SOLVED PAPER 2020 (CDS) (II) (English)

Total Questions: 120

11. (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) He has been
(b) ne the most revered member
(c) of the committee of enquiry.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:Preposition ‘of’ will be added after “one … the” to make the sentence grammatically correct.

12. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) Rahul asked me
(b) whether I was interested
(c) to joining the group for the trip.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Preposition ‘in’ will replace ‘to’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

13. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) ‘Where there is a will
(b) then there is a way’
(c)  is an old epithet.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:Conjunction ‘then’ will be removed to make the sentence grammatically correct.

14. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) Indian feminism grew out of the women's movements
(b) of the late nineteenth century,
(c) reached full maturity in the early twentieth century.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Article ‘the’ will be removed to make the sentence grammatically correct.

15. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) The greatest merit of democracy
(b) is that everyone feels free
(c) and can pursues his/her interest.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:‘Pursues’ will be replaced by ‘pursue’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

16. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) All stake holders of education
(b) have the right to ask for accountability
(c) in every aspects of its implementation.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:‘Aspects’ will be replaced by ‘aspect’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

17. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) Learning many languages
(b) promotes linguistic cultural and social harmonies
(c) among people speaking different languages.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:‘Harmonies’ will be replaced by ‘harmony’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

18. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) One should not act
(b) according to one’s
(c) whims and fancies on public places.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Preposition ‘on’ will be replaced by ‘in’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

19. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) Economists believe that
(b) India had taken a new turn in 1990
(c) with the liberalisation to her economy.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Preposition ‘to’ will be replaced by ‘of’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.

20. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response against the corresponding letter.

(a) Irrigation works have a special importance
(b) in an agricultural countries like India,
(c) where rainfall is unequally distributed throughout the seasons.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:Article ‘an’ will be removed to make the sentence grammatically correct.