Language Paper 1
- Year 2018
- Conducted By MPSC
- Maximum Marks 65
- Duration 3 Hours
- Languages Marathi & English
Exam Details
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Examination | State Services Main Examination |
| Year | 2018 |
| Conducting Body | MPSC |
| Paper | Language Paper 1 |
| Subject | Part-1 Marathi, Part-2 English |
| Duration | 3 Hours |
| Maximum Marks | 65 |
This dataset contains OCR content for Language Paper 1 of the 2018 State Services Main Examination (Marathi Part-1 and English Part-2). Page 1 provides exam metadata and formal instructions, including the requirement for two separate answer books, the compulsory nature of all questions, and marking cues such as a figure indicating marks. Page 2 presents Q11 as two descriptive components: (1) a Marathi essay prompt (50 marks) with subparts for a Marathi essay or translation of an English excerpt, and (2) a 15-mark English passage-based item featuring a long NASA-related narrative intended for comprehension or summary. The repair process has been applied to reconstruct and separate merged stems, preserve numbered subparts, and maintain line breaks. The SEO metadata combines page-level themes, topics, FAQs, and keyword clusters to optimize search visibility across Marathi and English content, reflecting both pages.
Major Topics Covered
- State Services Main Examination
- Marathi essay
- Marathi translation
- English translation
- Language Paper 1
- Two answer books
- Part-1 Marathi
- Part-2 English
- Essay writing 400 words
- Translation exercise
- Comprehension
- NASA passage
- Goddard Space Flight Centre
- LRC
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Tipu Sultan painting
- Answer-writing guidelines
- Marking scheme
- Exam instructions
- Proper handling of identity in answer scripts
Why This Paper is Important
- Useful for State Services Main Examination preparation
- Helps understand the latest exam pattern
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Instructions
- प्रश्नपत्रिकेचे स्वरूप : पारंपरिक कालावधी : 3 तास Nature of Paper : Conventional type Time allowed : 3 hours सूचना /
- Note: उमेदवाराने भाग - 1 मराठी व भाग- 2 इंग्रजीकरिता स्वतंत्र उत्तरपुस्तिका वापरावी.
- (ii) All questions are compulsory. प्रश्नासमोरील अंक गुण दर्शवितात.
- (iii) A Figure to the RIGHT indicates marks of the respective question. तर्कसंगत, नेमक्या आणि परिणामकारक लिखाणास यथोचित गुण देण्यात येतील.
- (iv) Credit will be given to correct spelling, punctuation, good handwriting and neatness. उत्तरपुस्तिकेच्या आतील भागात कोठेही उमेदवाराने बैठक क्रमांक, स्वत:चे किंवा इतरांचे नाव, पत्ता किंवा आंपली
- (v) ओळख देणारे चिन्ह नमूद करु नये, अन्यथा तो शिक्षेस पात्र ठरेल.
- Candidates should not write roll number, any name (including his/her own), signature, address or any indication of his/lier identity anywhere inside the answerbook otherwise he/she will be penalised. उमेदवाराने प्रत्येक प्रश्नातील उपप्रश्न यांची उत्तरे एकत्र सोडवावयाची आहेत. उत्तराचा काही भाग किंवा एक
- (vi) उपप्रश्न एकीकडे व दुसरा दुसरीकडे (काही पृष्ठे सोडून वा अन्य प्रश्न सोडवून तद्नंतर) सोडवल्यास दुसरा भाग/ उपप्रश्न दुर्लक्षित केला जाईल.
- Candidates are expected to answer all the subquestions of a question together.
- If part of answer or subquestion of a question is attempted elsewhere (after leaving a few pages or after attempting another question) the later shall be overlooked.
- (vii) उमेदवाराने भाग - 1 मराठी या उत्तरपुस्तिकेत भाग - 2 इंग्रजीचा प्रश्न सोडवू नये, तसेच भाग - 2 चे उत्तरपत्रिकेत भाग - 1 (मराठी) चे प्रश्न सोडवू नयेत. सोडविल्यास तो दुर्लीक्षत केला जाईल Candidates should not answer Part-1 Marathi Question in Part-2 English answerbook and vice-versa, otherwise it will be overlooked. P.T.O.
Questions (page 2)
Q2. Q11 भाग-2 15 marks: I started my work at NASA at the Langley Research Centre (LRC) in Hampton, Virginia. This is primarily an R & D centre for advanced aerospace technology. One of my most vivid memories of LRC is of a piece of sculpture depicting a charioteer driving two horses, one representing scientific research and the other technological development, metaphorically encapsulating the interconnection between research and development. From LRC I went to the Goddard Space Flight Centre (GSFC) at Greenbelt, Maryland. This Centre develops and manages most of NASA's earth-orbiting science and applications satellites. It operates NASA's tracking networks for all space missions. Towards the end of my visit, I went to the Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island in East Coast, Virginia. This place was the base for NASA's sounding rocket programme. Here, I saw a painting prominently displayed in the reception lobby. It depicted a battle scene with a few rockets flying in the background. A painting with this theme should be the most commonplace thing at a Flight Facility, but the painting caught my eye because the soldiers on the side launching the rockets were not white, but dark-skinned, with the racial features of people found in South Asia. One day, my curiosity got the better of me, drawing me towards the painting. It turned out to be Tipu Sultan's army fighting the British. The painting depicted a fact forgotten in Tipu's own country but commemorated here on the other side of the planet. I was happy to see an Indian glorified by NASA as a hero of warfare rocketry.
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