CDS Exam (II)- 2018 - English Defence Question Paper

PASSAGES
Directions (Next 18 Questions): In this section you have few short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answer based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

PASSAGE (Next 5 Questions)
Daily consumption of a certain form of curcumin improved memory and mood in people with mild, age-related memory loss. The research examined the effects of an easily absorbed curcumin supplement on memory performance in people without dementia, as well as curcumin's potential impact on the microscopic plaques and tangles in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. Found in turmeric, curcumin has previously been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties in laboratory studies. It has also been suggested as a possible reason that senior citizens in India, where curcumin is a dietary staple, have a lower prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and better cognitive performance.

Which of the following statements are true?
1. Senior citizens in India have high level of Alzheimer's disease because of consumption of turmeric.
2. Senior citizens in India do not have high prevalence of Alzheimer's because of consumption of turmeric.
3. Consumption of turmeric enhances cognitive performance.
4. Curcumin is an antioxidant.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Curcumin has positive effect on people

Which word in the passage means 'earlier'?

Eating turmeric

_____ of a disease in a region depends on the food habits too.

PASSAGE (Next 5 Questions)
Mr. Rowland Hill, when a young man, was walking through the Lake district, when he one day saw the postman deliver a letter to a woman at a cottage door. The woman turned it over and examined it, and then returned it, saying she could not pay the postage, which was a shilling. Hearing that the letter was from her brother, Mr. Hill paid the postage, in spite of the manifest unwillingness of the woman. As soon as the postman was out of sight, she showed Mr. Hill how his money had been wasted, as far as she was concerned. The sheet was blank. There was an agreement between her brother and herself that as long as all went well with him, he should send a blank sheet in this way once a quarter, and she thus had tidings of him without expense of postage.

The story uses irony as a technique because

The woman returned the letter to the postman because

Mr. Hill paid the postage because

The envelope contained

The woman and her brother had agreed that