CDS 2 2016 is going to be conducted in the month of Oct 2016 by UPSC. Candidates preparing for stream IMA NA AFA and OTA have to write the , Elementary Mathematics, General English and General Knowledge papers in CDS 2 2016 exam, In this article we will see some CDSE Written Exam English Sample Questions.

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12 Must Know Questions for CDS Entrance Exam

General Knowledge Section

• Which one of the following is the reason due to which the wind in the southern hemisphere is deflected towards its left?

a. Difference in the water masses of northern and southern hemisphere
b. Temperature and pressure variations
c. Inclined axis of the Earth
d. Rotation of the Earth
Answer. d

•  The ‘eye’ of the cyclone has:

a. abnormally high temperature and lowest pressure
b. abnormally low temperature and pressure
c. clear sky and lowest temperature
d. dense cloud cover and low pressure
Answer. a

• Which of the following statement is/are correct?

1. Acid rain reacts with building made from limestone

2. Burning of sulphur containing coal can contribute to acid rain

3. Eutrophication is an effective measure to control pollution

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 only
d. 1, 2 and 3
Answer. a

• Which one of the following statements about bar magnet is correct?

a. The pole strength of the north-pole of a bar magnet is larger than that of the south-pole
b. When a piece of bar magnet is bisected perpendicular to its axis, the north and south poles get separated
c. When a piece of bar magnet is bisected perpendicular to its axis, two new bar magnets are formed
d. The poles of a bar magnet are unequal in magnitude and opposite in nature
Answer. c

General English Section

ORDERING OF SENTENCES :
In the following passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each item have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of these four sentences from the given alter-natives (a), (b), (c) and (d).

• . SI : Once upon a time there was a king who had a wonderfully nice garden.

S6: In the trees lived a nightingale that sang so sweetly that all who passed by stood still and listened.
P : In the middle of the garden there was a lovely forest with tall trees and deep lakes.
Q : In this garden were to be seen the most wonderful flowers with silver bells tied to them.
R: The garden was so large that even the gardener himself did not know where it began and where it ended.
S : These bells always sounded so that nobody should pass by without noticing the flowers. The proper sequence should be
a. QPRS
b. SPQR
c. QSRP
d. QPSR
Answer. c

•  SI : One of the first things the learning of a new language teaches you is that language comes from the region of the unconscious.

S6: The test of how much you know is : how much can you say without having to think how you are going to say it ?

P : What is often meant by “thinking in a language” is really the ability to use it without thinking about it.

Q : We grown-up people have to filter it through our minds — a much more laborious process.

R : That is why children learn a new language so effortlessly : it comes straight from their instincts.

S : But we cannot say that we know a language, or know what we have studied of it, until we can use it instinctively.

The proper sequence should be
a. S Q R P
b. RPSQ
c. PQSR
d. RQSP
Answer. b

• SI : For seventeen years she led a sheltered life in the convent.

S6: Two years later she left the Loreto Convent where she had spent many happy and useful years.
P : Her heart went out to the people living there.
Q : In 1946 she asked for permission to work in the slums.
R : Then one day, while she was returning from an errand, she saw the slums of Calcutta.
S : She felt she had found her second vocation, her real calling.
The proper sequence should be
a. PRSQ
b. RPSQ
c. RPQS
d. QRPS
Answer. b

• SI : Good memory is so common that we regard a man who does not possess it as eccentric.

S6: She wheeled away the perambu-lator, picturing to herself his terror when he would come out and find the baby gone.
P : I have heard of a father who, having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to pause on his journey and slip into a
public house for a glass of beer.
Q : A little later, his wife had to do some shopping which took her past the public house where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
R : Leaving the perambulator outside, he disappeared into the drink shop.
S : Indignant at her husband’s behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
The proper sequence should be
a. PQRS
b. PRQS
c. PSQR
d. PQSR
Answer. b

Elementary Mathematics

• There are three brothers. The sums of ages of two of them at a time are 4 years, 6 years and 8 years. The age difference between the eldest and the youngest is

a. 3 years
b. 4 years
c. 5 years
d. 6 years
Answer. b

• A person goes to a market between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. When he comes back, he finds that the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock have interchanged their positions. For how much time (approximately) was he out of his house?

a. 55.38 minutes
b. 55.48 minutes
c. 55.57 minutes
d. 55.67 minutes
Answer. b

• In a gathering of 100 people, 70 of them can speak Hindi, 60 can speak English and 30 can speak French. Further, 30 of them can speak both Hindi and English, 20 can speak both Hindi and French. If x is the number of people who can speak both English and French, then which one of the following is correct? (Assume that everyone can speak at least one of the three languages.

a. 9 < x ≤ 30

b. 0 ≤ x < 8

c. x = 9

d. x = 8
Answer. b

• A cloth merchant buys cloth from a weaver and cheats him by using a scale which is 10 cm longer than a normal metre scale. He claims to sell cloth at the cost price to his customers, but while selling uses a scale which is 10 cm shorter than a normal metre scale. What is his gain?

a. 20 %
b. 21 %
c. 22(2/9) %
d. 23(1/3) %