CDS II English II Miscellaneous II 27-01-2019 for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

SI: Roderick Usher has always been a quiet person who talked little of himself
S6: In the part of the country where he lived, the “House of Usher” had come to mean both the family and its ancestral mansion.
P: Many of his ancestors had been famous for their artistic and musical abilities.
Q: Others were known for their exceptional generosity and charity.
R: Yet I did know that his family was an old one.
S: So I did not know too much about him.

Question 2

Direction: In the following question, a passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: India is moving away from villages and is set to soon become more urban.
S6: This, despite the universal acknowledgement that urbanisation drives economic growth due to the attendant advantages of urban agglomerations.
P: Long years of vacillation have taken a very heavy toll of life in urban areas as one sees now.
Q: To meet this demographic transition, experts say that we need to build 22 new Bengaluru for a better living.
R: But can we make the future perfect?
S: The past is not encouraging.

Question 3

Each of the following items this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled These parts have been labelled as P Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

(P) and they largely relied on agriculture, fishing and hunting (Q) the people had a subsistence economy (R) from excavation sites indicate that (S) rich materials found

Question 4

Direction: Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labeled P, Q, R and S and are given below each sentence in four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

(P) I must say what I feel (Q)I am a votary of truth and (R)to what I may have said before (S) and think at a given moment without regards

Question 5

Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

They have decided to increase the school fees this year.

Question 6

Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active/passive) form of the given sentence.

They do not help their friends in difficulties.

Question 7

Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

“Are you alone, my son?” asked a soft voice behind me.

Question 8

Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

The captain said to his men, “Fall into line”.

Question 9

Choose the word which is closest in meaning to the underlined word.

Although the boys in his class were naughty, he never resorted to corporal punishment.

Question 10

Choose the word which is closest in meaning to the underlined word.

He is employed in an ordnance factory.