CDS Exam (II)- 2017 - English Defence Question Paper

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CDS Exam (II)- 2017 - English

CDS Exam (II)- 2017 - English Defence Questions

11.
S1: Ghost is a subject which baffles everyone everywhere throughout the world.
S6: Yet it is a subject which has held people spellbound and the belief in them continues to flourish.
P: But human beings have always been curious to know more about them.
Q: Needless to say, such attempts have proved to be useless.
R: There have been attempts even to photograph these creatures of darkness.
S: Even after the advancement of science, the reality of ghosts remains a mystery till this day.
The correct sequence should be
A.
QRPS
B.
SQPR
C.
SPRQ
D.
SQRP
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ANSWER :
C. SPRQ
12.
S1: There have been two schools of thought which deal with the errors of learners.
S6: Both views are popular today but the second is gaining ground fast.
P: The philosophy of the second school is that errors are natural and they will occur in any learning.
Q: So errors, they say, is a sign of faulty teaching methods.
R: The first school maintains that if teaching methods are perfect, errors will never occur.
S: They argue that we should concentrate on how to deal with errors, instead of on method of teaching.
The correct sequence should be
A.
QSRP
B.
PSQR
C.
QPSR
D.
RQPS
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ANSWER :
D. RQPS
13.
S1: Down the stairway of the Holiday Inn hotel, I enter the conference hall.
S6: Some are leaning against the sidewall.
P: I take a seat in the back row as more chairs are quietly slipped in for late comers.
Q: The hall is already packed with delegates.
R: Still quite a few people are left standing.
S: Most of the delegates are executives of Indian or Indo-US companies.
The correct sequence should be
A.
SQRP
B.
PRQS
C.
SRQP
D.
QSPR
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ANSWER :
D. QSPR
14.
S1: A sportsman is noted for his sense of discipline.
S6: Once discipline is accrued in the play field, it can be applied and practised in other spheres of life.
P: The first lesson in discipline is to win without pride and to lose without bitterness.
Q: One is no longer swayed by the sudden gusts of passion.
R: Then, one must learn that error or selfishness will disgrace and endanger the rest.
S: A sense of equanimity brings order and method into the life of the people.
The correct sequence should be
A.
QPRS
B.
RQSP
C.
PQSR
D.
PRSQ
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ANSWER :
D. PRSQ
15.
S1: Mr. and Mrs. Robert went home late last night.
S6: Mr. Robert rushed to the police station immediately.
P: Somebody had broken open the lock.
Q: To their dismay they found all their things missing.
R: They got into the house with a lot of fear.
S: When they reached home they found the front door open.
The correct sequence should be
A.
RSPQ
B.
SPRQ
C.
QSRP
D.
RQPS
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ANSWER :
B. SPRQ
16.
S1: The miseries of the world cannot be cured by physical help only.
S6: Then alone will misery ease in the world.
P: Let men have light, let them be strong and educated.
Q: No amount of physical help will remove them completely.
R: Until man’s nature changes, his physical needs will always rise, and miseries will always be felt.
S: The only solution is to make mankind enlightened.
The correct sequence should be
A.
QPRS
B.
RQSP
C.
SPQR
D.
PQRS
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ANSWER :
B. RQSP
17.
S1: Aristotle worked under limitations.
S6: The age was not a period of experiment.
P: Physical events were mostly attributed to the intervention of God.
Q: There had been little industrial invention in Greece, perhaps because slave labour was cheap and plentiful.
R: The only equipment he had for his study was a ruler and compass and some crude instruments.
S: The facts on which modern theories of science have been based had not been discovered.
The correct sequence should be
A.
RPQS
B.
RSPQ
C.
QSRP
D.
SQRP
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ANSWER :
B. RSPQ
18.
S1: The bus sped along the road.
S6: The dog wailed for a long time.
P: But the bus could stop only after covering a few yards.
Q: It injured the dog in the leg.
R: The driver applied the brake.
S: Suddenly a stray dog ran on to the middle of the road.
The correct sequence should be
A.
SPRQ
B.
SRPQ
C.
RPQS
D.
PRSQ
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ANSWER :
B. SRPQ
19.
S1: The status of women in our country is, on the whole, far from high.
S6: Education can lift women out of the depths of misery and ignorance into which they have sunk.
P: But the plight of women in villages is still miserable.
Q: The educated women in cities enjoy equality with the men folk.
R: The movement for the freedom and right of women has certainly been steadily gaining momentum.
S: Their education has been thoroughly neglected.
The correct sequence should be
A.
RPQS
B.
RQPS
C.
SQPR
D.
SPQR
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ANSWER :
B. RQPS
20.
S1: Hiuen-tsang became a Buddhist monk at the age of twelve and soon discovered that the Buddhist texts available in China were insufficient.
S6: But he was on a quest and returned after a while to his motherland with a rich collection of texts, documents and relics.
P: Wherever he went, he was asked by the local rulers and monks to stay in the place.
Q: He entered India through Kashmir, where he spent some time in Srinagar.
R: He therefore decided to go on a pilgrimage to India to collect further material.
S: From India, he attempted to go to Ceylon, but gave up the attempt.
The correct sequence should be
A.
PQSR
B.
RSPQ
C.
QSRP
D.
RQSP
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ANSWER :
D. RQSP
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