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

Total Questions: 50

11. Questions:- (11 to 15) Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Correct Answer: (c) embellish
Solution:

The word spoil means to diminish or destroy. ‘Embellish’ means to improve or enhance. So, it is correct antonym of ‘spoil’.

12. Select the word or group of words that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word:

He is biased against the students from cities.

Correct Answer: (d) impartial
Solution:

The word ‘biased’ means inclined to favour one over another. The word ‘impartial’ means treating everyone equally.

13. Select the word or group of words that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word:

It is easy to be an orthodox.

Correct Answer: (d) heterodox
Solution:

‘Orthodox’ means following or conforming to the traditions whereas its antonym is ‘heterodox’ which means a person who does not conform to accepted standards or traditions.

14. Select the word or group of words that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word:

Permit me to present you with a book.

Correct Answer: (c) prohibit
Solution:

‘permit’ means to allow whereas prohibit means to disallow or deny. So, it is the antoyism of permit.

15. Select the word or group of words that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word:

None but the brave deserves the fair.

Correct Answer: (b) coward
Solution:

‘coward’ is correct antonym of the word ‘brave’. ‘Brave’ means courageous or ready to face danger whereas ‘coward’ means a person who lacks courage and turns away from danger

16. Questions:- (16 to 20) In this section, you have two 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

‘‘Now, ladies and gentlemen,’ said the conjuror, ‘having shown you that the cloth is absolutely empty. I will proceed to take from it a bowl of goldfish. Presto !’’ All around the hall people were saying, ‘‘Oh, how wonderful ! How does he do it?’’ But the Quick Man on the front seat said in a big whisper to the people near him, ‘‘He-had-it-up-his-sleeve.’’
Then the people nodded brightly at the Quick Man and said, ‘Oh, of course’; and everybody whispered round the hall, ‘‘He-had-itup-his-sleeve.’’ ‘‘My next trick,’’ said the conjuror, ‘‘is the famous Hindostanee rings.
You will notice that the rings are apparently separate; at a blow they all join (clang, clang, clang)— Presto !’’ There was a general buzz of stupefaction till the Quick Man was heard to whisper, ‘‘He-must-have-had-another-lot-up-hissleeve’’.
Again everybody nodded and whispered, ‘‘The-rings-were-up-his-sleeve.’’ The brow of the conjuror was clouded with a gathering frown. ‘‘I will now,’’ he continued, ‘‘show you a most amusing trick by which I am enabled to take any number of eggs from a hat.
Will some gentleman kindly lend me his hat?’ Ah, thank you—Presto !’’ He extracted seventeen eggs and for thirty-five seconds the audience began to think that he was wonderful.
Then the Quick Man whispered along the front bench,‘‘He-has-a-hen- up-his-sleeve,’’ and all the people whispered it on. ‘‘He-has-a-lot-ofhens-up-his- sleeve’’. The egg trick was ruined. It went on like that all through.
It transpired from the whispers of the Quick Man that the conjuror must have concealed up his sleeve, in addition to the rings, hens and fish, several packs of cards, a loaf of bread, a doll’s Cradle, a live guinea pig, a fifty-cent piece and a rocking chair.

‘‘The brow of the conjuror was clouded with a gathering frown.’’ The sentence means that the conjuror 

Correct Answer: (c) was rather angry
Solution:

‘was rather angry’ is correct option. All tricks of conjuror were ruined due to the Quick man’s remarks.

17. ‘‘The egg trick was ruined’’. This means that:

Correct Answer: (b) people were unconvinced
Solution:

The egg trick was ruined means that people were unconvinced.

18. According to the Quick Man, the conjuror:

Correct Answer: (c) had things in the large sleeves of his coat
Solution:

According to the Quick man, the conjurer had things in large sleeves of his coat.

19. The author believes that the Quick Man was really:

Correct Answer: (a) foolish
Solution:

‘foolish’ as last sentence of the author shows that the Quick Man was not intelligent to presume that the conjuror must be having a live hen up his sleeve who on demand will give 17 eggs.

20. The conjuror extracted seventeen eggs from the hat of:

Correct Answer: (c) one gentleman from the audience
Solution:

The conjuror extraeted sevouteen eggs from the hat of one gentleman from the audience.