APPSC GROUP – I MAINS
GENERAL ENGLISH PREVIOUS PAPER- 2020
Time: 3 hours Maximum
Marks: 150
Instructions: Attempt all the questions
1.
Write an essay in about 200-250 words on any one of the following topics: (20 Marks)
a) Women’s
Empowerment
b) Public
Transportation in India
c) Problems
Caused by Environmental Pollution
d) The Rise
of the Indian Cricket Team
e) The
Relevance of Ahimsa Today
2. You are a supervisor at the accounts section of K M Traders, No. 246 Sardar Patel Street, Gandhigram P. O. Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh-520 003. Write a formal letter in about 100 words to the General Manager of your company suggesting a change in the office working time. Provide adequate reasons for your suggestion. Assume your name as Beena Dixit. (10 Marks)
3.
Due to the formation of a depression in the Bay of Bengal, heavy rain
accompanied by strong winds is expected to prevail during the next 3 to 4 days
over the coastal regions of north Tamil Nadu, especially Chennai, Mahabalipuram
and Kalpakkam. There is also a very high possibility of this depression
strengthening to form a cyclone after 2 days. In the light of this adverse
weather condition, the government has warned fishermen in these regions not to
venture out to sea. The government has also advised people living here to move
to camps and shelters arranged in Tambaram, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu.
Draft a press release to be prepared based on this. (10
Marks)
4. Write a report on the Foundation Day function of your Institute, which was inaugurated by the Director of Education. Assume yourself as Rohit Kumar, Administrative Co-Ordinator. (15 Marks)
5. The pie chart given below describes the different sectors to which a country allocates funds as per its annual budget. Write a report in about 150 words explaining the information given in the chart and your views regarding the information: (15 Marks)
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6. The PhD Research Scholars’ Club of Gandhi University has organised a
function on Earth Day to spread awareness about the necessity of banning
single-use plastic substances. The function is being attended by the University
Vice-Chancellor, heads of all the departments, faculty, administrative staff
and students of the University. The Education Secretary, Government of Odisha
is the Chief Guest. The Director, IIT Bhubaneshwar will preside over the
function. As the Secretary of the government’s Science Forum, you are also an
invited guest and you have to deliver the ‘welcome speech’ on this occasion.
Prepare a written draft of this speech in about 150-200 words. (15 Marks)
7. Read the passage given below and write a precis on it in your own words in about 100 words: (15 Marks)
Culture shock begins with the "honeymoon
stage". This is when we first arrive in a new country and everything about
the new culture is strange and exciting. We are thrilled to be in the new
environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, and eating new
kinds of food. This honeymoon stage can last for quite a long time, because we
feel we are involved in some kind of great adventure. Unfortunately, the second
stage of culture shock can be more difficult. We may become very tired and
begin to miss our homeland and our family. All the little problems seem bigger
and disturbing when it is a foreign culture. This period of cultural adjustment
can be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away
from the new culture. This "rejection stage" can be quite dangerous
because the visitor may develop unhealthy habits (smoking and drinking too
much, being too concerned over food or contact with people from the new
culture). This may, unfortunately, lead to the person getting sick or
developing skin infections or rashes, which then makes the person feel even
more scared, confused, and helpless. This stage is considered a crisis in the
process of cultural adjustment and many people choose to go back to their
homeland or spend all their time with people from their own culture speaking
their native language. The third stage of culture shock is called the
"adjustment stage". You realise that things are not so bad in the
host culture.
8. Read the following passage and answer the given questions: (15 Marks)
On August 15, 1947, India was granted
independence from British colonial domination. This was an event of
international significance. From this day onwards, the Indian Union assumed a
role in world politics that was appropriate enough to modify the thinking of nations.
Concepts like non-alignment, tolerance, non-violence and peaceful co-existence
were introduced by India. “Our dreams concern India”, said the first Prime
Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of achieving freedom, “but they also
concern the whole world, for the world has become one.” Mahatma Gandhi chose
Nehru to become the first
Prime Minister of independent India. With his
vision of unity of the nation, he became the architect of modern India. It was
to be a federal state based on secularism—the commitment to an Indian identity
which was above all races, castes and religions. It was a vision of
extra-ordinary dimensions. Nehru as well as other Prime Ministers who succeeded
him were well aware that only a firm anchorage in the Indian identity could unite
the nation and enable it to make an impact on the world. In these days of
unilateralism, the western powers, especially America would do well not to
ignore the happenings in the Indian sub-continent. It is possible that the fate
of the Asian democracies would one day be decided on the banks of the Ganges.
If anything affects the democratic nature of the Indian political system, this
would trigger the fall of the whole of South and South-East Asia. This is why
the Indian Prime Minister has to play a role which goes well beyond the duties
related to internal affairs. It is of international political significance.
Questions:
a) What were the concepts introduced by India?
b) Why was Indian independence an event of international significance?
c) According to Jawaharlal Nehru, what was modern India as a nation
committed to?
d) What were Nehru’s words regarding ‘dreams’?
e) What does the passage state about the fate of Asian democracies?
9. a) Give two examples of words beginning with a
vowel but having a consonantal sound. The article ‘a’ is used before this type
of words. (2 Marks)
b) What are homonyms? Give two examples. (2 Marks)
c) Convert the sentence below into passive voice: (2 Marks)
The
fisherman caught a big shark today.
d) What is an interrogative sentence? State one example. (2
Marks)
e) Give two examples of sentences using the past perfect tense. (2
Marks)
f) What is a phrasal verb? State two examples. (2
Marks)
g) Which word could be the best one-word substitute for: (2 Marks)
a
hastily erected barrier across a street or path
h) Transform the sentence below, into indirect speech: (2
Marks)
Sakshi
said to her father, “I am not enjoying my job very much.”
i) State the meaning of the underlined idiom: (2
Marks)
His lazy attitude has brought about his
downfall.
j) Identify
which part of the speech the underlined word is: (2
Marks)
The sailor swam across the river to save
the child.
10. Translate below passage from Telugu
to English. (15
Marks)
ఏద ైనా ఒక విషయాన్ని గూరచి తీవ్రంగా, ఏకాగరతతో, దాన్నమీదే దృష్ిి న్నలిపి చరచిస్తున్ి స్మయంలో, అందతలో ఒకరు దాన్నకి ఏమీ స్ంబంధం లేన్న విషయాన్ని, అప్రస్తుత విషయాన్ని చరిలోకి త స్తు: ఇప్పుడు మన్ం మాటలాడుతున్ి విషయం ఏమిటి? నీవ్ప మాటలాడుతున్ిదేమిటి ? నీ గోల అంతా రామాయణంలో పిడకల వేటలాగా వ్పంది అన్న, అతన్ని ఆక్షేపించడం జరుగుతుంది. అంటే, అది అస్ంగతమ ైన్ విషయమన్న చ ప్ుడం. ఏమిటి ఈ రామాయణంలో పిడకల కథ? పిడకలు త లుస్త కదా. పతడతో, వ్ంట కొరకు తయారు చేస్ాురు. వాటికి రామాయణంతో స్ంబంధం ఏమిటి? ఏమీ స్ంబంధం లేదత. స్ంబంధం లేదత కన్తకనే ప ై విధమ ైన్ ఆక్షేప్ణ వ్చ్ింది. అయితే న్నప్పు లేకుండా పొగ వ్స్తుందా? అంటే దీన్న వెన్తక ఏదో చరచతర వ్పండాలి కదా! అదేమిటంటే – బౌదధ,జ ైన్తలుబలగా పారచతరయంలో వ్పన్ి కాలంలో ఆ మతస్తులు రామాయణ, మహాభలరతాలోా, తమకు అన్తగుణమ ైన్ గాథలిి ప్రవేశప టలిరు. అస్లు వ్ృతాుంతాన్ని, తమకు అన్తకూలించే రీతిలో మలుచతకునాిరు. అందతలో భలగంగా బౌదధ తిరపిటకాలన్త రామాయణ కథలో ప్రవేశప టిడం జరచగచంది. ఆ పిటకాలు, వ్యవ్హారంలో పిడకలయాయయి. మరచ ‘వేట’ స్ంగతేమిటంటే, అది వేట కాదత, వేటు. వేటు (ప్డు) అంటే ద బబ. అంతేగాక, దారచ (స్ంభలషణన్త, వ్ృతాుంతాన్ని) మళ్ళంచడం. అది వేటగా మారచ, రామాయణంలో పిడకలవేటగా జన్ వ్యవ్హారంలో రూఢమ ైంది
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