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CDS General English Notes

These General English notes for the CDS exam cover essential topics such as grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, and previous years' questions with solutions. Key areas include parts of speech, tenses, reading comprehension strategies, and error spotting techniques. The document also provides practice questions to reinforce learning and understanding.

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CDS General English Notes

These General English notes for the CDS exam cover essential topics such as grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, and previous years' questions with solutions. Key areas include parts of speech, tenses, reading comprehension strategies, and error spotting techniques. The document also provides practice questions to reinforce learning and understanding.

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General English Notes for CDS Exam

These notes cover all important topics of General English for the CDS exam, including grammar,
vocabulary, comprehension,
and previous years' questions with solutions.

1. Grammar & Usage


- Parts of Speech (Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection)
- Tenses (Past, Present, Future) and their rules
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Active & Passive Voice
- Direct & Indirect Speech
- Articles, Prepositions, and Conjunctions

2. Vocabulary & Word Power


- Synonyms & Antonyms
- Idioms & Phrases
- One-word Substitution
- Spelling Rules & Common Errors

3. Reading Comprehension
- Strategies to solve Reading Comprehension questions
- Sample passage with practice questions

4. Sentence Improvement & Error Spotting


- Spotting Grammatical Errors
- Sentence Rearrangement
- Fill in the Blanks (Grammar-based)

5. Cloze Test & Para Jumbles


- Techniques to solve Cloze Tests
- Rearranging Sentences Logically

6. Previous Years' Questions


1. Choose the correct synonym for 'Abundant':
a) Scarce b) Limited c) Plentiful d) Insufficient
Answer: c) Plentiful

2. Find the correctly spelled word:


a) Accumulate b) Acomodate c) Aquisiton d) Agressor
Answer: a) Accumulate

3. Spot the error:


'She is the most smartest girl in the class.'
a) She is b) the most c) smartest girl d) No error
Answer: b) the most (Correct usage: 'the smartest')

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