English Essay CSS Paper 2015

FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2015 FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS

MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE: (i) Make an outline and write a COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY (2500-3000 words) on any ONE of the given topics. Make sure you use different forms of discourses, e.g. exposition, argumentation, description, and narration. Credit will be given for organization, relevance, and clarity.

(ii) No Page/Space be left a blank between the answer. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.

1: The War on terror has contributed to the growing abuse of human rights

2: Anticipation is often greater than the realization

3: Punctuality is virtue of bored

4: The introduction of new digital technologies has radically altered identities

5: In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence

6: I disapprove what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say

7: Luxury of predecessors becomes the necessity of successors

8: When life throws you lemons, make lemonade

9: Govt Should eliminate subsidies and incentives for manufacturers and consumers of electric cars as they are costly and do not do enough to protect the environment

10: Labor-saving devices are more troublesome than they worth.