Part – A (English) NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2018 (I) (01 to 50)

Total Questions: 50

21. Questions:- (21 to 25) 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 and 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).

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:

has error. As sentence is in simple past tense, here we must use past perfect tense ‘he had made to the people’ should be used here.

22. Choose the part of the sentence that has an error:

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

has error of correct use of verb with jury which is taken as singular noun, verb ‘was’ will be used here.

23. Choose the part of the sentence that has an error:

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:

has error of correct degree of adjective. Here, we will use superlative degree of greater i.e. ‘greatest’ as we are comparing one with many people.

24. Choose the part of the sentence that has an error:

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:

has error of correct syntax ‘When I was young’ is better construction.

25. Choose the part of the sentence that has an error:

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:

The sentence is correct.

26. Questions:- (26 to 30) Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

Cry over spilt milk 

Correct Answer: (a) Complaining about a loss in the past
Solution:

Complaining about a loss in the past is the correct meaning of the idiom ‘Cry over spilt milk.’

27. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

Cut the mustard 

Correct Answer: (b) To come up to expectations
Solution:

To come up to the expectations is the correct meaning of the idiom ‘cut the mustard’.

28. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

Devil’s advocate 

Correct Answer: (c) Very argumentative person
Solution:

A devil’s advocate is a person who expresses an unpopular opinion in order to provoke debate. So, out of the given options ‘very argumentative person’ best expresses its meaning.

29. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched

Correct Answer: (b) Don’t make plans for something that might not happen
Solution:

This idiom means to not make plans for something that might not happen.

30. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

Give the benefit of doubt 

Correct Answer: (c) Regard someone as innocent until proven otherwise
Solution:

Benefit of doubt means to regard someone as innocent until proven otherwise.