J&K Civil Judge Mains 2009 Question Paper

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J&K Civil Services (Judicial) (Mains) Examination 2009

J&K CIVIL SERVICES (JUDICIAL) MAINS

PAPER I (B & C): COMPULSORY

Time Allowed: 2 Hours

Maximum Marks: 60

Use of Bare Acts is not allowed. The answer to each question or part thereof should begin on a

fresh page.

1. (a) Translate the following passage into Urdu or Hindi: [15]

Hunger is one of the beneficent and terrible instincts. It is, indeed, the very fire of life,

underlying all impulses to labour, and moving man to noble activities by its imperious

demands. It is hunger which brings these stalwart navvies together to cut paths through

mountains, to intersect the lands with the great iron ways which bring city into daily

communication with city. Hunger is the overseer of those men erecting palaces and prison

houses. Hunger sits at the loom weaving the wondrous fabrics of cotton and silk. Hunger

labours at the furnace and the plough, coercing the native indolence of man into strenuous

and incessant activity. Let food be abundant and easy of access, and civilization becomes

impossible; for our higher effects are dependent on our lower impulses in an indissoluble

manner. Nothing but the necessities of food will force man to labour, which he hates, and

will always avoid when possible. If in this sense hunger is seen to be a beneficent instinct, in

another sense it is terrible; for when its progress is unchecked it becomes a devouring flame,

destroying all that is noble in man, subjugating his humanity, and making the brute dominant

in him, till finally life itself is extinguished.

(b) The second translation passage (Urdu/Hindi into English, 15 marks) is a skewed scan in

the source and is not reproduced here.

2. Make a précis of the following passage in English in your own words in about one-third of

its length (120–130 words). Marks will be deducted if your précis is longer or shorter than

the prescribed length: [30]

Exploration of and expansion into outer space is one more step towards mankind’s ultimate

progress. Man’s thirst for knowledge, his curiosity to unravel the mysteries of nature are the

drives behind space research. By the middle of the last century man had accumulated enough

practical experience of space travel to be able to assess the practical benefits of space

research. What are they? First and foremost is the acquisition of invaluable scientific

information essential for fundamental natural studies, for the exploration of the solar

system’s planets and remote objects in the galaxy, and for the understanding of evolutionary

processes in the universe. What we learn about outer space helps us understand the laws