CDS 1 2019 English Question Paper Solved [All Sets]

Candidates who have attempted the CDS 1 2019 exam on 03 Feb 2019 and others who are preparing for the upcoming CDS 2 2019 exam can download the CDS 1 2019 full solved English papers. This for from the English Set A but the question on all the sets i.e. Set A, Set B, Set C, and Set D are same, candidates who want to check their marks in CDS 1 2019 English can refer to this CDS 1 2019 English Solved Question Paper. With this question paper, you can check CDS 1 2019 English Answer Keys for all the sets.

Below are a few solved questions from CDS 1 2019 English Paper, you can download the full paper from the link given at the bottom.

Answers Corrected by: Arunima Samanta

Directions : Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words are given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
How we _____ to aging is a choice we must make wisely.

1. respond
2. absolve
3. discharge
4. overlook

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

1. reacts
2. releases
3. ejects
4. carries

Stress may ______ fertility in men and women

1. engage
2. reduce
3. inject
4. deduce

The football match had to be _______ because of the weather

1. called on
2. called off
3. called out
4. called over

Nobody believed Ram at first but he ______ to be right

1. came out
2. carried out
3. worked out
4. turned out

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

1. keeping on
2. going on
3. getting on
4. carrying on

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

1. at
2. in
3. over
4. above

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

1. put you off
2. put you out
3. turned you off
4. turned you away

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

1. Even
2. Since
3. Unless
4. Although

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

1. came up with
2. got away with
3. made off with
4. got on with 

Synonyms

Directions: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed four words/group of words. Select the option that is the nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

A provocative message had been doing rounds on social media to instigate the mob against migrants.

1. dexterous
2. inflammatory
3. valiant
4. prudent

The differences include increase in mean temperature and heavy precipitation in several regions.

1. drought
2. oasis
3. rainfall
4. snowing

The portal will help victims and complainants to anonymously report cybercrime.

1. incognito
2. directly
3. unfailingly
4. in situ

He is suffering from a terminal disease.

1. sublunary
2. terrific
3. chronic
4. incurable

Doctors are reluctant to take rural postings despite big salary offers.

1. disinclined
2. eager
3. frevent
4. unrepentant

The authorities have reprimanded the subordinate officer for violating the protocol

1. extolled
2. purported
3. admonished
4. required an apology

For Gandhiji, India’s religious and linguistic diversity was an asset, not a liability.

1. obligation
2. advantage
3. attribute
4. reinforcement

How hysterical he is!

1. berserk
2. inconsistent
3. duplicitous
4. insincere

Mahesh is mostly prejudiced in his political opinion.

1. objectionable
2. predatory
3. jaundiced
4. intimate

Do not indulge in tautology.

1. truth telling
2. prolixity
3. foretelling
4. telepathic conversation 

ANTONYMS
Each item in this section of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

His religious views are rather fanatical

1. bigoted
2. rabid
3. moderate
4. militant

Religious fundamentalists often consider the followers of other religions to be heretics.

1. dissenter
2. believer
3. renegade
4. apostate

According to G B Shaw, men have become inert. Therefore, life force has chosen women to perform its functions.

1. lively
2. quiescent
3. dormant
4. apathetic

Some of the men are highly misanthropic.

1. anti-social
2. philosophic
3. atrophic
4. philanthropic

The teacher was a very profound man.

1. sincere
2. erudite
3. scholarly
4. superficial

His hand-writing is readable.

1. well-written
2. decipherable
3. illegible
4. comprehensible

Mohan is his steadfast friend.

1. committed
2. unwavering
3. unfaltering
4. unreliable

Radha often goes tempestuous while debating

1. calm
2. violent
3. fierce
4. vehement

The thief had very vital information to pass on to the police

1. crucial
2. inessential
3. indispensable
4. fundamental

His lectures are often wordy and pointless

1. diffuse
2. concise
3. garrulous
4. voluble

Corrected by: Arunima Samanta

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