FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17, UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2020
ENGLISH (PRÉCIS & COMPOSITION)
- Choose the word that is nearly most similar in meaning.
| 1. | Guile | |||
| (a) Slyness | (b) Decency | (c) Blame | (d) Mad | |
| 2. | Essay | |||
| (a) Direct | (b) Compose | (c) Attempt | (d) Effort | |
| 3. | Inception | |||
| (a) Incision | (b) Unending | (c) Beginning | (d) Growth | |
| 4. | Expatriate | |||
| (a) Emigrant | (b) Displaced | (c) Infirm | (d) Male | |
| 5. | Sinister | |||
| (a) Malevolent | (b) Sinful | (c) Ill-famed | (d) Occult | |
| 6. | Contraption | |||
| (a) Intrigue | (b) Device | (c) Sticker | (d) Trend | |
| 7. | Animosity | |||
| (a) Friendly | (b) Flow | (c) Ennq.ii | (d) Vanity | |
| 8. | Condone | |||
| (a) Trap | (b) Overlook | (c) Conform | (d) Desist | |
| 9. | Plagiarism | |||
| (a) Copy | (b) Piracy | (c) Deviance | (d) Plague | |
| 10. | Impeachment | |||
| (a) Indictment | (b) Castigation | (c) Contempt | (d) Charge | |
| ❑ | Choose the world | that is nearly most opposite in meaning | ||
| 1. | Eternity | |||
| (a) Heaven | (b) Transience | (c) Mundane | (d) Abstract | |
| 2. | Pandemonium | |||
| (a) Platforni | (b)tlie.__Iide | (c) Confusion | (d) Tension | |
| 3. | Relinquish | |||
| (a) Assume | (b) Confer | (c) Leave | (d) Throw | |
| 4. | Henpecked | |||
| (a) Meek | (b) Assertive | (c) Obedient | (d) Rebel | |
| 5. | Consistency | |||
| (a)Anomaly l | (b) Constant | (c) Regularity | (d) Errant | |
| 6. | Laudable | |||
| (a) Extol | (b) Unworthy | (c) Ignorance | (d) Praise | |
| 7. | Exaggeration | |||
| (a) Fabricate | (b) Understate | (c) Confab | (d) Curse | |
| 8. | Extempore | |||
| (a) Sudden | (b) Prepared | (c) Imprint | (d) Frenzy | |
| 9. | Hypothetical | |||
| (a) Unreal | (b) Unsound | (c) Actual | (d) Vague | |
| 10. | Pooh-pooh | |||
| (a) Ridicule | (b) Reprehend | (c) Ravage | (d) Praise |
CI Correct the following sentences:
- I won him in the race.
- He said that I am playing chess.
- Unless you do not try, you will never succeed.
- He wrote with ink.
- What country he belongs to?
(1) When he reaches to manhood, he will visit to England.
- The new session commences from February Ist, 2020.
- Please send this letter on my address.
Solution:
- I won against him in the race.
- He said that he was playing chess.
- Unless you try, you will never succeed.
- He wrote in ink.
- Which country does he belong to?
- When he reaches to adulthood, he will visit England.
- The new session commences on February Ist, 2020.
- Please send this letter to my address.
U Use the following idioms in sentences to make their meaning clear:
| 1. | To break the ice | 2. | Nip in the bud |
| 3. | See eye to eye with | 4. | For good |
| 5. | Tamper with | 6. | The small hours |
| 7. | Keep up appearances | 8. | Prima facie |
- To break the ice
Meaning: to say or do something that makes people feel more relaxed, especially at the beginning of a meeting, party, etc.
Use in sentence: Aslam suggested that we play a party game to break the ice.
- Nip in the bud
Meaning: to stop something before it has an opportunity to become established
Use in sentence: Many serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud if they are diagnosed earl enough.
- See eye to eye with
Meaning: to agree with someone
Use in sentence: The ruling party and the opposition don’t see eye to eye on most things.
- For good
Meaning: permanently
Use in sentence: This time she is leaving the country for good.
- Tamper with
Meaning: to make changes to something without permission, especially in order to damage it Use in sentence: Someone had obviously tampered with the brakes of my car.
- The small hours
Meaning: the early hours of the morning, between twelve o’clock at night and the time when the sun rises
Use in sentence: Ali and Hamza danced until the small hours of the night.
- Keep up appearances
Meaning: to hide the truth about a bad situation and pretend that everything is going well
Use in sentence: They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances for the sake of their children.
- Prima facie
Meaning: based on what seems correct to be truth, when first seen or heard.
Use in sentence: The commission says the report provides prima facie evidence of media racism.