B.A. ENGLISH (PU) - PAST PAPER 2013

PAPER NO. 20

(Year 2013 - Group II) 

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

(i) Spring Season

(ii) National Unity

(iii) Childhood

(iv) Elections

(v) Problems of Pakistan

2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the end. (Your own constructed answers will fetch you better marks.) 

     This brings me along to democracy, even love the beloved Republic which feed upon freedom. Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of Government and to that extent it deserves our support. It does start from the assumption that the individual is important and that all types are needed to make a civilization is does not divide its citizens into bossers and bossed as an efficiency regime tends to do. The people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something and do not see life in terms of power and such people get more of a chance under a democracy than elsewhere. They find religions great or small or they produce literature and art or they do disinterested scientific research or they may be what is called ordinary people who are creative in their private lives, bring up their children decently for instance or help their neighbours. All those people need to express themselves; they cannot do so unless society allows them liberty to do so and the society which allows them most liberty is democracy. 

Questions:

(i) What other advantages of democracy can you think of in addition to the fact that it allows most liberty?

(ii) Summarize the writer's definition of creative persons.

(iii) Why does the writer call democracy a less hateful form of Government? 

(iv) What type of people does the writer like?

(v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. 

(vi) Make a precis of the above passage.
3. Write a letter to the District Police Officer about the increasing street crimes. 

OR

Write a job application to the Director of a Private Firm for the post of and Accountant. 
4. Correct any FIVE of the following sentences. (No extra attempts will be marked.)
(i) She sings good.
(ii) He comes often late.
(iii) Do you know to cook?
(iv) I had not written any letter last night.
(v) He did nothing but played.
(vi) He is suffering from fever for ten days.
(vii) He said that he can help me.
(viii) She was married with her cousin.
(ix) Although he is old but active.
(x) Tariq as well as Asad are my friends.
5. Use any FIVE of the following phrases in sentences. (No extra attempts will be marked.)
(i) Put in
(ii) Make over
(iii) Look into
(iv) Go over
(v) Keep down
(vi) Cat's paw
(vii) For good
(viii) Hard nut to crack
(ix) Give the devil his due
(x) In black and white.
6. Translate the following into English. 

OR

Write a dialogue between two persons about change in weather.