CDS 2 2015 exam is going to be conducted in the month of November by UPSC. Candidates preparing for stream IMA NA AFA or only OTA both have to write the General English paper in CDS 2 2015 exam, In this article we will see some CDSE 2 2015 General English Sample Questions from Reading Comprehension that have arrived in previous years CDSE papers.
CDSE 2 2015 General English Sample Questions
Passage 1
A little man beside me was turning over the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously. Opposite me there was a young mother who was trying to restrain her son from making a noise. The boy had obviously grown weary of waiting. He had placed an ashtray on the floor and was making aeroplane noises as he waved a pencil in his hands. Near him, an old man was fast asleep, snoring quickly to himself and the boy’s mother was afraid that sooner or later her son would wake the gentleman up.
- The noise was made by
(a) the old man
(b) the aeroplane
(c) the little man
(d) the boy
- The person who was the least disturbed was the
(a) observer
(b) son
(c) old man
(d) little man
- The factor common to all the people was that they were all
(a) watching a film
(b) waiting for something
(c) looking at the little boy’s playfulness
(d) reading magazine
- Among those present the one who appeared to be the most bored was the
(a) child
(b) little man
(c) old man
(d) mother
Passage 2
A man had two blacksmiths for his neighbours. Their names were Pengu and Shengu. The man was greatly troubled by the noise of their hammers. He decided to talk to them. The next day he called both of them and offered Rs. 100 each, if they found new huts for themselves. They took the money and agreed to find new huts for themselves. The next morning he woke up again to the sound of their hammers. He went out to see why the blacksmiths hadn’t found new huts and he discovered that Pengu and Shengu had kept their promise. They had exchanged their huts.
- The man was troubled because
(a) the blacksmiths always fought with each others
(b) the blacksmiths’ hammers made a lot of noise
(c) he was afraid of blacksmiths
(d) the blacksmiths did not do their work properly
- The man gave them money because
(a) the blacksmiths were poor
(b) the blacksmiths had asked him for money
(c) he did not want them to make a noise
(d) he wanted them to find new huts
- The man went out of his house because
(a) he wanted to fight with the blacksmiths
(b) he wanted to ask the blacksmiths to stop the noise
(c) he wanted to find out why they hadn’t found new huts
(d) he wanted his money back from the blacksmiths
- The man came to know that
(a) the blacksmiths were not in their huts
(b) the blacksmiths had exchanged huts
(c) the blacksmiths were going away
(d) the blacksmiths had not kept their Promise
Passage 3
The tigress was a mile away and the ground between her and us was densely wooded, scattered over with great rocks and cut up by a number of deep ravines, but she could cover the distance well within the half-hour, if she wanted to. The question I had to decide was, whether or not I should try to call her. If I called and she heard me, and came while it was still daylight and gave me a chance to shoot her, all would be well; on the other hand, if she came and did not give me a shot, some of us would not reach camp, for we had nearly two miles to go and the path the whole way ran through heavy jungle.
- According to the author
(a) the tigress wanted to cover the distance within the half-hour
(b) the tigress did not wish to cover the distance within the half-hour
(c) the tigress actually covered the distance within the half-hour
(d) there was a possibility of the tigress covering the distance within the half-hour
- The author says, “Some of us would not reach camp”, because
(a) it was two miles away
(b) the tigress would kill some of them
(c) the path is not suitable for walking
(d) the ground was scattered over with great rocks
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