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The document is an English language exam paper from the Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan containing questions on analogies, filling in blanks, rewriting sentences, synonyms and antonyms. The analogy questions test examinees' ability to identify analogous relationships between capitalized word pairs. The blank filling questions require examinees to select the appropriate preposition or verb to complete sentences. The synonym questions provide words and definitions for examinees to select the closest matching synonym. The antonym questions give a word and definition for examinees to choose the word with the opposite meaning.

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The document is an English language exam paper from the Federal Public Service Commission of Pakistan containing questions on analogies, filling in blanks, rewriting sentences, synonyms and antonyms. The analogy questions test examinees' ability to identify analogous relationships between capitalized word pairs. The blank filling questions require examinees to select the appropriate preposition or verb to complete sentences. The synonym questions provide words and definitions for examinees to select the closest matching synonym. The antonym questions give a word and definition for examinees to choose the word with the opposite meaning.

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Solved English (Précis & Composition) Paper CSS 2017

English (Précis & Composition)

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION


COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
English (Précis & Composition)
2017

Choose the ANALOGY of words written in capital letters.


Attempt any FIVE.
(1) LION : ROAR
(a) Snake : Slither
(b) Goat : Bleat
(c) Lizard : Crawl
(d) Elephant : Tusk
Answer: (b)

(2) SHADOW : LIGHT


(a) Flood : Rain
(b) Image : Object
(c) Reaction : Action
(d) House : Bricks
Answer: (b)

(3) CLOT : BLOOD


(a) Ink : Water
(b) Curdle : Milk
(c) Vaporize : Camphor
(d) Brew : Coffee
Answer: (b)

(4) FEARFUL : COWER


(a) Humble : Boast
(b) Weak : Exercise

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(c) Arrogant : Strut


(d) Wise : Dispute
Answer: (c)

(5) EXPEDITE : HASTEN


(a) Conscript : Write down
(b) Diver : Make harder
(c) Facilitate : Make easiest
(d) Satirize : Praise
Answer: (c)

(6) WOOD : FURNITURE


(a) Father : Child
(b) Tree : Seedling
(c) Soil : Clay
(d) Stone : Sculpture
Answer: (d)

(7) SURGEON : DEXTEROUS


(a) Clown : Fat
(b) Actress : Beautiful
(c) Athlete : Tall
(d) Acrobat : Agile
Answer: (d)

(8) LECHER : LUST


(a) Pith : Herb
(b) Glutton : Greed
(c) Business : Profit
(d) Showbiz : Fame
Answer: (b)

Re-write the following sentences (Only FIVE) after filling in


the blanks appropriately.
(1) I cannot buy this car _____ this price.

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(a) for
(b) in
(c) at
(d) on
Answer: I cannot buy this car for this price.

(2) Send these books ______ my home address


(a) on
(b) at
(c) in
(d) to

Answer: Send these books to my home address.


(3) Monkeys live ______ trees.
(a) in
(b) at
(c) upon
(d) on
Answer: Monkeys live in trees.

(4) I said it _______ his face.


(a) at
(b) on
(c) to
(d) upon
Answer: I said it to his face.

(5) The manager ______ the receipt of my letter promptly.


(a) accepted
(b) realized
(c) recognized
d) acknowledged
Answer: The manager acknowledged the receipt of my letter promptly.

(6) Most foreign students don’t like American coffee, and ______
(a) I don’t too
(b) either don’t
(c) neither don’t I
(d) neither do I
Answer: Most foreign students don’t like American coffee, and neither do I.

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(7) We ______ take care of our parents when they are old.
(a) could
(b) would
(c) might
(d) ought to
Answer: We ought to take care of our parents when they are old.

(8) Yousaf ______ in the garden the whole of yesterday.


(a) has dug
(b) was digging
(c) dug
(d) had dug

Answer: Yousaf dug in the garden the whole of yesterday.

Synonyms
Fudge: (v); adjust or manipulate, tamper
Synonyms: misreport, tinker with, doctor, juggle

Levitate: (v); rise or cause to rise and hover in the air


Synonyms: float, hover, glide, waft, fly, and soar up

Nicety: (n); a fine or subtle detail or distinction


Synonyms: subtlety, nuance, refinement

Occult: (adj); hidden and difficult to see


Synonyms: veiled, recondite, cryptic, arcane, abstruse,

Peroration: (n); The concluding part of a speech


Synonyms: conclusion, summation, recapitulation, epilogue

Trice: (n); an instant (usually used as in a trice)


Synonyms: instant, jiff, jiffy

Wanton: (adj); sexually immodest or promiscuous (esp. woman)


Synonyms: immoral, unchaste, lecherous, lascivious, and salacious

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Wilted: (adj): not firm


Synonyms: diminished, dwindled, waned, weakened

Venial: (adj); (of a fault or offence) slight and pardonable


Synonyms: condonable, tolerable, all right

Nummary: (adj); of or relating to coins or money


Synonyms: nummular, coinage

Antonyms
Awry: (adj); in the wrong position; askew.
Antonyms: straight, symmetrical

Crass: (adj); showing no intelligence or sensitivity


Antonyms: canny, astute, intuitive, discerning

Condign: (adj); (of Punishment, etc,) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing, fitting
Antonyms: cruel, harsh, heavy, and severe

Dastard: (n); a dishonorable or despicable man


Antonyms: cad, craven, poltroon, recreant

Occlude: (v); close up, shut in


Antonyms: open (up); unblock, unclog,

Buxom: (adj); (of a woman’s body); having a large bosom and pleasing curves
Antonyms: skinny, boney, scrawny

Revile: (v); criticize abusively or angrily


Antonyms: praise, extol, eulogize, and applaud

Seedy: (adj); shabby and squalid


Antonyms: classy, superior, elegant

Tortuous: (adj); Full of twists and turns


Antonyms: straight, direct, uncurving, unbending

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Vociferous: (adj); loud and forceful


Antonyms: silent, quiet, soft

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