HPSC Mains 2014

(a) Causes of earthquakes and suggestions for earthquake-resistant construction.

(b) Four short notes (about 40 words each).

(c) Status of animal husbandry and role of the Department.

(a) Definition of Polio and four Government steps for eradication.

(b) Ways to enhance nutritional value of a crop.

(a) Role & achievements of Azad Hind Fauj.

(b) Merits of Education in Concurrent List.

(c) Five short notes (40 words each).

(a) NCF policy for K-12 and implementation challenges.

(b) Any three short notes (40 words each).

(a) Reasons for calling Muhammad Bin Tughluq ‘Mad Badshah’.

(b) Five short notes (30 words each).

(c) Uses of two softwares (40 words each).

(d) Main theme of any four books (40 words each).

(1) What is brain drain?

(2) Is brain drain still affecting India?

(3) In what way has the definition of brain drain not changed for India?

(4) Give meanings of the following words and use them in sentences: a) hub b) haunt c) greener pastures d) recruited e) outsourcing

(a) One who believes in the existence of God

(b) One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally

(c) One who knows many languages

(d) One who believes in fate

(e) One who looks at the bright side of things

(a) “Do you want to see the museum?” said the guide (change into indirect speech)

(b) You (telephone) for ages. You not (finish)? (Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense)

(c) If pedestrians (wear) light coloured clothes drivers (see) them much more easily. (Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms)

(d) My brother was the only one who realized the danger. (Replace the underlined clause by an infinitive)

(e) He can drive a car (Add a suitable question tag)

(a) On the contrary

(b) In the long run

(c) To the contrary

(d) Crocodile tears

(e) A maiden speech

(a) Both of the books requires careful reading.

(b) Sixty minutes are enough to finish this task.

(c) Each of these shops are doing good business.

(d) A number of books is missing.

(e) A lot of time have been wasted.

(f) She is enough smart to tackle this problem.

(g) He is so cunning as his sister.

(h) He left the college latest of all.

(i) You and I have received your lesson.

(j) Whom do you think will be our next captain?

(a) Explain the difference between an official and a semi-official letter.

(b) Write a letter to the Municipal Committee for proper cleanliness arrangements in your locality.

(a) Explain in simple Hindi any ONE of the following poetic stanzas: (i) "जाती न रही साथु री, पूछ लीजिए जान। मोक्ष करो नवतरह का, उठा रहन दो न्यान। हस्ती पतित ज्ञान कह, सहज दुनिया आरी। स्वान-स्व रूप संसार है, भूँक दे इक मारी।" OR (ii) "जो अगणित लघु दीप हमारे, तूफानों में एक किनारे, जल-जलकर बुझे गये किसी दिन- माँगा नहीं स्नेह मुँह खोल! कलम, आज उनकी जय बोल! पावन जिनकी लाल शिखाएँ, उज्ज्वल रही ज्वलन्त दिशाएँ, जिनके सिंहनाद से धरनी- धरती रही अभी तक डोल! कलम, आज उनकी जय बोल!"

(b) Explain in simple Hindi any ONE of the following prose passages: (i) "क्रोध पापी-अंग करने वाला मानसिक विकार है। एक का क्रोध दूसरे में भी क्रोध का संचार करता है... इसी से धर्म, नीति और शिष्टाचार तीनों में क्रोध के विरोध का उपदेश पाया जाता है।" OR (ii) "कहीं न करना बदतमीज़ी की बात नहीं। अपनी इच्छा नहीं है या सामर्थ्य नहीं है, इसके लिये कोई हमें बुरा नहीं कह सकता... बाहर निकल आये तो बुरी है।"

(i) The present status of Hindi as the Raj-bhasha (official language)

(ii) Information technology and the young generation

(iii) Environmental pollution: a challenge

(iv) Hindi cinema: condition and direction

(v) Education and society