APPSC Group 1 2023: Group-I Services (Notification 28/2022) Main Examination, Paper in English (qualifying)
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No. ofPrinted Pages : 7 SAE.103
2023
ENGLISH
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 150
Instructions : Attempt all questions.
1 Write an essay in about 200 - 250 words on any one of the following
topics: 20
(a) Human-Wildlife conflict and solutions to end this conflict
(b) Work From Home (WFH) : Benefits and Drawbacks
(c) Combating Yellow Journalism
(d) Life perspectives that Covid pandemic has taught us
(e) Democracy and Social Media
2. You are a data manager heading the data analytics wing of E'T'GH
Solutions, Vijayawada H.O., Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 520001' Write
a formal letter in about 100 words to the Managing Director of your
company suggesting the need to introduce office automation in your offrce.
Provide ample reasons for your suggestion. Assume your nalne as vishnu
Aggarwal. 10
3. According to the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) seasonal
forecast, the occurrence of heatwave during March to May is likely to be
experienced over many regions of Rayalaseema and South coastal Andhra
Pradesh and at isolated places over North coastal Andhra Pradesh. In
view of the rising heatwave conditions, the government has cautioned the
public to stay hydrated and follow necessary precautions in order to avoid
falling sick due to heatwaves' The government has also advised people
working outdoors to limit their work schedules before noon in order to
avoid heat strokes and has also cautioned senior citizens, pregrrant women
and children to stay hydrated by consuming oral rehydration solutions,
water, buttermilk and coconut water. Draft a press release to be prepared
based on this. 10
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4 Write a report about the inaugural event of the National Workshop on
Environment Protection which was presided by the Director, Department
of Environment and climate change. Assume yourself as Anvesh Kumar,
Administrative Co-ordinator. 15
5. The pie chart given below describes the projections of global energy
resources. write a report in about 1b0 words explaining the information
given in the chart and your views regarding the future scope of sustainable
development. 15
Global Sustainable Development projections
(2040)
NICoal (47o)
@ Natural Gas (l2Vo)
Oil (lVo)
ffi Carbon Capture, Utilization
and Storage (57o)
frm Nuclear (117o)
ffi nyaro trszO
ffi Solar Photovoltaic (1920)
ffi wi"a tzrz,)
ffi Other Renewables (97o)
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6. The Researchers associated with the centre for women's Development
Studies(CWDS)haveorganizedaseminaronthetopicofGender
Equality. Tlne seminar is attended by foreign professors, executive
committee of the CWDS and faculty members' The Secretary of the
Ministry of women and child Development is the chief Guest. The
Chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research will
preside
ov'er the function. As the convenor of the seminar, you have to
deliver the
speech in
hrelcome speech'on this occasion. Prepare a written draft of this
15
about 150 - 200 words.
Read the passage given below and write a precis on it in
your own w$rds in
7.
15
about 100 words :
we stand at the dawn of a new era. The technologlcal revolution is
transforming our Iives at breakneck speed, dramatically altering the ways
in
which we work, learn and even live together. Alongside the increasingly
sophisticated use of big data, artificial intelligence
(AI) is undergoing
exponential growth and finding new applications in an ever-increasing
number of sectors, including security, the environment, research and
education, health, culture and trade. AI is humanity's new frontier.
once this
The
boundary is crossed, AI will lead to a new form of human civilization.
guiding principle of AI is not to become autonomous or replaee human
intelligence. But we must ensure that it is developed through a humanist
approach, based on values and human rights. We are faced with
a crucial
question : what kind of society do we want for tomorrow? The AI revolution
opens up exciting new prospects, but the anthropologlcal and social
upheaval
it brings in its wake wa:rants careful consideration. AI could open up
Goals
tremendous opportunities for achieving the sustainable Development
(sDGs) set by the united Nations in the 2030, Agenda for sustainable
Development. Its applications enable innovative solutions, improved risk
woTld must
assessment, better planning and faster knowledge shqnnl. The
ensure that new technologies, especially those based on AI, are used
for the
good of our societies and their sustainable development. It should regulate
AI
developments and applications so that they conform to the fundamental
rights
that frame our democratic horizon'
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8. Read the following passage and answer the given questions : 15
social change may be considered as a process through which definite
alterations in the structures and functions of a particular social
system
result. Change is a value-neutral concept and so a particular
change may
be good or bad, desirable or undesirable, sacred or profane, progressive
or
regressive, depending upon the views and understanding
of the observer.
when we say that change is value-free, the idea is not that no distinction
can be made between good changes and bad changes or
between welcome
changes and unwelcome developments. It is to be understood
that when a
particular social change occurs it w l be evaluated in
the light of the
ideals, goals and theories of the observer. If we assess the
changes that
have occurred in the Indian society from the middle of the 19*,century,
we
notice the two directions in which such changes have proceeded.
certain
changes in the traditional values and conventions have been
wholry
beneficial and are the result of the social reform movements
which had
only marginal influence on the society during the second half of
the lgth
century but gathered momentum since 1g20s when the Indian National
Movement became mass based. The second set of changes
which have been
increasing in intensity or coverage throughout the 20rh century,
particularly alter independence, constitute the disturbing features
of the
present Indian society such as increasing population, crass
materialism
coupled with religiosity, but without morality, socio-economic
crimes etc.
(a) What is meant by social change ?
(b) To what extent is social change value-neutral ?
(c) What are the major changes that have happened in the Indian
society ?
(d) what does the passage state about the acceleration of sociar changes
in Indian society ?
(e) what are the features of present Indian society that revear a
disturbing side to reality ?
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9. (a) Give two examples of sentences using the present perfect tense. 2
(b) Change the voice in the following sentences as directed without
changing the meaning : 1x2=2
(i) She sings the old ballads melodiously. (change the voice)
(ii) Sloth leads men to poverty. (change the voice)
(c) Transform the sentences below into indirect speech : 1x2=2
(i) My father said to me, "I am going to giue you a good present if
you po;ss entrdnce examination for MBBS."
(ii) Our teacher said to the students, "Do not waste time and study
well."
(d) Transform the sentences below as directed without changing the
meaning : 1x2=2
(i) I do not understand when you speak high sounding words.
(change into a simple sentence)
(ii) He ran stick in hand. (change into a compound sentence)
(e) FiIl in the blanks in the following sentences with appropriate
articles : 1x2=2
(i) This is book which I purchased from the bookshop at
Abids.
(ii) I met European in 2019.
(0 Fill in the- blanks in the following sentences with appropriate
propositions. 1x2=2
(i) Hard work gives success in any field of activity.
(ii) Every Government official is entrusted the
-
responsibility of working for the welfare ofthe public.
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