Indian Forest Service 2024 General English Question Paper PDF

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  • Year 2024
  • Conducted By UPSC
  • Maximum Marks 300
  • Duration Three Hours
  • Languages English

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Examination Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination
Year 2024
Conducting Body UPSC
Paper General English
Subject General English
Duration Three Hours
Maximum Marks 300
Question Type Descriptive / Subjective

This document contains the General English question paper for the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination 2024, conducted by UPSC. The paper focuses on descriptive writing, including essay writing on various topics, letter writing, newspaper report writing, and precis writing. Aspirants can use this paper to understand the format, marking scheme, and the type of questions asked in the General English paper, which is crucial for their overall preparation for the IFS Main examination.

Major Topics Covered

  • Essay Writing
  • Letter Writing
  • Newspaper Report Writing
  • Precis Writing
  • English Comprehension
  • Current Affairs

Why This Paper is Important

  • Useful for Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination preparation
  • Helps understand the latest exam pattern
  • Useful for practice and self-assessment
  • Covers frequently asked General Studies topics
  • Helpful for analysing question trends

Related Resources

  • Indian Forest Service 2023 General English Question Paper
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  • Indian Forest Service 2024 General English Answer Key
  • UPSC Mains Answer Key 2024
  • Indian Forest Service Mains Syllabus
  • UPSC General English Syllabus
  • Indian Forest Service Mains Exam Pattern

Instructions

  • The number of marks carried by a question / part is indicated against it.
  • Word limit of the answers, if specified, should be adhered to.
  • You must not disclose your identity in any of your answers.
  • Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.
  • Write an essay in about 800 - 1000 words on any one of the following: Q1. 100 Decreasing Forest Cover and its Impact on the Human Race (a) Need for Multidisciplinarity in Higher Education (b) (c) Sports and Business Women's Safety at the Workplace (d) Write a letter to the Minister of Education requesting him or her to Q2.

Questions (page 2)

Q3. Write a precis of the following passage in about 170 words, one-third of the original length. Do not give it any title.
Where do you draw the line between a drink and a snack? If you eat a serving of chocolate ice cream, it counts as dessert and gives you approximately two hundred calories. But if you take the same chocolate ice cream in the form of a large milkshake, the serving size may yield as much as one thousand calories. Yet because it's only a drink, you might have a burger and fries alongside.
Perhaps no single change to our diet has contributed more to unthinking excess energy intake than liquids, both soft and alcoholic. We have reached a state where many people can no longer recognize a simple thirst for water, because they have become so accustomed to liquids tasting of something else. Whether it's morning cappuccino or an evening craft beer or a green juice after a workout, the choice of calorific beverages available to us has become immense and varied. And then there are all the newfangled craft sodas infused with green tea or hibiscus that pretend to be healthy, even though they probably contain a lot of sugar. Many modern beverages are better thought of as food than drinks, judging by the number of calories they contain. Yet for reasons both cultural and biological, we don't categorize most liquids as food. It's a sign that times are good when you can afford to quench your thirst with something other than water. The drinks industry has conditioned us to believe that whatever the occasion, it will be improved with a drink in our hand. Studying ? An energy drink will help you concentrate. Out with friends ? You need a beverage to help you relax.
But our biology is not well adapted for this switch to high-calorie beverages. When we talk about what's wrong with modern drinks, we talk a lot about the problems with sugar, but what we don't talk about so much is our own hunger and fullness. It seems that our genes have not evolved to be satisfied by drinking clear liquids, even when those liquids contain as much energy as a three-course lunch. This is the liquid conundrum.
Numerous studies have shown that most people do not compensate for the energy they drink by eating less. When you drink water, it rapidly enters your intestine, quenching your thirst but doing little to dent your hunger. The same is true even when the water is laced with sugar. It's as if our bodies simply don't register the calories in the same way when they arrive from a glass, a cup, or a can. Clear fluids such as soft drinks are particularly bad at killing hunger, but milk-based drinks are also surprisingly unfilling for most people, despite the nutrients they contain. Scientific studies show that people have a weak satiety response to clear drinks regardless of how many calories they contain - meaning that they don't fill us up as much as the equivalent calories taken as food. And so, we end up consuming a lot more energy from drinks than we intended or even knew. (510 words)

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Frequently asked questions

What is the name of the exam?

The exam is the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination.

Which paper is this?

This is the General English paper.

What is the conducting body?

The conducting body is UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).

What is the year of the examination?

The examination year is 2024.

What is the question type for this paper?

The question type is descriptive, focusing on essay writing, letter writing, report writing, and precis writing.

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Based on the provided OCR text, this paper consists of descriptive questions only, not objective or MCQ type.

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