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Time Allowed: Three /lours

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INSTRUCTIONS
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Ca11didates should aJiclllpt ALL

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(a) ~re+our ~xplorations into space a waste of

national resources ?
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Right .to free and con1pulsory education : myth

and reality.
Media Trials : Reliability and legality.

The Human Rights activities in India.

(e)

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Confl~ct

between

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conventions and legal

systen1.

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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.
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OR
Prepare a report, in about 200-250 words, on
natural calamity that hit your state.

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3. Attempt a precis of the following passage in 'OU

_OlVII won:ls using not less than 240 w~rd\\and 16
more than 275 words. Give a suitable ti
and
mention the exact nu1nber of w0rd u d n your
precis. The precis rnu~_t be wri_tte
th special
precis sheet provided :
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Is democracy good fo d , elopment ? Few

would dare 'to answe ~.:~ be negative, and many
.would hesitate eve !{> r~ise the question. Most
persons believe J:ta~qen~ocracy i~ a good thing and
so is develop e ~iia that. t~erefore the two must
move hand
Yet, the relationship be_tween
democr . ~
n development. is an cxtren1ely
d'ne, as we can . easily see from a
compl
co npans{)n of the experiences of the differenl
u tr~s in our own <:;ontinent.

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ndia and China have been cotnpared and

contras~ed repeat~dly over the last fifty years.
India's record of democracy has.been exceptional in
the non-Western world. There .have been regular
elections at every Jevel from the village panchayat
to the nationaJ parliament, involving a plurality" of
parties. The nile of Jaw has been sustained by a

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sound constitution and a responsible judiciary. It is

true that the elections have not al~vays been free or
fair and that the law is violated regularly and
persistently, but few would .s eriously question the
significance and value of these institutions. There
'has been, on the whole, little official restraint on the ~
free flow of information or on open public debate
and discussion.

China's record of democracy has by co

wit.h ludia's. been exceedingly _poor. Not on K._ \\ s.
there no plurality of parties and hence no electians
in any meaningful sense, but the rule o w was~
an~ to this day remains, very we ~
oped. If
deinocracy n1eans the tq1erai1c ~ iss 1t, that was
effectively suppressed . duriv
long reign of
Chairn1an -Mao, and diss ing . oices are barely
audible even now. No o o ntries could be more
d
dia ~o far as the public
expressi.o n of dis .te 1 concerned.
The sup~ e s o
f the free flow of information and qf
. oissent has been responsible for
untold
u n suffering in China. The m~st
dramatic ex mple of this suffering, now widely
a kn wl~dged both within and outside the country
wa
t caused qy the faxnines which took millions
~r . " es. It is unli~ely that famine~ on such a scale
& uJd cause so much loss of life in an open ~nd
det nocratic society, no matter ho~ nieagre . its
material resources. The press and , the public
opinion would see to it that the government moved
food supplies to the worst-affected areas. The
peop,le would be far Jess passive and authorities far

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(Contd.)

less callous in India. than in China. Where free

institutions exist, no government can e~pect to
survive if it turns its back upon massive huma~
suffering, and this und~ubted~y is a good thing for
deyeloprncnt, no n1atter how we define the tetm. .

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Although India may take in its performance as

a free and open soCiety, its record of developmen
in .the last fifty years leaves 1nucli to be de rre
At )east in Asia and particularly in East As' ,
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far less democratic countries have dOt ra her
better. And this will stand _true even _w ' C ~t aside
such crude indicators of deve]oprne
s er capita
income and look instead at m e ~isi indicators :
such
as safe drinking water, Tl1' ~1ealth care and
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elementary educa~ion. T
n tut"ions that give
protection from famine
~1-e- necessarily ensure
the rapid . spread
e'emcntary .ed~cation
or prin1ary healt c . Perhaps we will learn
something abo. t
a democracy ~orks in the real
world if w,~ a , why a country that. has fared
e: m combating famine has fared so
w,ing its ordinary citizens With. certain
iii ties.

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It ould be pleasing to believe that the basic

enities of life are always more easily secured
under dem~cratic than under authoritarian regimes.
This obv~ously is not the case in every phase of
develop~ent. China provides only the extreme
example: Korea, Malaysia, and even Indonesia
have done rather better in regard .to basic heal~h and
education undet: more or less authoritarian regimes.

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However much we may deplore the lack of

democratic freedoms .in authoritarian regimes, we
should not believe that they have no interest
whatever in the heal.th and well-being of their .
people. They have their own interest, including the
desire for industrial and military power,. jn their
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" people even. when they lack a strong sense of
accountability to them. Ordinary people do not
always create their own capabiHties, and other do
not create capabilities in them frofli.l'l}otives S t

entirely laudable.

In a democracy, the creation of

bi~ties is
a slow and uneven process, sub
o many
conflic~ing pulls and pres~u s.
uthoritarian
regimes are often effecti v ~-ell rs of social
di;tinctions even though t
lfl1aintain marked
inequalities of power %t:~~een. the rulers and the
pr~ess

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social distinctions;
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4. (a) Write e

using each of the

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does not eliminate

moderates and rearranges
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dii)

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(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii).
(ix)
(x)

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e!Jligrant
immigrant
scheme
skim .
aJ.temative
alternate

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(i)

monkeys

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p1geons

(iii)

crows

(iv)

ducks

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(b) Use the appropriate words to indicate the

sounds of the animals and birds mentioned
below : (eg. Dogs bark)
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(v) .sheep

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birds and animals:

fish

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(iv)

(ii)

(iii)

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. (c) Write down the appropriate Words

for the names of the offsprings o

(v)

.5. (a) Use fr of the following. expressions and

co tr a sentence of your own in such a way
th~ th~ n1caning of the expression is clearly
----...~- rought out:
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(i)
(ii)

look a gift-horse in the mouth

lame duck

(iii)

Achilles: heel

(iv)

blow hotand cold

(v) keep a stiff upper lip

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.(b) Write down the past participle. form of the

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following words :
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(i)" seek
(ii)
(iii)

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come
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swim

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wnng
lend

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penury

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precanous

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(c)

(v)

o owing sentences as directed :

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thmk he is dead by now.

(Use "must")

b) She is one of the most studious studcn.ts in her

class.
(U~e the comparative degree)

(c) She said to her mother, "Do you know where

my father has gone?"

(Change it into indirect speech)

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(d) This chair is too rickety to be used.

(Use the negative without changing the meaning)
(e)' Put out the light. '(Change it into passive voice)

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He admitted his gui1 L .

(f)

(Change it. into complex sentence

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hi1n, he will h~lp- us.

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As soon as the n tStl ~ ft the home, thechild

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began to cry.

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7. Write short

using each of the following :

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(a)

sui> judice

de jure

fait accompli
.(e) stalus quo ante

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