CDS English Exam Paper – 05 February 2017


CDS English Exam Paper - 05 February 2017

91. The consequences of economic growth have now …… to the lowest level.
A. drawn
B. slipped
C. percolated
D. crept

92. Mrs. ramsay did not know whether miss jane knew …… .
A. swimming
B. to swim
C. how to swim
D. how to swimming

93. He ……..the role of the organization in creating environmental awareness among the people.
A. collaborated
B. commanded
C. contrasted
D. commended

94. We should give everyone training in citizenship but we have …… this aspect till now.
A. denied
B. neglected
C. refused
D. disallowed

Spotting Errors

Directions-(Q. 95-120) each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (A), (B) and (C). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your response in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (A) or (B) or (c). it you find no error, your response should be indicated as (D).

95. A. i waited
B. for her return
C. with growing unease.


D. no error.

96. A. i do not understand why
B. in spite of my best efforts to please him
C. my boss is so angry at me.
D. no error.

97. A. being a rainy day,
B. we did not feel like going out or doing anything
C. except playing chess in our room.
D. no error.

98. A. it is not difficult to believe that a man
B. who has lived in this city for a long time
C. he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world.
D. no error.

99. A. although we reached his house on time
B. he was left
C. for the airport.
D. no error.

100. A. if a thing
B. is worth doing at all
C. it is worth done well.
D. no error.

101. A. all the boys
B. returned back home
C. well in time for lunch.
D. no error.

102. A. tell me the name of
B. a country where every citizen in law- abiding
C. and no trouble is there.
D. no error.
No error. D

103. A. Considering about these facts
B. the principal has offered
C. him a seat.
D. no error.

104. A. His friends feel that
B. he will be suspended
C. unless he does not report for duty immediately.
D. no error.

105. A. One of the most interesting feature of travel in Himachal pradesh is
B. the large number of travellers’ lodges
C. provided by the state Government.
D. No error.

106. A. It
B. was raining
C. cats and dogs.
D. No error.

107. A. I prefer
B. this book
C. than that one.
D. No error.

108. A. Their belongings
B. were lost
C. in the fire.
D. No error.

109. A. Tell him to take
B. another photograph
C. of the group.
D. No error.

110. A. I courteously asked him
B. where was he going
C. but he did not reply.
D. No error.

111. A. The memoranda
B. are
C. one the table.
D. No error.

112. A. Nandita asked me
B. if I was working
C. hardly these days.
D. No error.

113. A. He couldn’t
B. find
C. an answer.
D. No error.

114. A. Whom you think
B. will be dismissed
C. first ?
D. No error.

115. A. Of the many problems that confront the leaders of the world
B. none are of grave consequence
C. than the problem of saving the normal human race from extinction.
D. No error.

116. A. All of them
B. speak
C. good English.
D. No error.

117. A. The peon
B. has not sweeped
C. the floor today.
D. No error.
Answer. B

118. A. Her parents
B. has not permitted her


C. to marry sunil.
D. No error.

119. A. Emperor ashoka
B. have conquered kalinga
C. before he embraced Buddhism.
D. No error.

120. A. Every student
B. should be asked
C. to give their ideas on the subject.
D. No error.

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