CDS Model Paper 5 English

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 56-76): In the following passage, at certain points you are given a choice of three words one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word which completes the sentence. There has been quite some talk in recent times about the status of women in our society, some of it sentimental and some of it, angry. But the status of women 56. (a) can/ (b) shall/ (c) should be improved only if we join 57. (a) ourselves/ (b) heads/(c) hands earnestly to achieve the desired 58. (a) goal / (b) intention /(c) wish. Obviously, it cannot be done merely through 59. (a) enforcing/ (b) enacting/ (c) passing legislation. It requires an intelligent and sympathetic 60. (a) presentation/ (b) understanding / (c) vision of each others' problems and a 61. (a) consent/(b) cooperation/(c) willingness to give up pointless claims 62. (a) of / (b) about/ (c) over superiority. The delicate adjustment can be achieved not 63. (a) by/ (b) through/ (c) from conflict but by peaceful and dispassionate 64. (a) behaviour, / (b) confrontation, / (c) means, in other words, through frank and courteous 65. (a) discussion./ (b) bargaining./ (c) argument. The problem can be solved only 66. (a) through/ (b) by/ (c) from mutual understanding, and not through insistence on a 67. (a) vital, / (b) hard, / (c) rigid observance of a code of 68. (a) agreement./ (b) conduct./ (c) rights. If we truly desire a solution to this 69. (a) difficult problem,/ (b) doubtful/ (c) small problem we should be prepared for 70. (a) one/ (b) a/ (c) no compromise. The system cannot be changed overnight. There 71. (a) was/ (b) is/ (c) has been a great need for patience in 72. (a) dealing/ (b) handling/ (c) tackling with this complex matter. Problems are 73. (a) immensely/ (b) best/ (c) rarely solved by the application of 74. (a) brain/ (b) wisdom/ (c) theory and certainly not through angry 75. (a) enmity./ (b) hostility./ (c) conflicts. At every step in our life we 76. (a) understand,/ (b) compromise, / (c) discuss, then why should we take up rigid stand in matters which concern us intimately?