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1(ADS)1 GENERAL ENGLISH I-C

Time Three Hours] [Maximum Marks 100 Note Each question or part thereof shall begin on a fresh page.
Your answers should be precise and coherent.

1. Write an essay on any one of the following 30

Preserving our National Monuments


The case for or against Reservation of Jobs for Women


Unity in Diversity


Side-effects of Computerisation


Morality and Indian Cinema.



2. Attempt a precis of the passage given below, in your own words,
in about one-third of its length, and also add a suitable title 25
Professional diplomacy is not, as a rule, liable to imprecision. An ambassador almost invariably receives his instructions in writing; the representations which he hereafter makes to the foreign government are either embodied in a carefully drafted Note or conveyed in a personal interview; in the latter event, he is careful immediately on his return to record the course of that interview in a despatch to his own government.
It is customary, moreover, when an ambassador has to make,

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to a foreign government, a communication of special importance that he should bring with him a short synopsis or aide-memoire of what he is instructed to say. He may read this out to the foreign minister and he may also leave a copy behind. Conversely, when an ambassador receives from a foreign minister some vitally important oral communication, it is a wise precaution on his part to submit to the latter his version of the conversation before reporting it officially to his own government. Failure to take this precaution has led to regrettable incidents in the past. Although the professional diplomatist is seldom guilty of what I have called "intellectual inaccuracy", his temptation to what I have called "moral inaccuracy" is persistent and extreme.
This moral inaccuracy takes several forms. The experienced diplomatist is well aware that human actions are at the mercy of chance occurences and that prophecy is always dangerous. He is thus tempted to avoid all predictions. He prefers to hedge. The "heads I win, tails you lose" type of despatch may, it is true, enable an ambassador, after the event, to claim prescience by recalling his previous reference either to tails or to heads; yet it is not of deep benefit either to his government or to his own reputation. All too often, diplomatists are so afraid of being accused of lack of judgement that they avoid expressing any judgement at all.

3. Expand and illustrate the idea contained in any one of the following in about 100 words 15

Empty vessels make much noise


Slow and steady wins the race


Procrastination is the thief of time.



4. Write a letter to a friend, giving details of a railway accident.
OR
Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper, complaining about inadequate supply of Municipal water in your locality. 20

5. Use any five of the following words in two separate sentences
each, first as a noun and then as a verb 10 bag fan vote move drop limp rebel.

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