UPSC NDA II General Ability Test (30 June 2024)
Question 1:
Which of the following tributaries of Ganga river has a northward course-
गंगा नदी की निम्नांकित सहायक नदियों में से किसका मार्ग उत्तरमुखी 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:
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in bold Capital letters.
On the flight, I was in the company of an extremely CHIVALROUS man.
Question 4:
Directions :- Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled as A, B , C and D. Rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentences into sequence and select the correct sequences as (a) , (b) (c) abd (d) given below and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
A. Only the fittest creatures can survive while competing for the food.
B. Why do some species survive and others become extinct?
C. His answer was that there is ceaseless struggle for life among all creatures.
D. This was the question that Darwin asked himself?
Question 5:
Which of the following organisms represents the primary consumer class in an ecosystem?
निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा जीव किसी पारितन्त्र में प्राथमिक उपभोक्ता वर्ग को निरूपित करता है?
Question 6:
What should a fuse wire be like?
एक फ्यूज तार कैसा होना चाहिए?
Question 7:
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.
The word 'equanimity' in the passage means
Question 8:
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 9: 
Question 10:
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.
Select the antonym of 'loathed' as used in the passage.