NDA & NA Exam (II)- 2014 - General Ability Test Defence Question Paper

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NDA & NA Exam (II)- 2014 - General Ability Test

NDA & NA Exam (II)- 2014 - General Ability Test Defence Questions

31.
SELECTING WORDS
Directions: In this section, each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given after the sentence. Select whichever word you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet.

You haven’t had your lunch yet, _____ you?
A.
are
B.
aren’t
C.
have
D.
haven’t
ANSWER :
D. haven’t
32.
Life is to death as pleasure is to _____.
A.
poverty
B.
suffering
C.
anguish
D.
pain
ANSWER :
D. pain
33.
The French _____ reputed to have a very good sense of humour.
A.
is
B.
was
C.
are
D.
will be
ANSWER :
C. are
34.
‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ are the little courtesies by which we keep the _____ of life oiled and running smoothly.
A.
path
B.
machine
C.
garden
D.
river
ANSWER :
B. machine
35.
Many of the advances of civilization have been conceived by young people just on the _____ of adulthood.
A.
boundary
B.
threshold
C.
peak
D.
horizon
ANSWER :
B. threshold
36.
The more your action and thought are allied and _____, the happier you grow.
A.
divergent
B.
unraveled
C.
integrated
D.
invincible
ANSWER :
C. integrated
37.
He _____ in wearing the old-fashioned coat in spite of his wife’s disapproval.
A.
insists
B.
persists
C.
desists
D.
resists
ANSWER :
B. persists
38.
It is not what you say that _____, but what you do.
A.
matches
B.
implies
C.
matters
D.
moves
ANSWER :
C. matters
39.
Physically we are now all neighbours, but psychologically we are _____ to each other.
A.
primitives
B.
complementary
C.
strangers
D.
cowards
ANSWER :
C. strangers
40.
The old ‘Nature’ versus _____ debate regarding crime continues even today.
A.
‘Man’
B.
‘Universe’
C.
‘Culture’
D.
‘Nurture’
ANSWER :
D. ‘Nurture’