B.A. ENGLISH (PU) - PAST PAPER (B) 2007

PAPER NO. 7

(Year 2007 - Group I) 

1. Write an essay, with an outline, of 300-350 words on ONE of the following topics:

(i) Life of a Doctor's Wife

(ii) Our Educational Problems

(iii) Sports as a Pastime

(iv) Science without Conscience is a Ruin of Nature

(v) Place of Religion in the Modern World

2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end. The answers must be in your own words. 

     Pakistanis are sometimes treated as suspects as they enter Saudi Arabia. They procedures for search and investigation are aggressive, and naturally, time-consuming may be a humiliating experience for a self-respecting Pakistani. Lately, another trend is developing which can hurt as still more as injury is being added to insult. Quite a few Saudis are now unwilling to employ Pakistanis as they used to do in the Seventies. One main reason cited is the incidence of drug-trafficking (business) through expatriate Pakistanis who, at times, collaborate with drug-traffickers. Thus, the channel of employment of our labour in Saudi Arabia is drying up, partly owing to our failing as a people.

     Pakistan is a victim as drugs produced in Afghanistan pass through our territory. It cannot be denied that drugs are produced in Pakistan, but the Government is trying to curtail their production. However, with an estimated indigenous (native) population of just over three million addicts the local production of drugs does not appear enough to meet the home demand. Thus, having started as a producer of heroine in 1979, thanks to the transfer of such technology by a western adventurer, it is now the major consumer. However, in the western countries, the treatment meted out to Pakistani nationals is humiliating.

Questions:

(i) Why is the treatment humiliating for Pakistanis on entering Saudi Arabia?

(ii) What is the main reason for the reduction of employment opportunities in Saudi Arabia?

(iii) How much is Pakistan responsible for drug-trafficking?

(iv) Who is technologically responsible for the production of heroin?

(v) Suggest a suitable title to the passage.

(vi) Make a precis of the above passage.

3. Write a letter to the Inspector General Police about the discriminating attitude of the Police towards the civilians. 

OR

Write an application to a landlord to hire you as a manager of his farm servants. 

4. Correct any FIVE of the following sentences. (No extra attempt will be marked)

(i) He made three goals in the last match.

(ii) When Amjad or his brother visits us we are delighted.

(iii) He asked me where I came from.

(iv) There is little to do in such a hopeless case as this.

(v) He always had hatred against inefficiency.

(vi) You ought to have treated him you equal.

(vii) He enjoys the most worldwide reputation.

(viii) The boy who was promoted, he was my brother.

(ix) He availed of the opportunity.

(x) I would sooner quit than to do it.

5. Use any FIVE of the following phrases in sentences. (No extra attempts will be marked)

(i) Look back

(ii) Freudian slip

(iii) Get at

(iv) Drop a line

(v) Deliver the goods

(vi) Cut in

(vii) Cry down

(viii) Bolt from the blue

(ix) Around the corner

(x) At a stretch

6. Translate the following into English. 

OR 

Write a dialogue between a daughter and a mother about the modern trends in dressing.