CDS (II) 2024 · 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
42/54/24easy / 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
Each sentence below is divided into three parts, (A), (B) and (C). Find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct, choose 'No error'.
(A) The committee have submitted
(B) its report to the ministry
(C) after months of deliberation.
(A) The committee have submitted
(B) its report to the ministry
(C) after months of deliberation.
- A. (A)
- B. (B)
- C. (C)
- D. No error
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Answer: A
'Committee' is treated here as a single body, as shown by the singular pronoun 'its'. The verb must therefore be 'has submitted'. Mixing a plural verb with a singular pronoun is the error in (A).
'Committee' is treated here as a single body, as shown by the singular pronoun 'its'. The verb must therefore be 'has submitted'. Mixing a plural verb with a singular pronoun is the error in (A).