CDS English Exam Paper – 9 February 2014


CDS English Exam Paper - 9 February 2014

61. A. “Gulliver’s Travels” are
B. the most fascinating adventure story
C. that i have ever read.
D. no error

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Answer – A

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62. A.The teenager reassured his father at the station
B. “Don’t worry, dad’
C. i will pull on very nicely at the hostel.”
D. no error

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Answer – D

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63. A. the way he’s behaving
B. he’ll soon spill the beans,
C. i’m afraid.
D. no error

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Answer – D

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64. A. most of the developing countries find it
B. difficult to cope up with the problems
C. created by the sudden impact of technological progress.
D. no error

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Answer – C

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65. A. people blamed him
B. for being
C. a coward person.
D. no error

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Answer – C

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66. A. we swam up to the drowning man, caught hold of his clothes
B. before he could go down again
C. and pulled him out, safe to the shore.
D. no error

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Answer – D

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67. A. meena was so tired
B. that she could not hardly
C. talk to the guests for a few minutes.
D. no error

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Answer – B

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68. A. if i was knowing
B. why he was absent
C. i would have informed you.
D. no error

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Answer – A

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69. A. he goes
B. to office
C. by foot.
D. no error

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Answer – C

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70. A. the hundred-rupees notes
B. that he gave them for the goods bought from them looked genuine
C. but later they reliably learnt that the notes were all counterfeit.
D. no error

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Answer – A

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Sentence Improvement

Directions-(Q. 71-90) look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (A), (B) or (C) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the answer sheet against the corresponding letter (A), (B) or (C) if none of the substitutions improve the sentence, indicate (D) as your response on the answer sheet. Thus a ‘No improvement’ response will be signified by the letter (D).

71.there is no rain in our village for the last six months.
A. has been
B. was
C. had been
D. No improvement

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Answer – A

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72. The police investigated into the matter.
A. with the matter
B. at the matter
C. the matter
D. No improvement

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Answer – C

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73. Ramachandra Murthy and his family have been in Guyana from 1985.
A. since
B. about
C. on
D. No improvement

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Answer – A

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74. I am living in this town since 1980.
A. was living
B. shall live
C. have been living
D. No improvement

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Answer – C

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75. If i was you i should tell him the truth.
A. am you
B. were you
C. had been you
D. No improvement

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Answer – B

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76. He is better than any boy in the class.
A. any boys
B. all the boys
C. any other boy
D. No improvement

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Answer – C

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77. Anil ought not to tell me your secret, but he did.
A. to be telling
B. tell
C. to have told
D. No improvement

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Answer – B

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78. If i were him i would have not accepted the offer.
A. if i was him
B. if i were he
C. if i had he
D. No improvement

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Answer – D

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79. What the nation needs is people of character.
A. are the people of character
B. are people of character
C. is a people of character
D. No improvement

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Answer – D

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80. We now come to the important question of where this great swarm of galaxies have come from.
A. have come
B. has come from
C. are coming from
D. No improvement

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Answer – B

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81. Fewer rainfall means less traffic accidents. According to the experts’ report on highway safety.
A. less rainfall means lewer traffic accidents
B. less rainfall means less traffic accidents
C. fewer rainfall means fewer traffic accidents
D. No improvement

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Answer – A

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82. I never saw you at the party yesterday.
A. have not seen
B. did not see
C. had never seen
D. No improvement

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Answer – B

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83. Ajeet is a bigger scholar than his brother.
A. better
B. smaller
C. superior
D. No improvement

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Answer – D

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84. I did not wait for him because he went out before i arrived.
A. has gone out
B. had gone out
C. had been out
D. No improvement

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Answer – B

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85. Whenever i saw him, he has been reading the same novel.
A. had been reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. No improvement

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Answer – C

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86. Since the beginning of the term, we are spending a lot of time on poetry.
A. spent
B. will spend
C. have spent
D. No improvement

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Answer – C

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87. Your sister cooks well, isn’t she ?
A. isn’t it ?
B. doesn’t she ?
C. doesn’t it ?
D. No improvement


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Answer – B

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88. Dickens’ novels, like many writers, are largely autobiographical.
A. like those of many other writers
B. like so many others
C. like many other novelists
D. No improvement

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Answer – A

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89. She was as pretty as, if not prettier than, any other girl at the party.


A. she was very pretty
B. she was pretty
C. she was the prettiest
D. No improvement

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Answer – D

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90. Never i have seen such breathtaking scenery !
A. never have i
B. ever i have
C. i cannot ever
D. No improvement


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Answer – A

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