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UPPSC Mains 2020 General Hindi PYQ

Official questions in exam order — Section A (8 marks, 125 words) and Section B (12 marks, 200 words). Each answer will sit on one canonical WRAP URL.

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Q1 · UPPSC 2020 · UPHIN · 30 marks · Solution

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.India is the largest theatre-land of nature in the world. All seasons exist together in some part of the country. Rivers, mountains, forests and the grain-giving earth have always been deeply linked with Indian literature, because it has recognised its affinity and coexistence with nature. India's first poetry itself arose against violence to animals. Poets have felt even the slightest pulse and vibration of nature. The adi-kavi Valmiki knows how water-birds steady themselves in biting cold and fearfully dip their feet in icy water; Kalidasa knows that a gentle favourable breeze is a good omen for travel. Premchand's oxen tell their tale of suffering into our ears. Prasad's nature warns us against excess. The creator is both the symbol and guardian of human sensibility; his companionship and dialogue with nature symbolise man's dialogue and companionship with nature. Thus inner and outer nature constantly refine simplicity and sincerity. Today, by becoming violent and discordant towards nature, what have we gained—bodily and mental diseases, a narrow distorted conscience, a callous self-centred world, and pollution all around that will ultimately destroy us? Psychologists say that merely seeing mountains and the sea expands the human heart; if they dwell in our mind, how vast and noble we could become. Nature is not man's opposite; she is his companion. Mysteries were preserved so that human creativity is not wasted and courage does not turn into inferiority.(a) Write the purport/gist of the passage in your own words. (10 marks)(b) Explain the mutual relationship on the basis of the passage. (10 marks)(c) Explain the underlined lines of the passage. (10 marks)
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Q2 · UPPSC 2020 · UPHIN · 30 marks · Solution

Read the following passage and answer as directed.Scholars believe that politics has corrupted language: words have been stripped of their true meanings and dressed in false ones. Words such as parliament, constitution, law, public welfare, justice, rights, evidence and inquiry have lost their real meaning and become distorted. When a word loses its true meaning—whether it expresses good or bad—it becomes ugly. The corruption of language is ultimately the corruption of social human values. If what one person says to another is not what language conveys, or if repeated experience leads the listener to search for harm or other meanings, what follows is loss of faith in fellow humans—the first and last stage of social disintegration. Language was forged for dialogue and correct communication; eventually human action too takes the distorted form of language rather than its original meaning. Carrying false meanings, language ultimately turns our actions false too. Are we not seeing the consequence of corrupting language in the extreme decline of political and social life?(a) Give an appropriate title to the passage. (5 marks)(b) Throw light on the role of language on the basis of the passage. (5 marks)(c) Write a precis of the passage. (20 marks)
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Q7 · UPPSC 2020 · UPHIN · 10 marks · Solution

(a) Correct the following sentences. (5 marks)1.निरपराधी को दंड नहीं मिलनी चाहिए।2.आप खाए कि नहीं?3.लड़की ने दही गिरा दी।4.आपके दवा से वह आरोग्य हुआ।5.कमरा लोगों से लबालब भरा है।(b) Correct the spelling of the following words. (5 marks)1.सिंहिनी2.छुद्र3.चर्मोत्कर्ष4.चिन्ह5.बरबर्ता
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Q8 · UPPSC 2020 · UPHIN · 30 marks · Solution

Write the meanings of the following idioms/proverbs and use each in a sentence.1.आठ-आठ आँसू बहाना2.कागज की नाव3.चादर से बाहर पैर फैलाना4.टोपी छा5.मिट्टी खराब करना6.रँगा सियार होना7.का बरखा जब कृषि सुखाने8.कंगाली में आटा गीला9.नेकी कर कुएँ में डाल10.पर उपदेश कुशल बहुतेरे
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