UPSC NDA II General Ability Test (30 June 2024)
Question 1:
The sting of a bee releases an acid which causes pain and burning sensation. Which acid is released?
मधुमक्खी का डंक एक अम्ल छोड़ता है जिसके कारण दर्द और जलन होती है । छोड़े जाने वाला अम्ल कौन-सा है?
Question 2:
Directions :- In this section, there is a passsge having some blank spaces, each blank space is followed by four alternatives or words. Select a word or group of words you consider the most appropriate for filling the blank space, and indicate your response.
The working of the stomach was (a) ………….. by a strange accident. In 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was (2) ……………. hit by a shot gun. The bullet had seriously (3) ………… the chest wall and made a hole in
(4) …………… stomach. He was brought to an American army (5) …………. William Beaumont.
The doctor saved the patient but he (6) ………… not close the hole properly. Beaumont took it as a (7) …………… opportunity to see the inside of the stomach (8) ………. the hole. He made some wonderful observations. Beaumont (9) …….…….. that the stomach was churning food. Its wall secreted a fluid (10) …………. could digest the food. He also observed that the end of the stomach opens into the intestine only after the digestion of the food inside the stomach is completed.
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Question 3:
Directions :- The following questions contain two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine both the statements carefully and select the answers to these questions using the code given below.
निर्देश :- निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों में दो कथन, कथन I और कथन II हैं। दोनों कथनों का सावधानीपूर्वक परीक्षण कीजिए और नीचे दिए गए कूट का प्रयोग कर इन प्रश्नों के उत्तर चुनिए ।
कूट Code
Statement I: Modern gunpowder grains, also called black powder, are typically coated with graphite.
Statement II Graphite prevents the formation of electrostatic charge.
कथन I आधुनिक बारूद के दाने, जो काला पाउडर भी कहलाता है, विशिष्ट रूप से ग्रेफाइट से लेपित होते हैं।
कथन II ग्रेफाइट स्थिर वैद्युत आवेश के बनने को रोकता है।
Question 4:
Which one of the following represents the correct order of electron losing tendency of metals?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा एक, धातुओं की इलेक्ट्रॉन त्यागने की प्रवृत्ति के सही क्रम को दर्शाता है?
Question 5:
Which of the following human teeth appears only in the permanent dentition?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा मानव दंत केवल स्थायी दंत-विन्यास में प्रकट होता है?
Question 6:
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in bold Capital letters.
Gandhi's approach, while effective in mobilising large segments of Indian society, was criticised by some for being passive and overly ACCOMMODATING
Question 7:
The Economic Survey of India is officially published every year by
भारत का आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण प्रत्येक वर्ष सरकारी तौर पर प्रकाशित किया जाता है
Question 8:
Directions :- Read the following passage carefully and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based solely on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author.
A fact that draws our attention is that, according to his position in life, an extravagant man is either admired or loathed. A successful business man does nothing to increase his popularity by being prudent with his money. A person who is wealthy is expected to lead a luxurious life and to be lavish with his hospitality. If he is not so, he is considered mean, and his reputation in business may even suffer in consequence. The paradox remains that he had not been careful with his money in the first place; he would never have achieved his present wealth. Among the low income group, a different set of values exists. The young clerk, who makes his wife a present of a new dress when he has not paid his house rent, is condemned as extravagant. Carefulness with money to the point of meanness is applauded as a virtue. is applauded as a virtue.
Nothing in his life is considered more worthy than paying his bills. The ideal wife for such a man separates her housekeeping money into joyless little piles - so much for rent, for food, for the children's shoes, she is able to face the milkman with equanimity every month, satisfied with her economizing ways, and never knows the guilt of buying something she can't really afford. As for myself, I fall into neither of these categories. If I have money to spare I can be extravagant, but when, as is usually the case, I am hard up and then I am the meanest man imaginable.
If a successful businessman is judicious with his money
Question 9:
According to the 2011 census, which of the following states has had the highest decadal growth rate of population?
वर्ष 2011 की जनगणना के अनुसार निम्नलिखित में से किस राज्य में जनसंख्या की सबसे अधिक दशकीय वृद्धि दर रही है?
Question 10: 
