NDA Previous Year Question Paper with solution | 2023

NDA Previous Year Question Paper

        PART – A

        FILL IN THE BLANKS

Directions: In this section, each of the following sentences has a blank space and is followed by four words. Select the word you consider most appropriate to fill in the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

1.  As the Southwest monsoon________through most of July, flash floods caused by the waters of the Narmada hit Jabalpur town.

(a) lashed

(b) flourished

(c) occupied

(d) dried

Answer: (a) lashed

2. Given the scale of the challenges that_________us today, our company proposes more viable plans for sustainability.

(a) supports

(b) conflict

(c) confronts

(d) convince

Answer: (c) confronts

3. It is a really tough course, I am just worried that I won’t be able to go the_________ .

(a) way

(b) distance

(c) far

(d) route

Answer: (b) distance

4.  The of the advancement made in agricultural productivity in India has been remarkable.

(a) extent

(b) context

(c) distance

(d) syntax

Answer: (a) extent

5.  This essay _______ and examines various systems for water appropriation and agricultural practices adapted by society in the arid conditions of Rajasthan.

(a) confuses

(b) enhances

(c) controls

(d) explores
Answer: (d) explores

6. India has been able to successfully ________ its population through family planning programmes.

(a) sterilise

(b) stabilise

(c) stratify

(d) establish

Answer: (b) stabilies

7. Adolescence is the________ wherein a child enters adulthood.

(a) threshold

(b) position

(c) condition

(d) period

Answer: (d) period

8. The British who ruled India for 200 years were here to India’s natural resources.

(a) spoil

(b) implore

(c) exploit

(d) drill

Answer: (c) exploit

9. Endangered species have a fifty per cent or greater probability of ________within five years or two generations whichever is longer.

(a) distinction

(b) extinction

(c) complication

(d) completion

Answer: (b) extinction

10.  The first law of thermodynamics states that whereas energy can be _______ from one form into another, it cannot be created or destroyed.

(a) reduced

(b) induced

(c) performed

(d) transformed

Answer: (d) transformed

                                                            SYNONYMS

Directions: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

11. He is always captious.

(a) worried

(b) passionate

(c) faultfinding

(d) jovial

Answer: (c) faultfinding

12.  Geomorphologists ascertain several wonderful facts about our earth.

(a) verify

(b) invert

(c) increase

(d) omit

Answer: (d) Verify

13.  The Colonel ordered the Soldiers to meet him in the commissary.

(a) office

(b) field

(c) playground

(d) canteen

Answer: (d) canteen

14.  The doctor dismembered the patient’s finger first and then cured the ailment.

(a) stitched

(b) dissected

(c) plastered

(d) splintered

Answer: (b) dissected

15.  Mr. Kumar works as a bursar in the sports academy.

(a) secretary

(b) accountant

(c) coach

(d) trainer

Answer: (b) accountant

16. His intentions are are insidious.

(a) pious

(b) inadvertent

(c) deceitful

(d) naïve

Answer: (c) deceitful

17. Respect for other human beings is intrinsic to the teachings of all religions.

(a) inconsistent

(b) peripheral

(c) inherent

(d) existential

Answer: (c) inherent

18.  He completed the onerous task with relative case.

(a) smooth

(b) complex

(c) risky

(d) wearying

Answer: (c) complex

19. Alfred was a potentate during the Middle Ages.

(a) Monarch

(b) lenient

(c) liberal

(d) democrat

Answer: (a) Monarch

20.  I abandoned the task due to indolence.

(a) difficulty

(b) laziness

(c) ugliness

(d) helplessness

Answer: (b) laziness

                                                           ANTONYMS

Directions: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

21. Many metals are malleable in nature and property.

(a) hard

(b) strong

(c) tender

(d) weak

Answer: (a) hand

22.  To neglect a warning is to invite danger.

(a) disregard

(b) ignore

(c) regard

(d) overlook

Answer: (c) regard

23.  His ostentatious behaviour surprised everyone.

(a) tawdry

(b) modest

(c) gaudy

(d) apparent

Answer: (b) modest

24. The experience of Covid Pandemic was excruciating for much of the population.

(a) gnawing

(b) gruelling

(c) harrowing

(d) mild

Answer: (d) mild

25. A trip to the hills was refreshing.
    

(a) conniving

(b) wearying

(c) revivifying

(d) rejuvenating

Answer: (b) wearying

                                                     COMPREHENSION

Directions: Carefully read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. You are required to select your answers solely based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only.

                                                               Passage

People by and large are concerned with and pursue self-interest. They are unlikely to be motivated to use renewable resources in a prudent and sustainable fashion. They are unlikely to be motivated under the following conditions: if their resource catchments are vast, so that degradation of any particular portion affects them very little; or if they have open before them possibilities of substitution as any one resource element is depleted; or if their control over the resource base is tenuous, so that others may, at any time, deplete a resource they value, even if they use it in a restrained fashion. Indeed, exhaustive use is highly likely when any one of these three conditions obtains. It is only when people perceive their resource catchments as limited, possibilities of substitution of exhausted resource elements as not readily feasible, and their own control over the resource base as secure, will they be motivated to use the resources in a prudent fashion. People, rooted in a locality, and retaining control over their resource base are most likely to fulfil all three prerequisites for sustainable resource use; and therefore, to behave in ways conducive to the conservation of biodiversity within their localities.

Why, according to the writer can’t people be motivated to use a resource prudently?

1.They feel that others may overuse the resource

2.It is possible to substitute the resource

3.Abundance of the resource availability

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (c) 2 and 3 only

27. When do people use resources exhaustively?

(a) When the substitution of resource is felicitated by NGOs

(b) When the resource is about to expand

(c) When the resources use has little impact

(d) When they desire desperately for sustainable development

Answer: (c) When the resources use has little impact

28.  The self-interest of people affects the use of renewable resources

(a) positively

(b) erratically

(c) affirmatively

(d) indifferently

Answer: (b) erratically

29.  People rooted in a locality

(a) cause harm to available resources

(b) generate resources

(c) believe in conservation and reproduction of resources

(d) consume resources freely

Answer: (c) believe in conservation and reproduction of resources

30.  Which among the following is closest in meaning with the word ‘deplete’?

(a) exhaust

(b) complete

(c) replete

(d) desperate

Answer: (a) exhaust

PART – B

31.  The streaming of light beams coming from the Sun through trees is said to have suggested that light travels in straight line. The particles on the path of light beams are visible to us because.

(a) dust particles in the air reflect light into our eyes

(b) dust particles in the air scatter light into our eyes

(c) dust particles in the air refract light into our eyes

(d) dust particles in the air polarize light into our eyes

Answer: (b) dust particles in the air scatter light into our eyes

32. The flash of lightning is seen before the thunderstorm is heard. It verifies that

(a) sound travels much faster than light

(b) light travels much faster than sound

(c) light and sound both travel with same speed

(d) intensity of flash of lightning is very high during thunderstorm

Answer: (b) light travels much faster than sound

33.  The potential difference between the two end terminals of an electric heater is 220 V and the current through it is 0.5 A. What would be the current through the heater if the potential difference across the terminals of the heater is reduced to 120 V?

(a) 1.0 A

(b) 0.5 A

(c) 0.27 A

(d) 0.7 A

Answer: (c) 0.27 A

34.  The heating element in an electric iron is usually made of

(a) Constantan

(b) Tungsten

(c) Nichrome

(d) Copper

Answer: (c) Nichrome

35.  Sita, 1.5 m high, stands before a plane mirror fixed on a wall to view her full image. What should be the minimum height of the plane mirror so that Sita can view her image fully?

(a) 0.50 m

(b) 0.35 m

(c) 0.75 m

(d) 0.25 m

Answer: (c) 0.75 m

36. Galvanization is a method of protecting iron from rusting by coating with a thin layer of

(a) Gallium

(b) Aluminum

(c) Zinc

(d) Silver

Answer: (c) zinc

37. Which one of the following alloys contains a non-metal as one of its constituent ?

(a) Brass

(b) Bronze

(c) Amalgam

(d) Steel

Answer: (c) Amalgam

38.  Buckminster fullerene, which looks like a football, is an allotropic form of

(a) Phosphorus

(b) Sulfur

(c) Carbon

(d) Tin

Answer: (c) Carbon

39.  The green plant in a terrestrial eco- system absorbs sunlight that falls on their leaves and convert it into food energy. The percentage of solar radia- tion absorbed by all green plants for the process of photosynthesis is about

(a) 1%

(b) 5%

(c) 8%

(d) 10%

Answer: (c) 8%

40.  Consider the following reaction:

Fe₂O₃(s)+2Al(s)→2Fe(s) + Al₂O₃(s) Which of the following statements about the given reaction is NOT correct?

(a) It is an example of displacement reaction

(b) It is highly endothermic reaction

(c) Fe₂O₃ acts as oxidizing agent

(d) This reaction is applicable to joining of railway tracks

Answer: (b) It is highly endothermic reaction

41. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List I (Chemical process)

1. Electrolysis of water
2. Burning of coal
3. Iron nail immersed in copper sulphate solution
4. Addition of barium chloride solution to alu-

List II (Reaction)

1. Double displacement reaction
2. Combination reaction
3. Decomposition reaction
4. Displacement reaction

Code:    A    B     C     D

(a)       3    4      2     1

(b)       4    2      1     3

(c)        3    2      4     1

(d)       4    1       2    3

Answer: (c) 3 2 4 1

42.  Which one of the following processes involves chemical reaction?

(a) Evaporation of petrol

(b) Dissolution of salt in water

(c) Storing of oxygen gas under pressure in a gas cylinder

(d) Burning of magnesium ribbon in air

Answer: (d) Burning of magnesium ribbon in air

43.  Which one of the following metals does NOT react with cold water to liberate hydrogen gas?

(a) Potassium

(b) Iron

(c) Calcium

(d) Sodium

Answer: (b) iron

44.  Consider the following reaction:

2HgO à 2Hg + O₂

The respective state of HgO, Hg and O₂ in the above reaction is

(a) Liquid, solid, gas

(b) Solid, solid, gas

(c) Liquid, solid, liquid

(d) Solid, liquid, gas

Answer: (b) Solid, solid, gas

45. The two important features of sexual reproduction in higher organisms that create genetic diversity in offspring are

(a) Mitosis and fertilization

(b) Meiosis and fertilization

(c) Mitosis and binary fission

(d) Meiosis and conjugation

Answer: (b) Meiosis and fertilization

46. Eukaryotic cells are much more complex as compared to prokaryotes. Which one of the following structures is exclusively present in a eukaryotic cell?

(a) Cell wall

(b) Plasma membrane

(c) Nucleic acid

(d) Mitochondria

Answer: (d) Mitochondria

47.  An important cause of tooth decay by the bacterium Streptococcus mutans is because of their ability to attach to teeth surface by producing slime layer from

(a) Sugar

(b) Alcohol

(c) Saliva

(d) Teichoic acid

Answer: (b) Sugar

48. In angiosperms, pollen grain germi- nates to produce two male gametes. Which one of the following functions is carried out by these gametes?

(a) Both the gametes fuse with a single egg cell

(b) Both the gametes fuse with two different egg cells

(c) One gamete fuse with the egg cell and the other one eventually degenerates

(d) One gamete fuse with the egg cell and the other one fuses with a diploid secondary nucleus

Answer: (c) One gamete fuse with the egg cell and the other one eventually degenerates

49.  In a sexually reproducing organism, which one of the following statements is appropriate both for the parent and offspring?

(a) Chromosome number increases but DNA content remains constant.

(b) Both chromosome number and DNA content remains constant

(c) Chromosome number decreases, but DNA content remains constant

(d) Both chromosome number and DNA content decreases

Answer: (b) Both chromosome number and DNA content remains constant

50. Relationship between a flower and honeybee will help the flower for/in

(a) Faster development

(b) Pollination

(c) Quick germination of pollen

(d) Increase in size

Answer: (b) pollination

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