UPSC Senior Administrative Officer Grade I Paper 2015 – English

Senior Administrative Officer Grade I in DRDO Paper 2015
Date of Exam 10th May 2015 Second Shift

Which one of the following parts of the sentence, ‘What’s the rate of exchange with the dollar’ has an error?
(a) What’s the rate
(b) of exchange
(c) with the dollar
(d) No error

Which one of the following parts of the sentence, ‘She came with a new idea for increasing sales’ has an error?
(a) She came with
(b) a new idea
(c) for increasing sales
(d) No error

Which one of the following parts of the sentence, ‘This is decision the wisdom of which questionable’, has an error?
(a) This is the decision
(b) the wisdom of which
(c) is questionable
(d) No error

Which one of the following parts of the sentence, ‘What type of a boy is he?’, has an error?
(a) What type
(b) of a b oy
(c) is he?
(d) No error

Which one of the following parts of the sentence, ‘The quality of this camera is inferior than the one you have’, has an error?
(a) The quality of this camera
(b) is inferior than
(c) the one you have
(d) No error

Which one of the following is the synonym of the word written in capital letters in the sentence ‘The CBI sought permission for the officer’s INDICTMENT on charges of corruption’?
(a) Accusation
(b) Acquaintance
(c) Judgement
(d) Allegiance

Which one of the following is the synonym of the word written in capital letters in the sentence ‘The brain becomes SLUGGISH for lack of proper sleep’?
(a) Active
(b) Doubtful
(c) Slothful
(d) Suspicious

Which one of the following is the synonym of the word written in capital letters in the sentence ‘Avoid using OBSOLETE words’?
(a) Slang
(b) Colloquial
(c) Idiomatic
(d) Outdated

Which one of the following is the synonym of the word written in capital letters in the sentence ‘Even as achild, Thomas Edision had a INQUISITIVE mind’?
(a) Mature
(b) Complex
(c) Brilliant
(d) Curious

Which one of the following is the synonym of the word written in capital letters in the sentence ‘Fruits and vegetables grew in ABUNDANCE on the island’?
(a) Profusion
(b) Sparse
(c) Scarcity
(d) Rapid