CDS ENGLISH QUIZ - 1

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Question 1:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.
A. Harold graduated from Stephen K. Hayt Elementary School in June 1958 and Nicholas Senn High School in 1962.
B. Harold Ramis was an American actor, comedian, director and writer.
C. Harold began writing parodic plays in college, saying: In my heart, I felt I was a combination of Groucho and Harpo Marx.
D. In his adult life, Harold did not practice any religion.

Question 2:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.
A. For some two centuries, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus basin in the west.
B. Northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east.
C. The Moghul Empire, was an early modern empire in South Asia.
D. And the uplands of the Deccan plateau in south India.

Question 3:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.
A. The Panama Canal shortcut greatly reduces the time for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
B. Enabling them to avoid the lengthy, hazardous Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of South America via the Drake Passage or Strait of Magellan.
C. And the even less popular route through the Arctic Archipelago and the Bering Strait.
D. The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

Question 4:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of the sentences from the given options. 

A-Zuckerberg also said that The argument that we deliberately push content that makes people angry for profit is deeply illogical.

B-Saying her claims that the company puts profit over people’s safety are “just not true”.

C-Mark Zuckerberg has hit back at the testimony of the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.

D-We make money from ads, and advertisers consistently tell us they don’t want their ads next to harmful or angry content.”

Question 5:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.
A. That agreement allowed for proper independent investigations and prosecutions where possible.
B. A comprehensive and balanced framework for dealing with the legacy of the past – the Stormont House agreement.
C. The UK and Irish governments and Northern Ireland parties came together and negotiated.
D. It also proposed the establishment of an independent international mechanism.

Question 6:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

A. And Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse.

B. The Old Norse was developed from Proto-Norse language by the 8th century.

C. And their overseas settlements from about the 7th to the 15th centuries.

D. Old Norse or Old Scandinavian was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia.

Question 7:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.
A. According to current theories, the first nuclei were formed a few minutes after the Big Bang.
B. Nucleosynthesis is the process that creates new atomic nuclei from pre-existing nucleons (protons and neutrons) and nuclei.
C. After about 20 minutes, the universe had expanded and cooled to a point at which these high-energy collisions among nucleons ended.
D. So only the fastest and simplest reactions occurred, leaving our universe containing about 75% hydrogen and 24% helium by mass.

Question 8:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

A. The civil war resulted from a highly polarized struggle between left and right ideologies that started in 1943.

B. Resulting from the end of Axis occupation (1941–1944) during World War II.

C. The Greek Civil War was fought between the Greek government army and the Democratic Army of Greece.

D. From 1944 each side targeted the power vacuum.

Question 9:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of the sentences from the given options.
A. The planes did not enter Taiwanese airspace.
B. But they flew inside Taiwan’s air-defence zone, which is monitored for approaching threats.
C. The PLA has made a total of 149 sorties in four days over the southern section of the Taiwan Strait.
D. Including flights by a dozen bombers and many jet fighters.

Question 10:

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of the sentences from the given options.
A. The EU could hit Britain and Jersey’s energy supply.
B. Over the UK’s failure to provide sufficient fishing licences to French fishers.
C. Clément Beaune, who is a close ally of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, also confirmed and said that.
D. The action would be decided on within days and discussions were already in motion.