Sub Inspector in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces Examination 2023 

Paper I 

Exam Date 05/10/2023 

Exam Time 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM 

Q.1 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the highlighted word.  

They drank some spurious drink and fainted.  

1. curious  

2. artificial  

3. nefarious  

4. genuine  

Ans : 4 

Q.2 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.  

Children and adolescents with a morbid compulsion to steal experience a growing sense of tension just before stealing, followed by pleasure, relief or gratification during or just after stealing.  

1. Pyromania  

2. Kleptomania  

3. Dipsomania  

4. Megalomania  

Ans : 2 

Q.3 Select the most appropriate idiom for the given situation focusing on the underlined segment.  

I know every detail of his accident because I heard the facts directly from him.  

1. Speak of the devil  

2. Get something out of your system  

3. Pour one’s heart out  

4. Straight from horse’s mouth  

Ans : 4 

Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.  

Study of coins  

1. Philately  

2. Antiquary  

3. Numismatics  

4. Apothecary  

Ans : 3 

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.  

The teacher asked the students to be quite during the exam.  

1. No substitution  

2. be quiet  

3. have quiet  

4. been quiet  

Ans : 2 

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.  

The platter was insipid, so we refused to pay the bill.  

1. full of flavours  

2. filled with dirt  

3. full of spices  

4. lacking taste  

Ans : 4 

Q.7 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.  

Doctors are raising hue and cry against the RTH bill.  

1. Enquire  

2. Protest  

3. Postpone  

4. Abandon  

Ans : 2 

Q.8 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.  

Technology has become a part and parcel of modern lifestyle.  

1. an obstacle  

2. a myth  

3. a useless part  

4. an integral part  

Ans : 4 

Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.  

Major  

1. Diligent  

2. Shallow  

3. Considerable  

4. Creviced  

Ans : 3 

Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.  

Being courteous _______ costs you nothing.  

1. No article required  

2. an  

3. a  

4. the  

Ans : 1 

Q.11 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  

Hear someone out  

1. Let someone complete what they are saying  

2. Hear from far away  

3. Dismiss someone from listening to you  

4. Keep someone out  

Ans : 1 

Q.12 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.  

Ethical  

1. Discord  

2. Joyous  

3. Mourning  

4. Immoral  

Ans : 4 

Q.13 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.  

Vagrancy  

1. Vagueness  

2. Exploration  

3. Vagabond  

4. Fragrance  

Ans : 3 

Q.14 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  

Build castles in the air  

1. To make useless efforts  

2. To talk pointlessly  

3. To make imaginary schemes  

4. To build a palatial house  

Ans : 3 

Q.15 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  

Bite your tongue  

1. To scold someone verbally  

2. To drink very heavily  

3. To avoid saying something  

4. To have something explored  

Ans : 3 

Q.16 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.  

Lily has dedicate her life towards becoming a doctor.  

1. had dedicate  

2. is dedicate  

3. No improvement required  

4. has dedicated  

Ans : 4 

Q.17 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.  

Diabolical  

1. Malicious  

2. Sycophant  

3. Celestial  

4. Sophisticated  

Ans : 1 

Q.18 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word  

1. Legitimate  

2. Exagerate  

3. Propagate  

4. Promulgate  

Ans : 2 

Q.19 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.  

The court absolved the defendant of all charges due to lack of evidence.  

1. accused  

2. condemned  

3. attacked  

4. criticised  

Ans : 1 

Q.20 Select the correctly spelt sentence.  

1. The country’s GDP bloomed despite the ongoing war situation.  

2. The country’s GDP bloomed dispete the ongoing war situation.  

3. The country’s GDP bloomed despete the ongoing war sitution  

4. The country’s GDP bloomed dispite the ongoing war situation.  

Ans : 1