracy has been viewed and conceptualized not only as an administrative organization
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but also as a cohesive well-knit elite structure of diverse and disparate elements, who
despite a wide differentiation in terms of their background, education, social status and
upbringing are united in preserving their exclusive monopolistic hold over administration.
While the old ICS ethos is still preserved in some form or other, the new entrants have also
a vision of the changed present.
The Indian Bureaucratic apparatus is riddled with newer challenges - the challenges of
nation building and legitimating. The new genre of servicemen belonging to other services
are vying with each other to usurp the authority wielded by this exclusive group. What India
needs are a number of apex services to obviate the necessity of maintaining one apex
service to the exclusion of other similar services. That alone can prevent inter-service and
intra-service feuds and create an atmosphere of cordiality and cooperation among various
service segments. The basis of this parity will have to be parity in mode of intake into
the service, followed by other conditions and modalities of promotion and other benefits
which can be multiple commissions to bring about uniformity in recruitment conditions
and promotions cannot be emphasized. A plural society, needing an infinite number of OBTAINED
generalists and specialists for fulfilling the coveted goals of nation building, a foolproof MARKS
system cannot be devised and even the foregoing suggestions have not been made in a
perfectionist vein. All that embody is just hypothetical response to the challenging task of TOTAL
bringing about an egalitarian relationship among various societies in India. MARKS : 15
(284 words).

Q. 8. Read the following passage carefully and answer questions that

follow: (15 × 1 = 15)
To be meaningful, conversation should have an orientation on direction. It need not to be
strategically planned but there should be a general drift of ideas in it. It has been said
by the wise that speech is silver and silence is golden. Surely silence is preferable to
inconsequential chit-chat. No good conversation is possible unless two or more individuals
sit together feeling fully relaxed. Congeniality and understanding are the salient features of
a good conversation.
I have often observed that strangers meeting for the first time look very uncomfortable.
They are like two islands of experience and there is little sharing of ideas and notions
between them. Two ladies meeting at the bus-stand while waiting for the bus would talk
about the bus timings or about the weather by way of phatic conversation. But once they
are on the bus and are together for half an hour, they would be as intimate as real sisters.
Let us remember that conversation with friends is a mode of relaxation. Intimate friends
could be, at times, very witty and satirical in tone. When a teacher establishes a rapport
with his senior students, his conversation becomes very homely and endearing.
Conversation need not be a pontifical sermon but an exchange of amicable and pleasant
ideas. It should be prompt and cohesive as it is participatory and interactive. Conversation
is an art that can be cultivated and developed. It is a great boon which can be possessed OBTAINED
by training, practice, patience and perseverance. One who acquires this art, his labors MARKS
are fully rewarded. However, one must remember that conversation is not an enterprise
designed to yield an extrinsic profit, a contest where a winner gets a prize, nor is it an TOTAL
activity of exegesis; it is an unrehearsed intellectual adventure. And it is this conversation MARKS : 15
which, in the real sense, gives place and character to every human activity and utterance.
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Questions:
I. In the context of the passage, “phatic” stands for
A. boring dialogues
B. meaningful conversations
C. social pleasantries
D. specific idea
E. all the above

II. Why are the strangers meeting for the first time are like “two islands of
experience”?
A. because their meeting is not planned
B. because they do not want to chit-chat
C. because they have no patience to listen to each other
D. because there is little sharing of ideas and notions
E. none of the above

III. Find the word in the passage that means “pompous” and “authoritarian”.
A. congeniality
B. satirical
C. pontifical
D. witty
E. none of the above.

IV. Which of the following does not make a good conversation?

A. arbitrariness
B. orientation
C. understanding
D. congeniality
E. none of the above.
V. What does the author mean by “participatory and interactive”?
A. inconsequential chit-chat
B. strategically planned
C. between two or more individuals
D. all the above
E. none of the above
VI. What does the author mean by “...speech is silver and silence is golden”?
VII. What are the salient features of a good conversation according to the author?
VIII. How can the art of conversation be acquired?
IX. What, according to the author, should not form a part of the understanding of
conversation?
X. What is conversation according to the author?
XI. How far do you agree with the statement that “conversation is an art that can
be cultivated and developed?
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XII. What does the author mean by “... it is this conversation which, in the real
sense, gives place and character to every human activity and utterance”?
XIII. 
Why is the author of the opinion that conversation is not an activity of
exegesis?
XIV. What does the author mean by “...very witty and satirical in tone”?
XV. Give a suitable title to the passage.

Q. 9. Do as directed:
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Choose the correct answer from the given options and darken the circle [] as well MARKS
as write the correct answer in the bracket (CAPITAL LETTER) as per the sample
given below: (20 × 1 = 20)
Sample Answer: ( C )   A   B   C   D   E  TOTAL
MARKS : 20
I. He will pay the loan _____ three years. (insert suitable preposition)
A. in B. within
C. since D. towards
E. by
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

II. Ram ____ ill for a week when the doctor visited him. (Use the correct form of
the verb).
A. has been B. had been
C. is D. was
E. none of the above
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
III. “You’ve been leaking information to the Press!” said his colleagues. “No,
I haven’t,” he said. “Liar!” said Tom. (Change narration).

A. His colleagues accused him of leaking information to the Press. He said no.
He called Tom a liar.
B. His colleagues accused him of leaking information to the Press. He denied it.
Tom called him a liar.
C. His colleagues accused him for leaking information to the Press. He said no.
He called him a liar.
D. His colleagues accused Tom of leaking information to the Press. He denied
it. He called Tom a liar.
E. None of the above
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

IV. He tried to think of the future despite adverse circumstances. (Choose the
suitable phrasal verb in the correct grammatical form for the underlined
words).
A. look forward to B. look up to
C. look by D. look for
E. look ahead
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
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V. Sachin and Anjali have got two children, ____ boy and ____ girl. ____ boy is
seven years old and ____ girl is three. Sachin works in ______ bank. Anjali
hasn’t got ____ job at ____ moment. (Insert appropriate articles, ‘a’ or ‘the’).

A. a, a, A, a, the, the, the
B. a, a, The, the, a, the, a
C. the, the, The, a, a, a, the
D. The, a, The, the, a, a, a
E. a, a, The, the, a, a, the
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

VI. The mango tastes sweet. The rose smells sweet. The medicine tastes bitter.
(change the voice).

A. The mango will be sweet when tasted. The rose will be sweet when smelled.
The medicine will be bitter when tasted.
B. The mango shall be sweet. The rose shall be sweet. The medicine shall be
bitter.
C. 
The mango is going to taste sweet. The rose is going to smell sweet.
The medicine is going to taste bitter.
D. The mango is sweet as tasted. The rose is sweet as smelt. The medicine is
bitter as tasted.
E. The mango is sweet when tasted. The rose is sweet when smelt. The medicine
is bitter when tasted.
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

VII. Match the phrasal verbs with their meaning:

1. Mete out a. to spend time in pleasant/relaxed way
2. Putter about b. End a phone conversation
3. Thang up c. Meet by accident or unexpectedly
4. Run into d. to punish or treat unfairly
A. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d B. 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b
C. 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c D. 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
E. 1-a, 2-c, 3-d, 4-b
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

VIII. I have some duties. I must perform them. (Combine these two sentences into
one simple sentence).

A. I am having some duties to perform.
B. I have some duties to be performed.
C. I have some duties to perform.
D. I am having some duties to performed.
E. I am having some duties for performance.
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
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IX. Don’t go out in rain, _____ you should catch cold. It looks ______ it is going
to rain. You can stay in this house _____ you stay in this town. ( insert
appropriate conjunction and connector ).
A. or, as if, till B. or, as if, as long as
C. lest, as if, as long as D. lest, as, till
E. lest, as if, until
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
X. Match the idioms with their meanings:
1. piece of cake a. something that turns good into great
2. show a clean pair of hands b. go back on a decision
3. to burn one’s boats c. run away
4. icing on the cake d. easy to understand or do
A. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d B. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
C. 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c D. 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
E. 1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
XI. The bill was passed without ____ from the opposition. (Fill in the blank with
appropriate word to convey the exact meaning in the sentence)
A. dissent B. descend
C. descent D. decent
E. none of the above
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
XII.
Substitute appropriate one word for ‘a place for keeping birds’.
A. Attic B. Flora
C. Aviary D. Granary
E. Bunting
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
XIII. Which of the following words is synonym of ‘nadir’?
A. culmination B. acme
C. vertex D. bottom
E. apogee
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
XIV. Match the words with their meaning:
1. Turncoat a. One who loads and unloads ships
2. Novice b. One who always keeps to himself
3. Taciturn c. One who changes sides
4. Stevedore d. One who is new to a profession
A. 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b B. 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a
C. 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a D. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
E. 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
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XV. Which of the following word is antonym of ‘brilliant’?
A. lambent B. refulgent
C. lacklustre D. effulgent
E. candescent
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

XVI. PRO BONO means _________

A. work done without care
B. work undertaken under influence
C. work done under obligation
D. work done involuntarily
E. work undertaken voluntarily without charge
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

XVII. Match the words with their meanings:

1. Bohemian a. One in love with oneself
2. Connoisseur b. A critical judge of any food, art or craft
3. Dilettante c. One with unconventional style of living
4. Narcissist d. A dabbler in art, science and literature
A. 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-a B. 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b
C. 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a D. 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c
E. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
XVIII. In which of the following compound words an affix is used to add the meaning
‘across’?

A. Counter-revolution B. Chlorinate
C. Transatlantic D. Intercultural
E. Ultrasound
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

XIX. Your criticism of Mohan is hardly ______ and only a ______ person can believe
it because he has made a _______ contribution to the organization in the past.

A. credulous, credible, creditable
B. creditable, credulous, credible
C. credible, creditable, credulous
D. credulous, creditable, credible
E. credible, credulous, creditable
Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 
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XX. The lady was shaken to the ______ when she saw the _____ carrying a ______.
A. core, corpse, corps
B. core, corps, corpse
C. corps, core, corpse
D. corpse, core, corps
E. corps, corpse, core

Answer: (  )   A    B    C    D    E 

Q. 10 Translate the following passage from Gujarati into English.

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