CDS (II) 2017 · English
A full English paper in the UPSC CDS pattern: 120 questions in 2 hours, with a third of the question's marks deducted for every wrong answer. Spotting errors, sentence improvement, synonyms and antonyms, fill in the blanks, sentence and word ordering, and reading comprehension.
120questions
100marks
2 hoursno calculator
42/60/18easy / medium / hard
Topics in this paper
English · 120 questions
- Reading comprehension25
- Spotting errors20
- Sentence improvement15
- Fill in the blanks15
- Ordering of sentences15
- Synonyms10
- Antonyms10
- Ordering of words10
Sample question from this paper
Spotting errors · medium
Select the part of the sentence that contains an error.
- A. The captain, along with
- B. his officers, were inspecting
- C. the deck before
- D. the vessel sailed.
Show answer and solution
Answer: B
A phrase introduced by 'along with' does not change the number of the subject. The subject 'captain' is singular, so the verb should be 'was inspecting'.
A phrase introduced by 'along with' does not change the number of the subject. The subject 'captain' is singular, so the verb should be 'was inspecting'.