CDS English Exam Paper – 15 February 2015

91. Scriptural injunctions should not be opposed or treated with contempt.
A. flouted
B. flounced
C. floundered
D. flaunted

92. A fortress on a commanding height for defense of a city is called –
A. citadel
B. metropolis
C. megapolis
D. headquarters

93. Nostalgia is –
A. anxiety about future
B. feeling of insecurity
C. longing for a period in the past
D. an allergy to certain foods

Selecting Words

Directions – 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, v/z., (A), (B) or (C), relating to this word on your answer sheet. Examples K and L have been solved for you.
K
The……….was in the school in simla.
A. boy
B. horse
C.dog
L
………was homesick.
A. she

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 sheet 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 have to read the rest of the sentence and then see what fits best.

Passage

We all like listening to 94 and the person who is good 95 telling stories will always be a 96 member of any company. The art 97 good story-telling covers much more than 98 up fabulous adventures; it includes telling 99 the doings of living people or 100 men and women of the past, 101 your own travels and adventures and 102 about the books you have read 103 the films you have seen. Practicing 104 art of story-telling can br very 105 too. It will help you to 106 clearly and logically, to sort out 107 ideas to express yourself clearly and 108 to gain and hold the attention 109 others. It will help you to 110 off shyness and self-consciousness, and give 111 that feeling of freedom 112 is so important to 113 in life.

94. A. lectures
B. theories
C. stories

95. A. on
B. at
C. by

96. A. popular
B. good
C. necessary

97. A. on
B. of
C. at

98. A. describing
B. making
C. showing

99. A. about
B. by
C. for

100. A. insignificant
B. dead
C. famous

101. A. in
B. about
C. through

102. A. experiences
B. desires
C. worries

103. A. either
B. all
C. and

104. A. an
B. a
C. the

105. A. useful
B. dangerous
C. contagious

106. A. listen
B. remember
C. think

107. A. her
B. their
C. your

108. A. timidly
B. effectively
C. bluntly

109. A. at
B. on
C. of

110. A. shake
B. lay
C. hit

111. A.she
B. you
C. i

112. A. then
B. what
C. which

113. A. success
B. victory
C. gain

Ordering of words in a Sentence

Directions – in each of the items in this section there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S, to produce the correct sentence. Choose the correct sequence and mark in your answer sheet accordingly.

114. When the car passed by
P. : he threw a stone
Q. : raising dust in the road
R. : with all his might
S. : and hit the man who was driving it
The proper sequence should be –
A. P Q R S
B. Q P R S
C. R P Q S
D. R P S Q

115. A moment comes
P. : when we step out from the old to the new
Q. : which comes but rarely in history
R. : and when the soula of a nation
S. : long suppressed, finds utterance
The proper sequence should be –
A. Q P R S
B. P R S Q
C. Q R S P
D. R S Q P

116. She had a blind belief that inside the bag
P. : two or three other children
Q. : there were perhaps
R. : which the big man carried
S. : like herself
The proper sequence should be –
A. Q R P S
B. Q P S R
C. R Q S P
D. R Q P S

117. He approached the teacher
P. : at school
Q. : to know
R. : in his studies
S. : how his son was getting on
The proper sequence should be –
A. P Q R S
B. P Q S R
C. Q S R P
D. Q S P R

118. I was so angry that
P. : if i had met him in the street
Q. : and not waited to ask him
R. : why he had written me an insulting letter
S. : i would have knocked him down
The proper sequence should be –
A. P S Q R
B. P Q R S
C. S Q R P
D. R S Q P

119. On the contrary
P. : about family planning and its benefits
Q. : to all citizens
R. : the government wants
S. : to provide information and education
The proper sequence should be –
A. R Q S P
B. S P Q R

C. R S P Q
D. Q P R S

120. In spite of
P. : the poor and hungry people
Q. : made by medical sciences
R. : the extraordinary progress
S. : often die
The proper sequence should be –
A. R P S Q
B. R Q P S
C. P Q S R
D. R S P Q

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