CDS Exam (II)- 2025 - English Defence Question Paper

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CDS Exam (II)- 2025 - English

CDS Exam (II)- 2025 - English Defence Questions

1.
Directions (Next 10 Questions): Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that improves/corrects the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The opposing political parties nevertheless took a bilateral position in the national interest.
A.
impartial
B.
intermittent
C.
perilous
D.
bipartisan
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ANSWER :
D. bipartisan
2.
Although she had sampled food from all the restaurants in the food court, she remained indefinite towards the culinary fare on offer.
A.
imperious
B.
indifferent
C.
imperilled
D.
disinvested
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ANSWER :
B. indifferent
3.
The attitude of the whalers was marked by antipathy towards the marine life they had to encounter.
A.
sympathy
B.
empathy
C.
indifference
D.
animus
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ANSWER :
D. animus
4.
The family was rendered diligent due to the crash in the share market.
A.
indigent
B.
intransigent
C.
indignant
D.
apathetic
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ANSWER :
A. indigent
5.
He had cultivated such great temperance in his personality that he was impassioned in his dealing with the vicissitudes of life.
A.
dispassionate
B.
perfunctory
C.
devolved
D.
disambiguated
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ANSWER :
A. dispassionate
6.
The document was discerned to be a postscript, where clearly an earlier manuscript had been replaced by a new one.
A.
parchment
B.
palimpsest
C.
pastiche
D.
montage
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ANSWER :
B. palimpsest
7.
He was accused of simulism for having copied from someone else without due acknowledgement.
A.
sensationalism
B.
institutionalism
C.
plagiarism
D.
spoonerism
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ANSWER :
C. plagiarism
8.
The domineering manager behaved in a paternal manner with his subordinates, not allowing them to decide for themselves.
A.
prim
B.
petulant
C.
presumptuous
D.
paternalistic
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ANSWER :
D. paternalistic
9.
Much to their disappointment, the team leader spared no more than a reflective glance at the draft plan drawn up by his team.
A.
perfunctory
B.
precise
C.
engaging
D.
egregious
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ANSWER :
A. perfunctory
10.
Her actions were considered salutary because they were done without good reason or cause.
A.
ingratiated
B.
gratuitous
C.
grating
D.
gargantuan
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ANSWER :
B. gratuitous
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