Precis Writing, Noting Drafting
(In English and Hindi)

Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks -100
Note: All questions are compulsory. Maximum marks for each question have been displayed in the margin.
1. Make a precis of the following passage and also assign an appropriate title to it. The precis should comprise one third length of the given passage. 25 Marks

Unhappiness and discontent spring not only from poverty. Man is a strange creature, fundamentally different from other animals. He has far horizons, invincible hopes, creative energies, spiritual powers. If they are left undeveloped and unsatisfied, he may have all the comforts which wealth can give, but will still feel that life is not worth-while. The great humanist writers Shaw and Wells, Arnold Benett and Galsworthy, who are regarded as the prophets of the dawn, expose the foibles, inconsistencies and weakness of modem life, but they ignore the deeper currents and sometimes misrepresent them. At any rate, they give noting in their place. In the void left by the removal of tradition, morality and religion, others are putting in vague sentiments of race and power. The modem mind is shaped by Rousseau's Social Contract, Marx's Capital, Darwin's The Origin a/Species and Spengler's the decline of the West. The outward chaos and confusion of our life reflect the confusion of our hearts and minds. "Constitutions" says Plato, "are but the reflections in the outside world of the values which prevail in men's minds." There must be a change in the ideals. We cherish in the values we adopt, before we can give social expression to them. We help to secure the future only to the extent to which we ourselves are changed. What is missing in our age is the soul; there is nothing wrong with the body, we suffer from sickness of spritWemust discover our roots in the eternal and regain faith in the transcendent truth which will order life, discipline discordant elements and bring unity and purpose into it. If not, when the floods come and the winds blow and beat upon our house. It will fall. (Approx. 266 Words)


2. Write a precis of the following in Hindi in about one third of the length of the given passage. Also suggest a suitable title for it 20 Marks


3. Write a letter (in English) from S.P Sharma, 987, Moti Bagh Colony, Bhopal to the Editor, The Hindustan Times expressing your views on the abject commercialization and falling standards of education in India. The length of the letter should be 200 words. 15 Marks

4. Write a letter (in Hindi) in about 200 words to the Environment Minister of your state, suggesting ways and means to control the problem of Noise and Water Pollution in the urban areas. The letter should be written from Jagmohan, Secretary, NIRMAL, NGO, LUCKNOW. 10 Marks

5. Write a paragraph (in about 200 words) in English on anyone of the following topics:
10 Marks

Life in a Big City
The Problem of Rising Prices
Corruption in Public Places
Street Beggars
Road Accidents


6. Distinguish the meanings of the following phrases by using them in sentences of your own?
10 Marks

run up run down
set up set in
call on call in
tum on tum down
to bring up to bring about

7. Correct the following sentences: 5 Marks

You made him to write that letter.
None of the five hundred candidates were selected.
He asked me how long would he be waiting.
I shall not buy some mangoes.
He did not ring us up, nor he wrote to us.

8. Punctuate the following passage: 5 Marks

my sons said he said he a great treasure lies hidden in the fields i am to leave you where is it hid said the sons i am about to leave you said the dying old farmer but you must yourself dig for it.