DDA JE Civil Paper 1 April 2023 Shift 2 Part 6

Q.1 Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.A. He chopped down a tree and chopped off the branches, one by one. B. It was hard work, and he grew tired. C. A woodcutter was hard at work beside a river.D. He stacked the small branches in one pile and the large branches in another pile.

1. BDCA
2. CADB
3. ACDB
4. CBAD

Correct Option: 2

DDA JE Civil Paper 1 April 2023 Shift 2 Part 6

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.Some miners ______ at a coal mine were injured yesterday afternoon.

1. working
2. worked
3. work
4. were working

Correct Option: 1

DDA JE Civil Paper 1 April 2023 Shift 2 Part 6

Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.People may be going to the moon for a visit a decade ______ now.

1. for
2. to
3. before
4. from

Correct Option: 4

Q.4 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Hold your horses

1. Wait a moment
2. Keep silence
3. Stay away
4. Don’t be angry

Correct Option: 1

Q.5 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.Keep one’s chin up

1. Be proud of yourself
2. Remain cheerful in difficulties
3. Do everything to achieve something
4. Abandon a difficult situation

Correct Option: 2

DDA JE Civil Paper 1 April 2023 Shift 2 Part 6

Q.6 Select the most appropriate synonym of the word given in brackets to fill in the blank.In the dense fog, even the nearby objects were quite ______ (indistinct).

1. obvious
2. definite
3. evident
4. blurred

Correct Option: 4

Q.7 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a spelling error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.He wanted to provide an alternative / for pet owners who were unable / to handle large vaterinary bills.

1. No error
2. He wanted to provide an alternative
3. for pet owners who were unable
4. to handle large vaterinary bills

Correct Option: 4

Comprehension:Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.Over 78.9% of 4.1 crore students in higher education are enrolled at the undergraduate level, and of the total enrolled students over one crore are pursuing BA.Another 17 lakh (4.2%) students are doing BA (Hons) from various higher education institutions. This was revealed in the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 released on Sunday by the ministry of education. State-wise data shows Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh having the highest number of colleges per lakh eligible population. Though the overall enrolment is on a record high, there has been a dip for Muslims and other minorities in higher education, which otherwise has been an upward trend for the past five years.The government data showed that BA courses had the highest enrolment in the country at over 1 crore students, followed by Bachelor of Science (BSc) courses at 49.12 lakh students, according to the government’s AISHE 2020-21. In BA, 52.7% are females and 47.3% are males. The latest survey also showed that at undergraduate level in arts and science there are more females. Even at postgraduate level in streams like science, commerce and education, females outnumber males by a big margin.As per the report, BSc “has 49.12 lakh students enrolled (of them 52.2% are females). There are 43.22 lakh students enrolled in BCom (of them 48.5% are girls). BTech has 23.20 lakh enrolled students, of which 28.7% are females. Bachelor of Engineering (BE) has 13.42 lakh students enrolled, out of which 28.5% are females.” SubQuestion No : 8Q.8 Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

1. There are more male students enrolled In B.A. courses than the female students.
2. The total population of students in higher education in India is 4.1 crore.
3. The number of female students is more than the male students in B.Sc. courses.
4. The highest enrolment has been recorded in B.A. courses in the country.

Correct Option: 1

DDA JE Civil Paper 1 April 2023 Shift 2 Part 6

Q.9 The passage is mainly talking about:

1. the student population at undergraduate level
2. the status of higher education in India
3. the All-India Survey on colleges for undergraduates
4. the status of female students in higher education

Correct Option: 1