UPSC CDS 2 2020 English Paper

Direction: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or group of words given.
Select whichever word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The difficult thing about ____ 91. (a) studying(b) study(c) studies( d) are studying the science of habits is that most people, when they hear about this field of research, ____ 92. (a) wanting (b) wanted (c) wants(d) want to know the secret formula for quickly changing any habit. If scientists have discoveredhow ____ 93. (a) those(b) this(c) these(d) that patterns work, then it stands to reason that they_______94. (a) must(b) will(c) could(d) might have also found a recipe for rapid change, right? If only it______95 (a) are(b) were(c) was(d) will be that easy. It's not_______96. (a) these(b) this (c) that (d) which formulas don't exist. The problem is that there isn't one formula for ____ 97. (a) changing(b) changed( c) having changed( d) changes forhabits. There are thousands. Individuals and habits are _____ 98. (a) full(b) all( c) complete(d) mostdifferent, and so the specifics of diagnosing and changing the patterns in our lives differfrom person to _____ 99. (a) people(b) persons ( c) . personnel (d) person and behaviour to behaviour. Giving up cigarettes is different ____ 100. (a) from(b) since· (c) to(d) into curbing overeating, which is different from changing how you communicate with your spouse, _____ 101. (a) it. (b) this(c) what(d) which is different from how you prioritize tasks at work. What's more, each person's habits are_____ 102. (a) broken(b) given (c) driven ( d) prescribed by different cravings. As a result, this book does not_____ 103. (a) contain(b) contains ( c) contained ( d) containing one prescription. Rather,.I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding _____ 104. (a) how(b) what (c) where (d) whose habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they ________ 105. (a) might (b) would (c) will (d) must change. Some habits yield easily to analysis and influence. Others are _____ 106. (a) quiet(b) most(c) better(d) morecomplex and obstinate, and require prolonged study. And for others, change is a____ 107. (a) process (b) processing ( c) processed ( d) processes that never fully concludes. But that does not ____ 108. (a) means (b) meant (c) meaning ·(d) mean it can't occur. Each chapter in this book explains a different aspect of why habits · exist and how they function. The framework____ 109. (a) describing(b) described ( c) will describe ( d) description in this section is an attempt to distil, in ____ 110. (a) a(b) any (c) the (d) rather very basic way, the tactics that researchers have found for diagnosing and shaping habits within our own lives.