UPSC 2015 CDS I English Paper

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SELECTING WORDS
Directions:
  In the following passage at certain points you are given a choice of three words marked (a), (b) and (c), one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word out of the three. Mark the letter, viz., (a), (b) or (c), relating to this word on your Answer Sheet, Examples K and L have been solved for you.

The k (a) boy (b) horse (c) dog was in the school in Simla. L(a) She (b) It (c) He was homesick.
Explanation :
  Out of the list given in item K, only ‘boy’ is the correct answer because usually, a boy, and not a horse or a dog, attends school. So ‘(a)’ is to be marked on the Answer Sheet for item K. A boy is usually referred to as ‘he’, so for item L, ‘(c)’ is the correct answer. Notice that to solve the first item K, you have to read the rest of the sentence and then see what fits best.
PASSAGE

  We all like listening to68.(a) lectures, (b) theories (c) stories and the person who is good 69.(a) on (b) at (c) He telling stories will always be a 70.(a) popular (b) good(c) necessary member of any company.The art 71.(a) on good story-telling (b) of (c) at good story-telling covers much more than 72.(a) describing (b) making (c) showing up fabulous adventures; it includes telling 73.(a) about (b) by (c) for the doings of living people or 74.(a) insignificant (b) dead (c) famous men and women of the past, 75 (a) in (b) about (c) through your own travels and adventures and 76.(a) experiences (b) desires (c) worries, about the books you have read 77.(a) either (b) all (c) and he films you have seen. Practising 78.(a) an (b) a (c) the art of story telling can be very 79.(a) useful (b) dangerous (c) contagious too. It will help you to 80.(a) listen (b) remember (c) think clearly and logically, to sort out 81.(a) her (b) their (c) your ideas to express yourself clearly and 82.(a) timidly (b) effectively (c) bluntly, to gain and hold the attention 83. (a) at (b) on (c) of others.It will help you to 84. (a) shake (b) lay (c) hit off shyness and self-consciousness, and give 85.(a) she (b) you (c) I that feeling of freedom 86.(a) then (b) what (c) which is so important to 87.(a) success (b) victory (c) gain in life.
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