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(Paper) CDS: English Spotting Errors Solved Exam Paper (I) : 2006

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:31 AM PDT

Combined Defence Services

CDS General English Solved Paper (I) : 2006
(SPOTTING ERRORS)

Directions (For the 15 items which follows):

(i) In this section a number of sentences are given. The sentences are underlined in three separate parts and each one is labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part. No sentence has more than one error. When you find an error in anyone of the underlined parts (a), (b) or (c), indicate your response on the separate Answer Sheet at the appropriate space. You may feel that there is no error in a sentence. In that case letter (d) will signify a 'No error ' response.

(ii) You are to indicate only one response for each item in your Answer Sheet. (If you indicate more than one response, your answer will be considered wrong.) Errors may be in grammar, word usage or idioms. There may be a word missing or there may be a word which should be removed.

(iii) You are not required to correct the error. You are required only to indicate your response on the Answer Sheet.Examples 'P' and 'Q' have been solved for you.

P. The young child singed a very sweet song.
(a) (b) (c)
No error.
(d)

Q. We worked very hard throughout the season.
(a) (b) (c)
No error.
(d)

Explanation: In item P, the word 'singed' is wrong. The letter under this part is (b); so (b) is the correct answer. Similarly for item Q, (d) is the correct answer, as the sentence does not contain any error.

1. Rupa was driven from post to pillar
                            (a)
and each person she spoke to
                    (b)
was more unhelpful than the last. No error.
            (c)                         (d)

2. Critics of government policy
                    (a)
argue that the new measures introduced
                (b)
to fight crime are simply papering on the
cracks.
   (c)
No error.
    (d)

3. I could not
            (a)
remember story to tell the children
                (b)
so I made up as I went along. No error.
                (c)                 (d)

4. You must make up the time you wasted this
                        (a)                 (b)
afternoon by working late over tonight.
                        (c)
No error.
    (d)

5. I am going to bed and you would be well
(a) (b)
advised to do likely. No error.
(c) (d)

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(Paper) CDS: English Ordering of Words in a Sentence Solved Exam Paper (I) : 2006

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:14 AM PDT

Combined Defence Services

CDS General English Solved Paper (I) : 2006
(ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE)

Directions (For the 16 items which follows): In the following items, some parts of the sentence hay been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mar in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

Example 'Z' has been solved for you Z. It is well-known that

the effect is very bad on children of cinema
(P) (Q) (R) (S)

Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) P - S - R - Q
(b) S - R - Q - R
(c) S - R - P - Q
(d) Q - S - R - P

Explanation: The proper way of writing the sentence is "It is well-known that the effect of cinema on children is very bad." This is indicated by the sequence P - S - R - Q and so (a) is the correct answer.

1. Even today,
line to save the forests
              (P)
it is the committed minority in the firing
                     (Q)                    (R)
of forest officers who stand
                   (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) P - S - R - Q
(b) Q - R - S - P
(c) P - R - S - Q
(d) Q - S - R - P

2. Our society has got used
                     (P)
and is unable to tolerate even statements of fact to
                    (Q)                        (R)
sweeping issues under the carpet
                 (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q - R - P - S
(b) P - S - Q - R
(c) Q - S - P - R
(d) P - R - Q - S

3. Not only in India,
against the patriarchal order women had to struggle
(P) (Q)
to get into parliament in significant number but elsewhere in the world too
(R) (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) S - P - Q - R
(b) R - Q - P - S
(c) S - Q - P - R
(d) R - P - Q - S

4. One of the central,
issues taken up by the G8 Summit
                     (P)
in the context of climate change
                      (Q)
at Gleneagles is the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emission
                                              (R)
and most contentious
       (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) S - P - R - Q
(b) Q - R - P - S
(c) S - R - P - Q
(d) Q - P - R - S

5. Technology helps
unskilled to skilled work and thereby
                      (P)
to achieve a paradigm shift from
                      (Q)
move large numbers of the rural poor
                    (R)
from the primary to the secondary and tertiary sectors of the economic activity
                                                          (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) S - R - P - Q
(b) Q - P - R - S
(c) S - P - R - Q
(d) Q - R - P - S

6. It does seem funny
when the existing ones to tackle public smoking
                            (P)
the new laws on curbing indirect
                         (Q)
influences of smoking are being formulated
                        (R)
have not been effectively implemented
                        (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) Q - S - P - R
(b) P - R - Q - S
(c) Q - R - P - S
(d) P - S - Q - R