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IES General English Previous Year Paper (1998) IES General English Previous Year Paper (1998)1. Write an essay on any ONE of the following topics in about l50 words: (50) I have been maintaining in the lectures that a special characteristic of modern man is the faculty of communication between individuals. I believe that it is possible to show that the symbols of society, such as churches, form a link in the process of ensuring communication. They play an essential part in establishing the rules of brain action that make cooperation possible. Our emotion when faced with them confirms the importance of communication in our lives. The symbol gives a sudden powerful reminder of our dependence upon others and elicits one of our earliest responses— crying. I want now to try to use these ideas to help in tracing the development of communication, both in the history of the race and in each individual person. In doing so I shall suggest one of the main reasons why these symbols of religion become the most important features of our lives. The great new societies that grew up with the development of irrigation and other special forms of agriculture came to use some striking new means for keeping individuals together. By study of the remains left by these early civilizations, and by comparison with the modern man, we can make a plausible reconstruction of how this came about. The methods that emerged were based on a continuation of the ways of brain action used by mammals for millions of years already. To find out what these methods were. Let us look at two of the characteristic actions of social man. First, there is a tendency for large numbers to assemble together in one place. There is evidence of this from earliest times to the great crowds that gather today for rallies, congresses, processions, football matches and many other events. Secondly, much effort is spent in building great structures within or around which these assemblies take place. The largest and most durable buildings that men make are not generally used for the daily business of life, but are symbolic or religious. It is curious that biologists have paid so little attention to these two peculiar human characteristics. In no other animal is the habit of assembly quite so well developed as it is in man. The biological significance of the habit is that by it the brain association necessary far communications are formed. Some of the earliest of these assemblies occurred at prominent hills of suitable shape, on and around which large numbers of people came together. One of the clearest pieces of evidence that we have about early social man is that he soon began to build large artificial hills. Objects nearly as big as anything that we build now were the product of some of the early agricultural communities, nearly 10,000 years ago. Such large objects are found all over the world-an English example is Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. 5. (a) Do as directed in each one of the following: (5 × 2 = 10) |
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