CDS (II) 2018 · 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
36/60/24easy / medium / hard
Topics in this paper
English · 120 questions
- RC25
- Spotting errors20
- Sentence improvement15
- Fill in the blanks15
- Ordering of sentences15
- Synonyms10
- Antonyms10
- Ordering of words10
Sample question from this paper
Spotting errors · medium
Read the sentence in three parts. Select the part that contains an error. If there is no error, select option D.
She is senior than me by three years in the department.
She is senior than me by three years in the department.
- A. She is senior than me
- B. by three years
- C. in the department.
- D. No error
Show answer and solution
Answer: A
'Senior' takes 'to', not 'than': the correct form is 'senior to me'. The other parts are idiomatic.
'Senior' takes 'to', not 'than': the correct form is 'senior to me'. The other parts are idiomatic.