West Bengal Civil Judge Mains 2018 (Compulsory Papers) Question Paper

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West Bengal Judicial Service (Main) Examination 2018: Compulsory Papers

WEST BENGAL JUDICIAL SERVICE MAINS (COMPULSORY PAPERS)

West Bengal Judicial Service (Main) Examination 2018:

Compulsory Papers

ENGLISH COMPOSITION, ESSAY AND PRÉCIS WRITING

Time Allowed: 3 Hours

Full Marks: 100

If the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions

attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.

1. Make a précis of the following passage and add a suitable title. (Use the précis sheet

supplied.) [25 + 5 = 30]

The Clean Air Act of 1970, amended in 1977 and 1981, is one of the basic laws under which

EPA operates. Its purpose is “to protect and enhance the quality of the nation’s air resources

so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population.”

In order to do that, Congress authorized a national research and development program to

prevent and control air pollution. The act also provided for EPA to assist state and local

governments in the development and execution of their air quality programs. The Clean Air

Act required EPA to set national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for

certain air pollutants. The law also required emission standards for mobile sources of air

pollution (vehicles), and for new stationary sources such as smokestacks. In addition, the act

called for regulation of hazardous air pollutants for which no ambient air quality standard is

applicable. Another section of the law was designed to protect air quality in national parks,

wilderness areas, monuments, seashores, and other areas of special national or regional

natural, recreational, scenic, or historic value, and to prevent significant deterioration of air

quality in those areas.

2. Write an essay on any one of the following: [50]

(a) The threats of the digital world for today’s youth.

(b) Globalization and women empowerment.

(c) Dreaming your ideal city.

(d) Global warming and human responsibility.

3. Write a dialogue in about 350 words between two individuals marked as X and Y on

the following topic: “Our obsession with English language is a sign of our colonial

hangover.” [20]

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