SOLVED PAPER 2021 (CDS) (I) (English)

Total Questions: 120

1. (Questions 1-10) Each question 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 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 had been doing
(b) the job of a physician
(c) during the 1990s.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The phrase 'during the 1990s' contains the grammatical error. The given sentence is in past perfect continuous tense which states that the action started in the past continued up till another time in the past. Hence, replace 'during' with 'since'.

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

(a) He said
(b) that he preferred
(c) coffee than tea.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The phrase 'coffee than tea' contains the grammatical error. To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace 'than' with 'to".

3. 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 that
(b) glitters
(c) are not gold.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The phrase 'are not gold' contains the grammatical error. To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace 'are' with 'is'.

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

(a) A species is considered
(b) endangered when it is
(c) in a very high risk of extinction in the world.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The phrase in a very high risk of extinction in the world' contains the grammatical error. To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace 'in' with 'at'.

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

(a) Our greatest glory
(b) is not in never falling
(c) but in rising every time we fell.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The phrase 'but in rising every time we fell' contains the grammatical error. The given sentence is in present tense. Hence, to make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace 'fell' with 'fall'.

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

(a) Language is
(b) an essential modes of communication
(c) and every language matters in communication.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The phrase 'an essential modes of communication' contains the grammatical error. To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace 'modes' with 'mode'.

7. 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 matter was been resolved
(b) after long deliberations
(c) among the members of the team.
(d) No error.

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The phrase "the matter was been resolved' contains the grammatical error. To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, remove 'been'.

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

(a) Care has been taken
(b) to ensure safety and security
(c) of the participants in the event.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.

9. 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 film industry
(b) is considered to be
(c) one of the symbol of cultural and social life.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The phrase 'one of the symbol of cultural and social life' contains the grammatical error. To make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, replace 'symbol' with 'symbols'.

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

(a) It is still true
(b) that the Indian economy
(c) is dependent on monsoon.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:The given sentence is grammatically correct and contextually meaningful.