UPSC NDA II General Ability Test (30 June 2024)

Question 1:

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given Idiom/ Phrase given below in bold letters

Queer pitch

• Act out of normal

• Spoil somebody's chance of doing something

• Make a weird request

• Make a lot of progress

Question 2:

Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the sentence given below.

Richa was provoking her neighbours against her maid Shanta who spoke against her but none of them responded.

• Rising like a phoenix

• Carrying the conviction

• Smelling a rat

• Egging on

Question 3:

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined idiom/ phrase in the given sentence.

Tourists from all around the world visit Agra to see the Taj mahal.

• Far and wide

• Cut and dried

• Few and far

• Ever and anon

Question 4:

In the given question, out of four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.

Give up the Ghost

• To overcome one's fear

• To stop working

• To feel superior

• To give encouragement

Question 5:

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Turn his hand to

• To resolve

• To adapt or apply to

• To try new things

• To try hard

Question 6:

Directions :- Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and find which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer sheet accordingly.

I really love going to school.

• preposition

• verb

• pronoun

• noun

Question 7:

Directions :- Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and find which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer sheet accordingly.

Have we met before?

• adjective

•  adverb

• interjection

• verb

Question 8:

Directions :- Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and find which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer sheet accordingly.

Well, I don't think I did well on that exam.

• conjunction

• adverb

• interjection

• pronoun

Question 9:

Directions :- Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and find which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer sheet accordingly.

I called your phone but nobody answered.

• preposition

• adverb

• interjection

• conjunction

Question 10:

Directions :- Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and find which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer sheet accordingly.

Let's get some lunch before class.

•  adverb

• conjunction

• adjective

• preposition