PARLIAMENT OF INDIA

(JOINT RECRUITMENT CELL)

MAIN EXAMINATION FOR THE POST 0:: JUNIOR CLERK IN LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT

16th JUNE, 2012

Paper-I: Essay, Letter and Grammar

Time: 2 hours Marks: 100

1. Write an Essayon any ONE of the following topics: (50 marks)

(a) corruption and Indian Democracy (b) Environmental Issues and the Concept of Development
(c) Challenges of India's Mass Communication (d) Salient Features of Indian Culture
(e) Cottage Industry and the Problems of Industrial Development

2. Write a letter to the Human Resource Development Minister of India to seek his attention
towards the danger of commercialization of education by establishing Private
Universities.
Or
Write a letter to the Health Minister of India to draw his attention towards the alarming
increased presence of pesticides and fertilizers in our foodgrains and vegetables.
(35 marks)

3. Answer any three questions: (15 marks)

(a) Write synonyms of the following words:

Corporeal, Gentry, Mean, Pouch, Preclude

(b) Write antonyms of the following words:

Repulsive, disperse, Frivolity, Defy, Mindful

(c) Write sentences using following phrasal verbs:

Call upon, Ink out, See through, Ride on, Pick off

(d) Make sentences using following idioms:

All guns blazing, Back to square one, Pigs might fly,
Brass Monkey Weather Go the extra mile

(e) Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles:

(i) Our children go to __ School by the bus.
(ii) Is our mother working in __ old office building?
(iii) Their car does 150 miles __ hour.
(iv) My sister often stays at __ uncle's house in the city.
(v) Last year we visited __ Rashtrapati Niwas and the Mughal Garden.