CDS (II) 2022 · 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
51/50/19easy / 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
Read each sentence in four parts. Choose the part that contains an error.
(A) Hardly had the cadets
(B) reached the parade ground
(C) than the rain
(D) began to pour.
(A) Hardly had the cadets
(B) reached the parade ground
(C) than the rain
(D) began to pour.
- A. Part A
- B. Part B
- C. Part C
- D. Part D
Show answer and solution
Answer: C
'Hardly' and 'scarcely' are followed by 'when', not 'than'; 'than' belongs with 'no sooner'. So part C is wrong. The inversion 'Hardly had the cadets reached' in A and B is correct, and D is fine.
'Hardly' and 'scarcely' are followed by 'when', not 'than'; 'than' belongs with 'no sooner'. So part C is wrong. The inversion 'Hardly had the cadets reached' in A and B is correct, and D is fine.