CDS English Exam Paper – 01 November 2015

31. A. beside
B. his mother he has two aunts
C. who stay with him.
D. no error

32. A. this photograph
B. appears to be
C. the best of the two.
D. no error

33.A. either the operator
B. or the foreman are
C. to blame for the accident.
D. no error

34. A. The article offers
B. good advice to
C. whomever must accept it.
D. no error

35. A. she dislikes
B. you being most organized
C. than she is.
D. no error

Selecting Words

Directions-(Q. 36-60) In the following passage at certain points you are given a choice of three words marked (A), (B) and (C), one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word out of the three. Mark the letter, viz., (A), (B) or (C), relating to this word on your answer sheet. Examples K and L have been solved for you.
K.
The (A) boy was in the school in Simla.
(B) horse

(C) dog
L.
(A) She was homesick.
(B) It
(C) He

Explanation– Out of the list given in item K, only ‘boy’ is the correct answer because usually, a boy, and not a horse or a dog, attends school. So ‘(A)’ is to be marked on the answer sheer for item K. A boy is usually referred to as ‘he’, so for item L, ‘(C)’ is the correct answer. Notice that to solve the first item K you to read the of the sentence and then see what fits best.

Passage-1

‘ what
36. A. can / B. will / C. must

Happen to them after us ?’ this most
37. A. joyous / B. distressing / C. distrecting

Question continually torments the parents of these
38. A. unethical / B. unnatural / C. un fortunate

Shildren. So they are mainly interested in
39.A. providing / B. making / C. giving

Some kind of vocational training for them.
40. A. but / B. yet / C. hence

Special schools for such children, spread all
41.A. above / B. under / C. over

The world, lay emphasis on vocational training.
42. A. however, / B. accordingly, / C. similarly,

They are taught to make paper bags,
43. A. dubious / B. simple / C. clumsy

Wall hangings eyc. This, of course, in quite
44. A. agreeable / B. astute / C. additional

And admirable. But what about play and
45. A. sport ? / B. game ? / C. grounds ?

Passage-2

Galileo used mathematical calculation as well as observation of nature and was the first astronomer to use a telescope. With an instrument of his own
46. A. experiment, / B. construction, / C. calculation,

Galileo observed jupiter and four of
47. A. the / B. their / C. its

Moons, the phases of venus and the spots on the sun. his
48. A. observing / B. observations / C. observed

And calculation confirmed that copernicus and kepler were right. He saw
49. A. by / B. from / C. with

His own eyes and made other people
50. A. to see / B. see / C. seeing

Too that the earth was not the fixed center of
51. A. an / B. a / C. the

Universe as ptolemy had said. galileo
52. A. insted / B.also /C. therefore

Made some important discoveries in mechanics. He did not
53. A. as stories say / B. as stories say / C. as people say

Drop cannon balls from the leaning tower of pisa
54. A. having proved / B.proving / C. to prove

That all bodies fall at the
55. A. same / B. equal / C. similar

A slope to show that the
56. A. downside / B. equadown over / C. down

A slope to show that the
57. A. track / B. distance / C. path

A body falls is proportionate
58. A. to / B. of / C. with

The square of the time it takes to fall. Galileo also noticed the regular
59. A. swings / B. swinging/ C. swaying

Of the lamps in pisa cathedral;
60. A. these / B. this / C. those

Gave him the idea of the pendulum, a device that enabled him to make the clock a scientific instrument for the first time.

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