CDS Exam (I)- 2016 - English Defence Question Paper

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CDS Exam (I)- 2016 - English

CDS Exam (I)- 2016 - English Defence Questions

41.
S1: In our youth we are apt to think that applause and publicity constitute success.
S6: So let us be initiated into the mysteries of maturity and be taught how to resist and spurn the lure of hollow shows.
P: The man who values the applause more than his own effort has not outgrown his youth.
Q: It is our achievement or work which wins lasting rewards.
R: But these are only the trappings, the ephemeral illusions.
S: One should concentrate on one's work knowing that applause will come unsought.
The proper sequence should be
A.
SRQP
B.
PSRQ
C.
QPSR
D.
RQPS
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ANSWER :
D. RQPS
42.
S1: My office sent an urgent email asking me to return.
S6: It was evening before I could sit and write to my parents that I would be joining them soon.
P: I immediately replied requesting a few days of grace as I had to book the return passage, pack and attend sundry matters before winding up my establishment here.
Q: On the way, I went to the laundry and made sure I would get my clothes in time.
R: Then I rushed to the bank, collected all my money and made reservations for my return journey.
S: From the shop next to it, I bought a couple of trunks to dump my books and other odd articles so that I could send them away in advance.
The proper sequence should be
A.
PQRS
B.
PRQS
C.
PRSQ
D.
PSRQ
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ANSWER :
B. PRQS
43.
S1: Wordsworth knew the behaviour of owls in the night better than most of us know the ways of black birds in day time.
S6: His great poetry owes much to the night.
P: Out of school there were no restrictions on the hours he kept.
Q: No poet ever had happier schooldays.
R: He would skate by the light of the stars, snare woodcocks at dead of night, watch the sunrise after a long ramble.
S: Throughout life he was an inveterate walker by night.
The proper sequence should be
A.
QPRS
B.
PSQR
C.
QRPS
D.
SQPR
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ANSWER :
D. SQPR
44.
S1: Science has already conferred an immense boon on mankind by the growth of medicine.
S6: The general death rate in 1948 (10.8) was the lowest ever recorded up to that date.
P: It has continued ever since and is still continuing.
Q: In the eighteenth century people expected most of their children to die before they were grown up.
R: In 1920 the infant mortality rate in England and Wales was 80 per thousand; in 1948 it was 34 per thousand.
S: Improvement began at the start of the nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination.
The proper sequence should be
A.
RPQS
B.
QSPR
C.
SQRP
D.
PQSR
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ANSWER :
B. QSPR
45.
S1: The young traveller gazed out into the dismal country with a face of mingled repulsion and interest.
S6: He quickly restored it to his secret pocket.
P: At intervals he drew from his pocket a bulky letter to which he referred, and on the margins of which he scribbled some notes.
Q: It was a navy revolver of the largest size.
R: From the back of his waist he produced something which one would hardly have expected to find in the possession of so mild-mannered a man.
S: As he turned it slantwise to the light, the glint upon the rims of the copper shells within the drum showed that it was fully loaded.
The proper sequence should be
A.
PQRS
B.
RPQS
C.
QPRS
D.
PRQS
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ANSWER :
D. PRQS
46.
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Directions (Next 10 Questions): Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words are given after each sentence. Select whichever word you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The mounting pressure was so overwhelming that he ultimately _____ to her wish.
A.
yielded in
B.
gave in
C.
cowed in
D.
agreed in
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ANSWER :
B. gave in
47.
Authority _____ when it is not supported by the moral purity of its user.
A.
prevails
B.
entails
C.
crumbles
D.
waits
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ANSWER :
C. crumbles
48.
In a developing country like India some industries will have to be brought within public _____ and control, for otherwise rapid growth of the economy may be impossible.
A.
perspective
B.
hegemony
C.
observation
D.
ownership
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ANSWER :
D. ownership
49.
Gandhiji conceived of the idea of channelizing the powerful currents of the united mass movement so as to give the utmost impetus to the national _____ for independence.
A.
struggle
B.
conflict
C.
onslaught
D.
march
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ANSWER :
A. struggle
50.
Because of his _____ habits, he could not save much money.
A.
extravagant
B.
frugal
C.
unsavoury
D.
simple
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ANSWER :
A. extravagant
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