CDS English Exam Paper – 23 October 2016


CDS English Exam Paper - 23 October 2016

91. A. though he is a gifted comedian
B. he prefers spend his spare time
C. watching horror movies
D. no error

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Answer – B

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92. A. the writer
B. of this poetry
C. is wordsworth
D. no error

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Answer – B

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93. A. the jug
B. is made
C. out of china clay
D. no error

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Answer – C

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94. A. sita
B. with all her sisters
C. were here
D. no error

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Answer – C

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95. A. as you know
B. that the ignorant
C. are easily duped
D. no error

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Answer – B

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96. A. pay attention
B. to what
C. i am saying
D. no error

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Answer – D

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97. A. one of the assistant
B. was
C. alfred
D. no error

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Answer – A

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98. A. though george is a
B. honourable man
C. his activities arouse suspicion
D. no error

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Answer – A

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99. A. she told her teacher
B. that the could not be able
C. to attend the class the previous day / because of heavy rains
D. no error

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Answer – B

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100. A. coleridge as well as wordsworth were
B. of the opinion that the opposite of poetry
C. is not prose / but science
D. no error

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Answer – A

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101. A. he was courted arrest
B. in order to protest against
C. corruption among the government servants
D. no error

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Answer – A

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102. A. mr, joshi was, however
B. that the idea would never work
C. in practice
D. no error

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Answer – D

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103. A. as i was leaving for delhi
B. he asked me whether
C. i could buy a tape recorder for him
D. no error

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Answer – D

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104. A. the boy’s parents pleaded
B. with the principal
C. that they were too poor to pay his tuition fee
D. no error

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Answer – D

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105. A. for young donald
B. peace in vietnam was
C. almost terrible as war
D. no error

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Answer – C

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106. A. that brutus, who was his trusted friend
B. had attacked on him
C. caused heartbreak to julius caesar
D. no error

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Answer – B

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Ordering of Sentences

Directions – (Q. 107-120) in this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. the middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S.you are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the answer sheet.

107. S1 : history shows that the growth of civilization depends upon the gifts of nature, particularly the wealth yielded by the soil.
S6 : in fact, most of the wars in the beginning of humanity’s history were fought for the gain of territory.
P : the more land they had, the more they were satisfied.
Q : the nature and the quality of the land they possessed were of great importance of them.
R : all ancient communities worked hard to produce food.
S : there was also a great desire among them to possess as much land as possible
The proper sequence should be-
A. RQSP
B. QRSP
C. SQRP
D. PRQS

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Answer – A

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108. S1 : there were shots as i ran.
S6 : staying submerged was only too easy with so much clothing and my army boots.
P : the water was icy, but i stayed until i thought my lungs would burst.
Q : i tripped at the edge and went in with a splash.
R : the minute i came up i took a breath and plunged down again.
S : i ducked down, pushed between two men and ran for the river.
The proper sequence should be-
A. SQPR
B. PRQS
C. SQRP
D. QSPR

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Answer – C

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109. S1 : why do the english travel ?


S6 : for here, in cosmopolitan england, one is always exposed to the danger of meeting all sorts peculiar aliens.
P : besides, they are taught that travel broadens the mind.
Q : they do so mainly because their neighbour does this and they have caught the bug from him.
R : although they have now discovered the sad truth that whatever travel may do to the mind, it certainly broadens other parts of the body.
S : but, and perhaps mainly, they travel to avoid foreigners.
The proper sequence should be-
A. RSQP
B. PRSQ
C. SQPR
D. QPRS

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Answer – D

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110. S1 : jumbo, the famous 3-3 metre elephant was born in africa over a hundred years ago.
S6 : before his death in september 1882, he has been seen by over 20 million americans.
P : after disembarkation in new york, he was taken in a procession to the place where he was to be kept.
Q : another admirer was the famous american show-man barnum who bought it for a huge sum in february 1882.
R : transported from his native land to london zoo, he bacame a favourite of queen victoria.
S : he made his transatlantic voyage aboard SS assyrian monarch.
The proper sequence should be-
A. PQRS
B. SRQP
C. PSRQ
D. RQSP

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Answer – D

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111. S1 : the bureaucrat and the social worker are men of totally different orientations and styles of functioning.
S6 : the world will be a better place to live in if they learn a little from each other.
P : the other is considered to be a man ever on the move.
Q : he is portrayed as a man fond of rules above all other things.
R : the one is regarded as given to sedentary habits, doing a lot of paper work.
S : driven by an urge to help others he is impatient with red tape and unnecessary delays.
The proper sequence should be-
A. PQRS
B. RQPS
C. SRQP
D. QPSR

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Answer – B

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112. S1 : universities are peculiar institutions,
S6 : it is the most important institution in the complex process of knowledge creation and distribution.
P : traditionally elite institutions, the modern university has disfranchised groups
Q : the contemporary university stands at the centre of its society.
R : they have common historical roots yet aer deeply embedded in their societies.
S : established in the medieval period to transmit established knowledge and provide training for a few key professions, universities have become a primary creator of new knowledge through basic research.
The proper sequence should be-
A. PSQR
B. SQRP
C. SPRQ
D. RPSQ

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Answer – C

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113. S1 : all the age of eighteen gandhi went to college, but remained for only part of the year.
S6 : this was against his religion, and most of his relatives were against his going.
P : soon after this,he was advised to go to england to study to be a lawyer.
Q : studies did not interest him and he did not do well.
R : it was difficult for him to leave india and go to a foreign land where he would have to eat and drink with foreigners.
S : this would not be easy.
The proper sequence should be-
A. PSRQ
B. SQPR
C. PRQS
D. QPSR

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Answer – D

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114. S1 : helen graduated in 1904 with special honours in english.
S6 : her dress was torn and roses were snatched from her hat.
P : she was twenty-four years old.
Q : she was invited to the st. louis exposition in 1904 to awaken world-wide interest in teh education of the deaf-blind.
R : but on helen keller dat the crowds got out of hand.
S : requests were already flowing in for appearances and for magazine articles.
The proper sequence should be-
A. QPSR
B. SPRQ
C. PSQR
D. SQRP

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Answer – C

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115. S1 : one of the many young scientists who choose to throw in their lot with rutherford was an oxford physical chemist, frede-rick soddy.
S6 : we now know that gamma rays are a particularly fierce from of X-rays.
P : his association with rutherford lasted only two years, but that was long enough to change the whole face of physics.
Q : he was just 23.
R : they found that thorium changed into a new element, thorium X, and in the process gave off what was apparently a gas and at the same time a third typeof ray, which they named after the greek letter ‘gamma’.
S : when he teamed up with rutherford, they investigated thorium which, as marie curie had shown, was radioactive.
The proper sequence should be-
A. PQSR
B. QPSR
C. QPRS
D. QSRP

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Answer – B

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116. S1 : The boy felt his way up the creaking stairs through thick darkness.


S6 : he was just telling himself he was safe when the door was flung open and the gaunt old man grabbed his shoulder.
P : all he had to do was just get past the central door on the landing.
Q : he stopped as the great clock below whined for a few seconds and gave out a single, solemn stroke.
R : his eyes were raised to the faint moonlight that shone above the landing.
S : he hesitated as the sound died down and then crept on, thinking that if they could sleep through any noise he could make.
The proper sequence should be-
A. PQSR
B. RQSP
C. PRQS
D. RQPS

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Answer – B

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117. S1 : don’t you think that the housefly is a nuisance ?
S6 : when you see a fly rubbing its legs together, it is just cleaning itself, and scraping off some of the material that has gathered there.
P : for ages that’s what man considered the fly to be – just a nuisance.
Q : it was discovered that these flies carried disease germs that cause the death of millions of people every year.
R : but now we know that the innocent-looking housefly is one of man’s worst enemies.
S : it makes an irritating buzzing sound; it annoys you when it crawls on your skin; and so on.
The proper sequence should be-
A. RQPS
B. PQSR
C. QPRS
D. SPRQ

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Answer – D

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118. S1 : iguanodon was one of the first dinosaurs to be scientifically described.
S6 : this quadrupedal dinosaurs lived about 70 million years ago and its fossils are found in many parts of england, europe, asia and north africa.
P : these teeth formed a dental battery in which replacing teeth were constantly growing.
Q : the fore limbs were slightly larger than other members of its group known as ornithischia.
R : it had numerous teeth in the sides of the jaws, arranged in rows.
S : it was about 40 feet in length.
The proper sequence should be-
A. QSRP
B. SRPQ
C. RQPS
D. PQSR

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Answer – B

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119. S1 : a single device can heat fluids without requiring an electrical element.
S6 : because there is no electrical element, there is no risk of fire, so the system is suitable for dangerous environments.
P : a heat exchanger transfers heat from the central cavity to an air heater, a water heater or an industrial processor.
Q : it has a container like the crank case of a car’s engine, which contains the fluid to be heated.
R : compression and friction at the nozzles heat the fluid so that the temeprature in the central caviy rises steadily.


S : a motor and pulley inside the container turn a rotor wheel,which in turn forces the fluid again and again though narrow nozzles into a central through.
The proper sequence should be-
A. RPSQ
B. SPQR
C. QSRP
D. SRPQ

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Answer – C

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120. S1 :there is no doubt that rules governing imports, manufacture and the use of pesticides need to be further tigntened up.
S6 : at the same time, better pollution control measures are needed to check the discharge of poisonous gases and chemicals by a host of other industries which are equally responsible for poisoning our world.
P : but a more practical and feasible approach is required to tackle this problem.
Q : no one can deny the importance of pesticides in our agriculture.
R : the proposed amendment is an attempt at doing this, but in the process it seems to have gone overboard in most cases.
S :even today, nearly a fourth of our crop is lost due to pests and weeds.
The proper sequence should be-
A. RPSQ
B. RQSP
C. QSPR
D. PRSQ

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Answer – C

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