SPSC 2011 Head Master / Head Mistress BPS-17 (2011) — English Paper

Head Master / Head Mistress BPS-17 (2011) — English. Pre-interview written test · Tuesday 26 April 2011, 11:00 am to 01:00 pm · Total marks 40. Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks. Wrong spellings and incorrect English will result in deduction of marks.

1. 1Write an Essay not exceeding 150 words on any ONE of the following: (i) Students and Politics in educational institutions. (ii) Every thing that Glitters is not Gold. (iii) Role of educated women in child development. (iv) Nuclear Energy: Boon or Bane. (v) Crime scenario in Metropolitan city of Karachi.

2. 2Write a précis of the following passage by giving it a suitable heading. A sea level rise of up to 100 centimeters over the next 100 years would inundate up to 20 kilometers inland from the current shoreline and severely affect the world's densely populated delta areas. The very existence of low-lying island nations, such as the Maldives, would be threatened. If the sea rises more rapidly than the marshes can reestablish themselves inland, great losses of wetlands would occur, mostly in developed areas where protective structures prevent the inland migration of wetlands. Over the past several thousand years, coastal marshes have generally kept pace with sea-level rises through sedimentation and peat formation. But throughout the world, major rivers have been dammed, leveed and channeled, curtailing the amount of sediment that reaches the deltas. Even at today's rate of sea level rise, the sea is reclaiming substantial amounts of coastal land in Egypt and Mexico; at the same time, marshes in Louisiana are being starved from a lack of sediment. About 70% of the world's sandy coasts have eroded in the past few decades. Any sea-level rise is certain to exacerbate this loss. Global warming can be expected to increase rainfall and flooding. Coastal flooding increases the vulnerability of the land to erosion; a higher sea-level results in higher storm surges and decreased drainage. Coastal barrier islands, continually rebuilt by the landward transport of sand during major storms, will likely survive a rising sea level. However, erosion may undermine developments on coastal and barrier islands. The potential for increased erosion would be particularly important to seaside resorts, which include some of the world's most economically valuable and intensively developed land.

3. 3Write a demi-official letter to the E.D.O. Education, to visit your school building that needs special and urgent repairs, caused due to mayhem from last countrywide floods.

4. 4One of the causes of decline in education standards is non-punctuality of teachers and students alike in educational institutions and indifferent attitude to value time. As a Headmaster of a school, what measures would you adopt to streamline the administration of your school and bring about improvement in daily attendance? OR Copy culture has eroded education standards at almost all levels in our educational institutions. What measures and system of examinations should be adopted to eliminate this menace from our institutions and revamp the system of education in our Province?

5. 5Give meaning of the following idioms and use them in your sentences to elaborate meaning: (A) to play the second fiddle (B) back and forth (C) jump on the bandwagon (D) between the devil and the deep sea (E) lightning does not strike twice