NDA & NA Exam (I)- 2018 - General Ability Test Defence Question Paper

ORDERING OF SENTENCES
Directions (Qn. 31-35): In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: The Subsidiary Alliance system was extremely advantageous to the British.
S6: They controlled the defence and the foreign relations of the protected ally.
P: They could now maintain a large army at the cost of Indian states.
Q: if any war occurred in the territories
R: either of the British ally or of the Britishers.
S: This enabled them to fight wars far away from their own territories,
The proper sequence should be

S1: In reality, by signing a Subsidiary Alliance, an Indian state virtually signed away its independence.
S6: In fact, the Indian ruler lost all vestiges of sovereignty in external matters.
P: of maintaining diplomatic relations
Q: It lost the right of self-defence,
R: with its neighbours.
S: and of settling its disputes
The proper sequence should be

S1: A mighty popular Revolt broke out in Northern and Central India in 1857.
S6: Millions of peasants, artisans and soldiers fought heroically and wrote a glorious chapter.
P: Sepoys, or the Indian soldiers of the Company’s army,
Q: but soon engulfed wide regions and involved the masses
R: and nearly swept away the British rule.
S: It began with a mutiny of the
The proper sequence should be

S1: The Indian Civil Service gradually developed into one of the most efficient and powerful civil services in the world.
S6: though these qualities obviously served British, and not Indian interests.
P: and often participated in the making of policy.
Q: independence, integrity and hard work,
R: They developed certain traditions of
S: Its members exercised vast power
The proper sequence should be

S1: The ruin of Indian handicrafts was reflected in the ruin of the towns and cities which were famous for their manufactures.
S6: centres were depopulated and laid waste.
P: Dacca, Surat, Murshidabad and many other rising industrial
Q: ravages of war and plunder, failed to
R: survive British conquest.
S: Cities which had withstood the
The proper sequence should be

COMPREHENSION
Directions (Qn. 36-45): In this section you have few short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

PASSAGE—I (Qn. 36-40)
The rule of the road means that in order that the liberties of all may be preserved, the liberties of everybody must be curtailed. When the policeman, say, at a road-crossing steps into the middle of the road and puts out his hand, he is the symbol not of tyranny but of liberty. You have submitted to a curtailment of private liberty in order that you may enjoy a social order which makes your liberty a reality. We have both liberties to preserve — our individual liberty and our social liberty. That is, we must have a judicious mixture of both. I shall not permit any authority to say that my child must go to this school or that, shall specialize in science or arts. These things are personal. But if I say that my child shall have no education at all, then society will firmly tell me that my child must have education whether I like it or not.

According to the author, the ‘rule of the road’ implies

The author thinks that when a policeman signals you to stop on a road-crossing, he is

The author is of the view that we should

The author holds that

The most suitable title of the passage would be