QUESTIONS (PAPER B) QUESTION NO. 1 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Democracy" QUESTION NO.

2 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Computer Education" QUESTION NO. 3 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Village Uplift" QUESTION NO. 4 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Social Evils" QUESTION NO. 5 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Religious Extremism " QUESTION NO. 6 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Role of Women in So ciety". QUESTION NO. 7 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Importance of Mass Media". QUESTION NO. 8 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Pleasures of Childh ood". QUESTION NO. 9 Write an essay, with outline, of 300-350 words on the topic "Features of a Pakis tani Wedding". QUESTION NO. 10 Write a general essay, with outline, of 300-350 words that covers the following topics; (i) Energy Crisis (ii) Unemployment (iii) Terrorism (iv) Drug Addiction (v) Black Marketing (vi) Corruption (vii) Inflation - Rising Prices (viii) Over-Population (ix) Environmental Pollution (x) Smuggling (xi) Mass Illiteracy (xii) Drug Trafficking (xiii) Sectorianism (xiv) Economic Crisis (xv) Beggary (xvi) Bribery (xvii) Nepotism (xviii) Tax Evasion (xix) Violence (xx) Poverty (xxi) Political Instability (xxii) Lawlessness (xxiii) Social and Economic Crisis (xxiv) Social and Economical Problems (xxv) Injustice and Inequality QUESTION NO. 11 (a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Space travel is by far the most expensive type of exploration ever undertak en by man. The vast expenditure of money and human effort now being devoted to p rojects of putting man into space might well be applied to ends more practically useful and more conducive to human happiness. It is a strange world in which te ns of millions of pounds are spent to give one man a ride round the earth at tho

usands of miles an hour, while beneath him in his orbit live millions for whom l ife is a daily struggle to win a few coins to buy their bread and butter. The mo ney and effort that go into the development and construction of a single type of space-rocket would more than suffice to rid several countries of such scourge a s malaria or typhoid fever, to name only two of diseases that medical science ha s conquered but which still persist in the world simply because not enough money and effort are devoted to their eradication. Why should the richer countries of the world be pouring their resources into space when poverty and disease on the earth are crying out for relief? One could give a cynical answer to this questi on and assert that man's expensive adventures into space are merely the by-produ cts of the struggle between great powers for prestige and possible military adva ntage. QUESTIONS (i) Why is it a strange world? (ii) Why do malaria and typhoid still exist in the world? (iii) Why is man pouring his resources into space? (iv) Explain the meanings of the following words: (a) Scourge (b) Eradication (v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (vi) Make a summary of the passage. (b) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Fortunately, however, the growth of industrialism has coincided in the west with the growth of democracy. It is possible now, if the population of the worl d does not increase too fast, for one man's labour to produce much more than is needed to provide a bare subsistence for himself and his family. Given an intell igent democracy not misled by some dogmatic creed, this possibility will be used to raise the standard of life. It has been so used to a limited extent, in Brit ain and America, and would have been so used more effectively but for war. Its u se in raising the standard of life has depended mainly upon three things; democr acy, trade unionism, and birth control. All three, of course, have incurred host ility from the rich. If these three things can be extended to the rest of the wo rld as it becomes industrialized, and if the danger of great wars can be elimina ted, poverty can be abolished throughout the whole world, and excessive hours of labour will no longer be necessary anywhere. But without these three things ind ustrialism will create a regime like that in which the Pharaohs build the pyram ids. In particular, if the world population continues to increase at the present rate, the abolition if poverty and excessive work will be totally impossible. QUESTIONS (i) What connection does the writer show between industrialism and democracy? (ii) How can the standard of life be raised? (iii) How can poverty be abolished? (iv) What will be the impact of increase in population at the present rate? (v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (vi) Make a precis of the passage. QUESTION NO. 12 (a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Great progress has been made by America in the field of mechanization. It i s spending lavishly on labour-saving machines. Efficient organization if highly mechanized system has resulted in maximum productivity in America. With mass pro duction, the amenities of life are available to almost every citizen. On the con trary, Europe subordinates the use of machines to human happiness and welfare. I t encourages man's reliance on his own faculties and realizes the dangers inhere nt in the American scheme. However, great the advantages of mechanization, it cr ushes the creative faculty of man and makes a machine out of him. His individual liberty and personality suffer an irretrievable loss. In his moments of leisure the worker finds it difficult to turn his hands to creative work because the ma chine-made goods do not inspire him in the direction of refinement. These goods also lose their fascination because mass production has given a set back to the

individuality of the articles produced. The Europeans, therefore, contend that i t is better to sacrifice a few material comforts that crush the aesthetic and sp iritual urge in the individual which large scale mechanization is doing in Ameri ca. QUESTIONS (i) What is the result of progress in the field of mechanization in America? (ii) How has it affected America? (iii) What is the case in Europe? (iv) Why do Europeans sacrifice a few material comforts? (v) Make a suitable title of the passage. (vi) Make a precis of the above passage. (b) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. In universities in the West, a large part of teacher's time is spent on tut orial work. By a tutorial we mean a regular weekly meeting of a teacher and smal l group of students. A tutorial is not an occasion for a lecture by a teacher n or it is an informal conversation piece. It is, in fact, an opportunity for a te acher to get to know his students. It is further a means to discover their poten tial abilities, stimulate them by discussion, test their response to what they h ave read, and to give them individual advice on their studies. A tutorial should help a student to clarify his mind by the exchange of ideas, and should send hi m back to his books with a new awareness and a new interest. It should encourage him to think for himself and give him practice in formulating and expressing op inions. The usual form is that the students read original essays in turn and the se are discussed, analyzed and evaluated by the group as a whole under the guida nce of the teacher. A further advantage of the tutorial is that it enables the t eacher to become intimately acquainted with his students, both as individual as a scholar. QUESTIONS (i) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (ii) What does the writer mean by a tutorial? (iii) Why do the teacher of the Western Universities spend his much time on tut orial work? (iv) What do the students gain by tutorial work? (v) Should we adopt this system in our country? If yes why? (vi) Make a precis of the passage. QUESTION NO. 13 (a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Very few students have really any clear idea of what science mean. The teac hing of science in schools tend to obscure the meaning of science. When pupils a t school work for a pass in science subject, they regard it their main business to learn a large number of facts and a smaller number of principles and theories . Now all this is good in its way. A scientist must have a certain number of fac ts, principles and theories at his finger tips. But science would cease to be sc ience if scientists merely worked from fixed sets of facts and theories. The ess ence of science is the gathering of new facts and the establishment of new theor ies. Science has advanced rapidly in recent history because scientists have been greedy for new knowledge, and because they have been so ready to disbelieve in text books of their youth. It is, therefore, most important to give our young st udents of science an awareness of skepticism and open-mindedness that is part of the very soul of science. Let them not think that any branch of science is a su bject that one can sit down and learn. Let them realize that science is essentia lly a creative activity. QUESTIONS (i) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (ii) What is the essence of science? (iii) When does science cease to be science? (iv) What are the two causes of the advancement of science? (v) What should we teach to our students of science?

(vi) Make a precis of the passage. (b) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Whether the subject should be taught in English in our educational institut ions or through the medium of our other tongue is one of the most important prob lems of the present day. There are quite a few points to be considered in this connection. Those who oppose the introduction of English as a medium of instruct ion think that the subjects taught in English are not properly understood by the students. When they are not able to understand a point properly, they are evide ntly unable to express it properly. When they are compelled to write the answers in English, they feel pained. Hence they develop a sort of inferiority complex. This thing mars the growth of intellectual power and as a result their personal ity remains undeveloped. Thus they prove a complete failure in their lives. But that is not a sensible way of thinking. As a matter of fact, it is not simply th e medium of instruction that counts in the educational affairs. There are some o ther factors as well to be taken into consideration of mind etc. Moreover, Urdu is still in a stage of infancy. It is impossible for it to compete with English and become mature enough to absorb suitable equivalents of technical terms befor e it is introduced as a medium of instruction. The change, of course, must be th ere, but it must be very gradual one. QUESTIONS (i) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (ii) What do the people against English say? (iii) What is the greatest difficulty in changing over to Urdu? (iv) Till when should we wait for this change-over? (v) What sort of change does the writer suggest? (vi) Make a precis of the passage. QUESTION NO. 14 (a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Mankind has undoubtedly progressed since medieval time. The earliest men li ved like brutes. Individuals fought among themselves and strong destroyed the we ak, for that is the law of jungle --- the law of irrational life. But man was no t an animal. He possessed rational faculties. These faculties gradually develope d and appeared in his actions, and man gave up the laws of jungle and evolved hi s own rational law. Men saw that the law of physical strength was not applicable to their lives. They realized that they have souls and the strength of a being with a soul can consist in a variety of capabilities other than the power to hac k and hew and tear and bite. For instance, a man can be strong in reasoning tool s, or in controlling the actions of other rational beings by the power of song a nd speech. Thus men realized that they should not be fighting among themselves b ut should be working together and giving one another opportunities to develop th eir respective strength. This was the first step in man's progress. By this mean s men gained such control over the force of nature and made each other so much w iser and more comfortable that they were convinced that they were the best creat ion of God. QUESTIONS (i) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (ii) How did the earliest men live? (iii) What is the law of jungle? (iv) What did men learn to do when his reason developed? (v) How were men convinced that they were the best creation of God? (vi) Make a precis of the passage. (b) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Success in the next electoral contest will come only to those political par ties that are able to win the support of the people not happy with their current economic situation. A vast majority -- more than 95 per cent -- will vote with no assurance that their welfare is the main concern of the parties seeking their support. This is what makes politics so volatile in the country as it marches t

owards yet another election. There is a lot at stake in the coming election for the political parties preparing to contest and the leaders who manage them. To w in the support of the discontented, the parties and their leaders will need to o ffer their well-developed programmes aimed at improving the welfare of the citiz ens. It is my belief that only those parties will succeed in March who have deve loped programmes to redress some of the problems created by the model pursued ov er the last five years. That model was focused on developing the principal citie s of the country by promoting the sectors that provided a limited amount of empl oyment and yielded in comes to a very small proportion of the population. This m odel will need to be changed significantly to win the political backing of the d eprived and disadvantaged. But that can only happen if the people are presented with programmes in which they can place some trust. QUESTIONS (i) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (ii) Who will win the next elections? (iii) What does it make politics so volatile in the country? (iv) How can the support of the discontented be won? (v) How can the trust of the people be won? (vi) Make a precis of the passage. QUESTION NO. 15 (a) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. Education, in general is enigmatic in Pakistan. It is plagued with falling standards, loss of direction, and insensitivity on the part of governments. Misg uided and chaotic as it is, education in Pakistan is misunderstood as restricted to passing examinations or obtaining degrees. It is totally deprived of career planning and skill development. And above all it fails to imbibe in our students , human values which are basic to our Islamic society. The Oxford dictionary def ines education as awakening and development of one's character and mental powers . The computerized CD, The World Book, states that education is the process by w hich people acquire knowledge, skills, habits, values and attitudes. The word ed ucation is also used to describe the results of the educational process. Educati on should help people become useful members of society. It should also help them develop an appreciation of the cultural heritage and teach them to live more sa tisfying lives. The most common way to get education is to attend school, but mu ch education also takes place outside the classroom. Though history of eduction is not as old as humanity, its demands for the present world are enormous and pr essurizing. The world has expanded itself to an era of phenomenal growth and dev elopment with multiplying technology. The world today clearly demands specializa tion and realization of quality education. Simply speaking, teaching two plus tw o makes four is education, but application of four is all spheres of life is its quality. QUESTIONS (i) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (ii) From which defects does education in Pakistan suffer? (iii) How can do Pakistanis think education is? (iv) How is general education different from quality education? (v) Give in your own words the definition of education. (vi) Make a precis of the passage. (b) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the e nd. A person who is aware of his duties and rights in his society is a good cit izen. He knows that he is a member of a group with which he is associated by a t housand and one ties. He realizes that he should live in harmony with other memb ers of society. Man cannot live without a society. He cannot live alone. He must live with his fellow human beings. But living in a society means co-operation with other m embers of that society. When you live in society, you have to live as others liv e. You have to accept the conditions and traditions that a society prescribes fo r its members. These conditions and standards of behaviour are for the common go

od and welfare of the society and individuals. Society gives you some rights and some duties. A good citizen does his best to do his duty to the society. He always keeps in vies the interests of his society and state. He lives a clean and honest lif e. He keeps away from such activities that may harm the interests of his fellow citizens. A good citizen is aware of the fact that he is indebted to his society in m any ways. He knows that the labour and work of countless persons have enriched h is life. He life, to a very great extent, depends on others. He has received muc h in material and spiritual benefits from others. It is only just and right that he should pay his debts. How does a good citizen pay his debts to the society? By living useful and fruitful life, he lives not for himself alone but he lives for others. He pays h is taxes. He takes keen interest in the affairs of his state. He does not live i n isolation. He is not selfish. He is tolerant and kind and virtuous. QUESTIONS (i) Suggest a suitable title for the passage. (ii) Who is a good citizen? (iii) Why is society formed? (iv) What are the duties of a good citizen? (v) Give other words for; (a) Harmony (b) Prescribe (c) Indebted (d) Isolation (vi) Make a precis of the passage. QUESTION NO. 16 (a) Correct the following sentences. (Noun) (i) I need a ten rupees note. (ii) He ran three hundred meters race. (iii) He has ten heads of cattle. (iv) He has given up his study. (v) I took pain in my work. (vi) He gave order to release him. (vii) He gave me many advices. (viii) I have many works to do. (ix) The chair's leg is broken. (x) What is this book's price? (b) Correct the following sentences. (Pronoun) (i) Let Sabiha and I go there. (ii) One should take care of his health. (iii) Everyone raised their hands. (iv) Saleema is the woman which gave me courage to work. (v) He is the student who I think deserves praise. (vi) The boy who was promoted, he was my brother. (vii) He availed of the opportunity. (viii) We enjoyed at the concert. (ix) These two boys hate one another. (x) Little children love each other. (c) Correct the following sentences. (Verb) (i) The wages of sin are hell. (ii) Ten miles are a long distance. (iii) My brother's only help were his friends. (iv) His friend and benefactor have left the room. (v) They found that the ship is leaking. (vi) I request you not to cut jokes in the class. (vii) He made three goals in the last match. (viii) He is reading in the medical college. (ix) He has come yesterday. (x) Why he wrote that foolish letter? (d) Correct the following sentences. (Article) (i) He is M.A. while his friend is B.A. (ii) In Lahore we stayed at hotel.

(iii) Faisalabad is Manchester of Pakistan. (iv) The gold is more costly than the silver. (v) Rose is the sweetest of all flowers. (vi) The man is selfish by nature. (vii) I have headache. (viii) I am stronger of the two. (ix) Higher we go, cooler it is. (x) This is a best book. QUESTION NO. 17 (a) Correct the following sentences. (Adjective) (i) He is a famous gambler. (ii) We met at the house of a mutual friend to make peace. (iii) He is a coward person. (iv) We visited many worth-seeing places. (v) She is more clever than he. (vi) Lahore is larger than any city in the Punjab. (vii) Of the two routes, this is the shortest. (viii) Mumtaz is the most unique teacher. (ix) He enjoys the most worldwide reputation. (x) It is much hot today. (b) Correct the following sentences. (Adverb) (i) He goes there never. (ii) He comes here seldom. (iii) He faced bravely the enemy. (iv) Atif sings good. (v) He died two months before. (vi) The strawberry shortcake tastes deliciously. (vii) The rotten eggs smell badly. (viii) He is hardly hit by the bank's failure. (ix) I seldom or ever take medicine. (x) It is much interesting book. (c) Correct the following sentences. (Preposition) (i) The lion attacked at him. (ii) We reached at the platform soon after the train left. (iii) The patient has been operated. (iv) Look this word in the dictionary. (v) I shot the bear but missed. (vi) I cannot pull on my work. (vii) It is half past five in my watch. (viii) She is angry on me. (ix) He wrote with red ink. (x) I have not seen you since a long time. (d) Correct the following sentences. (Conjunction) (i) If you don't come, then I shall not help you. (ii) If he is poor, then I will help him. (iii) Although he is old, but he is strong. (iv) Hardly had we set out than the bad weather began. (v) Scarcely had he gone than a policeman knocked at the door. (vi) No sooner he left than the storm broke. (vii) Unless you don't work hard, you cannot secure good marks. (viii) Neither he comes, nor he writes. (ix) He wears like his friend does. (x) He cried as if he was mad. QUESTION NO. 18 (a) Use the following idioms in your own sentences. (i) Beggar description (ii) Carry weight (iii) Compare notes (iv) Fall flat (v) Follow suit

(vi) Hold water (vii) Hush money (viii) Make amends (ix) Play havoc (vi) Work wonders (b) Use the following idioms in your (i) Become a byword (ii) Cut a sorry figure (iii) Eat a humble pie (iv) Flog a dead horse (v) Make a clean breast (vi) Make a face (vii) Pocket an insult (viii) Pull a long face (ix) Smell a rat (x) Take a fancy (c) Use the following idioms in your (i) Bell the cat (ii) Break the ice (iii) Break the news (iv) Bury the hatchet (v) Carry the day (vi) Face the music (vii) Grease the palm (viii) Hit the mark (ix) Kick the bucket (x) Steal the show (d) Use the following idioms in your (i) Add insult to injury (ii) Beat about the bush (iii) Burn the candle at both ends (iv) Burst into tears (v) Cast pearls before swine (vi) Die in harness (vii) End in smoke (viii) Fall in love with (ix) Leave in the lurch (x) Live from hand to mouth QUESTION NO. 19 (a) Use the following idioms in your (i) A fishy deal (ii) A freudian slip (iii) A maiden speech (iv) Crocodile tears (v) Democle's sword (vi) Dutch courage (vii) French leave (viii) Pandora's box (ix) The under dog (x) Thumbnail sketch (b) Use the following idioms in your (i) All and sundry (ii) Bag and baggage (iii) Few and far between (iv) First and foremost (v) Flesh and blood (vi) Null and void (vii) Part and parcel (viii) Rank and file (ix) Root and branch

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(x) To and fro (c) Use the following idioms in your own sentences. (i) A blue stocking (ii) A broken reed (iii) A dark horse (iv) A laughing stock (v) A live wire (vi) A rolling stone (vii) A scape goat (viii) A sugar daddy (ix) A turn coat (x) A wet blanket (d) Use the following idioms in your own sentences. (i) At a loss (ii) At a stretch (iii) At daggers drawn (iv) At logger heads (v) For good (vi) In cold blood (vii) In the pipeline (viii) On the anvil (ix) Out at elbows (x) Under a cloud QUESTION NO. 20 (a) Use the following phrasal verbs in your own sentences. (i) Back away (ii) Back out (iii) Bear with (iv) Bear up (v) Beat back (vi) Blow out (vii) Break down (viii) Break into (ix) Break out (x) Buy off (b) Use the following phrasal verbs in your own sentences. (i) Come about (ii) Come off (iii) Carry off (iv) Drop in (v) Do away with (vi) Fall out (vii) Fall in with (viii) Give up (ix) Go about (x) Look down upon (c) Use the following phrasal verbs in your own sentences. (i) Make off with (ii) Make up for (iii) Pass away (iv) Pull down (v) Pull up (vi) Put off (vii) Put up with (viii) Run down (ix) Run over (x) Run up against (d) Use the following phrasal verbs in your own sentences. (i) Set up for (ii) Stand by

(iii) Stand for (iv) Stick to (v) Take down (vi) Take in (vii) Turn away (viii) Turn down (ix) Walk away with (x) Wear out QUESTION NO. 21 (a) Write an application for job. (b) Write an application to provide information. QUESTION NO. 22 (a) Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your views about "Loa d Shedding". (b) Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper expressing your views about "Rec kless Driving". QUESTION NO. 23 (a) Write a dialogue between two friends about the waywardness among the youth. (b) Write a dialogue between father and son on the choice of profession. QUESTION NO. 24 (a) Write a dialogue between a student and a teacher on the importance of book r eading. (b) Write a dialogue between two men about dearness. QUESTION NO. 25 (a) Translate the following paragraph into English.

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