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

Total Questions: 50

21. Questions:- (21 to 25) 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-2

Magda Good morning, Smiles. Mrs. It’s wet, isn’t it? Mrs. Smiles Yes, it is, isn’t it? How are you today? All right? You haven’t been studying too hard, have you? You look a bit pale.
Magda I don’t, do I? Well, I haven’t been out much lately. I don’t like this weather a bit. Why, we haven’t had a dry day for weeks, have we? Mrs. Smiles No, I don’t think we have. Let’s see, you’ll be going back home next month, won’t you? Magda Oh no, I’m not going back yet.
My sister’s coming over first. Mrs. Smiles Oh, is she? You’re looking forward to that, I expect. How long is it since you saw her? Magda Nearly a year now. Yes, I am looking forward to it very much.
Mrs. Smiles She’s coming over here to study? Magda Yes, that’s right, I shan’t go back home until she’s settled down.
I don’t think I ought to, ought I? Mrs. Smiles Well, no, she’s younger than you are, is she? Magda Yes, she’s only eighteen.
Magda had not been out much lately because:

Correct Answer: (c) the weather had been unpleasant
Solution:

As stated in the passage Magda had not been out much lately because it has been raining continuously. It also implies that ‘the weather has been unpleasant’.

22. Magda was not going back home yet because:

Correct Answer: (b) her sister was coming over
Solution:

‘her sister was coming over’ so Magda was not planning to go back home.

23. Mrs. Smiles says, ‘‘You’re looking forward to that’’. This means, Magda was............her sister’s arrival.

Correct Answer: (a) expecting with pleasure
Solution:

Magda was expecting with pleasure her sister’s arrival.

24. Magda’s sister was coming to:

Correct Answer: (d) pursue her studies
Solution:

Magda’s sister was coming to pursue her studies.

25. Mrs. Smiles and Magda are:

Correct Answer: (c) neighbours
Solution:

From the conversation shown in the passage between Mrs. Smiles and Magda, it appears that both are neighbours.

26. Questions:- (26 to 35) Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or groups of words given after the sentence. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space:

We fail to understand your reasons for ………… the college without completing the degree.

Correct Answer: (c) leaving
Solution:(c)

27. She..……...her energy and started shouting only when she heard the noise of bulldozers and cranes.

Correct Answer: (b) conserved
Solution:(b)

28. The British………… all over Africa and Asia collapsed in the first half of the twentieth century.

Correct Answer: (a) hegemony
Solution:(a)

29. The football match has to be ………… because of the weather.

Correct Answer: (a) called off
Solution:(a)

30. If I were rich, ………… a lot.

Correct Answer: (c) I would travel
Solution:(c)