CDS II English II Fill In The Blank II 28-03-2019 for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Direction: The following sentence has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank and indicate your choice accordingly.

If Mohan ____ at 5 a.m., he would not have missed the train.

Question 2

Direction: The following sentence has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank and indicate your choice accordingly.

The mounting pressure was so over-whelming that he ultimately_________to her wish.

Question 3

Direction: The following sentence has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank and indicate your choice accordingly.

Authority________________when it is not supported by the moral purity of its user.

Question 4

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

In a developing country like India, some industries will have to be brought within public __________ and control, for the other-wise rapid growth of the economy may be impossible.

Question 5

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

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.

Question 6

Direction: The following sentence has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank and indicate your choice accordingly.

Because of his__________habits, he could not save much money.

Question 7

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Socrates was ___________ of spreading discontent among young men of Athens and of trying to destroy their faith in the old gods.

Question 8

In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The robbers fell ___________ amongst themselves over the sharing of the loot.

Question 9

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

A really sophisticated person would never be ________ enough to think that he is always right.

Question 10

Direction: The following sentence has a blank space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank and indicate your choice accordingly.

Speeding and blocking are traffic offences which lead to____________accidents.