BOARD OF ADVANCED STUDIES & RESEARCH

UNIVERSITY OF KARACm

April 30, 2015

No.BASRINotice/20 15

M. Phil., M. Phil. leading to Ph. D. & Ph. D. Admissions 2015

As resolved by the BASR Admission Committee-2015

find herewith a

meeting held on April 20, 2015, enclosed please

sample of ModelTestPaper of English for ready reference.

Registrar
To:
1. All Deans of the faculties.
2. All BASR Members.
3. All Chairpersons/ Directors of the Departments/ Institutes! Centers.
4. Students Advisor.
5. In charge, Main Communication Network.
6. Secretary to Vice Chancellor.
7. PA to Registrar.

KUET MODEL "'nST

(SECnON A)
Read the following text and answer the questions that follow.
1
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitatiun," or
"stealing and publication" of another author's "lank' ':"6l~,thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the
representation ofthem as one's own original wo':x. The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral
and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the
Romantic movement, while in the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to
"copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invention"
2
Irrespective of how it was perceived in the previous centuries, plagiarism is now
considered academic dishonesty. It is concerned with the issue of false attribution and can take
many forms. The most common of plagiarism is copying words from the published work without
acknowledging the source. Paraphrasing without citing the source is also considered academic
fraud. Collaborating with any other person when the work is supposed to be individual is yet
another form of plagiarism, which is called collusion. Plagiarism can also take the form of
presenting somebody else's work as one's own, which is the most serious academic crime. Just
as plagiarism can take many forms, there are degrees of plagiarism: copying the whole work,
copying only part of it, paraphrasing much of a source rather than copying the actual words used.
Sometimes the plagiarized work is copied from a smgle source, while sometimes from a variety
of sources to avoid being caught.
3
Plagiarism by students is a very serious offence that can result in punishments such as a
failing grade on the particular assignment (typically at the high school level) or for the course
(typically at the college or university level). For cases of repeated plagiarism, or for cases in
which a student commits severe plagiarism (e.g., submitting a copied piece of writing as original
work), a student may be suspended or expelled. In many universities, academic degrees or
awards may be revoked as a penalty for plagiarism.
4
Often students plagiarize without even realizing that it is illegal. Many students do it
unconsciously, but some do it deliberately as an easy way out. Students may feel pressurized to
complete papers well and quickly, and with the accessibility of new technology, the internet,
students can plagiarize by copying and pasting information from other sources. This is often
easily detected by teachers for several reasons. First, students' 'choices of sources are frequently
unoriginal; instructors may receive 'the same passage copied from a popular source from several
students. Second, it is often easy to tell whether a tudent used his or her own "voice". Third,
students may choose sources which are inappropriate, Fourth, lecturers may insist that submitted
work is first submitted to an online plagiarism detector.
5
There has been increasing recognition that some plagiarism occurs because students are
unaware of acceptable Writing' practices or may even have developed writing practices
considered unacceptable in higher education as part of their prior education This has led to a
call for a greater emphasis on helping students learn about plagiarism as part of a holistic
approach suggested by MacDonald and Carroll (2006). As a consequence, consideration has now
been given to the best ways to help students learn about plagiarism with suggestions by Carroll
(2006), who believes that students should be allowed to experiment in the sense that they should
be able to develop their understanding of pI giarism through making mistakes, which means that
they may need to produce some unacceptable writing and receive feedback on it before
understanding that it is unacceptable.

1. Which of the following expressions is not used in the text to refer to plagiarism:
[A) academic dishonesty
[B] acaderm c ime
[C] academic fraud [D] academic
sin
2. The writer has mentioned -------- ..--'. forms ofplagiarism
[A) two [B] three
[C] four lD] five

in the article.

3. In paragraph ---- _-_.----- , tft writer warns the readers of the dangers
[A] two [B] three [C] four [D] five
4. Before the 18'h century, plagiarism was -----._._-.--.
[A] promoted
[B] banned rCJ Idealized [D] dismissed

of plagiarism.

5. The word 'revoked' in paragraph three means:

[A] cancelled [B] rechecked
[C] ejected [DJ returned
6. Which ofthe following reasons is not mentioned in the rticle?
It is easy for the teachers to discover traces of plagiarism In students' work because of
[A] the students' individual wnting style [B) an online plagiarism detector
[C] several students' copying the same source [DJ incomplete reference details
7. Because of then access to internet, s.udc nts are ----------- to plagiarize.
[A] reluctant lBJ tempted [C] encouraged [D] inclined
8. The writer is of the view that in some cases, students plagiarize because
[A] punishment
[B] standardization
[C] sources rD] awareness

0; lack

of

9. The word 'prior' in the last paragraph means

[A] earlier

[B) primary

[C] higher

10. The article ends with the suggestions

[A] about the degrees of plagiarism
[C] that plagiarism is illegal

[D) secondary
to hell' tudents lean- ----------------[B] what forms plagruisrn can take
[D]what plagiarism is ar d !)0W , ~VOlJ it

(SECfIO. B)

Read the following items carefully

and choose the right option in each cas . (10 mar

1. The sentence "I wish you had informed me ahout the meeting" indtcat s.
[A] regret
[B] desire
[C] present possibility
[D] condition
2. It was a perfunctory
search. Quite a few details were left out.
fA] hasty
[B] thorough
[C] credible
[D] fake

3. If I ----------- the VC of Karachi University, I would introduce aptitude test

departments.
[A] be
[B) am
[C] was
ID] were

!l1 all

the

4. ---------" .there was no electricity at home, we decided to go to the sea side

[A] When
[B] Since
[C] For
lD] While
5. Some people have the tendency to put ---------- weight very easily.
[AJ at
[B] up
lc] on [D] in
6. Students often --------~--- away with cheating in exams because of the absence of strict
measures.
[A] put [B] escape
[C] get
lD] run
7. The report had --------------- been submitted.
[A] already
[B] yet [C] still
[D]just
8. The bank was -------------- .. in replying to my letter. I didn't have to wait for long.
[A] experiential
[B] expedient
[C] expeditious
[D] expeditionary
9. I used to ------------ a lot, but now I hardly get time to do so.
[A] travelling
[B] travel [C]travelled
[D] have travelled

10. Tears have a stress easing as well as healing effect on small injuries ------------ the skin.
[A] on [B] in [C] by
[D] at