SOLVED PAPER 2022 (CDS) (I) (English)

Total Questions: 80

1. (Questions 1-10) 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 against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

(a) This task is being undertaken
(b) for the benefit of young people in needed
(c) at the instance of the chief of the group.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (e) b and c

2. Read the statement.

(a) If I am
(b) the principal of the school
(c) I would abolish all examinations
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The given sentence is a Type-2 conditional, which describes a hypothetical situation. In such sentences, the if-clause verb is in past tense and the main clause verb is in present conditional or present continuous conditional tense. Hence, replace 'am' with 'were' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

3. Read the statement.

(a) My mother is thinking 
(b) that I should
(c) stop drinking.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Part (a) contains an error. Replace 'is thinking' with 'thinks' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

4. Read the statement.

(a) The students have
(b) a good time
(c) in the class today.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Part (a) contains an error. Replace 'have' with 'had' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

5. Read the statement.

(a) More than thirty lakh people
(b) were inoculated against COVID-19
(c) on March 15th.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:The given sentence is correct.

6. Read the statement.

(a) LIC was found
(b) on September 1,1956
(c) via the life Insurance Corporation Act.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Part (a) contains an error. Replace 'found' with 'founded' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

7. Read the statement.

(a) Full many a flower
(b) are born
(c) to blush unseen.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:Part (b) contains an error. Replace 'are' with 'is' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

8. Read the statement.

(a) I shall be glad to help
(b) everyone of my boys
(c) in their studies.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:Part (b) contains an error. Replace 'everyone' with 'each one' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

9. Read the statement.

(a) Most heart attacks
(b) involve discomfort
(c) in the centre or left side of the chest.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Part (c) contains an error. Replace 'left' with 'the left' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

10. Read the statement.

(a) For most food park
(b) marketing initiatives are restricted to
(c) a few hundred kilometers.
(d) No error

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Part (a) contains an error. Replace 'park' with 'parks' to make the sentence grammatically correct.