SOLVED PAPER 2023 (CDS) (I) (English)

Total Questions: 120

21. (Questions 21-30) Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, chunks of which have been jumbled up. These chunks have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks. You are required to select the most appropriate option.

P: India has become
Q: with time
R: accounting for 25 per cent of the total available water
S: the world's largest extractor of groundwater

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (c) QPSR
Solution:QPSR is the correct sequence.

22. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: present existential perils
Q: all over the world
R: the extremes
S: of climate change

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (a) RSPQ
Solution:RSPQ is the correct sequence.

23. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: the company forecasts
Q: aviation market amongst
R: the G20 countries
S: that India will be the fastest growing

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (b) PSQR
Solution:PSQR is the correct sequence.

24. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: near villages or herder camps
Q: shangdongs are traditional
R: stonewalls, usually built
S: trapping pits with inverted funnel-shaped

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (d) QSRP
Solution:QSRP is the correct sequence.

25. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: several antiquities from other
Q: nations over the years
R: India has
S: brought back

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (a) RSPQ
Solution:RSPQ is the correct sequence.

26. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: the Aravalli hill ranges
Q: of the Yamuna river and
R: are spread-out over the natural landscapes
S: the biodiversity parks

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (c) SRQP
Solution:SRQP is the correct sequence.

27. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: the family found out
Q: their mother's friends were going to
R: that some of
S: Poland in a car

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (a) PRQS
Solution:PRQS is the correct sequence.

28. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: earth may seem immense
Q: from the perspective of humans
R: and almost limitless
S: living on its surface

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (c) QSPR
Solution:QSPR is the correct sequence.

29. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: in terms of trading volumes,
Q: have grown substantially
R: market capitalisation and turnover
S: the Indian financial markets

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (d) SQPR
Solution:SQPR is the correct sequence.

30. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks.

P: emerge at last into a
Q: those who passed through
R: country of unearthly beauty
S: that valley of darkness

The correct sequence should be

Correct Answer: (b) QSPR
Solution:QSPR is the correct sequence.