UPSC CDS 2 Exam 14 Nov 2021 Paper (English) (Answer Key)

SPOTTING ERRORS

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error underlined part and indicate your response on the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

81.
(a) Everything is going well;
(b) we didn’t have
(c) any problem.
(d) No error.

82.
(a) Lavanya hasn’t gone
(b) to work
(c) yesterday.
(d) No error.

83.
(a) Look! The boy over there
(b) wears the same sweater
(c) as you.
(d) No error.

84.
(a) It begins
(b) to turn dark:
(c) shall I switch on the lights?
(d) No error.

85.
(a) Raman and Mitali
(b) have been married
(c) for twenty years.
(d) No error.

86.
(a) I have played
(b) basketball
(c) for the past three hours.
(d) No error.

87.
(a) Jamila had a book
(b) in front of her,
(c) but she didn’t read it.
(d) No error.

88.
(a) When she heard the news
(b) she hasn’t been
(c) very pleased.
(d) No error.

89.
(a) Where are you coming from?
(b) Are you
(c) an American?
(d) No error.

90.
(a) I went to Canada
(b) a few years ago
(c) for a holiday.
(d) No error.

ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE

Directions : Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

91.
P. from Europe to America
Q. in 1992
R. his first voyage
S. Columbus made
(a) S P R Q
(b) S R P Q
(c) P R S Q
(d) Q R S P

92.
P. scientists have
Q. the effects of
R. warned us about
S. climate change
(a) R P S Q
(b) R S P Q
(c) P R Q S
(d) Q S P R

93.
P. speed is a potent cause
Q. industrial growth at a terrific
R. in a big city
S. of pollution
(a) R S Q P
(b) Q P R S
(c) P R S Q
(d) Q P S R

94.
P. and garbage
Q. today our environment
R. filth and squalor
S. is in constant grip of
(a) R P S Q
(b) R S P Q
(c) Q S P R
(d) Q S R P

95.
P. of corruption everywhere
Q. to ease out
R. the monster
S. it is the duty of the government
(a) S Q R P
(b) Q R S P
(c) P R S Q
(d) Q R P S

96.
P. made the movement
Q. the poor visibility
R. of the vehicles
S. quite difficult
(a) Q R P S
(b) R S P Q
(c) Q R S P
(d) Q P R S

97.
P. Mohan clearly
Q. I couldn’t see
R. only a few yards ahead
S. though he was
(a) R Q S P
(b) R S P Q
(c) P R S Q
(d) S R Q P

98.
P. both winter and summer
Q. extreme
R. are truly
S. here in India
(a) R P S Q
(b) S R Q P
(c) S P R Q
(d) P S R Q

99.
P. get crystallised
Q. the self and world view
R. and physical space where basic ideas of
S. public culture is a mental
(a) R Q P S
(b) S R Q P
(c) S R P Q
(d) Q R S P

100.
P. that he ordered
Q. the post was
R. the first job he performed on reaching
S. my release from jail
(a) R P S Q
(b) R S P Q
(c) P R S Q
(d) R Q P S

COMPLETION OF SENTENCE

Directions : The following items have one part of the sentence followed by four alternatives. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct alternative.

101. I asked two people the way to the station
(a) but neither of them could help me
(b) however none of them could show me the way
(c) yet they had doubts about the station
(d) nevertheless they couldn’t guide me

102. The room was very warm
(a) because the AC was set to moderate temperature
(b) though the AC was set to very cold
(c) since the AC was not very warm in its temperature setting
(d) since the AC was in a very low temperature setting

103. We could leave today or we could leave tomorrow
(a) preferring what you want
(b) as you prefer one of the two
(c) depending on what you prefer
(d) whichever you prefer

104. Mohan and I couldn’t get into the house because
(a) neither of us had the keys
(b) both of us do not have the keys
(c) either of us did not have the keys
(d) neither of us did have the keys

105. There are many good hotels, you can choose to stay in
(a) many of them
(b) any one of them
(c) either of them
(d) all of them

106. The bus service is very good; there is a bus
(a) after ten minutes
(b) in ten minutes
(c) before ten minutes
(d) every ten minutes

107. We live near a busy airport; the planes fly
(a) near our house
(b) by our house
(c) over our house
(d) around our house

108. Dan was very quiet. He didn’t say a word
(a) all the evening
(b) the entire evening
(c) all the entire evening
(d) entire evening

109. I don’t like stories
(a) which can have unhappy endings
(b) which had sad endings
(c) that have unhappy endings
(d) which are unhappy endings

110. Not everything
(a) that happened was my fault
(b) which happen was my fault
(c) what happened was my fault
(d) whatever happened was my fault

COMPREHENSION

Directions : In this section you have two short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. Read the passage and answer the items based on it

Passage – I

As to happiness, I am not so sure. Birds, it is true, die of hunger in large numbers during the winter, if they are not birds of passage. But during the summer they do not foresee this catastrophe, or remember how nearly it befell them in the previous winter. With human beings the matter is otherwise. I doubt whether the percentage of birds that will have died of hunger during the present winter (1946-47) is as great as the percentage of human beings that will have died from this cause in India and central Europe during the same period. But every human death by starvation is preceded by a long period of anxiety, and surrounded by the corresponding anxiety of neighbours. We suffer not only the evils that actually befall us, but all those that our intelligence tells us we have reason to fear. The curbing of impulses to which we are led by forethought averts physical disaster at the cost of worry, and general lack of joy. I do not think that the learned men of my acquaintance, even when they enjoy a secure income, are as happy as the mice that eat the crumbs from their tables while the erudite gentlemen snooze. In this respect, therefore, I am not convinced that there has been any progress at all.

111. The birds die of hunger in winter because
(a) they do not move to warmer places
(b) people do not feed them
(c) they do not get the food of their choice
(d) they are too young to get the food

112. The birds do not foresee the catastrophe because they
(a) cannot predict an accident
(b) overlook a difficult situation
(c) cannot expect a sudden disaster
(d) ignore the problems

113. Human beings cannot be happy because they
(a) do not get time to enjoy
(b) worry too much about their work
(c) are not healthy
(d) worry too much about future

114. Which one of the following is the antonym of the word ‘erudite in the passage ?
(a) Qualified
(b) Ill-educated
(c) Logical
(d) Learned

115. Which one of the following is the central theme of the passage ?
(a) Life of the birds and the mice
(b) Starvation in India and central Europe
(c) Progress of mankind
(d) Disasters in 1946-47

Passage – II

More than eight months after the national lockdown was announced in late March, urban India is learning to live with the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, indicating a positive outlook for the future, many survey respondents in a recent survey say they plan to return to pre-lockdown levels of shopping, personal grooming, going to cinemas and socializing as pandemic fears continues to recede.

The survey findings highlight that the suppression of consumer demand because of fears of job losses and salary cuts could be coming to an end. Increasingly, urban Indians are showing increased confidence about the future of the economy. This could be an indicator of the possible ‘pent-up demand’ that several economists have been talking about – a demand that could be unleashed once a vaccine is developed and distributed, or when there are signs of the pandemic’s spread reducing to negligible levels or vanishing totally.

Around 65 per cent of respondents said they had settled into new routines, or that they saw signs of the situation improving, or they had come to terms with the pandemic and were moving on with their lives. And since the survey was conducted before the news of the successful trials of the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus was announced, it is likely that the consumers are now even more positive in their outlook about the future.

116. The general tone of the passage is that of
(a) Optimism
(b) Pessimism
(c) Fatalism
(d) Defeatism

117. The willingness of consumers to go back to normal lifestyle indicates their
(a) Casual attitude
(b) Change of moods
(c) Desire for future plans
(d) Sense of economic security

118. Which statement in the passage/phrase indicates that ‘Life must go on?
(a) They settled into their new routines
(b) Salary cuts could be coming to an end
(c) People are moving on with their lives
(d) ‘Pent-up demand’

119. What does the author mean by ‘pent-up demand’?
(a) Desire (suppressed) to spend money once pandemic is con trolled
(b) Economic normalcy of consumers
(c) Flamboyant shopping by con sumers
(d) Criticism of the public on the pay-cuts

120. What, according to the author, is the reason behind suppression of consumer demands?
(a) The lack of vaccine till date
(b) Professional insecurity
(c) Motive to save up some money
(d) Careful and calculative attitude of the general public

 

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