CDS (II) 2023 · 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
41/63/16easy / medium / hard
Topics in this paper
English · 120 questions
- Spotting errors20
- Sentence improvement15
- Fill in the blanks15
- Ordering of sentences15
- Comprehension13
- Synonyms10
- Antonyms10
- Ordering of words10
- Inference6
- Vocabulary2
- Main idea2
- Tone2
Sample question from this paper
Spotting errors · medium
Each sentence is split into three parts, (A), (B) and (C). Find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct, choose (D) 'No error'.
(A) He speaks English fluently (B) and writes it (C) very good.
(A) He speaks English fluently (B) and writes it (C) very good.
- A. Part (A)
- B. Part (B)
- C. Part (C)
- D. No error
Show answer and solution
Answer: C
'Good' is an adjective; 'writes' needs the adverb 'well'. The correct ending is 'very well', so (C) is wrong.
'Good' is an adjective; 'writes' needs the adverb 'well'. The correct ending is 'very well', so (C) is wrong.