General English Question Paper 2024

Jul 14, 2026

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English question paper with specific instructions for essay, letter, newspaper report, precis writing, and reading comprehension. Tasks include: an 800–1000 word essay on selected topics, a letter to the Minister of Education about online learning facilities, a newspaper report on rising poaching incidents, a ~170-word precis of a passage about caloric beverages, and comprehension questions based on a passage about wetlands in Bharatpur.

LanguageEnglish

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Pages7

Reading Time18 min

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# GENERAL ENGLISH Question Paper Specific Instructions Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questiong.All the questions are to be attempted. The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it. Word limit of the answers,if specified,should be adhered to. You must not disclose your identity inany of your answers. Answers must be written in ENGLISH only. Q1.Write an essay in about 800-1000 words on any one of the following:(a) Decreasing Forest Cover and its Impact on the Human Race(b) Need for Multidisciplinarity in Higher Education(c) Sports and Business(d) Women's Safety at the Workplace Q2.(a) Write a letter to the Minister of Education requesting him or her tomake adequate facilities available for online education in universities.(Do not write your name or address or give any information revealingyour identity.Use only ABC/XYZ for all proper nouns). (b) Write a newspaper report on the rising incidents of poaching in wildlifesanctuaries in India.(Do not write your name or address or give anyinformation revealing your identity.Use only ABC/XYZ for all propernouns). 1 Q3.Write a precis of the following passage in about 170 words,one-third of theoriginal length.Do not give it any title. Where do you draw the line between a drink and a snack?If you eat aserving of chocolate ice cream,it counts as dessert and gives you approximatelytwo hundred calories.But if you take the same chocolate ice cream in the formof a large milkshake,the serving size may yield as much as one thousandcalories.Yet because it's only a drink,you might have a burger and friesalongside. Perhaps no single change to our diet has contributed more tounthinking excess energy intake than liquids,both soft and alcoholic.We havereached a state where many people can no longer recognize a simple thirst forwater,because they have become so accustomed to liquids tasting of somethingelse.Whether it's morning cappuccino or an evening craft beer or a green juiceafter a workout,the choice of calorific beverages available to us has becomeimmense and varied.And then there are all the newfangled craft sodas infusedwith green tea or hibiscus that pretend to be healthy,even though theyprobably contain a lot of sugar.Many modern beverages are better thought ofas food than drinks,judging by the number of calories they contain.Yet forreasons both cultural and biological,we don't categorize most liquids as food.It's a sign that times are good when you can afford to quench your thirst withsomething other than water.The drinks industry has conditioned us to believethat whatever the occasion,it will be improved with a drink in our hand.Studying?An energy drink will help you concentrate.Out with friends?Youneed a beverage to help you relax. But our biology is not well adapted for this switch to high-caloriebeverages.When we talk about what's wrong with modern drinks,we talk a lotabout the problems with sugar,but what

Jul 14, 2026

Uploaded by Miles