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

Total Questions: 50

31. Questions:- (31 to 35) In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 : The Subsidiary Alliance system was extremely advantageous to the British.
S 6 : They controlled the defence and the foreign relations of the protected ally.
P : They could now maintain a large army at the cost of Indian states.
Q : if many war occurred in the territories
R : either of the British ally or of the Britishers
S : This enabled them to fight wars far away from their own territories
The proper sequence should be:

Correct Answer: (b) P S Q R
Solution:

PSQR is the correct sequence.

32. Select the correct sequence from the options:

S1 : In reality, by signing a Subsidiary Alliance, an Indian state virtually signed away its independence.
S6 : In fact, the Indian ruler lost all vestiges of sovereignty in external
matters.
P : of maintaining diplomatic relations
Q : It lost the right of self defence
R : with its neighbours
S : and of settling its disputes
The proper sequence should be:

Correct Answer: (c) Q P S R
Solution:

QPSR is the correct sequence.

33. Select the correct sequence from the options:

S1 : A mighty popular Revolt broke out in Northern and Central India in 1857.
S 6 : Millions of peasants, artisans and soldiers fought heroically and wrote a glorious chapter.
P : Sepoys, or the Indian soldiers of the Company’s army
Q : but soon engulfed wide regions and involved the masses
R : and nearly swept away the British rule
S : It began with a mutiny of the
The proper sequence should be:

Correct Answer: (a) R S P Q
Solution:

RSPQ is the correct sequence.

34. Select the correct sequence from the options:

S1: The Indian Civil Service gradually developed into one of the most efficient and powerful civil services in the world.
S6 : though these qualities obviously served. British, and not Indian interests.
P : and often participated in the making of policy
Q : independence, integrity and hard work
R : They developed certain traditions of
S : Its members exercised vast power
The proper sequence should be:

Correct Answer: (d) S P R Q
Solution:

SPRQ is the correct sequence.

35. Select the correct sequence from the options:

S1 : The ruin of India handicrafts was reflected in the ruin of the towns and cities which were famous for their manufactures.
S6 : Centres were developed and laid waste.
P : Dacca, Surat, Murshidabad and many other rising industrial
Q : ravages of war and plunder, failed to
R : survive British conquest
S : Cities which had withstood the
The proper sequence should be:

Correct Answer: (b) S Q R P
Solution:

SQRP is the correct sequence.

36. Questions:- (36 to 40) In this section you have few short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

Passage 1

The rule of the road means that in order that the liberties of all may be preserved, the liberties of everybody must be curtailed.
When the policeman, say, at a road-crossing steps into the middle of the road and puts out his hand, he is the symbol not of tyranny but of liberty.
You have submitted to a curtailment of private liberty in order that you may enjoy a social order which makes your liberty a reality.
We 'have both liberties to preserve — our Individual liberty and our social liberty. That is, we must have a judicious mixture of both.
I shall not permit any authority to say that my child must go to this school or that, shall specialise in science or arts.
These things are personal. But if I say that my child shall have no education at all, then society will firmly tell me that my child must have education whether I like it or not.
According to the author, the ‘‘rule of the road’’ implies 

Correct Answer: (d) restricted individual freedom to ensure freedom for all
Solution:

Rule of the road according to the passage means restricted individual freedom to ensure freedom for all.

37. The author thinks that when a policeman signals you to stop on a road-crossing, he is:

Correct Answer: (c) protecting the liberty of all to use the road
Solution:

The policeman is protecting the liberty of all to use the road.

38. The author is of the view that we should:

Correct Answer: (c) try to strike a sensible balance between our individual liberty and our social liberty
Solution:

The author is of the view that we should try to strike a sensible balance between our individual liberty and our social liberty.

39. The author holds that:

Correct Answer: (b) educating or not educating his child is also a matter of social liberty
Solution:

The author is of the opinion that educating or not educating his child is also a matter of social liberty.

40. The most suitable title of the passage would be:

Correct Answer: (c) Importance of Liberty
Solution:

The most suitable title of the passage would be option (c). ‘Importance of Liberty’.