Concours direct de recrutement d'Élèves-Greffiers des Services Judiciaires (ENMG Madagascar)

A French passage recounts events in chronological order, uses action verbs, and follows a named person through a conflict. Which text type best describes it?

• ANarrative
• BDescriptive
• CInjunctive
• DExpository table

In an argumentative passage, which statement is the thesis?

• AThe position the author seeks to defend
• BEvery example used in the passage
• CThe publication date
• DA quotation that the author rejects

Which feature most strongly identifies an injunctive French text?

• AInstructions expressed through imperatives or infinitives
• BA sequence of fictional events
• CA portrait dominated by adjectives
• DA debate with opposing theses

In the sentence « Le projet est utile; cependant, son coût reste élevé », what relationship does « cependant » express?

• AConcession or contrast
• BCause
• CChronology
• DPurpose

In « La commune a reporté les travaux; en effet, les crédits n'étaient pas disponibles », what does the second clause do?

• AIt explains the reason for the postponement
• BIt contradicts the postponement
• CIt states the intended result
• DIt merely lists a later event

Read: « La directrice a remis le rapport à la ministre après qu'elle l'a révisé. » What must a careful reader verify before deciding who revised the report?

• AThe antecedent of the pronoun « elle »
• BThe number of paragraphs
• CThe font used in the report
• DWhether « rapport » is masculine

A passage says that harvests fell after two seasons of low rainfall, while food prices rose and household purchases declined. Which inference is best supported without adding an unstated fact?

• AReduced agricultural supply may have contributed to higher food prices
• BEvery merchant deliberately fixed prices
• CThe next harvest will certainly fail
• DAll households stopped buying food

A policy passage first defines a problem, then identifies three causes, and finally proposes two remedies. Which outline most faithfully represents its organization?

• AProblem → causes → proposed remedies
• BRemedies → unrelated anecdote → definition
• CChronology → portrait → dialogue
• DClaim → bibliography → title

Which proposed one-sentence summary is methodologically sound for a source text?

• AA neutral restatement of the central claim and essential support, without new examples
• BA stronger claim than the author makes
• CA list of minor details that omits the conclusion
• DA personal rebuttal to the author's position

What is the best basis for choosing a title for an analytical passage?

• AIts central subject and the author's main angle
• BThe first noun in the passage
• CThe longest sentence
• DA striking detail mentioned only once

Choose the correctly agreed verb: « Les mesures annoncées par le ministère ___ en vigueur demain. »

• Aentreront
• Bentrera
• Centrerais
• Dentré

Choose the correct completion: « Les lettres qu'elle a ___ hier sont au dossier. »

• Aécrites
• Bécrit
• Cécrite
• Décrire

Choose the correct mood: « Bien que la réforme ___ nécessaire, son financement reste incertain. »

• Asoit
• Best
• Csera
• Dserait été

Complete the hypothetical sentence correctly: « Si les crédits étaient disponibles, la commune ___ les travaux. »

• Acommencerait
• Bcommencera
• Ccommençait
• Daura commencé

Which sentence correctly changes « Le témoin dit : ‘Je viendrai demain.’ » into indirect speech while the reporting verb remains present?

• ALe témoin dit qu'il viendra demain.
• BLe témoin dit qu'il viendrait la veille.
• CLe témoin dit : qu'il viendra demain.
• DLe témoin dit qu'il vient hier.

Which passive sentence correctly restates « Le jury corrige les copies »?

• ALes copies sont corrigées par le jury.
• BLes copies corrigent le jury.
• CLe jury est corrigé par les copies.
• DLes copies ont corriger le jury.

Choose the correct relative pronoun: « Voici la décision ___ les motifs doivent être analysés. »

• Adont
• Bque
• Coù
• Dlaquelle

In « L'audience est reportée parce qu'un témoin est absent », what is the function of the subordinate clause?

• AIt expresses cause
• BIt expresses purpose
• CIt expresses comparison
• DIt expresses opposition

In « les candidats qui ont obtenu la moyenne », what role does « qui ont obtenu la moyenne » play?

• AA relative clause expanding the noun group « les candidats »
• BAn independent sentence unrelated to the noun
• CAn adverbial phrase of place
• DA direct quotation

Which sentence correctly expresses 'The candidate never signs the copy' in French?

• ALe candidat ne signe jamais la copie.
• BLe candidat signe ne jamais la copie.
• CLe candidat n'a jamais signé la copie demain.
• DJamais le candidat ne signe pas la copie.

Under Article 4 of Madagascar's Constitution of the Fourth Republic, which languages are official?

• AMalagasy and French
• BMalagasy only
• CFrench and English
• DMalagasy, French, and English

How does Article 1 of Madagascar's Constitution characterize the State?

• ASovereign, unitary, republican, and secular
• BFederal, monarchical, and confessional
• CConfederal and hereditary
• DA union of sovereign provinces

Which institution reviews the constitutionality of laws and resolves national presidential and legislative election disputes in Madagascar?

• AHaute Cour Constitutionnelle
• BCour des Comptes
• CConseil d'État
• DTribunal de commerce

Which statement most accurately reflects Article 13 of Madagascar's Constitution?

• ADefense rights are guaranteed before every jurisdiction and at every procedural stage, in…
• BDefense rights begin only after a trial judgment
• CPolice questioning is excluded from constitutional defense guarantees
• DDefense rights depend on the accused person's income

Which three levels does Article 3 of Madagascar's Constitution list as Collectivités Territoriales Décentralisées?

• ACommunes, Regions, and Provinces
• BFokontany, districts, and ministries
• CCourts, communes, and provinces
• DRegions, embassies, and public companies

In a Malagasy argumentative composition, which opening most clearly introduces a reason supporting the preceding claim?

• ASatria ...
• BNa izany aza ...
• COhatra ...
• DFarany ...

In the preamble to Madagascar's Constitution, what does « fihavanana » principally evoke?

• ASocial solidarity, mutual respect, and harmonious living
• BA rule that only courts may legislate
• CA private commercial security
• DA system of hereditary office

How does the constitutional preamble describe the Fokonolona organized within the Fokontany?

• AAs a framework for citizens' life, emancipation, exchange, and participatory consultation
• BAs the national constitutional court
• CAs a private association of traders
• DAs a foreign diplomatic mission

For the official 10-minute Malagasy oral presentation, which structure best supports a clear response to a contemporary issue?

• AState a position, develop ordered reasons with evidence, address a qualification, and con…
• BList unrelated facts until time expires
• CRead a memorized text without responding to the topic
• DGive only a conclusion and omit reasoning

Which English sentence best conveys the Malagasy statement « Ny lalàna dia mitovy ho an'ny rehetra »?

• AThe law is the same for everyone
• BOnly officials are subject to the law
• CEvery region enacts a separate constitution
• DThe law applies only after an election