UPSC CDS II Exam 2019 – English Paper (Answer Key)

UPSC CDS II Exam 2019 – English Paper (Answer Key)

41. You look as if you have ran all the way home.
(a) You look as if
(b) you have ran
(c) all the way home
(d) No error

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Answer – (B)

42. The real voyage of discovery consist not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
(a) The real voyage of discovery
(b) consist not in seeking new landscapes,
(c) but in having new eyes
(d) No error

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Answer – (B)

43. No struggle can ever succeeded without women participating side by side with men.
(a) No struggle can ever succeeded
(b) without women participating
(c) side by side with men
(d) No error

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Answer – (A)

44. Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belong to those who prepare for it today.
(a) Education is the passport to the future,
(b) for tomorrow belong to those
(c) who prepare for it today
(d) No error

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Answer – (B)

45. There come a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book.
(a) There come a time
(b) when you have to choose
(c) between turning the page
(d) and closing the book

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Answer – (A)

PART OF SPEECH

Directions : Given below are a few sentences. Identify the part of speech of the underlined words. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

46. Rita eats her dinner quickly.
(a) Verb
(c) Adjective
(b) Preposition
(d) Adverb

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Answer – (A)

47. He thought the movie ended abruptly.
(a) Noun
(b) Adverb
(c) Verb
(d) Adjective

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Answer – (B)

48. I will meet you in the third week of August.
(a) Pronoun
(d) Noun
(c) Preposition
(b) Preposition

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Answer – (C)

49. Jasmines and roses are my favourite flowers.
(a) Verb
(b) Adjective
(c) Conjunction
(d) Interjection

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Answer – (C)

50. She truthfully answered the detective’s questions.
(a) Verb
(b) Conjunction
(c) Noun
(d) Pronoun

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Answer – (D)

51. Hurrah! We won the game!
(a) Interjection
(d) Pronoun
(c) Noun
(b) Verb

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Answer – (A)

52. The son writes meaningless letters to his father.
(a) Adverb
(b) Verb
(c) Pronoun
(d) Adjective

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Answer – (D)

53. The secretary himself visited the affected families
(a) Verb
(b) Noun
(c) Adverb
(d) Pronoun

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Answer – (D)

54. The children were walking through the forest.
(a) Verb
(b) Adverb
(c) Adjective
(d) Preposition

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Answer – (D)

55. The Presiding Officer walked slowly to the dais.
(a) Adverb
(b) Adjective
(c) Verb
(d) Noun

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Answer – (A)

ANTONYMS

Directions : Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on your Answer Sheet accordingly.

56. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.
(a) Allure
(b) Charm
(c) Inelegance
(d) Ideal

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Answer – (C)

57. Reading details about suicide cases can push vulnerable people taking the extreme step.
(a) Imperious
(c) Helpless
(b) Impervious
(d) Defenseless

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Answer – (B)

58. Standing before a judge in a courtroom can be daunting for anyone.
(a) Uncomfortable
(b) Encouraging
(d) Off-putting
(c) Demoralizing

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Answer – (B)

59. He has been facing a kind of intimidation by his friends for last two years.
(a) Wiles
(c) Persuasion
(b) Conviction
(d) Support

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Answer – (C)

60. There are many factors that constrain the philosop of job enrichment in practice.
(a) Oblige
(b) Pressure
(c) Restrict
(d) Support

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Answer – (D)

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