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

• Make a lot of progress

• Spoil somebody's chance of doing something

• Act out of normal

• Make a weird request

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.

• Carrying the conviction

• Egging on

• Smelling a rat

• Rising like a phoenix

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.

• Few and far

• Ever and anon

• Cut and dried

• Far and wide

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 feel superior

• To stop working

• To overcome one's fear

• 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 hard

• To try new things

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

• noun

• verb

• pronoun

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?

• interjection

•  adverb

• verb

• adjective

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.

• adverb

• interjection

• pronoun

• conjunction

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

• interjection

• adverb

• 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.

• conjunction

•  adverb

• preposition

• adjective