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CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 1
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

he (P) almost (Q) planned the entire strategy of operation (R) single-handed (S)

The correct sequence should be

Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 1

The correct option is option B.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PRQS.

It would form a sentence like this:
He planned the entire strategy of operation almost single-handed.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 2
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

it is a fact that rice is one of the most prolific (P) than almost any other crop (Q) yielding a greater return per acre (R) of food crops (S)

The correct sequence should be:

Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 2

The correct option is option 4.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PSRQ.

It would form a sentence like this:

It is a fact that rice is one of the most prolific of food crops yielding a greater return per acre than almost any other crop.

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CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 3
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

up to the end of the eighteenth century, not only because it was often fatal, (P) smallpox was a particularly dreaded disease, (Q) but also because those who recovered (R) were permanently disfigured (S)

The correct sequence should be

Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 3

The correct option is option 4.

The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is QPRS.

It would form a sentence like this:

Smallpox was a particularly dreaded disease, up to the end of the eighteenth century, not only because it was often fatal, but also because those who recovered were permanently disfigured. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 4
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

a person bitten by a rabid dog (P) would be seized by violent symptoms (Q) after an incubation period of a month or two (R)  and die an agonising death (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 4

The correct option is option 3.

The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PRQS.

It would form a sentence like this:

A person bitten by a rabid dog after an incubation period of a month or two would be seized by violent symptoms and die an agonising death.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 5
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

The traveller, sat down (P) to rest (Q) by the roadside (R) being weary, (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 5

The correct option is option 3.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is SPQR.

It would form a sentence like this: 
Being weary, the traveller, sat down to rest by the roadside.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 6
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

the house was (P) away (Q) with its liveliest member (R) gloomy (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 6

The correct option is option 2.

The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PSRQ.

It would form a sentence like this:
The house was gloomy with its liveliest member​ away. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 7
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

he was a tiny man (P) with a sprightly walk (Q) tall (R) barely five feet (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 7

The correct option is option B.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PSRQ.

It would form a sentence like this:
He was a tiny man barely five feet tall with a sprightly walk. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 8
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

rules and regulations (P) he cheerfully ignored its demands (Q) a life of (R) unaccustomed to (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 8

The correct option is option 3.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is SRPQ.

It would form a sentence like this:
Unaccustomed to a life of rules and regulations, he cheerfully ignored its demands. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 9
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

The man

for a moment, (P) looked at me (Q) and thus emptied my pockets (R) turned me upside down (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 9

The correct option is option 3
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is QPSR.

It would form a sentence like this:
The man looked at me for a moment turned me upside down and thus emptied my pockets.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 10
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

The lady

today (P) is visiting (Q) us (R) Who composed this poem (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 10

The correct option is option 4.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is SQRP.

It would form a sentence like this:
The lady who composed this poem is visiting us today.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 11
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

Animals are able to measure (P) the passing of the seasons (Q) changes in day-length (R) by recognising (S)

The correct sequence should be 
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 11

The correct option is option 1.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PQSR.

It would form a sentence like this:
Animals are able to measure the passing of the seasons by recognising changes in day-length. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 12
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

 

which are inaudible to others (P) in the ears or head (Q) suffer persistent noises (R) Many people with hearing problems (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 12

The correct option is option 3.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is SRQP.

It would form a sentence like this:
Many people with hearing problems suffer persistent noises in the ears or head inaudible to others. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 13
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

Researchers found that allergic reactions are brought about (P)  in the bloodstream (Q) in the 1940s (R) by the liberation of small quantities of a substance called histamine (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 13

The correct option is option 1.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is RPSQ.

It would form a sentence like this:
In the 1940s, researchers found that allergic reactions are brought about by the liberation of small quantities of a substance called histamine in the bloodstream.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 14
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

Attempts at transplanting other organs,

but that Which most caught the public fancy (P) was the heart transplant (Q) such as the lungs or the liver, (R) have been made (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 14

The correct option is option 2.
Attempts at transplanting other organs, such as the lungs or the liver, have been made but that which most caught the public fancy​ was the heart transplant​. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 15
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

sports cars (P) appeal (Q) to some motorists only (R) with noisy exhausts (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 15

The correct option is option 2.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PSQR.

It would form a sentence like this:
Sports cars with noisy exhausts appeal to some motorists only. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 16
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

Friendship has its place

in (P) truth and justice (Q) but it cannot override (R) life, (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 16

The correct option is option 3. 
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PSRQ.

It would form a sentence like this:
Friendship has its place in life, but it cannot override truth and justice.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 17
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

the workaholic often (P) becomes a prisoner of success (Q) inadvertently (R) reaping greater and greater rewards (S)

The correct sequence should be:
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 17

The correct option is option 3.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is RPQS.

It would form a sentence like this:
Inadvertently, the workaholic often becomes a prisoner of success reaping greater and greater rewards. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 18
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

the schoolmasters and the professors tend to believe (P) that innate intelligence is a quality (Q) but that you can’t do much about it except measure it (R) which varies very greatly from one individual to another (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 18

The correct option is option 3. 
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PQSR.

It would form a sentence like this:
The schoolmasters and the professors tend to believe that innate intelligence is a quality which varies very greatly from one individual to another but that you can’t do much about it except measure it.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 19
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

People

do not realise (P) that modern society (Q) who object to driver education (R) is built around the automobile (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 19

The correct option is option 1.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is RPQS.

It would form a sentence like this:
People who object to driver education do not realise that modern society is built around the automobile.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 20
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In the following question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark the corresponding option. 

with an idea to reach the deprived child (P) by the United Nations Organization (Q) the year 1979 has been declared as (R) the International Year of the Child (S)

The correct sequence should be
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 20

The correct option is option 3.
The correct rearrangement of the given parts to form a meaningful sentence is PRSQ.

It would form a sentence like this:
With an idea to reach the deprived child, the year 1979 has been declared as the International Year of the Child by the United Nations Organization.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 21
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. I waited (a) for her return (b) with growing unease.​ (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 21

The correct option is option 4.
The sentence is correct grammatically and logically, and hence the answer is no error. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 22
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. I do not understand why (a) in spite of my best efforts to please him (b) my boss is so angry at me. (c)  No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 22

The correct option is option 3, since there is an error in part C of the sentence.

When 'anger' is directed at a person, 'with' is used. 'At' is used when 'anger' is directed at a situation.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 23
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. Being a rainy day, (a) we did not feel like going out or doing anything (b) except playing chess in our room. (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 23

The correct option is option 1 since there is an error in the first part of the sentence. 
'Being a rainy day' is an incorrect phrase. It should be,
'It being a rainy day, we did not feel like going out or doing anything except playing chess in our room.'

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 24
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. It is not difficult to believe that a man (a) who has lived in this city for a long time (b) he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world. (c)  No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 24

The correct option is option C, since the error is in the third part of the sentence.

The usage of the pronoun 'he' in the part c of the sentence is incorrect, since 'the man' is already being referred to in the previous part of the sentence.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 25
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. Although we reached his house on time (a) he was left (b) for the airport. (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 25

The correct option is option 2, since the error is in the second part of the sentence.

The past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that was completed before some point in the past.

The simple past tense is used to indicate that began and finished in the past.

In the given sentence, the use of the simple past tense in part c of the sentence, is incorrect. 

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 26
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. If a thing (a) is worth doing at all (b) it is worth done well. (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 26

The correct option is option 3, since the error is in the third part of the sentence.

The given sentence is the incorrect form of the idiom 'If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well'. Hence, 'done well' is grammatically and idiomatically incorrect.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 27
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. All the boys (a) returned back home (b) well in time for lunch. (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 27

The correct option is option 2, since the error is in the second part of the sentence. 

'Return back' is incorrect since 'back' is implied in the meaning of the word 'return'. 'Return' means 'to come or go back to a place or person'.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 28
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. Tell me the name of (a) a country where every citizen is law-abiding (b) and no trouble is there. (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 28

The correct option is option 3, since there is an error in the third part of the sentence.

'And no trouble is there' is incorrect. Instead, it should be 'and there is no trouble', since the correct sequence is Subject+Verb+Object.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 29
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. Considering about these facts (a) the principal has offered (b) him a seat. (c) No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 29

The correct option is option 1 since the error is in the first part of the sentence.

'Consider' means 'to think about something, typically to make a decision'. Hence, 'considering about' is incorrect.

CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 30
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The following question 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Q. His friends feel that (a) he will be suspended (b) unless he does not report for duty immediately (c). No error. (d)
Detailed Solution for CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2017 - Question 30

The correct option is option 3 since the error is in the third part of the sentence.

'Unless' means 'if not'. Hence, it is incorrect in the given sentence.

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