Odisha Civil Judge Mains 2019 Question Paper

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Odisha Civil Judge (Main) Examination 2019-20

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]

Biologists in New Zealand are baffled by the sudden death of a large number of the world’s

rarest species of penguins. At least a third of the 400 yellow-eyed penguins that live on the

Otago Peninsula, in New Zealand’s South Island, have died since December. The loss

represents around 15 percent of all yellow-eyed penguins and threatens to extinguish the

mainland population. The disappearance of this group of penguins is particularly serious for

the species, because the birds are genetically distinct from those on the Auckland Islands and

Campbell Island. Their disappearance would narrow the species’ gene pool considerably.

The first penguin died in December and by February the population had crashed. Post-

mortem examinations showed no sign of poisoning by heavy metals or pesticides, nor was

there any sign of a virus. Whatever killed the birds acted very quickly – in the eight hours

they were at sea feeding on the day they died – and most of the corpses recovered were near

their home beaches. “Whatever it is, it seems to make them sick, then head for home and

collapse on the beach,” said one of the scientists. Suggestions of a cause ranged from a

change in food supply caused by a climatic change to poisoning by a biological toxin,

perhaps from an algae bloom. The sea has been particularly warm this summer, but

temperature alone would not kill the penguins; nor had the unusual climatic conditions

interfered with the birds’ feeding. None of the dead birds showed any sign of disease.

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

[50]

(a) Should death sentence be abolished?

(b) Public Interest Litigation.