CDS English Questions Set 02: 9th April 2020


ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE 
Directions: Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly. 
1. the British manufacturers  popularity of Indian textiles  were jealous of the 
            P                                             Q                                              R
from the very beginning
            S
The correct sequence should be 
(a) P Q R S 
(b) S P Q R 
(c) S P R Q 
(d) Q R S P

2. dress fashions changed and light cotton   of the English   textiles began to replace 
                  P                                                          Q                                  R
the coarse woollens  
        S
The correct sequence should be 
(a) P R S Q 
(b) R S P Q 
(c) Q P R S 
(d) S P R Q 
3. put pressure on their government   Indian goods in England   the British manufacturers 
P                                                               Q                                            
to restrict and prohibit 
               S
The correct sequence should be 
(a) P Q R S 
(b) S P R Q 
(c) R P S Q 
(d) Q R S P 
4. however   still held their own in foreign markets     in spite of these laws
 P                                   Q                                            
Indian silk and cotton textiles
                       S
The correct sequence should be
 (a) Q P R S
(b) S P R Q
 (c) S R P Q
 (d) R P S Q 
5. and it led to rapid economic development    the Industrial Revolution 
            P                                                                              Q
 transformed the British          society in a fundamental manner 
       R                                             S
The correct sequence should be
(a) S P R Q
(b) Q P R S
 (c) Q R S P
(d) S R P Q 
6. Muhammad Iqbal  the philosophical and religious outlook of people through his poetry 
 P                                              Q
profoundly influenced    one of the greatest poets of modem India 
  R                                      S
The correct sequence should be
 (a) Q R S P
(b) S R Q P
(c) S R P Q
 (d) S P R Q 
7. to accept any of the important    disillusionment   demands of the nationalists produced 
       P                                              Q                                          
the failure of the British govemment
                    S
The correct sequence should be
 (a) S P R Q
(b) P Q R S
 (c) S R Q P
(d) Q R P S 
8. showed that a backward the rise of   modem Japan after 1868 
         P                                Q                    
Asian country could develop itself without Western control 
                                S
The correct sequence should be 
(a) P Q R S 
(b) S R Q P 
(c) P R Q S 
(d) Q R P S 
9. and the current Hindu emphasis    and urged the people to imbibe the spirit of free-thinking 
       P                                                                   
on rituals, ceremonies and superstitions    Vivekananda condemned the caste system 
               R                                                                    
The correct sequence should be 
(a) P Q R S 
(b) S P R Q 
(c) S P Q R 
(d) R P S Q 
10. Mr. John   who was hardly six months old     Charles    as his son   adopted 
                 P                                        Q                  R            
The correct sequence should be 
(a) S Q R P 
(b) P S Q R 
(c) R S P Q 
(d) P R S Q 

0 Comments