CDS 2015 (II) English Question Paper PDF – Previous Year Paper

What is inside

Summary

This page carries the English paper from the second Combined Defence Services Examination of 2015. It is the written-stage paper, issued by the commission and preserved as an archived official PDF, so you are practising on the genuine booklet and not on a lookalike.

Paper data

Who it suits

Graduates aiming for the Indian Military Academy, Officers Training Academy or similar entries through CDS will find the English paper a necessary part of their routine. Final-year students who plan to appear in the next cycle can begin using it now, long before the notification arrives.

How to prepare with it

• Attempt it as a full sitting against a clock, because speed is half the battle in a defence entrance paper.
• After scoring, split your mistakes into grammar, vocabulary and comprehension.
• Revise rules for the weakest group before the next paper.
• Keep a vocabulary log of unfamiliar words found in the passages.

Syllabus connection

The English paper tests command of the language rather than subject knowledge, so there is no chapter list to finish. Progress comes from reading regularly, practising error spotting and solving many papers. An archived paper like this is the best possible yardstick, since the question style is that of the examiners themselves.

Printed material

For the other CDS papers and wider defence preparation, Competer stocks printed defence-exam books and previous-year collections that sit well alongside this download.

Time management for this paper

Defence entrance papers allow little time per question, so rehearse a fixed rhythm. Try completing the sentence-correction and vocabulary items first, since they are quick, then move on to comprehension passages, which need steady reading. If a question holds you for more than a short pause, mark it and return at the end. After your attempt, count how many questions you left blank and how many you changed at the last minute; both numbers say something about your confidence. Aim to lower the blanks without raising careless errors.

Treat it as a 2015 paper: the number of questions and marking may have changed, so verify the latest scheme from the official notification before you plan your timing.