(General English) NDA/NA Solved Paper 2017-I

Total Questions: 50

41. Read the passage carefully and answer the question given below :

I was beginning to tire a little now. I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours, and Tenzing, too was moving very slowly. As I chipped steps around still another corner, I wondered rather dully just how long we could keep it up. Our original zest had now quite gone and it was turning more into a grim struggle. I then realised that the ridge ahead, instead of still monotonously rising, now dropped sharply away, and far below I could see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I looked upwards to see a narrow ridge running up to a snowy summit. A few more whacks of th ice-axe in the firm snow and we stood on top.

'It was turning more into a grim struggle' would mean.

Correct Answer: (a) that after the long exertion he was feeling so weak that any further climbing meant a hard struggle with the forces of nature.

42. Questions (42 to 50) : Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (c) PQSR
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - Farm workers spend most of their time outdoors.

43. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (a) PQSR
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - He shuffled the papers together in a drawer.

44. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (b) PRQS
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - Do you think this soap will shrink woollen clothes?

45. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (c) PQSR
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - We advised the hijackers to surrender themselves to the police.

46. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (b) PSQR
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - Sports car with noisy exhausts appeal to some motorists only.

47. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (b) PRQS
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - He planned the entire strategy of operation almost single - handed.

48. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (d) PQRS
Solution:

The given parts of the sentence are in correct order.

49. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (b) PQSR
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - They should implant sound principles in the minds of young children.

50. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

Correct Answer: (c) QPRS
Solution:

The correct sentence will be - I learnt swimming at the age of 15 when I was a student of class X in a government school.