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GENERAL ENGLISH
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Time : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note :- (i) Each question or part thereof shall begin on a
fresh page.
(ii) Your answers should be precise and coherent.

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1. Write an essay on any one of the following:                          (30 MARKS)

(a) The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on the Future of Work

(b) The Growing Influence of Social Media on Society

(c) Investigate the causes and consequences of financial crises in the modern economy.

(d) The Importance of Space Exploration

(e) Investigate the role of technology in shaping the future of work and employment.

Q2. Attempt a precis of the passage given below, in your
own words, in about on~third of its length, and also
add a suitable title:                      (25 MARKS)

If this century has, in the famous phrase, made the world safe for democracy, the next challenge is to make a world safe for diversity. It is in India’s interest to ensure that the world as a whole must reflect the idea that is already familiar to all Indians that it shouldn’t matter what the colour of your skin is, the kind of food you eat, the sounds you make when you speak, the God you choose to worship (or not), so long as you want to play by the same rules as everybody else, and dream the same dreams. It is not essential in a democratic world to agree all the time, as long as we agree on the ground rules of how we will disagree. These are the global principles we must strive to uphold if we are to be able to continue to uphold them securely at home.

We want a world that gives us the conditions of peace and security that will permit us to grow and flourish, safe from foreign depredations but open to external opportunities. Whether global institutions adapt and revive will be determined by whether those in charge are capable of showing the necessary leadership. Right now many of us would suggest that there is a global governance deficit. Reversing it would require strong leadership in the international community by a number of powers, including the emerging ones.

India is an obvious contender to provide some of that leadership. India should aim not just at being powerful it should set new standards for what the powerful must do. This is a huge challenge, and one to which India must rise. An analogy from another field is not encouraging; many would argue that India has not acquitted itself well when given the chance to have global impact in one, that of the sport of cricket, where India accounts for more than 80 percent of the game’s revenues and perhaps 90 percent of its viewership, giving it an impact on the sport that no country can rival. Clearly, international opinion does not believe that in its domination of world cricket, India has set new standards for what the powerful must do.Broadening the analogy to global geopolitics, one could well say: India, your world needs you.

So India must play its due part in the stewardship of the global commons (including everything from the management of the Internet to the rules governing the exploitation of outer space). We can do it. India is turning increasingly outward as a result of our new economic profile on the global stage, our more dispersed interests around the world, and the reality that other countries, in our neighbourhood as well as in Africa, are looking to us for support and security. India has the ability and the vision to promote global partnerships across the broad range of its interests; it only needs to act.

                         The world economic crisis should give us an opportunity to promote economic integration with our neighbours in the subcontinent who look to the growing Indian market to sell their goods and maintain their own growth. But as long as South Asia remains divided by futile rivalries, and some continue to believe that terrorism can be a useful instrument of their strategic doctrines, that is bound to remain a distant prospect. We in South Asia need to look to the future, to an interrelated future on our subcontinent, where geography becomes an instrument of opportunity in a mutual growth story, where history binds rather than divides, where trade and cross-border links flourish and bring prosperity to all our peoples.

Q3. Expand and illustrate the idea contained in any one of
the following in about 100 words:  ( 15 MARKS)

(a) ‘Actions speak louder than words.’

(b) ‘The early bird catches the worm.’

(c) ‘A stitch in time saves nine.’

Q4. Compose a letter to your landlord addressing concerns about pest infestation in your rented accommodation.

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Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper expressing concerns about the prevalence of fake news in our society. Discuss the impact of misinformation on public discourse and suggest measures to combat this issue.                                                                  (20 MARKS)

Q5.. Use any five of the following words/Idioms/Phrases into separate sentences each: 

Break the ice, Bite the bullet, Hit the nail on the head, Spill the beans, uncanny,  fortitude, novice, incredibly, hooray, love