SOLVED PAPER 2023 (CDS) (I) (English)

Total Questions: 120

51. (Question 51-60) Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words / groups of words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

There are plenty of graduates anxious for work.

Correct Answer: (b) eager
Solution:The word 'anxious' means 'very eager or concerned to do something or for something to happen'.

52. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The power of the monarchy was circumscribed by the new law.

Correct Answer: (b) eager
Solution:The word 'circumscribed' means 'to restrict'. From the given options, 'constrained' means the same and is its synonym.

53. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

We caught him eavesdropping outside the window.

Correct Answer: (c) listening secretly
Solution:The word 'eavesdropping' means 'secretly listening to a conversation'.

54. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for. the formation of their government.

Correct Answer: (b) urged
Solution:The word 'exhorted' means 'strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something'.

55. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The local people are hospitable to strangers.

Correct Answer: (d) cordial
Solution:The word 'hospitable' means 'friendly, cordial and welcoming to visitors or guests'.

56. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Such traditional methods seem incongrous in our technical age..

Correct Answer: (d) inappropriate
Solution:The word 'incongrous' means 'not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something. From the given words, 'inappropriate' is its synonym.

57. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Mohan has mercurial temperament.

Correct Answer: (a) volatile
Solution:The word 'mercurial' means 'subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood'. From the given options, 'volatile' means the same and is its synonym.

58. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

It is obligatory  for all employees to wear protective clothing.

Correct Answer: (d) essential
Solution:The word 'obligatory' means 'required by a legal, moral, or other rule, compulsory'.
From the given options, the word 'essential' means the same and is its synonym.

59. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

She has a genetic predisposition to liver disease.

Correct Answer: (c) vulnerability
Solution:The word 'predisposition' means 'a tendency to suffer from a particular condition'. From the given words, 'vulnerability' means the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed is its synonym.

60. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

She wore a sardonic smile on her face.

Correct Answer: (a) mocking
Solution:The word 'sardonic' means 'mocking and cynical'.