CDS I 2022 English with Solutions
Q.51 [Synonyms]
Please use conversational language. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'conversational')
Q.52 [Synonyms]
My neighbour is malicious. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'malicious')
Q.53 [Synonyms]
I was awe-inspired by his designation. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'designation')
Q.54 [Synonyms]
Words of endearment always touch me. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'endearment')
Q.55 [Synonyms]
We should follow time and forbearance. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'forbearance')
Q.56 [Synonyms]
His gibbous looks make him different from others. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'gibbous')
Q.57 [Synonyms]
She tormented me with her detached behaviour. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'tormented')
Q.58 [Synonyms]
Her peerless manners were noticed. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'peerless')
Q.59 [Synonyms]
He studied mensuration carefully. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'mensuration')
Q.60 [Synonyms]
They smothered the fire in the building. (Find the synonym of the underlined word: 'smothered')
Q.61 [Antonyms]
He discontinued the work due to pressure. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'discontinued')
Q.62 [Antonyms]
The teacher chided the pupil. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'chided')
Q.63 [Antonyms]
I cherish your company. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'cherish')
Q.64 [Antonyms]
The house was full of chaos when I reached. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'chaos')
Q.65 [Antonyms]
We worship celestial beings. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'celestial')
Q.66 [Antonyms]
Mohan is quite reticent. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'reticent')
Q.67 [Antonyms]
He was rather childish. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'childish')
Q.68 [Antonyms]
John is a magniloquent person. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'magniloquent')
Q.69 [Antonyms]
His clandestine affairs were suspicious. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'clandestine')
Q.70 [Antonyms]
Some animals live a dormant life. (Find the antonym of the underlined word: 'dormant')
Q.95 [Grammar - Prepositions]
A woman who always connives ___ her children to hide their faults, is their worst enemy.
Q.96 [Grammar - Prepositions]
We travelled ___ Mr. Barthwal's car.
Q.97 [Grammar - Prepositions]
Suresh came home ___ train.
Q.98 [Grammar - Prepositions]
Few things are impossible ___ achieve with diligence and skill.
Q.99 [Grammar - Prepositions]
It is natural for everyone to aspire ___ distinction.
Q.100 [Grammar - Prepositions]
He is liable ___ his wife's debts.
Q.101 [Reading Comprehension - Passage I (Ecosystem)]
Passage — I: All organisms such as plants, animals, microorganisms and human beings as well as the physical surroundings interact with each other and maintain a balance in nature. All the interacting organisms in an area together with the non-living constituents of the environment form an ecosystem. Thus, an ecosystem consists of biotic components comprising living organisms and abiotic components comprising physical factors like temperature, rainfall, wind, soil and minerals. For example, if you visit a garden you will find different plants, such as grasses, trees; flower-bearing plants like rose, jasmine, sunflower; and animals like frogs, insects and birds. All these living organisms interact with each other and their growth, reproduction and other activities are affected by the abiotic components of the ecosystem. So a garden is an ecosystem. Other types of ecosystems are forests, ponds and lakes. These are natural ecosystems while gardens and crop-fields are human-made ecosystems. The general tone of the passage is
Q.102 [Reading Comprehension - Passage I (Ecosystem)]
Passage — I: All organisms such as plants, animals, microorganisms and human beings as well as the physical surroundings interact with each other and maintain a balance in nature. All the interacting organisms in an area together with the non-living constituents of the environment form an ecosystem. Thus, an ecosystem consists of biotic components comprising living organisms and abiotic components comprising physical factors like temperature, rainfall, wind, soil and minerals. For example, if you visit a garden you will find different plants, such as grasses, trees; flower-bearing plants like rose, jasmine, sunflower; and animals like frogs, insects and birds. All these living organisms interact with each other and their growth, reproduction and other activities are affected by the abiotic components of the ecosystem. So a garden is an ecosystem. Other types of ecosystems are forests, ponds and lakes. These are natural ecosystems while gardens and crop-fields are human-made ecosystems. Which of the following is a non-living constituent of the environment?
Q.103 [Reading Comprehension - Passage I (Ecosystem)]
Passage — I: All organisms such as plants, animals, microorganisms and human beings as well as the physical surroundings interact with each other and maintain a balance in nature. All the interacting organisms in an area together with the non-living constituents of the environment form an ecosystem. Thus, an ecosystem consists of biotic components comprising living organisms and abiotic components comprising physical factors like temperature, rainfall, wind, soil and minerals. For example, if you visit a garden you will find different plants, such as grasses, trees; flower-bearing plants like rose, jasmine, sunflower; and animals like frogs, insects and birds. All these living organisms interact with each other and their growth, reproduction and other activities are affected by the abiotic components of the ecosystem. So a garden is an ecosystem. Other types of ecosystems are forests, ponds and lakes. These are natural ecosystems while gardens and crop-fields are human-made ecosystems. Abiotic components of the ecosystem refer to
Q.104 [Reading Comprehension - Passage I (Ecosystem)]
Passage — I: All organisms such as plants, animals, microorganisms and human beings as well as the physical surroundings interact with each other and maintain a balance in nature. All the interacting organisms in an area together with the non-living constituents of the environment form an ecosystem. Thus, an ecosystem consists of biotic components comprising living organisms and abiotic components comprising physical factors like temperature, rainfall, wind, soil and minerals. For example, if you visit a garden you will find different plants, such as grasses, trees; flower-bearing plants like rose, jasmine, sunflower; and animals like frogs, insects and birds. All these living organisms interact with each other and their growth, reproduction and other activities are affected by the abiotic components of the ecosystem. So a garden is an ecosystem. Other types of ecosystems are forests, ponds and lakes. These are natural ecosystems while gardens and crop-fields are human-made ecosystems. Which of the following is not a natural ecosystem?
Q.105 [Reading Comprehension - Passage I (Ecosystem)]
Passage — I: All organisms such as plants, animals, microorganisms and human beings as well as the physical surroundings interact with each other and maintain a balance in nature. All the interacting organisms in an area together with the non-living constituents of the environment form an ecosystem. Thus, an ecosystem consists of biotic components comprising living organisms and abiotic components comprising physical factors like temperature, rainfall, wind, soil and minerals. For example, if you visit a garden you will find different plants, such as grasses, trees; flower-bearing plants like rose, jasmine, sunflower; and animals like frogs, insects and birds. All these living organisms interact with each other and their growth, reproduction and other activities are affected by the abiotic components of the ecosystem. So a garden is an ecosystem. Other types of ecosystems are forests, ponds and lakes. These are natural ecosystems while gardens and crop-fields are human-made ecosystems. The word 'constituent' in the passage implies
Q.106 [Reading Comprehension - Passage II (Ocean Voyage)]
Passage — II: As we discussed food and sang every song we could remember and talked incessantly, we were slowly moving deeper into the Atlantic, and we got the feeling, really, that we belonged there, and that the ships that passed on the horizon were only hurrying strangers. We were actually living on the ocean. We discovered that the birds all seemed to league up at night-time, resting on the water by the hundreds. When we came poking along, we seemed so much a part of the sea that the birds wouldn't move until we were about five yards away. Then they'd flutter off, leaving feathers floating in the water, and settle again a few yards away. The dolphins and porpoises would come up at sunset and move in among us and the birds. They'd come up very lazily under the birds, which would go up on their heels and flap their wings a bit, and then settle right down again. Two whales joined us one ventne and played ring-around-rosie so close to us that Chay could have reached out an oar and tapped one. We had calculated that we had just enough rations to make England, but the easterly winds caused an agonizing reappraisal. It would have been an interesting experience, running right down like that, but we felt we must not risk other people's lives by making them search for us. We decided to accept rations from the next ship that stopped. Was it a mature decision? This was also the time when the strain of the voyage really began to tell on us. I wrote in my log: 'I have known fear many times in my life, and indeed I have often striven to develop a situation that provided fear in both boxing and parachuting. I have never known anything like this — cannot be over tomorrow, or for many tomorrows. Somehow it is like being rubbed down with sandpaper. I honestly do not know how many storms there have been now, and each leaves us progressively weaker.' 'Tonight we lie and wait. Nothing could save us if we get into difficulties. No ship could get us off these seas even if it arrived in time. We are completely in God's hands, at the mercy of the weather. All night the wind screams louder and louder, and the sound of the sea grows. We talk of many things — the night train to Scotland, the many things we've done, and slowly we are overtaken by an enormous feeling of humility and a desire to return to try and live a better life. The weather reached a climax at 0300 and then declined rapidly. Thank goodness we could not see the sea.' "We were actually living on the ocean," implies
Q.107 [Reading Comprehension - Passage II (Ocean Voyage)]
Passage — II: As we discussed food and sang every song we could remember and talked incessantly, we were slowly moving deeper into the Atlantic, and we got the feeling, really, that we belonged there, and that the ships that passed on the horizon were only hurrying strangers. We were actually living on the ocean. We discovered that the birds all seemed to league up at night-time, resting on the water by the hundreds. When we came poking along, we seemed so much a part of the sea that the birds wouldn't move until we were about five yards away. Then they'd flutter off, leaving feathers floating in the water, and settle again a few yards away. The dolphins and porpoises would come up at sunset and move in among us and the birds. They'd come up very lazily under the birds, which would go up on their heels and flap their wings a bit, and then settle right down again. Two whales joined us one ventne and played ring-around-rosie so close to us that Chay could have reached out an oar and tapped one. We had calculated that we had just enough rations to make England, but the easterly winds caused an agonizing reappraisal. It would have been an interesting experience, running right down like that, but we felt we must not risk other people's lives by making them search for us. We decided to accept rations from the next ship that stopped. Was it a mature decision? This was also the time when the strain of the voyage really began to tell on us. I wrote in my log: 'I have known fear many times in my life, and indeed I have often striven to develop a situation that provided fear in both boxing and parachuting. I have never known anything like this — cannot be over tomorrow, or for many tomorrows. Somehow it is like being rubbed down with sandpaper. I honestly do not know how many storms there have been now, and each leaves us progressively weaker.' 'Tonight we lie and wait. Nothing could save us if we get into difficulties. No ship could get us off these seas even if it arrived in time. We are completely in God's hands, at the mercy of the weather. All night the wind screams louder and louder, and the sound of the sea grows. We talk of many things — the night train to Scotland, the many things we've done, and slowly we are overtaken by an enormous feeling of humility and a desire to return to try and live a better life. The weather reached a climax at 0300 and then declined rapidly. Thank goodness we could not see the sea.' "... the birds all seemed to league up at night-time," implies
Q.108 [Reading Comprehension - Passage II (Ocean Voyage)]
Passage — II: As we discussed food and sang every song we could remember and talked incessantly, we were slowly moving deeper into the Atlantic, and we got the feeling, really, that we belonged there, and that the ships that passed on the horizon were only hurrying strangers. We were actually living on the ocean. We discovered that the birds all seemed to league up at night-time, resting on the water by the hundreds. When we came poking along, we seemed so much a part of the sea that the birds wouldn't move until we were about five yards away. Then they'd flutter off, leaving feathers floating in the water, and settle again a few yards away. The dolphins and porpoises would come up at sunset and move in among us and the birds. They'd come up very lazily under the birds, which would go up on their heels and flap their wings a bit, and then settle right down again. Two whales joined us one ventne and played ring-around-rosie so close to us that Chay could have reached out an oar and tapped one. We had calculated that we had just enough rations to make England, but the easterly winds caused an agonizing reappraisal. It would have been an interesting experience, running right down like that, but we felt we must not risk other people's lives by making them search for us. We decided to accept rations from the next ship that stopped. Was it a mature decision? This was also the time when the strain of the voyage really began to tell on us. I wrote in my log: 'I have known fear many times in my life, and indeed I have often striven to develop a situation that provided fear in both boxing and parachuting. I have never known anything like this — cannot be over tomorrow, or for many tomorrows. Somehow it is like being rubbed down with sandpaper. I honestly do not know how many storms there have been now, and each leaves us progressively weaker.' 'Tonight we lie and wait. Nothing could save us if we get into difficulties. No ship could get us off these seas even if it arrived in time. We are completely in God's hands, at the mercy of the weather. All night the wind screams louder and louder, and the sound of the sea grows. We talk of many things — the night train to Scotland, the many things we've done, and slowly we are overtaken by an enormous feeling of humility and a desire to return to try and live a better life. The weather reached a climax at 0300 and then declined rapidly. Thank goodness we could not see the sea.' What did the author write in his log?
Q.109 [Reading Comprehension - Passage II (Ocean Voyage)]
Passage — II: As we discussed food and sang every song we could remember and talked incessantly, we were slowly moving deeper into the Atlantic, and we got the feeling, really, that we belonged there, and that the ships that passed on the horizon were only hurrying strangers. We were actually living on the ocean. We discovered that the birds all seemed to league up at night-time, resting on the water by the hundreds. When we came poking along, we seemed so much a part of the sea that the birds wouldn't move until we were about five yards away. Then they'd flutter off, leaving feathers floating in the water, and settle again a few yards away. The dolphins and porpoises would come up at sunset and move in among us and the birds. They'd come up very lazily under the birds, which would go up on their heels and flap their wings a bit, and then settle right down again. Two whales joined us one ventne and played ring-around-rosie so close to us that Chay could have reached out an oar and tapped one. We had calculated that we had just enough rations to make England, but the easterly winds caused an agonizing reappraisal. It would have been an interesting experience, running right down like that, but we felt we must not risk other people's lives by making them search for us. We decided to accept rations from the next ship that stopped. Was it a mature decision? This was also the time when the strain of the voyage really began to tell on us. I wrote in my log: 'I have known fear many times in my life, and indeed I have often striven to develop a situation that provided fear in both boxing and parachuting. I have never known anything like this — cannot be over tomorrow, or for many tomorrows. Somehow it is like being rubbed down with sandpaper. I honestly do not know how many storms there have been now, and each leaves us progressively weaker.' 'Tonight we lie and wait. Nothing could save us if we get into difficulties. No ship could get us off these seas even if it arrived in time. We are completely in God's hands, at the mercy of the weather. All night the wind screams louder and louder, and the sound of the sea grows. We talk of many things — the night train to Scotland, the many things we've done, and slowly we are overtaken by an enormous feeling of humility and a desire to return to try and live a better life. The weather reached a climax at 0300 and then declined rapidly. Thank goodness we could not see the sea.' They lost all hope of survival because
Q.110 [Reading Comprehension - Passage II (Ocean Voyage)]
Passage — II: As we discussed food and sang every song we could remember and talked incessantly, we were slowly moving deeper into the Atlantic, and we got the feeling, really, that we belonged there, and that the ships that passed on the horizon were only hurrying strangers. We were actually living on the ocean. We discovered that the birds all seemed to league up at night-time, resting on the water by the hundreds. When we came poking along, we seemed so much a part of the sea that the birds wouldn't move until we were about five yards away. Then they'd flutter off, leaving feathers floating in the water, and settle again a few yards away. The dolphins and porpoises would come up at sunset and move in among us and the birds. They'd come up very lazily under the birds, which would go up on their heels and flap their wings a bit, and then settle right down again. Two whales joined us one ventne and played ring-around-rosie so close to us that Chay could have reached out an oar and tapped one. We had calculated that we had just enough rations to make England, but the easterly winds caused an agonizing reappraisal. It would have been an interesting experience, running right down like that, but we felt we must not risk other people's lives by making them search for us. We decided to accept rations from the next ship that stopped. Was it a mature decision? This was also the time when the strain of the voyage really began to tell on us. I wrote in my log: 'I have known fear many times in my life, and indeed I have often striven to develop a situation that provided fear in both boxing and parachuting. I have never known anything like this — cannot be over tomorrow, or for many tomorrows. Somehow it is like being rubbed down with sandpaper. I honestly do not know how many storms there have been now, and each leaves us progressively weaker.' 'Tonight we lie and wait. Nothing could save us if we get into difficulties. No ship could get us off these seas even if it arrived in time. We are completely in God's hands, at the mercy of the weather. All night the wind screams louder and louder, and the sound of the sea grows. We talk of many things — the night train to Scotland, the many things we've done, and slowly we are overtaken by an enormous feeling of humility and a desire to return to try and live a better life. The weather reached a climax at 0300 and then declined rapidly. Thank goodness we could not see the sea.' "We are overtaken by an enormous feeling of humility," implies that they
Q.111 [Parts of Speech]
The conclusions that they came to are highly questionable. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word 'questionable'.)
Q.112 [Parts of Speech]
This year marks the quincentenary of Columbus's voyage to America. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word 'marks'.)
Q.113 [Parts of Speech]
I still cherish the memories of those far-off days. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word 'still'.)
Q.114 [Parts of Speech]
I don't think I'll come on Saturday. I have a lot of work to do. Besides, I don't really like parties. (Identify the part of speech of the underlined word 'Besides'.)
Q.115 [Grammar - Parts of Speech]
The bottomline is that we have to make a decision today. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'today'
Q.116 [Grammar - Parts of Speech]
Try to knock that vase over. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'over'
Q.117 [Grammar - Parts of Speech]
I'd like an ice cream. Are you having one too? Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'one'
Q.118 [Grammar - Parts of Speech]
My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I could not have afforded the trip. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'Otherwise'
Q.119 [Grammar - Parts of Speech]
She wrote me an anguished letter from her prison cell. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'anguished'
Q.120 [Grammar - Parts of Speech]
There is a visitor for you. Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'a'