CDS English 2016 Question Paper

S1 : History shows that the growth of civilization depends upon the gifts of nature, particularly the wealth yielded by the soil.
P : The more land they had, the more they were satisfied.
Q : The nature and the quality of the land they possessed were of great importance to them.
R : All ancient communities worked hard to produce food.
S : There was also a great desire among them to possess as much land as possible.
S6 : In fact, most of the wars in the beginning of humanity's history were fought for the gain of territory.

S1 : There were shots as I ran.
P : The water was icy, but I stayed until I thought my lungs would burst.
Q : I tripped at the edge and went in with a splash.
R : The minute I came up I took a breath and plunged down again.
S : I ducked down, pushed between two men and ran for the river.
S6 : Staying submerged was only too easy with so much clothing and my army boots.

S1 : Why do the English travel ?
P : Besides, they are taught that travel broadens the mind.
Q : They do so mainly because their neighbour does this and they have caught the bug from him.
R : Although they have now discovered the sad truth that whatever travel may do to the mind, it certainly broadens other parts of the body.
S : But, and perhaps mainly, they travel to avoid foreigners.
S6 : For here, in cosmopolitan England, one is always exposed to the danger of meeting all sorts of peculiar aliens.

S1 : Jumbo, the famous 3.3 metre elephant was born in Africa over a hundred years ago.
P : After disembarkation in New York, he was taken in a procession to the place where he was to be kept.
Q : Another admirer was the famous American showman Barnum who bought it for a huge sum in February 1882.
R : Transported from his native land to London Zoo, he became a favourite of Queen Victoria.
S : He made his transatlantic voyage aboard SS Assyrian Monarch.
S6 : Before his death in September 1882, he had been seen by over 20 million Americans.

S1 : The bureaucrat and the social worker are men of totally different orientations and styles of functioning.
P : The other is considered to be a man ever on the move.
Q : He is portrayed as a man fond of rules above all other things.
R : The one is regarded as given to sedentary habits, doing a lot of paper work.
S : Driven by an urge to help others he is impatient with red tape and unnecessary delays.
S6 : The world will be a better place to live in if they learn a little from each other.

S1 : Universities are peculiar institutions.
P : Traditionally elite institutions, the modern university has provided social mobility to previously disfranchised groups.
Q : The contemporary university stands at the centre of its society.
R : They have common historical roots yet are deeply embedded in their societies.
S : Established in the medieval period to transmit established knowledge and provide training for a few key professions, universities have become a primary creator of new knowledge through basic research.
S6 : It is the most important institution in the complex process of knowledge creation and distribution.

S1 : At the age of eighteen Gandhi went to college, but remained for only part of the year.
P : Soon after this, he was advised to go to England to study to be a lawyer.
Q : Studies did not interest him and he did not do well.
R : It was difficult for him to leave India and go to a foreign land where he would have to eat and drink with foreigners.
S : This would not be easy.
S6 : This was against his religion, and most of his relatives were against his going.

S1 : Helen graduated in 1904 with special honours in English.
P : She was twenty-four years old.
Q : She was invited to the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 to awaken worldwide interest in the education of the deaf-blind.
R : But on Helen Keller Day the crowds got out of hand.
S : Requests were already flowing in for appearances and for magazine articles.
S6 : Her dress was torn and roses were snatched from her hat.

S1 : One of the many young scientists who chose to throw in their lot with Rutherford was an Oxford physical chemist, Frederick Soddy.
P : His association with Rutherford lasted only two years, but that was long enough to change the whole face of physics.
Q : He was just 23.
R : They found that thorium changed into a new element, thorium X, and in the process gave off what was apparently a gas and at the same time a third type of ray, which they named after the Greek letter 'Gamma'.
S : When he teamed up with Rutherford, they investigated thorium which, as Marie Curie had shown, was radioactive.
S6 : We now know that Gamma rays are a particularly fierce form of X-rays.

S1 : The boy felt his way up the creaking stairs through thick darkness.
P : All he had to do was just get past the central door on the landing.
Q : He stopped as the great clock below whined for a few seconds and gave out a single, solemn stroke.
R : His eyes were raised to the faint moonlight that shone above the landing.
S : He hesitated as the sound died down and then crept on, thinking that if they could sleep through that, they would sleep through any noise he could make.
S6 : He was just telling himself he was safe when the door was flung open and the gaunt old man grabbed his shoulder.