CDS English Exam Guide

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Annoyed with

To feel displeasure or irritation, often expressed verbally, towards someone.

Shouted at

To speak loudly to someone, often to express anger or to get their attention from a distance.

Complaining of

A persistent tendency to express dissatisfaction or unhappiness.

Insists on

To say firmly and persistently that something must be done or is the case.

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Get along

To have a harmonious or friendly relationship.

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Called on

To meet or pay a formal visit to someone, especially someone important or of high rank.

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Had he been

Expressing a hypothetical condition or wish.

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Is a long time

A segment of time regarded as a lengthy duration.

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Was...would

An offer would be met with a positive response.

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Willing to go

Having the intention and resources to travel abroad for studies.

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Economical

Careful with money; avoiding waste.

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Pleasant

Having a pleasant or agreeable effect; beneficial.

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Deserted

Feeling isolated, abandoned, or emotionally empty.

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Overlook

Ignore or allow (an offense) to continue.

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Incompetence

Lack of skill or competence.

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Hinder

To impede, slow down, or make difficult.

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Deportation

The expulsion of someone from their native country.

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Harsh

Harmful or damaging.

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Contemptuous

Expressing contempt or ridicule.

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Appealing

Appealing to and attracting learners' attention.

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Previously

Before; at an earlier time.

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Prevalence

Commonness

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Sympathetic

The most appropriate word is 'sympathetic'.

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Destruction

A violent demolition

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Clear

His ideas are obscure?

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Pessimistic

Ravil is jovial and makes environment sanguine

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Cheerful

There prevailed a woebegone feeling in the room.

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Obedient

The group is mutinous

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Protagonists

consider themselves from birth..

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Common

painting distinctive element

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inadvertently

Entry carried out..

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Respectful

Showed a disdainful attitude

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Inefficiency

Efficacy of the project needs examination

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Acceptance

Rebuttal that..

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Dry

Baby could not move as..

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Study Notes

  • The Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam has an English section.
  • The exam duration is 2 hours.
  • The maximum marks are 100.
  • The test booklet contains 120 questions.

Instructions for the Exam

  • Choose only one response for each item.
  • All responses should be marked only on the separate answer sheet.
  • All items carry equal marks.
  • There is a penalty for wrong answers in the objective question papers.
  • For each wrong answer, one-third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as a penalty.
  • If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer, even if one of the given answers happens to be correct, and the same penalty as above will be applied.
  • There is no penalty for questions left blank.

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