Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms CDS PYQ Topic Wise (2016

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Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms PYQs (previous year questions) for CDS: Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms (English) had 701 questions across the 66 official CDS papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 20 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms and Phrases.

Year-wise question count

Asked in 11 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.

Year	Questions
CDS 2026	140
CDS 2025	95
CDS 2024	65
CDS 2023	60
CDS 2022	45
CDS 2021	60
CDS 2020	80
CDS 2019	72
CDS 2018	61
CDS 2017	14
CDS 2016	9

Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

Concept	Questions	Papers	Years
Synonyms	154	17	2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016
Antonyms	149	16	2026, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Idioms and Phrases	141	14	2026, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Word Meanings	51	5	2026, 2025, 2024
Confusable Words	40	5	2026, 2025, 2022
Homophones	30	4	2026, 2025
Spelling	27	3	2020, 2019
Idioms and Proverbs	20	2	2025
Word Improvement	20	2	2025
Word Matching	20	2	2026
Word Usage	14	2	2025
Idioms	10	2	2024
Paired Words	10	1	2024
Borrowed Words	5	1	2024
Loan Words	5	1	2024
Word Association	3	1	2024
Collective Nouns	2	1	2024

How to practise Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms PYQs

Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
Solve one year’s Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

Questions by year

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CDS2026

Q.1 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair pontoon and platoon PDF
Q.2 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair invoke and revoke PDF
Q.3 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair imminent and eminent PDF
Q.4 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair liable and libel PDF
Q.5 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair incredible and incredulous PDF
Q.6 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair climatic and climactic PDF
Q.7 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair cursor and cursory PDF
Q.8 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair affect and effect PDF
Q.9 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair hard and hardly PDF
Q.10 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair conscious and conscience PDF
Q.11 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'understatement' in a sentence on the pandemic PDF
Q.12 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'nadir' in a sentence about a coach's protégé PDF
Q.13 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'stranded' after a director's death PDF
Q.14 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'interspersed' in a sentence on lectures PDF
Q.15 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'effusive' in a sentence about praise PDF
Q.16 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'ingenuous' in context PDF
Q.17 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'conspicuous' in a sentence on advertisements PDF
Q.18 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'rudimentary' in a sentence on early humans PDF
Q.19 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'travesty' in a sentence on a workshop PDF
Q.20 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'abstruse' in a sentence on a speaker PDF
Q.21 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'iconoclast' PDF
Q.22 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'axiom' PDF
Q.23 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'holistic' PDF
Q.24 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'obsequious' PDF
Q.25 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'pachyderm' PDF
Q.26 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'ubiquitous' PDF
Q.27 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'desiccate' PDF
Q.28 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'deleterious' PDF
Q.29 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'equivocate' PDF
Q.30 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'indolent' PDF
Q.41 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'mealy-mouthed' PDF
Q.42 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'live in each other's pockets' PDF
Q.43 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'play possum' PDF
Q.44 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'work like a dog' PDF
Q.45 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'open a can of worms' PDF
Q.46 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'be under a cloud' PDF
Q.47 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'more than meets the eye' PDF
Q.48 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'hold the fort' PDF
Q.49 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'it's all Greek to me' PDF
Q.50 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'close ranks' PDF
Q.51 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'contemptuous' in context PDF
Q.52 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'ephemeral' for social media trends PDF
Q.53 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'parsimonious' in context PDF
Q.54 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'tempestuous' in a sentence on neighbours PDF
Q.55 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'arduous' in context PDF
Q.56 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'perpetual' in context PDF
Q.57 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'distraught' in context PDF
Q.58 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'demure' in context PDF
Q.59 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'pittance' in a sentence on a settlement PDF
Q.60 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'ponderous' in a sentence on academic papers PDF
Q.81 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of crops, corps, corpse in sentences PDF
Q.82 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of censer, censor, censure in sentences PDF
Q.83 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of pair, pear, pare in sentences PDF
Q.84 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of fate, fete, faith in sentences PDF
Q.85 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of bear, bare, bier in sentences PDF
Q.86 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of tire, tier, tyre in sentences PDF
Q.87 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of cite, sight, site in sentences PDF
Q.88 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of raze, raise, rays in sentences PDF
Q.89 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of idyll, idle, idol in sentences PDF
Q.90 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of insure, ensure, unsure in sentences PDF
Q.101 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match fortuitous, fortitudinous, formidable, forlorn to meanings PDF
Q.102 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match tautological, ontological, epistemological, epidemiological PDF
Q.103 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match epitaph, epistle, epithet, epigram to meanings PDF
Q.104 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match nihilism, fatalism, hedonism, egoism to meanings PDF
Q.105 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match blizzard, tornado, thunderstorm, typhoon to descriptions PDF
Q.106 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match implication, complication, supplication, application PDF
Q.107 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match ascribe, prescribe, proscribe, inscribe to meanings PDF
Q.108 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match pragmatist, Promethean, promontory and another word PDF
Q.109 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match property terms such as mortgage, endowment, lease PDF
Q.110 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match incensed, incendiary, incautious, incandescent PDF
Q.1 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair presumptive and presumptuous PDF
Q.2 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair tempestuous and temperamental PDF
Q.3 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair voyager and voyeur PDF
Q.4 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair differ and defer PDF
Q.5 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair elegy and eulogy PDF
Q.6 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair concord and concourse PDF
Q.7 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair edify and educe PDF
Q.8 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair flaunt and flinch PDF
Q.9 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair ingenious and ingenuous PDF
Q.10 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of the word pair nefarious and nebulous PDF
Q.11 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'precocious' for a child's music talent PDF
Q.12 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'tremulous' describing a voice PDF
Q.13 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'gratuitous' for violence on television PDF
Q.14 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'incendiary' remarks PDF
Q.15 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'blighted' for a gymnast's career PDF
Q.16 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'nonplussed' for office staff PDF
Q.17 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'mandatory' training PDF
Q.18 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'dogmatic' about beliefs PDF
Q.19 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'scrumptious' meal PDF
Q.20 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Nearest meaning of 'savoury' items on a party menu PDF
Q.21 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'codex' PDF
Q.22 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'ergonomics' PDF
Q.23 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'sobriquet' PDF
Q.24 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'viticulture' PDF
Q.25 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'communiqué' PDF
Q.26 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the term 'sub-judice' PDF
Q.27 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'manifesto' PDF
Q.28 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'tapestry' PDF
Q.29 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'connotation' PDF
Q.30 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Meaning of the word 'alibi' PDF
Q.51 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'overplay one's hand' PDF
Q.52 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'pass the buck' PDF
Q.53 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'over one's head' PDF
Q.54 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'have a finger in every pie' PDF
Q.55 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'go out on a limb' PDF
Q.56 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'live on your nerves' PDF
Q.57 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'lily-livered' PDF
Q.58 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'spill the beans' PDF
Q.59 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'make one's peace' PDF
Q.60 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'fall by the wayside' PDF
Q.61 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'requisite' experience for a job PDF
Q.62 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'rudimentary' training PDF
Q.63 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'morose' PDF
Q.64 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'fuzzy' for a soundtrack PDF
Q.65 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'exorbitant' rates PDF
Q.66 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'ponder' a matter PDF
Q.67 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'mortiferous' in a diagnosis PDF
Q.68 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'placate' critics PDF
Q.69 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'hoodwinked' in a sentence on a magician PDF
Q.70 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'precarious' life of a theatre artist PDF
Q.81 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of weather, whether, whither in sentences PDF
Q.82 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of quiet, quite, quit in sentences PDF
Q.83 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of way, weigh, whey in sentences PDF
Q.84 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of weave, wave, waive in sentences PDF
Q.85 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of peak, peek, pique in sentences PDF
Q.86 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of sent, scent, cent in sentences PDF
Q.87 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of aisle, ale, isle in sentences PDF
Q.88 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of rein, reign, arraign in sentences PDF
Q.89 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of ascend, ascent, assent in sentences PDF
Q.90 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Correct use of brawl, bawl, bowl in sentences PDF
Q.101 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match discreet, discrete, desecrate, decrepit to meanings PDF
Q.102 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match inflation, indentation, infiltration, inflection PDF
Q.103 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match polyglot, polymorphous, polysemy, polymath PDF
Q.104 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match philatelist, philanthropist, philologist, philistine PDF
Q.105 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match tabernacle, tenuous, tempestuous, tendentious PDF
Q.106 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match sacred, desecration, sacrosanct, sacrifice PDF
Q.107 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match triumph, triumphant, triumphal, triumphalism to meanings PDF
Q.108 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match revel, revelry, reveal, reveller to meanings PDF
Q.109 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match transmit, transmute, transpire, transient to meanings PDF
Q.110 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Matching: Match emanated, emancipated, empathised, emaciated PDF

CDS2025

Q.1 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'intimated' in a sentence PDF
Q.2 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'perquisite' in a sentence PDF
Q.3 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'scrumptious' in a sentence PDF
Q.4 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'lyre' in a sentence PDF
Q.5 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'absorption' in a sentence PDF
Q.6 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'minimise' in a sentence PDF
Q.7 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'tumult' in a sentence PDF
Q.8 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'scurrilous' in a sentence PDF
Q.9 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'plaudits' in a sentence PDF
Q.10 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'enormity' in a sentence PDF
Q.26 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: pare, pair, pear PDF
Q.27 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: seance, sconce, scone PDF
Q.28 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: truism, altruism PDF
Q.29 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: consequent, consequence PDF
Q.30 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: seize, cease, crease PDF
Q.31 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'listen with half an ear' PDF
Q.32 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'dyed in the wool' PDF
Q.33 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'let sleeping dogs lie' PDF
Q.34 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'a stitch in time saves nine' PDF
Q.35 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'fight fire with fire' PDF
Q.36 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'straight and narrow' PDF
Q.37 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'someone's ears are burning' PDF
Q.38 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'turn one's stomach' PDF
Q.39 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'the world is your oyster' PDF
Q.40 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'cast one's bread upon the waters' PDF
Q.71 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: vernacular, rhetoric, parlance, jargon PDF
Q.72 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: internecine, revoke, exonerate, venerable PDF
Q.73 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings PDF
Q.74 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: felony, restitution, chagrin, diatribe PDF
Q.75 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: wrangle, wacky, codex, postscript PDF
Q.76 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: inveterate, sangfroid and others PDF
Q.77 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: ex gratia, suo moto, arraignment, locus standi PDF
Q.78 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: fait accompli, hedonism, hoplarchy, ochlocracy PDF
Q.79 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: nadir, rhapsody and others PDF
Q.80 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings PDF
Q.81 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: damp squib, excerpt, scourge and others PDF
Q.82 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Count sentences where 'cuneiform' is used correctly PDF
Q.83 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Count sentences where 'quotidian' is used correctly PDF
Q.84 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Count sentences where 'moribund' is used correctly PDF
Q.85 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Count sentences where 'fecundity' is used correctly PDF
Q.91 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair elicit and illicit PDF
Q.92 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair ensure and insure PDF
Q.93 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair imitated and intimated PDF
Q.94 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair compare and compere PDF
Q.95 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair precept and percept PDF
Q.96 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses 'practice' correctly PDF
Q.97 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses 'immensely' correctly PDF
Q.98 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses 'insuperable' correctly PDF
Q.99 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses 'amoral' correctly PDF
Q.100 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses 'emigrate' correctly PDF
Q.1 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'bilateral' in a sentence (official answer: D) PDF
Q.2 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'indefinite' in a sentence (official answer: B) PDF
Q.3 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'antipathy' in a sentence (official answer: C) PDF
Q.4 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'diligent' in a sentence (official answer: A) PDF
Q.5 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'impassioned' in a sentence (official answer: A) PDF
Q.6 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'postscript' in a sentence (official answer: B) PDF
Q.7 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'simulism' in a sentence (official answer: C) PDF
Q.8 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'paternal' in a sentence (official answer: D) PDF
Q.9 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'reflective' in a sentence (official answer: A) PDF
Q.10 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Improvement: Choose the right word to replace the underlined 'salutary' in a sentence (official answer: B) PDF
Q.26 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: dairy, dreary, diary (official answer: B) PDF
Q.27 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: braid, beard, brood (official answer: C) PDF
Q.28 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: lesion, legion, lesson (official answer: A) PDF
Q.29 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: depose, deplore, deport (official answer: D) PDF
Q.30 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Homophones: Identify sentences using similar-sounding words correctly: bate, bait, bade (official answer: A) PDF
Q.31 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'someone's ears are flapping' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.32 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'twist of the knife' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.33 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'blow your own trumpet' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.34 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'get under someone's skin' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.35 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'many hands make light work' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.36 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'a bird in hand is worth two in the bush' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.37 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'make heavy weather' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.38 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'sweep under the carpet' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.39 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'a purple patch' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.40 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Proverbs: Meaning of the idiom/proverb 'put out to pasture' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.91 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair lose and loose (official answer: A) PDF
Q.92 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair anyway and any way (official answer: C) PDF
Q.93 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair allusion and illusion (official answer: A) PDF
Q.94 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair a confusable word pair (official answer: B) PDF
Q.95 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Describe the meanings of the word pair climactic and climatic (official answer: D) PDF
Q.96 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses 'advice' correctly (official answer: B) PDF
Q.97 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses 'illicit' correctly (official answer: B) PDF
Q.98 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses a given word correctly (official answer: B) PDF
Q.99 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses a given word correctly (official answer: C) PDF
Q.100 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Usage: Pick the sentence that uses a given word correctly (official answer: B) PDF
Q.101 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: ensue, morass, imbroglio, potpourri (official answer: C) PDF
Q.102 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: malversation, conundrum, incessant, mulct (official answer: A) PDF
Q.103 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings (official answer: C) PDF
Q.104 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings (official answer: C) PDF
Q.105 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings (official answer: A) PDF
Q.106 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: feat, fate, fathom, faux pas (official answer: C) PDF
Q.107 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: semitic, seminary, send off, semblance (official answer: D) PDF
Q.108 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings (official answer: A) PDF
Q.109 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings (official answer: C) PDF
Q.110 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Match words with their meanings: words and meanings (official answer: B) PDF

CDS2024

Q.1 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'equanimity' in a sentence on medical treatment (official answer: B) PDF
Q.2 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'vehement' as used for opposing an idea (official answer: B) PDF
Q.3 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'nefarious' describing someone's activities (official answer: C) PDF
Q.4 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'indigent' describing a family's condition (official answer: C) PDF
Q.5 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'turbulent' describing the times we live in (official answer: C) PDF
Q.16 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'walking on eggshells' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.17 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'feather your own nest' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.18 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'neither fish nor fowl' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.19 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'elephant in the room' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.20 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'the ship has sailed' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.81 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'exhilarating' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.82 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'decapitated' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.83 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'dingy' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.84 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'fastidious' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.85 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'debilitating' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.91 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'compliment' and 'complement' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.92 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'deify' and 'defy' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.93 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'stationery' and 'stationary' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.94 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'complaisant' and 'complacent' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.95 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'enquiry' and 'inquiry' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.96 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'masterful' and 'masterly' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.97 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'boarder' and 'border' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.98 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'concurrent' and 'consecutive' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.99 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'epitaph' and 'epithet' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.100 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Paired Words: Meanings of 'discomfort' and 'discomfit' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.101 (CDS (I) English) · Matching · Loan Words: Match loan words such as attaché and alibi to their meanings (official answer: B) PDF
Q.102 (CDS (I) English) · Matching · Loan Words: Match Latin phrases such as sui generis and non sequitur to meanings (official answer: A) PDF
Q.103 (CDS (I) English) · Matching · Loan Words: Match loan words such as connoisseur and dossier to their meanings (official answer: D) PDF
Q.104 (CDS (I) English) · Matching · Loan Words: Match loan words such as déjà vu and laissez-faire to their meanings (official answer: C) PDF
Q.105 (CDS (I) English) · Matching · Loan Words: Match loan words such as façade and beret to their meanings (official answer: B) PDF
Q.106 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Borrowed Words: Meaning of the borrowed word 'aplomb' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.107 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Borrowed Words: Meaning of the borrowed word 'condign' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.108 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Borrowed Words: Meaning of the borrowed word 'incommunicado' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.109 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Borrowed Words: Meaning of the borrowed word 'gastronomy' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.110 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Borrowed Words: Meaning of the borrowed word 'expatriate' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.1 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'equivocal' describing a leader's views PDF
Q.2 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'mutinous' describing a group of students PDF
Q.3 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'belligerent' describing someone's behaviour PDF
Q.4 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'effusive' describing praise PDF
Q.5 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'iniquitous' describing someone's conduct PDF
Q.16 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'a watched pot never boils' PDF
Q.17 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'look to your laurels' PDF
Q.18 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'play devil's advocate' PDF
Q.19 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'be in the same boat' PDF
Q.20 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms: Meaning of 'tilt at windmills' PDF
Q.81 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'cantankerous' PDF
Q.82 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'pernicious' PDF
Q.83 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'verbose' PDF
Q.84 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'resonant' PDF
Q.85 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest to 'doltish' PDF
Q.86 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'anarchism' are correct PDF
Q.87 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'pristine' are correct PDF
Q.88 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'enormity' are correct PDF
Q.89 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'quotidian' are correct PDF
Q.90 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'immolate' are correct PDF
Q.91 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'minimise' are correct PDF
Q.92 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of a word on revering someone are correct PDF
Q.93 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'raconteur' are correct PDF
Q.94 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'emasculate' are correct PDF
Q.95 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Word Meanings: Which given meanings of 'perturbation' are correct PDF
Q.101 (CDS (II) English) · Matching · Word Association: Match games with the arenas they are played in PDF
Q.102 (CDS (II) English) · Matching · Word Association: Match animals with the sounds they make PDF
Q.103 (CDS (II) English) · Matching · Collective Nouns: Match animals with their collective nouns PDF
Q.104 (CDS (II) English) · Matching · Collective Nouns: Match collective terms with objects such as flowers and firewood PDF
Q.105 (CDS (II) English) · Matching · Word Association: Match sports with related words PDF

CDS2023

Q.31 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of have an axe to grind (official answer: A) PDF
Q.32 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of an idiom in item 32 (partly unreadable) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.33 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of laughing stock (official answer: A) PDF
Q.34 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of pay over the odds (official answer: D) PDF
Q.35 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of an idiom in item 35 (partly unreadable) (official answer: B) PDF
Q.36 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of be in the soup (official answer: A) PDF
Q.37 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of a turn of the screw (official answer: D) PDF
Q.38 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of a white elephant (official answer: B) PDF
Q.39 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of a hot potato (official answer: B) PDF
Q.40 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of apples and oranges (official answer: C) PDF
Q.51 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'anxious' (for work) (official answer: B) PDF
Q.52 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'circumscribed' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.53 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'eavesdropping' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.54 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'exhorted' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.55 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'hospitable' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.56 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of word in an item on technical age (partly unreadable) (official answer: D) PDF
Q.57 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'mercurial' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.58 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'obligatory' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.59 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'predisposition' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.60 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'sardonic' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.71 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'brevity' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.72 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'blend' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.73 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'considerable' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.74 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'disdainful' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.75 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'frugal' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.76 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'itinerant' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.77 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'malicious' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.78 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'perpetuate' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.79 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'redoubtable' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.80 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'fusion' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.31 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'another kettle of fish' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.32 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'sitting on the fence' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.33 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'strained every nerve' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.34 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'at sea' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.35 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'the gift of the gab' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.36 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'changed hands' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.37 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'too many irons in the fire' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.38 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'brain drain' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.39 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'as right as rain' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.40 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'all Greek to me' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.51 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'utopian' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.52 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'nugatory' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.53 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'convulsed' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.54 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of word in an item on being ... about something (official answer: B) PDF
Q.55 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'derisory' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.56 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'defused' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.57 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'floundered' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.58 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'brevity' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.59 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of word describing a person's ability to understand (official answer: D) PDF
Q.60 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'transpired' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.71 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'invincible' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.72 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'condensation' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.73 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'ushered' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.74 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'obfuscated' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.75 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'abomination' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.76 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'infraction' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.77 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'denounce' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.78 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'fostered' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.79 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of word in an item on the East India Company (partly unreadable) (official answer: A) PDF
Q.80 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'assertion' (official answer: D) PDF

CDS2022

Q.21 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'be out for the count' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.22 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'go by the book' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.23 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'double-talk' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.24 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'at somebody's elbow' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.25 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'treading on eggshells' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.26 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'everyone and his brother' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.27 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'feet of clay' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.28 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'feel the pinch' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.29 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'the feathers fly' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.30 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a foregone conclusion' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.51 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'conversational' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.52 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'malicious' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.53 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'awe-inspired' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.54 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'endearment' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.55 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to an underlined word in a sentence (official answer: C) PDF
Q.56 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'gibbous' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.57 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'tormented' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.58 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'forbearance' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.59 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'mensuration' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.60 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'smothered' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.61 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'discontinued' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.62 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'chided' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.63 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'cherish' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.64 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'chaos' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.65 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'celestial' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.66 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'reticent' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.67 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'childish' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.68 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'magniloquent' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.69 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'dormant' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.70 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of an underlined word in a given sentence (official answer: D) PDF
Q.16 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'harbinger' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.17 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'vista' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.18 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'lamentable' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.19 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'endurance' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.20 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'jaunt' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.91 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'perspicacity' and 'perspicuity' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.92 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'complaisant' and 'complacent' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.93 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'compliment' and 'complement' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.94 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'deify' and 'defy' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.95 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'evoke' and 'invoke' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.96 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'sympathy' and 'empathy' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.97 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'accept' and 'except' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.98 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'reward' and 'award' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.99 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'emigrate' and 'immigrate' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.100 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Confusable Words: Meanings of 'immolate' and 'emulate' (official answer: A) PDF

CDS2021

Q.11 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'be in eclipse' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.12 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of a given idiom or phrase (official answer: B) PDF
Q.13 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'up in arms' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.14 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the phrase 'big ticket' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.15 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the idiom 'bolt from the blue' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.16 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'be a law unto yourself' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.17 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the phrasal verb 'spiff up' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.18 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the phrase 'run wild' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.19 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the phrasal verb 'wind down' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.20 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of the phrasal verb 'mellow out' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.61 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'bombastic' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.62 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'absurd' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.63 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'deceased' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.64 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'amicably' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.65 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'contrary' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.66 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'spontaneous' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.67 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'asserting' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.68 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'exonerated' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.69 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'persuasion' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.70 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'distinctive' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.81 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Meaning of 'Pandora's box' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.82 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'inherent' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.83 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'reprimanded' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.84 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'perpetual' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.85 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'exemplify' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.86 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'crux' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.87 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'competency' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.88 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'haughty' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.89 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'industrious' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.90 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'indignant' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.41 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'forty winks' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.42 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'life in the raw' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.43 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a paper tiger' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.44 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'penny-wise and pound-foolish' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.45 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'pin back your ears' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.46 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'turncoat' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.47 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'say your piece' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.48 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'top-notch' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.49 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'under the table' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.50 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'at the drop of a hat' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.71 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'drowned' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.72 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'dry' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.73 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'growing' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.74 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'hindered' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.75 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'baffled' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.76 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'excessive' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.77 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'initiated' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.78 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'pale' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.79 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'overrule' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.80 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Word closest in meaning to 'shocked' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.81 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'particular' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.82 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of an underlined word in a given sentence (official answer: B) PDF
Q.83 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'originates' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.84 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'hilarious' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.85 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'pandemonium' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.86 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'detained' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.87 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'despair' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.88 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'accused' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.89 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of an underlined word about quality of work (official answer: C) PDF
Q.90 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Opposite of 'eccentric' (official answer: C) PDF

CDS2020

Q.31 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a paper tiger' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.32 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'lily-livered' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.33 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'eat like a bird' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.34 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'the dog days' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.35 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a banana republic' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.36 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'the pros and cons' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.37 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'prime the pump' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.38 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'the green-eyed monster' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.39 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'rise to the occasion' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.40 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'call it a day' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.61 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'implications' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.62 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'contagious' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.63 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'incorporated' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.64 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'generic' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.65 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'stellar' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.66 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'clichéd' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.67 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'vocation' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.68 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'fatigued' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.69 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'aghast' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.70 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'ascertained' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.71 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'decay' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.72 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'eloquently' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.73 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'inertia' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.74 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'philanthropy' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.75 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'compassion' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.76 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'tempestuous' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.77 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'wooing' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.78 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'yeoman' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.79 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'elated' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.80 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'charitable' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.91 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.92 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: D) PDF
Q.93 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: C) PDF
Q.94 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: B) PDF
Q.95 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.96 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: B) PDF
Q.97 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: B) PDF
Q.98 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: C) PDF
Q.99 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.100 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: B) PDF
Q.31 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'get the jitters' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.32 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'French leave' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.33 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'take a stand' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.34 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'cut and run' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.35 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'cut the cord' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.36 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'cupboard love' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.37 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'around the corner' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.38 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'with a heavy heart' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.39 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'cost a bomb' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.40 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'roll your sleeves up' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.61 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'emboldened' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.62 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'indigenous' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.63 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'pleonexia' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.64 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'implicate' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.65 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'statutory' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.66 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'dissident' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.67 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'advocacy' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.68 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'high mindedness' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.69 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'changes in perception' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.70 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'patronized' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.71 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'archaic' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.72 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'diffuse' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.73 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'unrest' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.74 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'tranquility' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.75 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'barring' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.76 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'extempore' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.77 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'ensuing' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.78 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'expunged' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.79 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'dissuaded' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.80 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'confidants' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.111 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: D) PDF
Q.112 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.113 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: D) PDF
Q.114 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.115 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: B) PDF
Q.116 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: B) PDF
Q.117 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.118 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: C) PDF
Q.119 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: C) PDF
Q.120 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF

CDS2019

Q.11 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'provocative' in a sentence on social media (official answer: B) PDF
Q.12 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'precipitation' in a climate sentence (official answer: C) PDF
Q.13 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'anonymously' for reporting cyber crime (official answer: A) PDF
Q.14 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'terminal' describing a disease (official answer: D) PDF
Q.15 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'reluctant' for doctors and rural postings (official answer: A) PDF
Q.16 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'reprimanded' for an officer (official answer: C) PDF
Q.17 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'asset' about India's diversity (official answer: B) PDF
Q.18 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'hysterical' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.19 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'prejudiced' in political opinion (official answer: C) PDF
Q.20 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'tautology' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.21 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'fanatical' religious views (official answer: C) PDF
Q.22 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'heretics' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.23 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'inert' in a Shaw reference (official answer: A) PDF
Q.24 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'misanthropic' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.25 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'profound' describing a teacher (official answer: D) PDF
Q.26 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'readable' handwriting (official answer: C) PDF
Q.27 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'steadfast' friend (official answer: D) PDF
Q.28 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'tempestuous' while debating (official answer: A) PDF
Q.29 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'vital' information (official answer: B) PDF
Q.30 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'wordy' lectures (official answer: B) PDF
Q.106 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a match made in heaven' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.107 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a culture vulture' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.108 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a death blow' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.109 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'the jewel in the crown' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.110 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'to live in a fool's paradise' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.111 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a rotten apple' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.112 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'to vote with your feet' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.113 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'verbal diarrhoea' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.114 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'to sail close to the wind' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.115 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a double entendre' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.116 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'to cut your own throat' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.117 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'cook the books' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.118 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'change your tune' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.119 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'blue blood' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.120 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'cut the crap' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.1 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.2 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: C) PDF
Q.3 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: B) PDF
Q.4 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.5 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.6 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: A) PDF
Q.7 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Spelling: Pick the correctly spelled form among four variants (official answer: D) PDF
Q.8 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'dirt cheap' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.9 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a shrinking violet' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.10 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'Gordian knot' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.11 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'fall in a heap' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.12 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'have a conniption fit' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.13 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'be in seventh heaven' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.14 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'hand in glove' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.15 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'nip in the bud' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.16 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'like a shag on a rock' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.17 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a pearl of wisdom' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.37 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'impounded' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.38 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'impugned' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.39 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'innate' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.40 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'obligatory' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.41 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'blatant' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.42 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'narrowest' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.43 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'akin' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.44 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'attributed' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.45 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'acquiring' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.46 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'leaves much to be desired' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.66 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'beauty' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.67 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'vulnerable' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.68 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'daunting' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.69 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'intimidation' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.70 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'constrain' in context (official answer: D) PDF
Q.71 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'plausible' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.72 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'plaintive' in context (official answer: B) PDF
Q.73 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'unanimous' in context (official answer: A) PDF
Q.74 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'insolent' in context (official answer: C) PDF
Q.75 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'incessant' in context (official answer: A) PDF

CDS2018

Q.1 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'ripe' describing a respectable old man (official answer: B) PDF
Q.2 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'repulsed' (soldiers and the enemy) (official answer: D) PDF
Q.3 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'masked' (feelings) (official answer: A) PDF
Q.4 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Meaning of 'vendors' in a sentence on licences (official answer: D) PDF
Q.5 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'admit' (children under fourteen) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.6 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'stolen' (jewels from a bedroom) (official answer: A) PDF
Q.7 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'exemplary' (a soldier's courage) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.8 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'served' (fruits after dinner) (official answer: D) PDF
Q.9 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'recommend' (a name to the government) (official answer: D) PDF
Q.10 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'save' (medicines and death) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.31 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'naive' (a young girl's belief) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.32 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'suitable' (cancer treatment) (official answer: B) PDF
Q.33 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'criticisms' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.34 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'anxious' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.35 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'activity' (cultivation of sciences) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.36 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'peculiar' (Indian culture) (official answer: A) PDF
Q.37 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'charming' (a princess) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.38 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'abominable' (Macbeth) (official answer: D) PDF
Q.39 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'fanatical' (terrorist ideology) (official answer: C) PDF
Q.40 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'vulnerable' (political pressure) (official answer: D) PDF
Q.106 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a hot potato' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.107 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'you snooze, you lose' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.108 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'I don't buy it' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.109 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'my two cents' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.110 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'out of the blue' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.111 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'what a small world' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.112 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'down the road' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.113 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'raising eyebrows' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.114 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'step up to the plate' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.115 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'the Holy Grail' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.116 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.117 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'at the drop of a hat' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.118 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'the ball is in your court' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.119 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'best of both worlds' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.120 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'costs an arm and a leg' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.11 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'thrifty' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.12 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'salubrious' (words) (official answer: B) PDF
Q.13 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'desolated' after a business loss (official answer: A) PDF
Q.14 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'condone' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.15 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'ineptitude' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.16 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'impede' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.17 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'extradition' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.18 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'detrimental' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.19 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'derisive' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.20 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of 'engaging' (classroom environment) (official answer: B) PDF
Q.64 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'on the fly' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.65 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'follow suit' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.66 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'close shave' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.67 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'at the crossroads' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.68 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'a pearl of wisdom' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.99 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'obscure' (ideas) (official answer: B) PDF
Q.100 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'sanguine' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.101 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'woebegone' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.102 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'mutinous' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.103 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'foes' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.104 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'distinctive' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.105 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'inadvertently' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.106 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'disdainful' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.107 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'efficacy' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.108 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'rebuttal' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.109 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'soggy' (official answer: B) PDF

CDS2017

Q.107 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'died in harness' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.108 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'in consonance with' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.109 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'for want of' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.110 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'dispense with' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.111 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'scapegoat' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.112 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Idioms and Phrases: Meaning of 'keep pace with' (official answer: D) PDF
Q.113 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'commensurate' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.114 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'emaciated' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.115 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'mammoth' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.116 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'hilarious' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.117 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'erudition' (official answer: B) PDF
Q.118 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'momentous' (official answer: A) PDF
Q.119 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'vindicates' (official answer: C) PDF
Q.120 (CDS (II) English) · MCQ · Antonyms: Antonym of 'ecclesiastical' (official answer: B) PDF

CDS2016

Q.112 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of AMBIGUOUS (official answer: C) PDF
Q.113 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of ELUCIDATE (official answer: A) PDF
Q.114 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of MONOTONOUS (official answer: A) PDF
Q.115 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of KINDLE (official answer: B) PDF
Q.116 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of PALATIAL (official answer: D) PDF
Q.117 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of TACTFUL (official answer: A) PDF
Q.118 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of VORACIOUS (official answer: B) PDF
Q.119 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of STRICTURE (official answer: D) PDF
Q.120 (CDS (I) English) · MCQ · Synonyms: Synonym of OBEISANCE (official answer: A) PDF

FAQ

How many Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms questions come in CDS?

In the official papers we tagged: 140 in 2026, 95 in 2025, 65 in 2024, 60 in 2023, 45 in 2022, 60 in 2021, 80 in 2020, 72 in 2019, 61 in 2018, 14 in 2017 and 9 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 701 questions in all, about 27% of English.

Which Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms topics repeat in CDS?

Asked in the most papers: Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms and Phrases. The concept table lists every one with its count.

Are these official CDS questions?

Yes. Every question is from an official CDS paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.

Synonyms, Antonyms and Idioms CDS PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2026)