UPSC NDA 2019 (2) General Ability Test Question Paper
NDA QuestionsThere are total 150 questions in the paper. It is divided into two parts. Part A is General English and part B is General Knowledge.

Part - A
Synonyms
1. He is always anxious.
- (a) worried
- (b) dispassionate
- (c) sluggish
- (d) torpid
2. The poems of Kabir are ecstatic in nature.
- (a) efficacious
- (b) eerie
- (c) rapturous
- (d) reverential
3. Ravi loves seclusion. Therefore, he lives in the mountains.
- (a) nature
- (b) scripture
- (c) seafaring
- (d) solitariness
4. Hitler was a despot.
- (a) conservative
- (b) dictator
- (c) passionate
- (d) monstrous
5. The imagery used in the poem is vivid.
- (a) lively
- (b) inert
- (c) ebullient
- (d) caustic
Antonyms
11. His conversations are always absurd.
- (a) farcical
- (b) foolish
- (c) preposterous
- (d) rational
12. The politician was a dissident.
- (a) agitator
- (b) rebel
- (c) conformist
- (d) revolutionary
16. The debate was highly stimulating.
- (a) arousing
- (b) invigorating
- (c) boring
- (d) stirring
17. Malaria is a widespread disease.
- (a) endemic
- (b) pervasive
- (c) common
- (d) rare
Idioms and Phrases
31. Be over the hill
- (a) To be on a mountain top
- (b) To travel in the jungle
- (c) To be too old to do things
- (d) To do something in the most complete way
32. Bite your tongue
- (a) To stop yourself from saying something because it would be better not to
- (b) To bite off your tongue while eating
- (c) To feel sorry
- (d) To ask someone something that you want
35. To be in seventh heaven
- (a) To fly in the air
- (b) To be extremely happy
- (c) To be completely alone
- (d) To visit a place which is in the list of the seven wonders of the world
Fill in the blanks
46. The Election Commission on Saturday ___ that the Assembly elections in five States will be held from November 12 to December 7.
- (a) pronounced
- (b) announced
- (c) promulgated
- (d) issued
49. It is common for patients to stop ___ medicine as soon as they start feeling better.
- (a) eating
- (b) gulping
- (c) swallowing
- (d) taking
50. A four-year-old girl got a new lease of life after doctors at a hospital ___ a cancerous tumour from one of her kidneys.
- (a) rejuvenated
- (b) removed
- (c) displaced
- (d) replaced
Part - B
51. A thin disc and a thin ring, both have mass M and radius R. Both rotate about axes through their center of mass and are perpendicular to their surfaces at the same angular velocity. Which of the following is true ?
- (a) The ring has higher kinetic energy
- (b) The disc has higher kinetic energy
- (c) The ring and the disc have the same kinetic energy
- (d) Kinetic energies of both the bodies are zero since they are not in linear motion
56. Which one of the following compounds does not exhibit a different oxidation number of the same element ?
- (a) Pb3O4
- (b) Fe3O4
- (c) Fe2O3
- (d) Mn3O4
60. The raw materials used for the manufacture of Portland cement are
- (a) Lime, silica and sulphur dioxide
- (b) Lime, silica and carbon dioxide
- (c) Lime, silica and alumina
- (d) Lime, silica and boric acid
62. A sample of 'soft soap' contains
- (a) Caesium
- (b) Potassium
- (c) Calcium
- (d) Magnesium
69. If the work done on the system or by the system is zero, which one of the following statements for a gas kept at a certain temperature is correct ?
- (a) Change in internal energy of the system is equal to flow of heat in or out of the system.
- (b) Change in internal energy of the system is less than heat transferred.
- (c) Change in internal energy of the system is more than the heat flow.7
- (d) Cannot be determined.
75. Which one of the following substances is not a mixture?
- (a) Tin
- (b) Sea water
- (c) Soil
- (d) Air
78. Blood is a type of
- (a) Epithelial tissue
- (b) Muscular tissue
- (c) Nervous tissue
- (d) Connective tissue
88. A very large volume of hydrogen can be accommodated by making
- (a) non-metallic hydrides.
- (b) hydrogen peroxide.
- (c) non-stoichiometric hydrides.
- (d) alkali metal hydrides.
91. Which one of the following is the major constituent of biogas ?
- (a) Carbon dioxide
- (b) Nitrous oxide
- (c) Methane
- (d) Oxygen
92. Thyroid gland produces a hormone called "Thyroxine" which
- (a) controls blood glucose levels.
- (b) controls ovulation.
- (c) controls metabolic rate.
- (d) maintains pregnancy.
95. Which one of the following diseases may be caused by the deficiency of vitamin C?
- (a) Rickets
- (b) Rabies
- (c) Hepatitis
- (d) Scurvy
105. Paradeep Port is located on the delta of river
- (a) Rihand
- (b) Ganga
- (c) Mahanadi
- (d) Baitarani
107. Which among the following struggles, based on Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha, involved the industrial working class ?
- (a) Champaran
- (b) Kheda
- (c) Ahmedabad
- (d) Bardoli
113. Which one of the following sedimentary rocks is organically formed ?
- (a) Shale
- (b) Chert
- (c) Halite
- (d) Chalk
116. How many Ramsar conservation sites been enlisted from India so far ?
- (a) 12
- (b) 16
- (c) 27
- (d) 62
117. The Munda language group belongs to which family?
- (a) Austric
- (b) Dravidian
- (c) Sino-Tibetan
- (d) Indo-European
124. Who among the following died in exile ?
- (a) Rani Laxmibai
- (b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
- (c) Tantia Tope
- (d) Nana Saheb
131. Lithosphere consists of
- (a) upper and lower mantle.
- (b) crust and core.
- (c) crust and uppermost solid mantle.
- (d) mantle and core.