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CDS English 2019 Question Paper

240 questions from the 2019 CDS exam, combining both papers of the year (CDS I and CDS II).

240questions
2papers (CDS I & II)
9chapters covered
Note: UPSC conducts CDS twice a year. This page combines both 2019 papers — CDS I and CDS II.

Questions from the 2019 exam

Q1MCQCDS I 2019

How we ________ to ageing is a choice we must make wisely.

(A)respond
(B)absolve
(C)discharge
(D)overlook
Q2MCQCDS I 2019

Complementary medicine ________ fewer risks, since it is used along with standard remedies, often to lessen side-effects and enhance feelings of well-being.

(A)reacts
(B)releases
(C)ejects
(D)carries
Q3MCQCDS I 2019

Stress may ________ fertility in men and women.

(A)engage
(B)reduce
(C)inject
(D)deduce
Q4MCQCDS I 2019

The football match had to be ________ because of the weather.

(A)called on
(B)called off
(C)called out
(D)called over
Q5MCQCDS I 2019

Nobody believed Ram at first but he ________ to be right.

(A)came out
(B)carried out
(C)worked out
(D)turned out
Q6MCQCDS I 2019

How are you ________ in your new job? Are you enjoying it?

(A)keeping on
(B)going on
(C)getting on
(D)carrying on
Q7MCQCDS I 2019

We live ________ a tower block. Our apartment is on the fifteenth floor.

(A)at
(B)in
(C)over
(D)above
Q8MCQCDS I 2019

You were going to apply for the job, and then you decided not to. So what ________?

(A)put you off
(B)put you out
(C)turned you off
(D)turned you away
Q9MCQCDS I 2019

________ it was raining, he went out without a raincoat.

(A)Even
(B)Since
(C)Unless
(D)Although
Q10MCQCDS I 2019

I parked my car in a no-parking zone, but I ________ it.

(A)came up with
(B)got away with
(C)made off with
(D)got on with

Topics covered in 2019

About the 2019 CDS English paper

UPSC conducted CDS twice in 2019 — CDS I and CDS II. This page brings both English papers together: 240 questions as asked in the actual exams. The 2019 questions drew from 9 topics.

Other CDS English papers

CDS English 2019 Question Paper — PYQs | Padhify