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

PASSAGE (Next 4 Questions)
In good many cases unnecessary timidity makes the trouble worse than it needs to be. Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it. A dog will bark more loudly and bite more easily when people are afraid of it than when they treat him with contempt, and the human herd has something of this same characteristic. If you show that you are afraid of them, you give promise of good hunting, whereas if you show indifference, they begin to doubt their own power and, therefore, tend to let you alone.

If we are afraid of public opinion, the attitude of the people towards us is

The statement, 'A dog will bark more loudly and bite more easily when people are afraid of him, than when they treat him with contempt...' implies that

The author compares men with dogs in respect of

...you give promise of good hunting' means

PASSAGE (Next 4 Questions)
We live in a curious age. We are offered glimpses of a world civilization slowly emerging, for example, the U.N. special agencies dedicated to health and education. But along with these are sights and sounds that suggest that the whole civilization is rapidly being destroyed. Two official policies clash, and instantly embassies are attacked by howling mobs of students, at once defying law, custom and usage. And that this may not be merely so many hot-headed lads escaping all control, and may itself be part of the policy of the political parties, that is, mob antics as additional propaganda to deceive world opinion, makes the situation even worse. Parties have always been dishonest, but now it seems as if power-mania is ready to destroy those civilities that make international relations possible. There is something even worse. What inspires these students to burn cars and books is not their political enthusiasm but a frenzied delight in destruction, an urge towards violent demolition.

The author calls our age curious because

It is deplorable to witness mob attacks on embassies following a clash of policies of two official policy makers because

One aspect of the mob indulging in violence and arson is that they

In the passage the word 'demolition' has the meaning as the word

SPOTTING ERRORS
Directions (Next 10 Questions): Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a), (b), (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

The letter has been written; (a) I insist on (b) it being sent at once. (c)

"I'm tired of my boys," said the mother, (a) "Both of them keep quarrelling all the time. (b) Right now also they are quarrelling with one another." (c)