General ability (NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2023-I) (Part - A: english) (01 to 50)

1. Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

From the questions (1 to 10)
Over long periods of time, /(a) layers of sediments builds up/(b) to a height of a few kilometers. /(c) No Error (d).

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:As per Subject-Verb concord, a singular subject takes the singular form of verb and a plural subject is conjugated with the plural form of verb.
In the sentence, 'layers' is plural in 'layers of sediments", thus 'build (without the ending 's') will be used with it.
The correct sentence is 'Over long periods of time, layers of sediments build up to a height of few kilometres."

2. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

When a gas is /(a) cooled down it turns into a liquid /(b) from a process called condensation. /(c) No Error /(d).

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:The word 'through' is more appropriate than 'from' in this context. The correct sentence will be 'When a gas is cooled down it turns into a liquid through a process called condensation.'.

3. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

If you want /(a) to know the news /(b) you can read a newspaper. /(c) No Error /(d).

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:There is no error in the sentence

4. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

Columbus made his /(a) first voyage from Europe to America /(b) on 1492. /(c) No Error /(d).

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:We use the preposition 'in' with years and months. Hence, the right sentence is 'Columbus made his first voyage from Europe to America in 1492.'

5. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

Whenever the sky is /(a) clear, you can see /(b) the stars in the night. /(c) No Error /(d).

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:In this sentence, the preposition that should be used is 'at'. Therefore, the correct sentence is 'Whenever the sky is clear, you can see the stars at night."

6. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

I'm not working tomorrow, /(a) so I don't had to /(b) get up early (c) No Error/(d).

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The verb is not conjugated with 'do not or don't'. With it, we use the infinitive form of verb. Thus, the correct form is 'I'm not working tomorrow, so I don't have to get up early."

7. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

She didn't /(a) tell anybody /(b) about her plans. /(c) No Error /(d).

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:There is no error in the sentence.

8. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

She wouldn't have /(a) has an accident, (b) if she had driven carefully. /(c) No Error /(d).

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:Here, Conditional Type 3 is not correctly used. To create a Type 3 Conditional sentence, we use the following structure-
If + past perfect + would have + past participle
Hence, the correct sentence will be 'She wouldn't have had an accident, if she had driven carefully.'

9. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

I will watch film /(a) if I finish the work /(b) in time. /(c) No Error /(d).

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The error in the sentence is the lack of a conditional word. It should be: 'I will watch the film if I finish the work on time.'

10. Read the above statement carefully and answer the question below :

In 1989, the government /(a) did an about-face and Iran restored /(b) it's family planning program. /(c) No Error/(d).

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:'It's' is a contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'. However, in the given sentence we are supposed to show possession for which we use 'Its'. The correct sentence is 'In 1989, the government did an about-face and Iran restored its family planning programme."