PMS English Precis & Composition Past Paper 2019 PDF
PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2019
For Recruitment to the Posts of Provincial Management Service (PMS)
SUBJECT: English Precis and Composition (COMPULSORY)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Q. No. 1 (20 Marks):
Write a paragraph of about 200 words on any ONE of the following topics:
a. Gender inequality in Pakistan b. Good governance is key to poverty alleviation c. A critical analysis of the education system in Pakistan d. Role and power of media in today’s world
Q. No. 2 (10 Marks):
Use any Ten of the following idiomatic expressions in sentences to make their meanings clear:
a. Once in a blue moon b. A piece of cake c. Let the cat out of the bag d. Kill two birds with one stone e. A blessing in disguise f. Get out of hand g. Comparing apples to oranges h. A wild goose chase i. Hit the nail on the head j. At the drop of a hat k. Burn the midnight oil l. Make a long story short
Q. No. 3 (10 Marks):
Write a letter to your friend inviting him to join you for a visit to the Northern Areas of Pakistan.
OR Write an application to the manager of your bank about a suspicious transaction in your account.
Q. No. 4 (5 Marks):
Write the antonyms of the following words:
a. Feeble b. Wane c. Abhor d. Agile e. Nadir
Q. No. 5 (5 Marks):
Change the narration of any Five of the following sentences:
The student said, “We were reading books.”
Rahim says, “I did not play as I was sick.”
He says, “I will go to London tomorrow.”
He said to her, “Please lend me your camera for one day.”
“Alas! I have broken my brother’s watch,” said he.
Ali said, “He has been waiting for his brother for three hours.”
The teacher said to Sana, “Have you completed your task?”
Q. No. 6 (5 Marks):
Change the voice of any Five of the following sentences:
Extreme weather causes high temperatures.
This morning, the police arrested a burglar.
British author George Orwell wrote the allegorical novel Animal Farm during World War II.
Did the mechanic fix your car?
We will have eaten dinner by the time you get there.
Open the front door.
Q. No. 7 (10 Marks):
Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
The boy was struggling to translate a passage from English ___ Urdu.
The technician has been working in the factory ___ the last five years.
We shall go to the park or the beach, depending ___ the weather.
The term paper is due ___ 3 p.m. on the 5th of June 2019.
He prefers to travel ___ train.
The students were advised not to write ___ green ink.
I wake up ___ 6 a.m. every morning.
His father died ___ cancer.
He worked hard. Now he is very good ___ English.
Q. No. 8 (20 Marks):
Make a précis of the following passage and suggest a suitable title:
There has existed throughout the history of mankind a strange, albeit, an ironic
relationship belween the past and the future. The people who just eulogize their past
without critical analysis and seek to recreate a utopian past almost invariably do not
succeed, while those who view the past realistically, comprehensively and criticalty are
able to draw on the past in useful, meaningful and lasting ways. They learn lessons
from the history and apply those lessons for better future. Such people have confidence
in their future, and they approach the past with seriousness and critical reverence. They
study the past realistically, try to comprehend the values, aesthetics, and traits which
invested an earlier civilization its grandeur or caused it to decline. They preserue its
remains, and enshrine relevant and enriching images and events of the past in their
memories both collectively and individually. They attempt to adopt the values and traits
which led earlier people rise, and shun the reasons and mistakes that precipitated their
downward journeys. In sharp contrast to them, people and governments with an
unceftain sense of the future manifest deeply skewed and subjective relationships to
their history. They eschew lived history, shut out its lessons, shun critical inquiries into
the past, neglect its remains but, at the same time, invent at their own imagined and
utopian past-always shining, splendid and glorious. As a matter of fact, they are never
able to benefit from their past. They study history, but learn nothing from history.
Q. No. 9 (15 Marks):
Translate the given passage into English.
تاریخ گواہ ہے کہ پاکستانی قوم نے ہمیشہ جرات اور بہادری سے ہر چیلنج کا مقابلہ کیا ہے اور اللہ کے فضل سے ہمیشہ سرخرو ہوئی ہے۔ دہشت گردی کے خلاف جنگ میں پوری قوم نے جس طرح اپنی مسلح افواج اور قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں کا ساتھ دیا، وہ سنہری الفاظ میں لکھنے کے قابل ہے۔ آج ملک میں امن قائم ہو چکا ہے۔توانائی کی حالت ملک میں بہتر ہو رہی ہے۔ ملک میں پانی کے نئے منصوبے بن رہے ہیں۔ ملکی معیشت دن بدن مضبوط ہو رہی ہے۔ ہمسایہ ممالک، خاص طور پر عرب ممالک کے ساتھ تعلقات روز بروز بہتر ہو رہے ہیں۔ آج پاکستان ایک مضبوط، پُرامن اور ترقی کرتا ہوا ملک بن کر ابھر رہا ہے۔ ان شاء اللہ پاکستان کا مستقبل روشن ہے۔
