FEDERAL FUBLIU SERVICE COMMISSION scam (COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION — 2016 FOR RECRUITMENT TO et ier POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ‘TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART (MCQS) PART-AQMCQS); MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART NOWE:() Parti o be attempied on the separate Answer Book. (@)_Aempt ALL questions fiom PARE-H, (ii) Allthe pans (ifany) of each Question must be sttempted atone place instead of at diferent places i) Candidate must write Q. No. inthe Answer Book in accordance with Q. No, in the Q.Papece | (®)_ NoPage/Spacebe left blank berweon the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed (o3)_ Extra tempt of any quesion ory pr ofthe stented question wil ot be considered. PARED Write « précis of the following passage in about 120 words and suggest a suitable title: (20) ‘During my Ycaton lst Ma, Ha ard tine choosing our. Flights to Japan, Hong Kong and Aula ae just o> common. What I wanted was somewhere exciting and exo, place wheteLeould be spared from the holiday tour crowds, vas so happy when Joh called Up sugsting tip to Cherokee, a county inthe state of Okshoms | ayrced tnd went off withthe prepa immediately, We tok light to Cherokee and Visited ato called Qulla Boundary suounded by magnifien mounts sone, th tow pitied a paradise before us. With ts Oconalftes Indian Village reproducing bal erate and liestes of the 18" century and the outdoor historical pageant Unto These Hills playing six times weekly in the summer nights, Qualla Boundary tiesto present abi inage ofthe Cherokee past to the oui Despite he language burrc, we manage to find our way to the souvent shops with the help ofthe waives. The shops were fled with rubber tomahawks and colorful wadtionl war Boies, made of dyed turkey feathers. Tepe cone ‘shaped tents made from animal skin, were aap pitched neat the shops. "Welcome! Want to get anything?" We tookes up and sa @ middloaged mas smiling at us. We wete very suprised by his Nene English, He inodiced himself os ‘George and we ended up hating til lunch tne when he invited ts for lnc at a nearby cote shop “Sometimes, I've to work fom moming to sunset during the our season, Anyway, ls sill ber of than beng a wondouter.” Remembrance weighed heavy on Osorges mind and he went on tell shat he eed to cut Firewood fora ving but could hardly make ead mest. We lat fom hin that the Cherokees dant depen solely on rade for survival. Dutng the our off-peak period the ibe would have to try out tier means fr Income. Gn ofthe success ‘ways isthe "Bingo Weekend, On the Friday afernoons of the Bingo weckends, a large bingo ball vas opened, trating huge cfovds of people othe vaous kinds of guns ike the Super Jackpot an the Warrior Game Sposa ‘According to Georg, these fos of entrainment fetch tem ret returns | ‘Our final sop in Qualla Boundary was a the muscam where arts, ranging from the simple hand-woven oak baskets to Wood and stone ervings of wolves raven and other symbols of Chere cosmology are dleplayed. Back at home, I elly missed the place and I would of couse lok forward tothe next rp to anather exotic pace Q.3. Read the following passage carefully and auswer the questions that follow: @0) The New Year is the time for resolution. Mentally, at last mest of us could compile formidable fits of “do's and “don'ts. The same ol favorites recur year in and year out with the children, do a thousti and Gh job about the house, be ive to people we don’ ike, drive carefully, and take the dog for « walk every #y. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond atlaiament. If we remain deep rooted fats, it is only because we have so often expoionced the fasaton that ess from fare ‘Most of us film our efforts at seltimpravement because our schemes ae 100 ambitious and we newer have tne vo carry them out, We also make the fundamental eror of announcing our resolution to everybody’ so that we look even 1ore foolish when we slip back into our bad old ways. Aware of these pits, ths yparT attempted t0 keep my resolution to mse I limited mysef to two modest ambitions to do physical exereis€ every morning and to read more in the evening. An overnight party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying ut either of these new resolutions onthe fust day ofthe year, buton the second, | applied myself assiduously to the task. ‘The dally exercise lasted only eleven minutes ad | proposed to do them early inthe morning before anyone had wor up. ‘The seifuisciplinerequied to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was Nevertheless, 1 managed to creep down into the living oom for swo days before anyone found me out After jumpiny-about in tie carpet and twisted the human frame into uncomfortable postions. I sat down atthe breakfast fable in an exhausted ‘condition, Ie was this that betrayed me. The next moming ths whole family trooped into watch the performance, That vas realy unseting but fended off the aun and jibes ofthe family good hurmoredly and soon everybody got uses to the idea. However, my enthusiasm waned, the time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. Lite by litle the eleven tminuts fel zero, By JanuaryT0th I was back to where Uhad started from. {argued that if I spent less time exhaust inyself at exercises inthe morning. | would keep my mind fresh fr eading when I got home from work. Resisting the hypnoting eect of television, Isat in my room fora few evenings with my eyes glued toa Book. One night however, feeling cold and lonely, 1 went downstairs and satin front of the television pretending to read. That proved tobe my undoing, for 1 soon got back to the old bad habit of dozing off infront oF the sereen. I still haven't given up my resolution todo more reading. Infact, Ihave just bought a book entitled “How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute Perhaps it will solve my problem, but {just have not hd time to read it ‘Questions: 1. Why most of ws fll in our efforts for self-improvement? ©. 2. Why is ta basic mistake to announce our resolution to everybody? ©. 53 Why did the writer not earty out his resolution on New Year's Day? 6 4 Find out the words inthe above passage which convey the similar mesning tthe following (Dinvimidating @) peril @) dwindle (4) repel )barb_— GG) Page Lot?ENGLISH (PRECIS & COMPOSITION) dessa) Correct only FIVE of the following: © (We were staying at my sisters cape’s code vacation home. (i) She recommended me that Itake afew days off from work. (il) Lttied to explain him the problem, but he had difficulty undertone -G) PIN do the provery shopping for you grandma, Lucy sai. (9) Wetook a tent, a cooler, anda sleping bag (Wi) [don't know why you didn’t IFT were you, should have gone. “(vi). Kevin says he stopped to travel internationally because of hs family (iil) Don’t run! Mr. Salman shouted. (b) Choose the ponetuation mark that fs needed in each ofthe folowing sentences: © (“eis fai shouted Martin, Coach Lewis never lets me start the game?” (Gi). Maureen's three sisters, Molly, Shannon, and Patricia ae all spending the summer at ther grandmother's beach house. (U).For the centrepieces, the ori recommended ie following flowers daisies, tls dais, and hyacinths, (iv) Lily is an accomplished gymnast she won three medals in her last competi (8) Everyone was shocked whon Max Smithfield ~ a studious, extremely bright high schoo! senior decided that college was not for him. Q.5. (2) Choose the analogy of the words written in capital ke () SLAPSTICK LAUGHTER (a) Fallacy: Dismay —(b) Genre: Mystery Ae) Satire: Anger (@) Horror : Fear (ii) PROFESSOR ; ERUDITE (@) Aviator: Licensed (6) lventor: Imaginative (©) Procrastinaior: Conscientious {@) Oversee: Wealthy (¥) SPY : CLANDESTINE (9) Accountant: Meticulous (6) Forier Rambunetioas (@)_ She es (si DELTOND | MUSCLE ~ (a) Radius: Bone (© Tissue Organ (©) Brains (2) Blood (b) Restrite the following dialogue, written in indirect: Frlen: Me West, what's happened to John? ——~ Mr West: He's eft the eompany Hrlen: Why has he done that? ‘Mr West: Heasked me fora “len: Why did't you giv hi Mr West Because he was lazy Helen: Has he found another job? ‘Mr West: Yes, he is working ina film company. “Hilen: What is his salary lke? Mr West I think he earns quite a fot Hilen: Does he like the new job? arise? letters (Any five). © (i). CONVICTION : INCARCERATION (@ Reduetion : Diminution (b) Induction : Amelioration (©) Radicalization:Fstimation -(@), Marginalieation : Intimidation (iv) METAPHOR: SYMBOL, G@) Pentameter Poem (b) Rhythm : Melody (©) Nuance: Song (@) Analogy : Comparison (vi) VERVE: ENTHUSIASM (@) Loyalty : Duplicity (b) Devotion: Reverence (} Intensity: Colour (0) Eminence : Anonymity (sii) DEPENDABLE : CAPRICIOUS (@) Fallible: Cantankerous (b) Brstble: Obtuse mpi 4a), Capable: Inept speech, in paragraph form. ° bout Laid give it to him. ‘Mr West I dott know. 0.6. (a) Explain the diference between the following word pairs ly wsing each word in your own sentences (Any v0) ° Aiaivere, averse i) akogether,alltogcher (lated clude, (iv bras, braze (sped, ke (Wi fae, phase (vi) maybe may be (if) mor, mote (0) Use any FIVE of the folowing in sentences which iustrate their meanings ° {@) Smash it “iy Murphys ta {ii)Plcein he Son Gv) Wooden spoon (9) Go tananas {a Beard the Lion in his don (7) Grom iwardly (vt) Chicken out Q.7. Translate the following Unde paragraph into English hy Keeping in view Higorative! lamar expression, et S08 SoSeuubert a dec pbeite nBst rb so Lit bj not LAS VSI ALI F LSee ber Ses EMITS J etek dete tAPro FSF LGA piiaeirsatte