UPSC 2016 CDS II English Paper

SELECTING WORDS

Directions for the following 30 (thirty) items :
  In the following passages, 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 in the school in Simla,L(a) She (b) It (c) He was homesick.
Explanation :
  Out of the list given in item K, only, ‘bis 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 -1

  Many of us believe that science is something modem,51. (a) if (b) though (c) unless the truth is that 52.(a) men (b) people (c) manhas been using science for 53.(a) the (b) a (c) that very long time. However, it has 54.(a) has (b) have (c) had a greater effect on human lives in the last 25 55.(a) and (b) or (c) either 30 years than in the hundreds of years 56.(a) from (b) for (c) since the invention of the plough. The 57.(a) marvellous (b) costly (c) inexpensive gifts of science have made modem life 58.(a) dull (b) exciting (c) aimless and comfortable. But science has 59.(a) at (b) in (c) within the same time created new problems. One of these which may become 60.(a) bad (b) worse (c) good in the years to come, is 61.(a) those (b) this (c) that of 'jet-lag'. With the coming of modem jets, flying at more than 900 km an hour, the world 62.(a) can (b) become (c) has become become very small indeed. Today if you 63.(a) leave (b) will leave (c) would leave New Delhi at 4.00 in the morning, you 64.(a) will (b) can (c) must eat an early breakfast in the sky 65.(a) at (b) on (c) over Kabul, and be in London by about 1.00 p.m.