NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2015-I (ENGLISH)

Total Questions: 50

31. (Questions 31-36) In items in this section, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper order for the four sen-tences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: At the roadside the driver will be asked to blow through a small glass tube into a plastic bag.
S6: The driver will be asked to go to the police station.
P: And if the colour change does not reach the line the driver cannot be punished under the new law.
Q: Inside the tube are chemically treated crystals which change colour if the driver has alcohol on his breath.
R: But if the colour change does reach the line, then the test has proved positive.
S: If the colour change goes beyond a certain line marked on the tube this indicates that the driver is probably over the specified limit.

The proper sequence should be

Correct Answer: (d) QSPR
Solution:The correct sequence is QSPR. The sentence S1 tells us about a small glass tube. The next sentence should be a description about the tube and hence Q. Now S should come next because it gives the introduction of the color change followed by Sentence P. Sentence S6 is in sync with Sentence R because they tell what will happen if the line is crossed. Thus R should come before S6.

32. Find out the proper order for the four sen-tences and mark accordingly.

S1: Hope springs eternally in the heart of man.
S6: This is the central idea of the poem.
P: But hope is everlasting.
Q: Love, friendship and youth perish.
R: It is nursed by the glorious elements of nature.
S: Man derives hope from nature in his gallant struggle after some noble ideal.

The proper sequence should be

Correct Answer: (a) QPRS
Solution:The correct sequence is QPRS.

33. Find out the proper order for the four sen-tences and mark accordingly.

S1: Mr Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were spending a weekend in a University town.
S6: It was clear that something very unusual happend.
P: One evening they received a visit from an acquaintance, Mr Hilton Soames.
Q: On that occasion he was in a state of great agitation.
R: They were staying in furnished rooms, close to the library.
S: Mr Soames was a tall, thin man of a nervous and excitable nature.

The proper sequence should be

Correct Answer: (b) RPSQ
Solution:The correct sequence is RPSQ. The sentence S1 describes that Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are spending a weekend in University town. The next sentence should be R because it is in continuation of S1 and describes where they are staying. The next sentence should be P because it describes the event that they get visited by Mr. Soames. Next sentence should be S because it describes Mr. Soames. The next sentence should be Q because it describes his state of mind and is in continuation of the S6 sentence.

34. Find out the proper order for the four sen-tences and mark accordingly.

S1: The machines that drive modern civilisation derive their power from coal and oil.
S6: Nuclear energy may also be effectively used in this respect.
P: But they are not inexhaustible.
Q: These sources may not be exhausted very soon.
R: A time may come when some other sources have to be tapped and utilised.
S: Power may, of course, be obtained in future from forestes, water, wind and withered vegetables.

The proper sequence should be

Correct Answer: (b) QPRS
Solution:The correct sequence is QPRS.

35. Find out the proper order for the four sen-tences and mark accordingly.

S1: The body can never stop.
S6: It comes from food.
P: To support this endless activity, the body needs all the fuel for action.
Q: Sometimes it is more active than at other times, but it is always moving.
R: Even in the deepest sleep we must breathe.
S: The fuel must come from somewhere.

The proper sequence should be to

Correct Answer: (a) PQRS
Solution:The correct sequence is QRPS. The sentence S1 talks about how our body never stops. The next sentence should be Q because it describes that the body is continuously moving. The next sentence should be R because it describes that even while we are sleeping our body moves when we breathe. Following this sentence should be P which tells that fuel is needed for all these activities. Sentence S and S6 are in sync and continuation.

36. Find out the proper order for the four sen-tences and mark accordingly.

S1: American idealism is essentially a belief in the idea of progress.
S6: This sense they have inherited from the English.
P: Therefore, he believes that, because of human effort, the future will be better than the past.
Q: But if American are usually optimistic, they are not wholly unrealistic.
R: The American tends to view history as a record of human achievement.
S: They have some common sense practicality.

The proper sequence should be

Correct Answer: (c) RPQS
Solution:The correct sequence is RPQS. The sentence S1 talks about the American idealism. The next sentence should be a continuation of the same describing the American idealism and hence R. The next sentence should be in continuance and thus P because it describes the idealism of American. The next sentence should be Q. Sentence S and S6 are in sync and continuation.

37. (Questions 37-40) In the following passage at certain points you are given a choice of three words marked (a), (b) and (c), one of which fits the meaning of the passage, Choose the best word out of the three Mark the letter, viz (a), (b) or (c), relating to this word on your Answer Sheet. Examples K and L have been solved for you.

Passage
After having slept for an hour, Bond decided to go out into the city and try to find his contact. After changing his suit, he carefully locked his room and stepped out of the hotel. No one was around. But he had walked only for a few minutes when it suddenly. 37. (a) felt/ (b) occurred/ (c) happened to him that he was being 38. (a) followed/(b) shot/ (c) looked by someone. There was really no 39. (a) reason/ (b) cause/ (c) evidence for it except a very slight 40. (a) weight/ (b) sound./ (c) hurting. of footsteps. He was now walking 41. (a) from/ (b) down/(c) over the main street, which was crowded 42. (a) with/ (b) by/(c) in people. He became extremely aware of the danger of people threatening him.

_____ to him that he was being.

Correct Answer: (b) occurred
Solution:Occurred is the most appropriate word.

38. ______ by someone.

Correct Answer: (a) followed
Solution:Followed is the most appropriate word.

39. ______ for it except a very slight.

Correct Answer: (c) evidence
Solution:Evidence is the most appropriate word.

40. ______ of footsteps.

Correct Answer: (b) sound
Solution:Sound is the most appropriate word.