HPSC Mains 2023

(a) Illicit drug trade and abuse in society

(b) Child labour

(a) Construct a grouped frequency distribution table with class size 5 for the data given above taking the first interval as 0-5 (5 not included).

(b) What main features do you observe from this representation?

(a) Draw a histogram to represent the given data.

(b) Is it correct to conclude that maximum number of leaves are 153 mm long and why?

(a) Which phrase in the first paragraph suggests that memory loss doesn’t necessarily mean complete loss of ability to remember anything or a permanent state?

(b) The writer says ‘not many are so gifted.’ To whom does the word ‘so’ here point to – Sir Norman Wisdom, Dr M S Swaminathan or Mark Twain?

(c) The writer believes that video games slowly cause memory loss. (TRUE/FALSE)

(d) The writer seems to be in favour of complete ban on use of alcoholic drinks. (TRUE/FALSE)

(e) Whose humorous words does the writer cite to convince us that even listing two or three points would be hard for the elders?

(f) Scientific/medical term for the loss of memory is – Amnesia/ Dementia/ Euthanasia/ Eurasia (Select the right word).

(g) Of the remarks that the writer cites, which one ‘warns’ us that even if you feel you do remember things, it could be unreliable? (Reproduce the sentence)

(h) Does the writer say that forgetfulness affects everybody without exception? Give reasons to prove your point.

(i) Which sentence in the passage gives you a hint that the writer prefers traditional games to ones with modern gadgets? (Underline the relevant word/words after reproducing the sentence from the passage)

(j) To which age group does the writer belong? Support your answer by citing the words from the passage.

(k) The writer talks about additional ways in excess of those dozen tips for dealing with forgetfulness. Which are they?

(l) Which are those dozen tips that the writer suggests to surmount the problem of forgetfulness? Make a full list of them. Write them one below the other and number them.

(a) Uniform Civil Codes: The needs and the challenges

(b) Extensive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Possible dangers

(c) India as a Developed Nation

(d) Corruption in Government Places: Measures to eradicate the evil

(a) I like reading novels more than watching TV. (Use ‘prefer’ to indicate your liking)

(b) The chief guest arrives at 4 o’clock... (Add a question tag)

(c) Pass on that water bottle. (Convert this into a polite request in question form)

(d) The officer had written a letter directly to the Managing Director. (Convert the sentence into Passive Voice)

(e) ‘Are you coming here for the first time?’ asked the lady her friend. (Convert it into Indirect Speech)

(a) Picture of somebody or something stressing certain features drawn to amuse or to ridicule

(b) An imaginary name assumed by the writer for disguise

(c) Paper or book written with hand (and not in print)

(d) Literary theft practised by borrowing words or ideas from other writers

(e) A hater of mankind

(a) in accordance with

(b) a fish out of water

(c) leave no stone unturned

(d) to throw some light on

(e) pay back in one’s own coin

(word_list) democracy, brave, interact, optimistic, unfortunate

(a) _____ my grandparents were not alive to tell me stories while I was growing up.

(b) Reading a good book is like _____ with a brilliant mind.

(c) _____ alone is not enough. ‘Discretion’, they say, ‘is the best part of valour.’

(d) A healthy society functions on _____ values.

(e) What we need in times of hardship is _____.

(a) He had left a large number of money when he died.

(b) None of the brothers have shown any interest in saving the property.

(c) Does your son go to the school, now that he is 6 years old?

(d) I do not know who I can trust.

(e) However fastly you run, you will not be able to overtake a train.

(a) Sorry, I remember the arrival time of the flight, but not its _____.

(b) While all my friends discouraged me, my parents _____ me to appear for Civil Service Exam.

(c) The ancestors of the family were always known for noble acts, but what this person has done is surely _____.

(d) What with these reckless medical practitioners around, sometimes you feel _____ is worse than the disease.

(e) The vertical lines in the diagram indicate food grains output of the country, while _____ lines indicate the financial year.

(a) Letter to the Development Authority about cleaning a slum area and providing facilities.

(b) Letter to the Life Insurance Corporation for payment of life-insurance benefits.

(a) Explain in simple Hindi any ONE of the two given prose passages.

(b) Explain in simple Hindi any ONE of the two given sets of verses.

(a) Write the antonyms of: (i) anya, (ii) khaas, (iii) poorn, (iv) neki, (v) swabhaavik.

(b) Write the correct forms of the following miss-spelt words: (i) yaataavak, (ii) aarshivaad, (iii) viniprikaa, (iv) aarya, (v) sanskit.

(a) Perform sandhi-vicched of: (i) ateev, (ii) bhavan, (iii) sadaiv, (iv) anati, (v) manobal.

(b) Provide one-word substitutions for: (i) that which happens suddenly, (ii) that which cannot be avoided, (iii) that which has never happened before, (iv) the angle between east and north, (v) one whose fate is unfavourable.

(a) Give a suitable title to the passage.

(b) Explain the underlined portion of the passage.

(c) Why is Hindi considered 'more a means than an end'?

(i) Emotional unity in literature

(ii) Population explosion and its control

(iii) India's growing participation in world trade

(iv) Role of the public in democracy