SOLVED PAPER 2020 (CDS) (I) (English)Total Questions: 12011. (Questions 11-20) Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).(a) After mysteriously expanding for decades(b) Antarctica’s sea ice cover(c) starting melting.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (c) starting melting.Solution:Replace ‘starting’ with ‘started’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.12. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) The auction, conducted by the bank(b) will be price based(c) using multiple priced method.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (d) No errorSolution:Replace ‘method’ with ‘methods’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.13. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) If the scheme would have been implemented effectively(b) all affected(c) would have benefitted.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (a) If the scheme would have been implemented effectivelySolution:Replace ‘would have been’ with ‘had been’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.14. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) Government Stock offers(b) safety, liquidity and attractive returned(c) for long duration.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (b) safety, liquidity and attractive returnedSolution:Replace ‘returned’ with ‘returns’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.15. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) Scrolling thorough my social media timeline,(b) I hovered over a video(c) of a minor road traffic accident.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (a) Scrolling thorough my social media timeline,Solution:Replace ‘thorough’ with ‘through’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful. Thorough means in detail.16. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) The fascination with gold at least(b) seems to be a case were traditional belief and(c) modern finance would point the same way.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (c) modern finance would point the same way.Solution:Replace ‘were’ with ‘where’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.17. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) Evolutionary biology leave us(b) distinctly pessimistic about the possibility(c) that altruism can arise naturally among humans.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (a) Evolutionary biology leave usSolution:Replace ‘leave’ with ‘leaves’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.18. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) When everything starts working for you(b) you will find(c) things are achieve and delivered.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (c) things are achieve and delivered.Solution:Replace ‘achieve’ with ‘achieved’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.19. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) If I were you(b) I would not go for(c) change of job.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (c) change of job.Solution:Add ‘a’ before change to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.20. Find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response.(a) At the beginning of the nineteenth century,(b) female literacy was extremely lowed(c) in comparison to male literacy.(d) No errorCorrect Answer: (b) female literacy was extremely lowedSolution:Replace ‘lowed’ with ‘low’ to make the given sentence grammatically and contextually meaningful.Submit Quiz« Previous123456789101112Next »