Solved precis paper of 2018

Question no 2:

Write a precis of the following passage in about 120 words and also suggest a suitable title:

It is in the temperate countries of northern Europe that the beneficial effects of cold are most manifest. A cold climate seems to stimulate energy by acting as an obstacle. In the face of an insuperable obstacle our energies are numbered by despair; the total absence of obstacles, on the other hand leaves no room for the exercise and training of energy; but a struggle against difficulties that we have a fair hope of over-coming, calls into active operation all our powers. In like manner, while intense cold numbs human energies, and a hot climate affords little motive for exertion, moderate cold seems to have a bracing effect on the human race. In a moderately cold climate man is engaged in an arduous, but no hopeless struggles and with the inclemency  of the weather. He has to build strong houses and procure thick clothes to keep himself warm. To supply fuel for his fires, he must hew down trees and dig cola out of the earth. In the open air, unless he moves quickly, he will suffer pain from the biting wind. Finally, in order to replenish the expenditure of bodily tissue caused by his necessary exertions, he has to procure for himself plenty of nourishing food.

 Quite different is the lot of man in the tropics. In the neighborhood of the equator there is little need of clothes or fire, and it is possible with perfect comfort and no danger to health, to pass the livelong day stretched out on the bare ground beneath the shade of a tree. A very little fruit or vegetable food is required to sustain life under such circumstances, and that little can be obtained without much exertion from the bounteous earth.

We may recognize must the same difference between ourselves at different seasons of the year, as there is between human nature in the tropics and in temperate climes. In hot weather we are generally languid and inclined to take life easily; but when the cold season comes, we find that we are more inclined to vigorous exertion of our minds and bodies.

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               Title: Influence of climate on character

It is misconception among common people that changing seasons have no impact on human nature and work efficiency. In fact, people of opposite sides of equator show distinct behavior. An individual of temperate countries of Norther Europe has to face harsh cold climate; he needs more struggle for survival. But cold weather accelerates his energies to fight with seasonal changes. Contrarily, in moderate cold areas humans need less effort to ensure their viability. Unlike, people of hot climate places usually lazy, and they required mild laborious approach to ensure their existence.

Question no 4 :

(a) Correct only Five of the following.

(i) They only work when they have no money.

They work only when they have no money.

(ii) They left the hotel here they had been staying in a motor-car.

They left the hotel in a motorcar where they had been staying.

(iii) I cannot by no means allow you to do so.

By any means. I cannot allow you to do so.

(iv) My friend said he never remembered having read a more enjoyable book.

My friend said that he never remembered reading a more enjoyable.

(v) Going up the hill, an old temple was seen.

When he went up the hill, he say an old temple.

(vi) One day the bird did not perform certain tricks which had thought it to his satisfaction.

One day the bird did not perform to his satisfaction certain tricks which he had taught it.

(vii) I was rather impressed by the manner of the orator than by his matter

.I was impressed by the manner of the orator than by his matter.

(viii) What an awful weather!

What awful weather!

(b) Use punctuations marks where needed in the following sentences :

(i) There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish the slavery of caste

There is slavery that no legislation can abolish; the legislation of caste.

(ii) All that I am all that I hope to be I owe to my angle mother

All that I'm, all that I hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

(iii) Take away that bauble said Cromwell pointing to the mace which lay upon the table

"Take away that bauble," said Cromwell pointing to the mace which lay upon the table.

(iv) There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom

There is only one cure for the evil which newly acquired  freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.

(v) History it has been said is the essence of innumerable biographies

History, it has been said, is the essence of innumerable biographies.

Question no 7 :

Translate the following Urdu paragraph into English by keeping in view figurative/idiomatic expressions.

Lahore is not only a city of politics but also an ancient center of culture. The Mughal culture in this city was on the climax. The city was also the center of Sikh culture; it also contributed in the field of education and learning. Moreover, it was also a center of mysticism. Hazrat Ali Hajveri-popularly known as Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh the author of famous book mysticism-Kashaf ul Mahjoob is also buried in this city. The Lahori fashion remained in vogue in the entire sub-continent during the British rule. The significance of the city remained unaffected even after the creation of Pakistan.