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CDS II 2017 English Previous Year Paper (19-Nov-2017); Download PDF

The English paper of CDS II 2017 focused on evaluating candidates' command over the English language, testing grammar, vocabulary, sentence completion, and reading comprehension. It assessed their ability to understand and interpret written material accurately. The selection process for CDS includes a written exam, followed by the SSB interview and medical examination. Candidates must successfully clear all stages to be selected for the Indian Armed Forces.

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CDS II 2017 English Previous Year Paper (19-Nov-2017)
120 Minutes
120 Questions
100 Marks
English
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Q1.

The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the 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.

S1: Egypt lies in the north-east corner of Africa.

S6: The whole country depends on the water of the Nile.

P: Most of it is desert or semi-desert.

Q: It has very little rainfall.

R: It is four times as big as Great Britain in size.

S: Only a twenty-fifth of the total area is cultivable.

The correct sequence should be

Q2.

The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the 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.

S1: In mechanical efforts, you improve by perpetual practice.

S6: There is neither excuse nor temptation for the latter.

P: He cannot go on shooting wide or falling short, and still fancy that he is making progress.

Q: This is so because the object to be attained is a matter of actual experiment in which you either succeed or fail.

R: He must either correct his aim or persevere in his error with his eyes open.

S: If a man aims at a mark with a bow and arrow, he must either hit it or aim it.

The correct sequence should be

Q3.

The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the 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.

S1: Isaac’s mother married again.

S6: He had a set of little tools and saw of various sizes made by himself.

P: But he was known to be very clever at making things.

Q: She sent him to school.

R: Isaac was left to the care of his good old grandmother.

S: In his early years Isaac did not appear to be a very bright student.

The correct sequence should be

Q4.

The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the 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.

S1: The examination system must be regarded as the chief wrecker of young nerves.

S6: If I become a Vice-Chancellor, my first act would be to abolish all examinations in my university.

P: It makes me jump out of the bed, all in a sweat.

Q: It does this by building up a tension, for a part of the year, all through one’s youth.

R: And after four decades, the same nervousness sometimes recurs to me in nightmares.

S: I remember the desperate nervousness that used to grip me from January to April every year.

The correct sequence should be

Q5.

The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the 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.

S1: History is a subject that is so little valued today that it is almost impossible to win world fame as a historian, yet that is exactly what Toynbee was able to.

S6: Among the civilizations that he studied was that of India.

P: We usually think of history as a chronological account of the development of various states and empires under the ruler.

Q: Toynbee’s view of history was different.

R: He tries to find the pattern behind the birth, growth and decay of civilization.

S: Though he used the recorded history of mankind, he was interested not merely in the chronology of single states or group but in the rise and fall of whole civilizations.

The correct sequence should be

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