CDS I - English Previous Year Question Paper 2025 | CDS (Combined Defence Services) Mock Test Series 2025 PDF Download

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Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word,
followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of
the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer
Sheet accordingly.
1. The officer under suspension felt
intimated by the committee members
during his interrogation regarding the
allegations against him.
(a) inculcated
(b) intimidated
(c) asphyxiated
(d) annulled
2. Amongst them all, she was the only
one with the perquisite to understand
the complexity of the situation.
(a) perspicacity
(b) perniciousness
(c) peremptoriness
(d) presumptuousness
3. At the official function organised for
the attending dignitaries, guests arrived
in scrumptious attire for the banquet.
(a) synergistic
(b) stentorian
(c) sumptuous
(d) scrimpy
4. The lake atop the mountain has always
been the lyre for intrepid hikers.
(a) link
(b) line
(c) life
(d) lure
CEBN-F-ENG - A 2
5. The candidates went through an
intensive instruction process before
their absorption into the service.
(a) immersion
(b) intimation
(c) induction
(d) unction
6. The office memorandum directed
personnel to minimise their consump-
tion of office stationery by up to twenty
percent.
(a) supervise
(b) surmise
(c) lower
(d) reduce
7. The announcement of an unexpected
bonus led to great tumult among the
staff.
(a) merriment
(b) trepidation
(c) upheaval
(d) uproar
8. The scurrilous remarks in the article
were met with great joy by the
leadership of the company.
(a) laudatory
(b) reviling
(c) scathing
(d) upbraiding
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Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word,
followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of
the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer
Sheet accordingly.
1. The officer under suspension felt
intimated by the committee members
during his interrogation regarding the
allegations against him.
(a) inculcated
(b) intimidated
(c) asphyxiated
(d) annulled
2. Amongst them all, she was the only
one with the perquisite to understand
the complexity of the situation.
(a) perspicacity
(b) perniciousness
(c) peremptoriness
(d) presumptuousness
3. At the official function organised for
the attending dignitaries, guests arrived
in scrumptious attire for the banquet.
(a) synergistic
(b) stentorian
(c) sumptuous
(d) scrimpy
4. The lake atop the mountain has always
been the lyre for intrepid hikers.
(a) link
(b) line
(c) life
(d) lure
CEBN-F-ENG - A 2
5. The candidates went through an
intensive instruction process before
their absorption into the service.
(a) immersion
(b) intimation
(c) induction
(d) unction
6. The office memorandum directed
personnel to minimise their consump-
tion of office stationery by up to twenty
percent.
(a) supervise
(b) surmise
(c) lower
(d) reduce
7. The announcement of an unexpected
bonus led to great tumult among the
staff.
(a) merriment
(b) trepidation
(c) upheaval
(d) uproar
8. The scurrilous remarks in the article
were met with great joy by the
leadership of the company.
(a) laudatory
(b) reviling
(c) scathing
(d) upbraiding
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Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word,
followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of
the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer
Sheet accordingly.
1. The officer under suspension felt
intimated by the committee members
during his interrogation regarding the
allegations against him.
(a) inculcated
(b) intimidated
(c) asphyxiated
(d) annulled
2. Amongst them all, she was the only
one with the perquisite to understand
the complexity of the situation.
(a) perspicacity
(b) perniciousness
(c) peremptoriness
(d) presumptuousness
3. At the official function organised for
the attending dignitaries, guests arrived
in scrumptious attire for the banquet.
(a) synergistic
(b) stentorian
(c) sumptuous
(d) scrimpy
4. The lake atop the mountain has always
been the lyre for intrepid hikers.
(a) link
(b) line
(c) life
(d) lure
CEBN-F-ENG - A 2
5. The candidates went through an
intensive instruction process before
their absorption into the service.
(a) immersion
(b) intimation
(c) induction
(d) unction
6. The office memorandum directed
personnel to minimise their consump-
tion of office stationery by up to twenty
percent.
(a) supervise
(b) surmise
(c) lower
(d) reduce
7. The announcement of an unexpected
bonus led to great tumult among the
staff.
(a) merriment
(b) trepidation
(c) upheaval
(d) uproar
8. The scurrilous remarks in the article
were met with great joy by the
leadership of the company.
(a) laudatory
(b) reviling
(c) scathing
(d) upbraiding
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Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word,
followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of
the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer
Sheet accordingly.
1. The officer under suspension felt
intimated by the committee members
during his interrogation regarding the
allegations against him.
(a) inculcated
(b) intimidated
(c) asphyxiated
(d) annulled
2. Amongst them all, she was the only
one with the perquisite to understand
the complexity of the situation.
(a) perspicacity
(b) perniciousness
(c) peremptoriness
(d) presumptuousness
3. At the official function organised for
the attending dignitaries, guests arrived
in scrumptious attire for the banquet.
(a) synergistic
(b) stentorian
(c) sumptuous
(d) scrimpy
4. The lake atop the mountain has always
been the lyre for intrepid hikers.
(a) link
(b) line
(c) life
(d) lure
CEBN-F-ENG - A 2
5. The candidates went through an
intensive instruction process before
their absorption into the service.
(a) immersion
(b) intimation
(c) induction
(d) unction
6. The office memorandum directed
personnel to minimise their consump-
tion of office stationery by up to twenty
percent.
(a) supervise
(b) surmise
(c) lower
(d) reduce
7. The announcement of an unexpected
bonus led to great tumult among the
staff.
(a) merriment
(b) trepidation
(c) upheaval
(d) uproar
8. The scurrilous remarks in the article
were met with great joy by the
leadership of the company.
(a) laudatory
(b) reviling
(c) scathing
(d) upbraiding