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CDS II 2021 English Test - 15
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CDS II 2021 English Test - 15

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  • Question 1/10
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    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.

    The police put a barrier across the road to stop the traffic.

    Solutions

    The underlined word is a preposition. A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence. They act to connect the people, objects, time and locations of a sentence.

     

  • Question 2/10
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    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.

    India broke the record set by Australia for most consecutive series win at home with their 11th series victory, after clinching the Freedom Series beating South Africa by an innings and 137 runs.

    Solutions

    Option (C) is the correct option. The word “innings” is a Noun. A noun is a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things, or to name a particular one of these.

     

  • Question 3/10
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    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.

    Fortunately, Lata recorded Tim’s win.

    Solutions

    Option C is the correct option. "Fortunately" is an adverb which means something happening because of good luck. An adverb is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

     

  • Question 4/10
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    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.

    Human life is a unique amalgam of all kinds of experiences, highs and lows, achievements and hardships.

    Solutions

    Option A is the correct choice. “Human” is an adjective here qualifying noun “life”. An adjective is a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.

     

  • Question 5/10
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    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.

    One way of getting to know yourself better is through deliberately scheduled witness breaks.

    Solutions

    Option C is the correct choice. “Through” is a preposition here. Preposition is a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in ‘the man on the platform’, ‘she arrived after dinner’, etc.

     

  • Question 6/10
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    In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternative suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

    “Are you alone my son?” asked a soft voice close behind me.

    Solutions

    Option D ‘A soft voice behind me asked if I was alone’ is the most appropriate indirect speech for the given question.

     

  • Question 7/10
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    In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternative suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

    He said, “Will you listen to such a man?”

    Solutions

    Option C ‘He asked them whether they would listen to such a man’ is the most appropriate indirect speech for the given question.

     

  • Question 8/10
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    In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternative suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

    “Please don’t go away”, she said.

    Solutions

    Option D ‘She begged me not to go away’ is the most appropriate indirect speech for the given question.

     

  • Question 9/10
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    In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternative suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech

    He said, “I saw a book here.”

    Solutions

    Option D ‘He said that he had seen a book there.’ is the most appropriate indirect speech for the given question.

     

  • Question 10/10
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    In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternative suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

    He said to her, “May you succeed!”

    Solutions

    Option C ‘He wished her success’ is the most appropriate indirect speech for the given question

     

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