Test: English Mock Test - 1 - CDS MCQ

Positive words are required for the blanks; refer to the keywords 'skill', 'increase' and 'success'. Ashima manages her team to success - it is reflected by the part 'increase in the sales' in the sentence. Hence, option (3) is the most suitable answer.

To cast a slur upon" means "to malign" or "to bring a bad name to". Option 4 is correct.

Ponder' means 'to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon)'.

Oysters are compared to human beings. Although human beings get angry and thus irritated, oysters produce the best kind of gem when they get irritated.

Continues' means 'the process goes on without interruption'. It fits well with 'for years'. The first option is illogical. Other options do not fit as they need some prepositions with them to make the sentence meaningful.

Fabricated' here means 'made or built by assembling parts'. Option 2 is correct.

Judicious' means 'having, exercising, or characterised by good or discriminating judgement; wise, sensible, or well-advised'.

Go the whole hog' refers to doing something thoroughly.

The underlined part is a clause. If there is a subject and a verb with a predicate, it is a clause. Some clauses are dependent, meaning that they cannot stand alone. The underlined part is a dependent clause.

Look for a job' in S1 connects with 'find a job' in Q. R follows Q as it mentions the condition without a job. 'Depressed' in R connects with 'depression' in P. S follows P.

Many different types of oysters are given in the sentence - "like clams, conchs, mussels, scallops and others". So, 'kinds' is the correct word here.

President' should be replaced with 'presidency'. The sentence talks about elections to a post or office. 'President' is the person and 'presidency' is the office or function.

The views of Moliere, as given in the second paragraph, indicate that he regarded music as an important messenger of peace, harmony and unity. This is reflected in the following lines from the passage, 'Moliere even expected that it would unite the whole human race in love and peace. He said, "If all men learned music, would it not be a means of agreeing together in unity and establishing universal peace in the world?"

(4) is the correct answer because 'ignoring people' and 'hoping them to work in our interest' bespeaks of our being impracticable and thoughtless.

In (4), present participle of 'experiment', i.e experimenting, will be used to show that he was still working with liquefied gas.

The correct sentence is: 'Reading cannot substitute real actions, original thoughts and conversations as it lacks the essential quality of life.'

The following line from the passage drops a hint at the answer, 'It gets us out of the individual self into the social self without any effort on our part. It is a bond of social unity.' Thus, option 3 is the answer.

The correct sentence is: 'His plan seemed decidedly a good one, especially from the strength of conviction with which he spoke.'

It is a case of correlative conjunction usage. The correlative conjunction 'so-that' is to be used: the first part (so) denotes the action/cause and the second (that) denotes the intended result/effect. In the first part of the sentence, the usage should be 'was so popular' to match with 'that' in the second part.

The expressions of the author are reflected in the following line from the passage, 'I stood like one thunder-struck (can have other connotations too) or as if I had seen an apparition'. But the expression 'thunder-struck' can have other connotations too, whereas the expression 'seen an apparition' which conveys the bewilderment, is the correct expression which rightly brings out the effects of the footprint on the author.

The second part of the sentence indicates a sequence of events in the past. As the latter part is in past tense, the first part will be in past perfect tense. Hence 'had + past participle form of verb' will be used. Therefore, option (1) is the correct answer.

A lid' has already been mentioned in the passage. So, 'the' is the correct word to refer to that lid. 'Some' does not fit the context as only one lid (a lid) is mentioned.

Option (2) is the correct answer. This is a subordinate conjunction of time. The words 'I have to deliver' indicate that the speaker wants to meet the other person, and so he asks the other person to wait for him.

The word 'most' is used with nouns to mean 'the majority of'. In general, we use 'most + noun', but in the given sentence, 'most' is used with an adjective. Moreover, the word 'unique' means 'being the only one of its type'. So, the use of the word 'most' is redundant in this sentence.

Here, only 'object' can be used. Also, the phrase "intruder or unwanted object" has been mentioned in the next line. The words 'gadget', 'body' and 'area' are out of context.

Oval box' indicates a shape. So, an oyster has a 'shape' like that of an oval box.

The preposition 'to' is used to express someone's reaction to something. Moreover, 'respond' is idiomatically followed by preposition 'to'.