English — Full Question Paper
He had been doing the job of a physician during the 1990s.
- (a)He had been doing
- (b)the job of a physician
- (c)during the 1990s.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
He said that he preferred coffee than tea.
- (a)He said
- (b)that he preferred
- (c)coffee than tea.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
All that glitters are not gold.
- (a)All that
- (b)glitters
- (c)are not gold.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
A species is considered endangered when it is in a very high risk of extinction in the world.
- (a)A species is considered
- (b)endangered when it is
- (c)in a very high risk of extinction in the world.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fell.
- (a)Our greatest glory
- (b)is not in never falling
- (c)but in rising every time we fell.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
Language is an essential modes of communication and every language matters in communication.
- (a)Language is
- (b)an essential modes of communication
- (c)and every language matters in communication.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
The matter was been resolved after long deliberations among the members of the team.
- (a)The matter was been resolved
- (b)after long deliberations
- (c)among the members of the team.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
Care has been taken to ensure safety and security of the participants in the event.
- (a)Care has been taken
- (b)to ensure safety and security
- (c)of the participants in the event.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
Indian film industry is considered to be one of the symbol of cultural and social life.
- (a)Indian film industry
- (b)is considered to be
- (c)one of the symbol of cultural and social life.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
It is still true that the Indian economy is dependent on monsoon.
- (a)It is still true
- (b)that the Indian economy
- (c)is dependent on monsoon.
- (a)(a)
- (b)(b)
- (c)(c)
- (d)No error
Be in eclipse
- (a)Less successful
- (b)Feeling happy
- (c)Very successful
- (d)Being defeated
Ways and means
- (a)A technique
- (b)Methods of achieving something
- (c)Norms and regulations of doing something
- (d)Improving one’s way of doing
Up in arms
- (a)Very happy
- (b)Very satisfied
- (c)Very angry
- (d)Feeling fine
Big ticket
- (a)Very less
- (b)Very costly
- (c)Very easy
- (d)Not much
Bolt from the blue
- (a)An event or piece of news which is unexpected
- (b)Desirable event or news
- (c)An event which takes place as planned
- (d)News which has been long expected, but arrives late
Be a law unto yourself
- (a)Behave unconventional and unpredictable
- (b)Abide by law and order
- (c)Ask others to follow the law
- (d)Create law and order for others
Spiff up
- (a)To make oneself look neat
- (b)To make oneself look untidy
- (c)To make oneself look arrogant
- (d)To appear on the stage as a baboon
Run wild
- (a)To run like a wild animal
- (b)To treat anyone like a wild creature
- (c)To feel like a wild animal
- (d)To grow without any control
Wind down
- (a)To relax after a period of activity
- (b)To act furiously after a period of silence
- (c)To speak out the truth to people
- (d)To act on the ground
Mellow out
- (a)To feel bad about other’s enjoyment
- (b)To like and dislike people concurrently
- (c)To enjoy oneself without doing much
- (d)To work hard and doing much work
Why does conventional education make independent thinking extremely difficult?
- (a)It does not encourage disagreement
- (b)It does not accept conformity
- (c)It is not fact based, but problem based
- (d)It is only religious education
Worshipping success leads to
- (a)questioning the established practices
- (b)accepting the established practices
- (c)modifying the established practices
- (d)neither accepting nor rejecting the established practices
Why do most people want to find a quiet corner in life?
- (a)Because they do not like to be in peace
- (b)Because they seek pleasure
- (c)Because they seek comfort
- (d)Because they do not worship success
Which word in the passage means ‘bias’?
- (a)contrary
- (b)prejudice
- (c)uncomprehendingly
- (d)discontent
The word “uncomprehendingly” in the passage means
- (a)Achieve success
- (b)Earning money
- (c)Without knowing
- (d)With complete knowledge
What distance a good number of trees can cover in reducing noise?
- (a)30 metres
- (b)60 metres
- (c)3 metres
- (d)300 metres
Trees can reduce noise only when
- (a)planted in isolation
- (b)planted with flowering shrubs
- (c)they are planted dense
- (d)planted with shorter ones
‘Single layer of trees is worthless as a noise barrier.’ Why?
- (a)Noise can’t penetrate easily
- (b)Help in the growth of shrubs
- (c)Noise is sent back to the source
- (d)Noise can penetrate easily
Higher the trees
- (a)higher the noise
- (b)lower the noise
- (c)greater the decibels
- (d)thinner the air
How do shrubs and tall grass reduce noise?
- (a)They absorb noise
- (b)They reflect noise
- (c)They divert noise
- (d)They are neutral to noise
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pconsideration for others
- Qfor self-gratification
- Rfreedom does not mean the opportunity
- Sor the setting aside of
- (a)SPQR
- (b)QSPR
- (c)RPQS
- (d)RQSP
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pof any kind
- Qto freedom and intelligence
- Rdomination or compulsion
- Sis a direct hindrance
- (a)RPSQ
- (b)RQPS
- (c)SPQR
- (d)QRSP
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Penough potassium,
- Qbanana provides
- Rfrom various sugars
- Sand sustained energy
- (a)PQRS
- (b)RSQP
- (c)SQRP
- (d)QPSR
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pof great trouble
- Qthis is a time
- Rthe world to the maximum
- Sas one virus threatens
- (a)PQSR
- (b)RSPQ
- (c)SRQP
- (d)QPSR
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pare of the opinion
- Qsome archaeologists
- Rand that everybody enjoyed equal status
- Sthat Harappan society had no rulers,
- (a)SPQR
- (b)QSRP
- (c)QPSR
- (d)RPSQ
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pin the same locality
- Qmarriage within a unit
- Rendogamy refers to
- Sor a group living
- (a)QRSP
- (b)RSPQ
- (c)QPSR
- (d)RQSP
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pwhen steam engines
- Qdominated industrialization
- Rcoal was the main source
- Sof energy in the initial stages,
- (a)SPRQ
- (b)RSPQ
- (c)PQRS
- (d)QRSP
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pfrom the scientists?
- Qis the information
- Rthat comes
- Show important
- (a)QSPR
- (b)QRSP
- (c)SQRP
- (d)SPQR
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pbrought on by destructive pests
- Qhumans have suffered
- Rfrustration and food losses
- Ssince earliest times,
- (a)SPQR
- (b)QRSP
- (c)SQRP
- (d)RSQP
Rearrange the jumbled parts (P, Q, R, S) into the correct sentence order.
- Pmost spectacular gold coins
- Qsome of the
- Rthe Gupta rulers in India
- Swere issued by
- (a)RSPQ
- (b)QPSR
- (c)PQRS
- (d)SPQR
The correct sequence should be
- S1.Man has progressed with science and technology.
- S6.What was difficult and impossible is now easy and possible.
- P.He is on the road to conquer other planets.
- Q.Now with scientific knowledge and technical know-how he has done what was impossible.
- R.Hitherto he had been backward.
- S.He has reached the moon.
- (a)SRQP
- (b)RPQS
- (c)RQSP
- (d)QRSP
The correct sequence should be
- S1.We drink more water during summers.
- S6.There are variations in weather conditions during different seasons.
- P.On the other hand in north-eastern states, winters are mild except in the hills.
- Q.Because in North India, both the sessions have extreme weather conditions.
- R.School clothes during the summer is different from the winter.
- S.Why do you wear lighter clothes during summers and heavy woollen clothes during the winter in north India?
- (a)PSRQ
- (b)SQPR
- (c)RSPQ
- (d)PQRS
The correct sequence should be
- S1.Policy, like many other terms, is a complex concept.
- S6.Public policy is the outcome of the struggle between government and powerful groups.
- P.It is form of government control usually expressed in a law, a legislation, a regulation or an order.
- Q.Public policy is what a government chooses as guidance for action.
- R.A policy may be general or specific, broad or narrow, simple or complex, public or private, written or unwritten.
- S.It takes different forms.
- (a)SRQP
- (b)SQPR
- (c)RSPQ
- (d)PQRS
The correct sequence should be
- S1.The dhoti kurta is a traditional lungi-type garment worn by men in India.
- S6.Gandhi ji usually wore a simple shawl with his dhoti.
- P.It is commonly worn with a loose long tunic.
- Q.This he started wearing after he abandoned his western attire of pants and shirt.
- R.A dhoti, made of homespun khadi cotton cloth, was the garment favoured by Gandhi ji.
- S.The dhoti is rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, around five yards long, wrapped around the midriff and tucked between the legs.
- (a)RSQP
- (b)QSPR
- (c)QRSP
- (d)SQRP
The correct sequence should be
- S1.Languages in contact with each other cause change.
- S6.Changes often occur first in informal and casual language.
- P.The increasing use of English in many parts of the world affect both local languages and English.
- Q.Language contact has long been recognised as a major engine of change.
- R.This gives rise to new, hybrid language varieties.
- S.A historical example is that of Danish and English which led to a major shift in the vocabulary and grammar of English.
- (a)QPRS
- (b)QSPR
- (c)PSRQ
- (d)SQRP
The correct sequence should be
- S1.Urbanisation in India has become an important and irreversible process.
- S6.As per the Census of India 2011, the urban population is increasing rapidly.
- P.The 2030 development agenda of the United Nations has emphasised the role of sustainable cities for making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
- Q.This shows that India is in the midst of transition from a predominantly rural to a quasi-urban society.
- R.The process of urbanisation has been characterized by a dramatic increase in the number of large cities.
- S.It is an important determinant of national economic growth and poverty reduction.
- (a)QRSP
- (b)PSRQ
- (c)SRQP
- (d)RQSP
The correct sequence should be
- S1.Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the distinction between right and wrong (morals) and the ultimate worth of actions or things (values).
- S6.But values can be either inherent or conferred.
- P.For many philosophers, only humans are moral agents, being capable of acting morally or immorally.
- Q.Environmental ethics asks about the moral relationships between humans and the world around us.
- R.Ethics evaluated the relationship, principles, or codes that require or forbid certain conduct.
- S.Value is a measure of the worth of something.
- (a)RQPS
- (b)PQSR
- (c)QSRP
- (d)RSPQ
The correct sequence should be
- S1.The Constitution of India, introduced on 26 January 1950, laid down certain basic principles and values.
- S6.The Constitution guaranteed all citizens equality before the law and equality of opportunity in government employment.
- P.It was also to be a federation with demarcation of spheres of action between the Union Government and the State Governments.
- Q.India was to be a secular and democratic republic with a parliamentary system based on adult franchise.
- R.These include: freedom of speech and expression, freedom to assemble peacefully etc.
- S.It guaranteed all Indian citizens certain fundamental rights.
- (a)QPSR
- (b)RSPQ
- (c)PSQR
- (d)SQRP
The correct sequence should be
- S1.The National Health Policy 2017 envisages creation of a digital health technology eco-system.
- S6.Secondly, offering financial protection up to ₹5 lakhs per year per family for the deprived 10 crores plus households.
- P.Ayushman Bharat comprising twin missions is set to transform the nation’s health system.
- Q.This will also foster a linkage across public and private health-care.
- R.The policy aims at developing an integrated health information system that serves the need of all stakeholder and improves efficiency, transparency.
- S.This will be carried out by operationalising firstly 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres offering preventive and primary care.
- (a)QSRP
- (b)QRSP
- (c)RQPS
- (d)SPRQ
The correct sequence should be
- S1.Ecology, history and geography determine the distribution of organisms.
- S6.Others prefer to interpret bio-geographical history through vicariance (range-splitting) events.
- P.Some historical biogeographers are interested in finding centre-of-origins.
- Q.Most species distributions result from a combination of all these factors.
- R.But biogeographers tend to specialise in ecological aspects (ecological biography or historical aspects).
- S.Ecological biogeographers are interested in the effects of environmental factors.
- (a)QRSP
- (b)RQPS
- (c)PQRS
- (d)SPRQ
He said that he ________ when he lost all his investment in the stock market.
- (a)was broken
- (b)was broke
- (c)brake
- (d)had been collapse
The man in black thought that he was ________ selected for the team to play at the national level.
- (a)one of the player
- (b)one of the players
- (c)is one player
- (d)the player of the team
When she ________ her friend after a period of two decades her throat choked.
- (a)meets
- (b)had been meeting
- (c)met
- (d)has met
The portrait of the lady conveys ________ it appears.
- (a)the best
- (b)more than
- (c)the most
- (d)nothing
A biography is ________ person’s life history.
- (a)about a
- (b)about
- (c)for a
- (d)with a
She told me that she ________ her degree by 2023.
- (a)will have completed
- (b)shall be completed
- (c)will completed
- (d)would have completed
What is the name of the person ________ daughter married your cousin last year.
- (a)whose
- (b)who
- (c)whom
- (d)with
The world is changing ________ that the rich become richer and the poor become poorer.
- (a)through
- (b)in many way
- (c)in a way
- (d)in such a way
Had I been informed beforehand, I ________ it to the celebrations.
- (a)could have made
- (b)will have made
- (c)would have
- (d)ought to have made
Indian perspective of life informs that leading a life of greed ________ in unhappiness.
- (a)will lead
- (b)shall be
- (c)will result
- (d)would resulted
His arguments are not valid. People consider it bombastic.
- (a)outdated
- (b)straight forward
- (c)verbose
- (d)not true
The decision was absurd for many of the members of the team.
- (a)bizarre
- (b)meaningless
- (c)reasonable
- (d)thoughtful
Relatives of deceased have been informed about the accident.
- (a)injured
- (b)alive
- (c)dead
- (d)survived
At last she was able to get some solace as the matter has been resolved amicably.
- (a)comfort
- (b)relief
- (c)punishment
- (d)aggravation
Twenty first century has turned out to be a century of problems contrary to the thinking that it would be a better time.
- (a)similar
- (b)different
- (c)divergent
- (d)good faith
The poet said that poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
- (a)prepared
- (b)alerted
- (c)deliberate
- (d)well executed
Language is an instrument for asserting one’s identity, attitude and perspective.
- (a)declaring
- (b)supporting
- (c)denying
- (d)propagating
He has been exonerated as he tendered an apology.
- (a)honoured
- (b)pardoned
- (c)convicted
- (d)felicitated
Persuasion is essential for people to work as a team.
- (a)Dislike
- (b)Discouraging
- (c)Convincing
- (d)Deter
Every habitat has some distinctive vegetation which defines the ecosystem.
- (a)unique
- (b)common
- (c)special
- (d)unfamiliar
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- (a)a
- (b)an
- (c)the
- (d)some
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- (a)a
- (b)the
- (c)that
- (d)some
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- (a)any
- (b)the
- (c)some
- (d)a
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- (a)to
- (b)in
- (c)for
- (d)on
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- (a)any
- (b)the
- (c)that
- (d)this
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- (a)with
- (b)between
- (c)among
- (d)to
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- (a)with
- (b)and
- (c)because
- (d)but
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- (a)or
- (b)with
- (c)for
- (d)some
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- (a)for
- (b)but
- (c)that
- (d)when
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- (a)by
- (b)with
- (c)to
- (d)for
Having got excited she opened up the Pandora’s Box which led to lot of commotion.
- (a)uproar
- (b)peace
- (c)sound
- (d)furious
The inherent danger in the problem is that it would lead to many more problems.
- (a)outward
- (b)difficult
- (c)hallow
- (d)inbuilt
The officer was reprimanded by the court for delaying the case.
- (a)admonished
- (b)appreciated
- (c)praised
- (d)disliked
Some people think that their strength is perpetual.
- (a)temporary
- (b)powerful
- (c)ever lasting
- (d)all persuasive
One’s actions exemplify one’s attitude and values.
- (a)devise
- (b)sympathize
- (c)asks for
- (d)demonstrate
The crux of the issue was that there was no evidence to prove the accused guilty of the act.
- (a)core
- (b)part
- (c)idea
- (d)tip
Each child develops his/her competency based on the contexts and the inputs for learning.
- (a)capability
- (b)thinking
- (c)knowledge
- (d)ideal
He appears to be very haughty, but he is a humble person.
- (a)tough
- (b)modest
- (c)arrogant
- (d)knowledgeable
The newly appointed secretary is industrious.
- (a)diligent
- (b)knowledgeable
- (c)indolent
- (d)insincere
The indignant attitude of the speaker made the groups unhappy.
- (a)resentful
- (b)congenial
- (c)unruly
- (d)supportive
The preacher said, “No one is above the all powerful”
- (a)Adverb
- (b)Place value
- (c)Preposition
- (d)Verb
The most beautiful seven monkeys of the landlord were taken for a stroll.
- (a)Object
- (b)Adjective
- (c)Noun phrase
- (d)Noun
Alas! He has been defeated.
- (a)Adjective
- (b)Adverb
- (c)Interjection
- (d)Conjunction
The man who is in the green shift is the chief of the day.
- (a)Pronoun
- (b)Relative noun
- (c)Demonstrative pronouns
- (d)Assertive noun
He has been living in the jungle for long and he knows all the animals here.
- (a)Subordinating conjunction
- (b)Coordinating conjunction
- (c)Preposition
- (d)Personal pronoun
They have been driving since early morning.
- (a)Adjective
- (b)Adverb
- (c)Noun
- (d)Comparison
This time we woke up to the virus related diseases.
- (a)Demonstrative
- (b)Article
- (c)Adverb
- (d)Noun phrase
Love your neighbour as thyself.
- (a)Noun
- (b)Pronoun
- (c)Preposition
- (d)Adjective
Ravi won the match with a huge margin.
- (a)Intransitive verb
- (b)Transitive verb
- (c)Demonstrative verb
- (d)Adjective
There was an exultation in the group.
- (a)Adjective
- (b)Adverb
- (c)Adjectival Noun
- (d)Noun
Complete the sentence: Sheela has been at the receiving end ______
- (a)but she is very honest
- (b)and she is very honest
- (c)she had been proud of it
- (d)she was fine with it
Complete the sentence: Elam has no other option ______
- (a)unless he wins
- (b)but to accept the challenge
- (c)though he has won challenge
- (d)he has to accept the challenge
Complete the sentence: Although the group has been acquitted ______
- (a)they are under the watch of police
- (b)they are free to do anything
- (c)there is no suspicion in them
- (d)they have not been arrested
Complete the sentence: Unless you fulfil the essential qualifications ______
- (a)you will be called for the interview
- (b)you shall be selected for the post
- (c)you will not be called for the interview
- (d)you can’t be rejected
Complete the sentence: The company’s bid for the contract is rejected ______
- (a)since it filled all the conditions
- (b)for the company fulfilled the conditions
- (c)for the company had not been in the goodwill list
- (d)since the deposit in the account is found less than required
Complete the sentence: I could not sleep ______
- (a)because being very tired
- (b)despite being very tired
- (c)in spite of being sleepless
- (d)since being very tired
Complete the sentence: She married him ______
- (a)since his good nature
- (b)because his nature
- (c)because of his nature
- (d)in spite his nature
Complete the sentence: I will come to meet you ______
- (a)in case you want
- (b)in case of time
- (c)because you need
- (d)although you want
Complete the sentence: If you had planned the work well ______
- (a)you shall have completed it on time
- (b)you could complete it on time
- (c)you will complete it on time
- (d)you could have completed it on time
Complete the sentence: You can use my computer ______
- (a)as long as you can’t use any external drive
- (b)as long as you used any external drive
- (c)as long as you do not use any external drive
- (d)as long as you shall use any external drive
Don’t go ________ the wind, you will face the music later.
- (a)with
- (b)for
- (c)about
- (d)between
He has been considered ________ honest contestant in the competition.
- (a)an
- (b)a
- (c)the
- (d)one
Don’t read ________ the lines. Read the lines.
- (a)in
- (b)between
- (c)on
- (d)by
The village possesses ________ scenic beauty.
- (a)some
- (b)a
- (c)an
- (d)the
He is all out to blame everyone ________ his mistakes.
- (a)for
- (b)in
- (c)on
- (d)with
This is ________ unique system of governance where everyone is the government.
- (a)an
- (b)the
- (c)a
- (d)some
I will take care ________ myself. You don’t bother about me.
- (a)of
- (b)about
- (c)for
- (d)off
She is considered ________ nightingale of the college for her melodious voice.
- (a)a
- (b)an
- (c)some
- (d)the
The room is a bit dark. Could you please turn ________ the light?
- (a)on
- (b)in
- (c)off
- (d)away
Don’t walk so fast! I can’t keep ________ with you.
- (a)in
- (b)up to
- (c)up
- (d)on
Transcribed from the official Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2021 question booklet (XVWS-U-ENG), English paper. Answer key not included.
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