CDS General English Solved Paper (II) : 2007
(ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE)

Directions (For the 17 items which follow): In the following items, some parts of the sentence 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 in your Answer Sheet accordingly. Example ‘Z’ has been solved for you.

Z. It is well-known that
P : the effect
Q : is very bad
R : on children
S : of cinema
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) P S R Q (b) S P Q R
(c) S R P Q (d) Q S R P

Explanation: The proper way of writing the sentence is “It is well-known that the effect of cinema on children is very bad.” This is indicated by the sequence P S R Q and so (a) is the correct answer.

1. The old lady
P : wanted to sell her precious table
Q : having the capaci ty to pay a hugeamount as its price
R : to someone
S :with gold-coated legs and glossy surface
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q S R P (b) P R S Q
(c) Q R S P (d) P S R Q

2. Reuter reports that soldiers
P : fought each other in the streets of the capital today
Q : crack down on demonstrators
R : of armies loyal to rival political factions
S : following the week-end military
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) R P S Q (b) Q S P R
(c) R S P Q (d) Q P S R

3. I think it should be necessary for eggs
P : by the poulterer
Q : as soon as they are laid
R : to be stamped with the date
S : by the hen
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q S P R (b) S Q P R
(c) S Q R P (d) Q S R P

4. How strange that a refugee
P : should fall in love
Q : when he had got to America
R : with a girl less than half his age
 S : who had by the skin of his teeth escaped death in Germany
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) R Q P S (b) S P R Q
(c) R P Q S (d) S Q P R

5. I was
P : to see a mongoose
Q : just in time
R : with an egg in its mouth
S : scurrying across the grass
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) SRQP (b) QPSR
(c) SPQR (d) QRSP

6. From my plane flying over Namibia
P : stretching 320 kilometres away
Q : a shore of pink and silver sand
R : I looked down at a haunting sight
S : edged by a line of smoking surf
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q R P S (b) R Q S P
(c) Q R S P (d) R Q P S

7. His favourite subject
P : the secrets of life and of nature
Q : because Science reveals
R : happens to be Science
S : which men did not know in the past
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) P S R Q (b) R Q P S
(c) P Q R S (d) R S P Q

8. Physical training
P : the character of
Q : who are going to be responsible citizens
R : can shape well
S : young boys and girls
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) R P S Q (b) Q S P R
(c) R S P Q (d) Q P S R

9. Technology transfer
P : from one country to another
Q : either through a government policy
R : or via private channels of communications
S : impl ies the t ransfer of technical knowledge
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) S P R Q (b) P S Q R
(c) SPQR (d) P S R Q

10. The Secretary announced that
P : to find an answer to these questions
Q : in an attempt
R :  a national workshop on technical training had been organised
S : by the Confederation of Engineering Industry
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q P S R (b) P Q R S
(c) Q P R S (d) P Q S R

11. You have been writing to me often about
P : getting a first prize in sports etc.
Q : but my daughter
R : distinguishing in a fancy dress show, or
S : such achievements make me apprehensive of your educational progress
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q P R S (b) R S Q P
(c) Q S R P (d) R P Q S

12. It was not
P :  conditions with fuel prices climbing to dizzy heights
Q : but resentment arising out of harsh economic
R : which led to the recent protests in Myanmar
S : an inspiration for democracy
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q S R P (b) S Q P R
(c) Q S P R (d) S Q R P

13. In the post-genetic
P : of choice for the entire spectrum of research
Q : has acquired the status of the experimental animal or the animal model system
R : particulary in the last two decades or so the mouse
S : engineering era of modern biology
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q R S P (b) S P Q R
(c) Q P S R (d) S R Q P

14.More than ever before,
P :  good governance and sound public policies for the benefit of its people
Q : to provide leadership and to deliver
R : the continued prosperity of Asia depends
S : on the ability of its politicians and policy makers
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) R P Q S (b) Q S R P
(c) R S Q P (d) Q P R S

15. There is, however,
P : to clear the backlog in respect of education and poverty alleviat ion programmes
R : a strong perception that reservation
R : unless it is followed by sincere and intensive efforts
S : alone cannot transform the lives of oppressed people
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q S R P (b) S Q R P
(c) S Q P R (d) Q S P R

16. This may
P :  after decades of relative neglect and even reversal
R : when land reforms were finally put back on
R : go down as the year
S : the nation’s policy agenda
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) S Q R P (b) R P S Q
(c) S P R Q (d) R Q S P

17. Climate
P : cultures and political structures
R : in that it affects the entire
R : change is a truly unifying phenomenon
S : world irrespective of national borders
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) R S Q P (b) P Q S R
(c) R Q S P (d) P S Q R

Directions (For the next 10 items): In each of the following items, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

18. Light : Opaque
(a) Air : Hermetic
(b) Document : Author
(c) Sand : Desert
(d) Wood : Tree

19. Education : Illiterate
(a) Rude : Well-mannered
(b) Experience : Naive
(c) Money : Miserly
(d) Expel : Admit

20. Exercise : Strength
(a) Games : Contest
(b) Defeat : Gain
(c) Business : Resource
(d) Practice : Skill

21. Ship : Disembark
(a) Discharge : Board
(b) Fail : Arrest
(c) Train : Board
(d) Horse : Dismount

22. Society : Human
(a) Spectators : Game
(b) Jungle : Animal
(c) Kinship : Family
(d) Rivals : Team

23. Sympathy : Merciless
(a) Pathetic : Pity
(b) Reticence : Frank
(c) Predictability : Routine
(d) Noise : Ear

24. Skate : Rink
(a) Build : Column
(b) Capital : Punishment
(c) Feathers : Bird
(d) Play : Stadium

25. Altruism : Philanthropist
(a) Publication : Writer
(b) Soldier : War
(c) Self-denial : Puritan
(d) Artist : Sculptor

26. Squander : Money
(a) Foresee : Predict
(b) Achieve : Victory
(c) Dally : Time
(d) Trespass : Land

27. Infertile : Desert
(a) Diligent : Damp
(b) Verdant : Jungle
(c) Tree : Cut
(d) Skin : Wrinkle

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