1. Write an essay on any one of the following

topics in not less than 800 words

India suffers from paucity of role models.


The progress of a nation depends on the
way its universities function.
way its universities function.

"The more comprehensive and
diversified the social order, the greater


the responsibility and the freedom of the

individual."


Should betting in sports be legalized?


The benefits of organic foods are greatly
overrated.



2. Make a precis of the following passage in

about one-third of the original length, using

your own words

(Note The precis must be written only on the

special sheets provided for this purpose,
writing one word in each block. The sheets

should be fastened securely inside the




Why is it so important to dose the

educational gaps. and to remove the

enormous disparities in educational access,

inclusion and achievement? One reason,


among others, is the importance of this for

making the world more secure as well as

more fair. H. G. Wells was not exaggerating

when he said, in his Outline o f History

"human history becomes more and more a

race between education and catastrophe". If




we continue to leave vast sections of the

people of the world outside the orbit of

education, we make the world not only less

just, but also less secure.

The precariousness of the world is now

greater than it already was in H. G. Wells's

time in the early twentieth century. Indeed,

since the terrible events of September 11,


2001— and what followed after that— the

world has been very aware of problems of

physical insecurity. But human insecurity

comes in many different ways—not just

through terrorism and violence. Indeed, even
on the very day of September 11, 2001, more

people died from AJOS than from physical


violence including the atrocity in New York.
Human insecurity can develop in many

different ways, and physical violence is only

one or them. While it is important to fight

terrorism and genocide, we must also

recognize the plura nature or human


insecurity and its diverse manifestations.

As it happens, widening the coverage and


effectiveness of basic education can have a

powerfully preventive role in reducing human

insecurity of nearly every kind. It is useful to

consider briefly the different ways in which

removing discrepancies and neglects in

education can contribute to reducing human

insecurity across the world.

The most basic issue relates to the

elementary fact that illiteracy and

innumeracy are forms or insecurity in




themselves. Not to be able to read or write or

count or communicate is a tremendous


deprivation. The extreme case or insecurity is
the certainty or deprivation and the absence


of any chance of avoiding that fate. The first

and the most immediate contribution of

successful school education is a direct

reduction of this basic deprivation— this

extreme insecurity. The difference that basic

education can make to human life is easy to

see. It is also readily appreciated even by the

poorest of families. The parents of even the

most depressed families long to give basic

education to their children, to make them

grow up without the terrible handicaps from
which they-the parent.a-had themselves


suffered.

Of course, there are many obstacles in giving

shape to the dreams of parents. The

economic circumstances of the families often

make it very hard for them, particularly
when there are fees to be paid. This obstacle
when there are fees to be paid. This obstacle

of unaffordability must be firmly removed.


There are other obstacles too like schools
being thinly staffed and parents often

worried about the safety of children,

especially girl children. Then there are other


barriers as well. Very poor families often rely
on labour contributions from everyone, even


the children, and this can compete with the
demands of schooling. This unfortunate

practice. though generated out or hardship,


must also be removed, through regulation as

well as by ma.king the economic benefits of


schooling clearer to all. This brings us to the

second issue in understanding the contribution of schooling in removing human

insecurity. Basic education can be very

important in helping people to get jobs and

gainful employment. This economic connec­ tion, while always present, is particularly

critical in a rapidly globalizing world in which

quality control and production according to

strict specification can be crucial.

Also, when people are illiterate, their ability


to understand and invoke their legal rights

can be very limited, and educational neglect

can also lead to other kinds of deprivation.

Indeed, this tends to be a persistent problem

for people at the bottom of the ladder, whose

rights are often effectively alienated because
of their inability to read and see what they

are entitled to demand and how. 'the


educational gap clearly has a class connection.

It also has a gender connection since it can

be very important for women's security.

Women are often deprived of their due,

thanks to illiteracy. There are often legal

rights that are not used because the

aggrieved cannot read. This distances them

from the ways and means of fighting against

gender discrimination.

Empirical work in recent years hos brought

out very clearly how the relative respect and

regard for women's well-being is strongly

Influenced by women's literacy and educated




participation in decisions within and outside •

the family. Even the survival disadvantage or


women compared with men seems to go

down sharply—and may even get eliminated—

with progress in women's empowerment, for
which literacy is a basic ingredient.


3. Write a paragraph in about 200 words on

any one of the following expressions/
statements



The hand that rocks the cradle rules the

world.


Those who live in glasshouses shouldn't
throw stones.



Two wrongs don't make a right.

No man is an island,



Actions speak louder than words.


4. Use the following words in sentences so as

to bring out their meaning clearly. Do not

change the form of the word. No credit will be

given for a vague or ambiguous sentence


venerate

aberration



callous


circumspect


enunciate




5. Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences

so as to bring out their meaning clearly

abide by


iron out


wear down

rule out

scape through


6. Correct the following sentence, without

changing their meaning. Do not make

unnecessary changes in the original

sentence



The latest copy of the book is more

preferable to any that has been

published so far.


Scarcely had the doctor left after
examining him than the patient died.


I don't think I have met the girl whom

you say has topped in the examination.

Raids were carried in all over the city to

unearth illegal ammunition.


The teacher did not take the test today

as all the students were not present.


There is hardly no reason to suspect his

story.


One of my friends are going abroad this
summer.






Unless the entire nation does not

cooperates, we cannot hope to maintain

law and order.


Everyone in the room were amazed at

the ease with which he was evading the

questions asked.


It is unfortunate that she could not avail
of the opportunity to better her

prospects.



The doctor has prescribed two spoonful

of the medicine to be taken three times

everyday.

The teacher was saying that one must

do his duty honestly.

Had you played well you would win the

match.


He behaves as if he was the chief of the

organization.


The teacher asked me if I was not

ashamed of what I did.