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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 first 10 of 240 — free

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.

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