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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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