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31034 IDP-CHA-030
GENERAL ENGl.JSH

Time Allotved Three flours IMaxim.u1J1 Marks I
INSTRUCTIONS
Candidates should at/Olllpf ALL questions.
.The-IllllI'ber of 11larks carried by each questilJn
is indicated at-the elld of the ques(ioll. ­Answers I1IUS! be writ/cil ill ENGLISH.

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Note.' You 11lUst not disclose your iIi
-allY oj your answers ill allY way..

1. Write'an essay, in about 800 "to 1000 words, Qn any one of the following topics: 100
Are our explorations into space a waste of national resources?
Right to free and compulsory education: myth and reality.
Media Trials: Reliability and legality.
(d)The Human Rights activities in India. .
Conflict between $ocial conventions and legal system.
2. Write a letter in, about 200-250 words, to the Minister for Road Transport of your state, outlining
the traffic hazards and suggesting remedial measures. 50
OR
Prepare a repo'rt, in about 200-250 words, on a natural ca'iamity that hit your state.
3. Attempt a precis of the following passage in your OlV/J words using not less than 240 words and not
'more than 275 words. Give a suitab'le title and mention the exact of w0rds used in your precis. The precis be written only with special precis sheet provided: .. 75..
Is democracy good-for development? Few would dare"'to answer in the negativel and many would hesitate even to raise the question. Most persons believe that democracy a good thing and so is development, and that. therefore the two must move hand in Yet, the relationship be,tween democracy and ·development, is an cxtrenlely conlplex one, as we can ,easily 'see from a
'cmnparison of the e·xperiences -of the different countries in our own continent
India and China have been cOlnpared and contrasted repeatedly over the last fifty years. India's ,record of democracy has.beel exceptional in the non-Western world. -There .have bee:n regular elections at every Jevel from the village panchayal to the national parliament, involving a plurality' of parties. The nile of 1aw has been sustained by a

sound constitution and a responsible judiciary. It is true that the elections have not always been frce or fair and that the law is violated regularly and persistently, but few would ,seriously question the significance and value of these institulions. There has been, on the whole, liale official restraint on the free flow of information or 011 open public debate and discussion.
China's record of democracy has by contrast with Iudia's. been exceedingly poor. Not only was. there no plurality of parties and hence no elections in any meaningful sense, but the rule of law was! and to this day remains, very weakly developed. dernocracy nleans the tqlerance of dissent, that was, effectively suppressed. during the long reign of Chairnlan .Mao, and dissenting. voices are barely audible even now. No two countries could be more unlike· than China and India far as the public expressi.on of dissent is concerned.
The suppression the free flow of infonna­tion and of public dissent has been responsible for untold human suffering in China. The dramatic example of this suffering, now widely acknowledged both within and outside the country was that caused QY the falnines which took millions of lives. It is that on such a scale could' cause so much loss of life in an open de·tnocratic society, no matter nleagre. its maferial resources. The press and ,the public opinion would see to it that the governJnent moved food supplies to the worst-affected areas. The peop,le would far less passive and authorities far
less callous in India. than in China. Where free

institutions exist, no government can to survive if it turns its' back upon massive human suffering, and this undoubtedly is a good thing for
development, no nlatter how we define the then Although India may take in its performance as a free and open society, its record of development in ,lhe last fifty years leaves Inuch to be desired.
At Jeast in Asia and particularly in East Asia, many far less democratic countries have done rather better. And this will stand true even if we set aside such crude indicators of development as per capita income and look instead at more basic indicators: such as'safe drinking water, prinlary health care and eleJnentary' The institutions that give protection fr0m fatnine do necessarily ensure the rapid. spread of either e'emcntary or prinlary health' care. Perhaps' we will learn something about' how a delTIOCracy in the real world if we ask why a country that has fared reasonably well in combating famine has "fared so badly endowing its ordinary ci tizens with. certain basic capabilitie
. It would be pleasing to believe that the basic amenities of life always more easily secured under than under authoritarian regimes. This is not the case in every phase of China provides only the extreme example' Korea, Malaysia, and even Indonesia have done rather better in regard to basic and education under. more or Jess authoritarian regimes.
However much may deplore the lack of democratic freedoms in authoritarian regimes. we should not' believe that they have no interest whatever in the health and well-being their .people. They have own interest, including the desire for industrial and military power,. in their

people even.' when they lack a strong sense of accountability to them. Ordinary people do not always create lheir owncapabiHties, and others do not create capabilities in them froni Ot1ves that are entirely laudable.
In a democracy, the creation of capabilities is a slow and uneven process, subject to many 'pulls and presures. Authoritarian regimes are often effective levellers of social
. distinctions even though they maintain marked inequalities of power between. the rulers and the Dlled. The democratic process does not eliminate social distinctions; it only moderates and rearranges them.'
Write ten short using each of the following words:
channel
canal
gesture
jester

(v)emigrant

immigrant

scheme
(viii) skim

(ix)alternative

altenate

Use the appropriate words to indicate the sounds of the animals and birds mentioned below: (eg. Dogs bark) 2x5=10
monkcys
pigeons
crows .
ducks
sheep
Write down the appropriate vords which stand for the nan1es of the offsprings of.the fol'lowing birds and animals: 2x5=10
fish "
frog
swan
deer
elephant

Use each of the follow,ing. expressions and construct a sentence of your own in such a way that the nlcaning of the expression is clearly brought out 2x5= I0
look a gift-horse in the mouth

latne' duck

Achilles' 'heel
blow hot'and cold

(v)keep a stiff upper lip

Wrhe down the past participle. form of the following words: .1 xS=5 seek
come
sWim
wrig
lend
(c)Use each of the following words and construct a senlence of yOllf own: .lx5=5
penury.

precarious
mortify
proscribe
confidant
6.Rewrite' following sentences as directed: 2xfO=20'
I think he is dead by now. (Use "must")

(b)She is one of the most studious studcn,ts in her class. (Use the comparative degree)
She said to her mother, "Do you know where my father has gone (Change it into indirect speech)
This chair is too rickety to be used. (Use the negative withoul changing the mean· ing)
put out the light. "(Change 1t into passive voice)
He adlniucd his guilt. (Change it. iI1to complex sentence)
If you hilTI, he will (Use Hlolllless" of if)
A group of students were listening to a lecture. (Correct the sentence)
The teacher has gUIle to the school(Correct the sentence)
As soon the Inothcr left the home, the'child began to cry. the "no sooner" form) .
7. Write short sentences using each of the following: lx5=5.
prima facie
sub judice
de jure
fait accompli
status quo ante
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