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

Total Questions: 50

41. Questions:- (41 to 45) Read the passage carefully and the answer the question below :

Passage 2

My most interesting visitor comes at night, when the lights are still burning — a tiny bat who prefers to fly in through the open door, and will use the window only if there is no alternative.
His object in entering the house is to snap up the moths that cluster around the lamps. All the bats I have seen fly fairly high, keeping near the ceiling; but this particular bat flies in low, like a dive-bomber, zooming in and out of chair legs and under tables.
Once, he passed straight between my legs. Has his radar gone wrong, I wondered, or is he just plain crazy?
Consider the following statements
1. The tiny bat flew in low like a dive bomber.
2. The tiny bat like all bats keeps near the ceiling.
3. It has lost direction because its radar has gone wrong.
4. It wants to entertain the author with its skill in flying.
Which of the above statements may be assumed to be true from the information given in the passage?

Correct Answer: (b) 1 and 3
Solution:

From the given information statements 1 and 3 are true.

42. The bat entered the room:

Correct Answer: (b) to eat the moths round the lamps
Solution:

The bat entered the room to eat the moths round the lamps. 

43. After comparing the habits of the tiny bat with those of other bats, the author was:

Correct Answer: (d) unable to give the correct explanation for its behaviour
Solution:

The author was confused and hence was unable to give the correct explanation for the behaviour of the bat.

44. The author calls the tiny bat an ‘‘interesting visitor’’. This means:

Correct Answer: (c) this bat has peculiar qualities
Solution:

The tiny bat is called an interesting visitor by the author as it has peculiar qualities.

45. What, according to you, can be the most suitable title for the passage?

Correct Answer: (c) My Nocturnal Visitor
Solution:

My Nocturnal Visitor is the most suitable title of the passage from the given options.

46. Questions:- (46 to 50) Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The tired traveller …………… on in the hope of finding some resting place.

Correct Answer: (d) plodded
Solution:

The word ‘plodded’ means to walk with slow heavy steps. So, from the given options it is most suitable to fill the given blank.

47. The car was damaged beyond repair in the ………… accident.

Correct Answer: (b) ghastly
Solution:

Ghastly means unpleasant and shocking. So, it should be used to fill the given blank.

48. They gave a ………… dinner to celebrate the occasion, which impressed every guest.

Correct Answer: (c) sumptuous
Solution:

Sumptuous means of high quality and often expensive. So, from the given options it is the most suitable word to fill the given blank.

49. Once the………… manuscript is received by the publishers, it is typed in double space.

Correct Answer: (c) complete
Solution:complete is the correct answer.

50. I am used to ………… in queues.

Correct Answer: (b) standing
Solution:

starding is the correct answer.