BY- SANJEEV RATHORE

Top 20 Questions For – NDA

Question - 1

Directions: In the following question, the sentence given with blank

to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct

alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate

option.

1.

His wife has a twin who resembles her so much that at first he had

great trouble telling _______

(a)one from the other

(b)one from another

(c)each other

(d)who is which

Answer - 1

1.

Answer - D

Solution - “who is which” is correct to use.

Question - 2

2. At great length that night they ________ the feasibility of

their plans.

(a)discussed about

(b)discussed

(c)discussed regarding

(d)discussed on

Answer - 2

2.

Answer - B

Solution - “that night” indicates a past event and generally

any preposition is not used after “discuss” in active voice, so

“discussed” will be used.

Question - 3

3. Will those of you who have objections to this

proposal ________ put up your hands please ?

(a)discussed

(b)being discussed

(c)having discussed

(d)discussing

Answer - 3

3.

Answer - B

Solution - “proposal being discussed” will be used as an

additional noun phrase.

Question - 4

4. She had frequent toothaches So she decided to ________

(a)remove her teeth

(b)removing her teeth

(c)have her teeth removed

(d)having her teeth removed

Answer - 4

4.

Answer - C

Solution - someone needs a dentist or another person to

remove his/her teeth, so “she decided to remove her teeth” is

not correct meaningfully, “she decided to have her teeth

removed” fits best.

Question - 5

5. At one time Mr Nigel ________ this supermarket.

(a) was owing

(b) used to own

(c) had owned

(d) owned

Answer - 5

5.

Answer - D

Solution - the sentence will be in simple past.

Question - 6

6. He was ________accept the grudgingly given invitation.

(a)Not enough sensible to

(b)Sensible enough to

(c)Sensible enough not to

(d)Sensible enough to not

Answer - 6

6.

Answer - C

Solution - infinitive phrase “not to accept” and “enough” will

be used after the adjective “sensible”.

Question - 7

7. The little girl was knocked down by a speeding car and she

lost her ________ immediately.

(a)conscience

(b)conscientious

(c)conscious

(d)consciousness

Answer - 7

7.

Answer - D

Solution - conscience (noun)- a person's moral sense of right and

wrong.

Consciousness (noun)- the state of being aware of and responsive to

one's surroundings.

Conscientious (adjective) - wishing to do one's work or duty well and

thoroughly.

Conscious (adjective) - aware of and responding to one's

surroundings.

Noun “consciousness” will be used.

Question - 8

8. It's about time this old sewing machine was put --------- to

pasture.

(a)out

(b)off

(c)over

(d)on

Answer - 8

8.

Answer - A

Solution - put out - bring out, hold out, to extinguish.

Question - 9

9. She found a few good cards in a shop and she

bought ________ cards last night.

(a)those

(b)that

(c)them

(d)theirs

Answer - 9

9.

Answer - A

Solution - “those cards” will be used.

Question - 10

10. Ten miles ______ a long way to walk for her mother.

(a)are

(b)is

(c)are being

(d)are not

Answer - 10

10.

Answer - B

Solution - “ten miles” is used as a distance so singular verb

“is” will be used.

Question - 11

Direction - In the following question, some part of the sentence may

have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and

select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select

'No Error'.

11.

Some women admit that (a)/ their principle goal in life (b)/ is to

marry a wealthy man. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 11

11.

Answer - B

Solution - Replace ‘principle‘ with ‘principal‘. The sense is

chief/main.

Question - 12

12. Take two spoonsful (a)/ of this medicine (b)/ every three

hours. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 12

12.

Answer - A

Solution - Replace ‘spoonsful‘ with ‘spoonfuls‘. When ‘ful‘ is

suffixed to a noun, the noun is in the singular number.

Question - 13

13. The film was so disjointed (a)/ that I could not tell you (b)/

what the story was about. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 13

13.

Answer - B

Solution - Replace ’could‘ with ‘can‘. The reason is the action

of telling is taking place in the Present Tense.

Question - 14

14. I have lived (a)/ from the hand to the mouth (b)/ for all

these fifty years though nobody knows it. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 14

14.

Answer - B

Solution - It should be ‘from hand to mouth‘.

Question - 15

15. Both he as well as his friend (a)/ worked in close harmony

(b)/ on this same project. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 15

15.

Answer - A

Solution - Use ‘and‘ in place of ‘as well as‘.

Question - 16

16. The Monk loved riding and hunting (a)/ and refused to

conform by rules and regulations (b)/ of the ancient monastic

order. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 16

16.

Answer - B

Solution - Use ‘to‘ or ‘with‘ in place of ‘by‘.

Question - 17

17. I informed the principal (a)/ that I was running

temperature (b)/ and therefore could not attend the meeting.

(c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 17

17.

Answer - B

Solution - Insert ‘a‘ after ‘running‘.

Question - 18

18. The lady was broken with grief (a)/ when she heard the

sad news of the train disaster (b)/ in which her brother was

killed. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 18

18.

Answer - C

Solution - Use ‘had been‘ in place of ‘was‘. The verb should

be in the Past Perfect Tense because the action ‘killed‘ had

taken place before she heard the news

Question - 19

19. The Dean wrote that he constituted a committee of

experts (a) / comprising five members (b)/ before the next

meeting took place. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 19

19.

Answer - A

Solution - Add ‘had‘ after ‘he‘. In the sentences that show

two actions committed in the past, the earlier action takes

verb in the Past Perfect Tense. Such action is written before

the preposition ‘before‘.

Question - 20

20. I can‘t help to sneeze (a)/ I got drenched yesterday (b)/

and have a bad cold. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer - 20

20.

Answer - C

Solution - add ‘got‘ after ‘have‘.