Miscellaneous (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 39

31. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

I could not go up in life for want of proper guidance.

Correct Answer: (a) for lack of
Solution:

‘For lack of’ means to lack something that you really need. So, ‘for lack of’ is the correct answer.

32. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Though he was arrogant, I could not dispense with his services.

Correct Answer: (a) terminate
Solution:

It you dispense with something. You stop using it or get rid of it completely especially, you, no longer need it. So, ‘terminate’ is its correct answer.

33. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

In spite of his work, he was made a scapegoat for the failure of the project.

Correct Answer: (c) blamed without reason for
Solution:

Scapegoat for ‘Something’ means that people blame them publicly though it was not their fault. So, option (c) is its correct answer.

34. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

If food supply fails to keep pace with the population, civilisation will collapse.

Correct Answer: (d) to move at the same speed as
Solution:

‘To keep pace with’ means to go or make progress as the same speed as someone or something else. So, option (d) is its correct answer.

35. Directions (Q. Nos. 35-39 ) For the expression which has been underlined in each of the following sentences, choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Moralists are usually persons who abstain from alcoholic drinks.

Correct Answer: (a) Teetotallers
Solution:

‘Teetotallers’ is a person who never drinks alcohol.

36. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) Fastidious
Solution:

Fastidious is one who hard to please or characterised by excessive care or delicacy.

37. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) Flouted
Solution:

‘Flouted’ means openly disregard (a rule, law or convention ). So, it expresses the most nearly hearing to the underlined expression.

38. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

A fortress on a commanding height for defense of a city is called

Correct Answer: (a) Citadel
Solution:

‘Citadel’ is a fortress that commands a city.

39. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which most nearly expresses its meaning. [Morning Shift-2015 (I)]

Nostalgia is

Correct Answer: (c) Longing for a period in the past
Solution:

A longing for a period in the past is Nostalgia.