Odisha Civil Judge Mains 2016 Question Paper

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Odisha Civil Judge (Main) Examination 2016-17

ODISHA JUDICIAL SERVICE (OJS) MAINS

PAPER I: GENERAL ENGLISH

Time Allowed: 2½ Hours

Maximum Marks: 150

The figures in the right-hand margin indicate marks. Answer all questions.

1. Translate the following into English: [25]

2. Translate the following into Odia: [25]

I live in a new location now. I miss my earlier house and familiar surroundings and

neighbours. But as usual, given the requirements of this job, these changes cannot be helped.

Luckily for me, I have always been a bit of a loner. I prefer it this way, for then one does not

have to depend on short-term friends for comfort or company. Incidentally, my best friends

are not from the Army, but go a long way back to the good old school days. It was a fresh

sunny morning with pansies and dahlias in full bloom in the lawn outside the gym. Yet, I was

already a little bit (mentally) exhausted at being privy to the conversation between three

young ladies, wives of Army officers, who supposedly come regularly to this “meeting

point” to maintain a certain standard of fitness, well, some physical and some mental.

3. Write a short essay in about 150 (one hundred and fifty) words on any one of the following:

[50]

(a) Noisy Neighbours.

(b) Need for reforms in BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India).

(c) The Need for Value Education.

(d) Effects of Domestic Violence on Children.

(e) Creative Hobbies.

4. Make a précis of the following passage in about 100 (one hundred) words: [25]

The history of the debates between tradition and modernity in India is a story that has been

told twice. The first fable centres around the archives of the national movement and the

second springs from the debates on science and technology enacted during the grassroots