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

PASSAGE—II (Qn. 21-25)
Magda: Good morning, Mrs. Smiles. It’s wet, isn’t it?
Mrs. Smiles: Yes, it is, isn’t it? How are you today? All right? You haven’t been studying too hard, have you? You look a bit pale.
Magda: I don’t, do I? Well, I haven’t been out much lately. I don’t like this weather a bit. Why, we haven’t had a dry day for weeks, have we?
Mrs. Smiles: No, I don’t think we have. Let’s see, you’ll be going back home next month, won’t you?
Magda: Oh no, I’m not going back yet. My sister’s coming over first.
Mrs. Smiles: Oh, is she? You’re looking forward to that, I expect. How long is it since you saw her?
Magda: Nearly a year now. Yes, I am looking forward to it very much.
Mrs. Smiles: She’s coming over here to study?
Magda: Yes, that’s right. I shan’t go back home until she’s settled down. I don’t think I ought to, ought I?
Mrs. Smiles: Well, no. She’s younger than you are, is she?
Magda: Yes, she’s only eighteen.

Magda had not been out much lately because

Magda was not going back home yet because

Mrs. Smiles says, ‘You’re looking forward to that.’ This means, Magda was _____ her sister’s arrival.

Magda’s sister was coming to

Mrs. Smiles and Magda are

FILL IN THE BLANKS
Directions (Qn. 26-35): Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or groups of words given after the sentence. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

We fail to understand your reasons for _____ the college without completing the degree.

She _____ her energy and started shouting only when she heard the noise of bulldozers and cranes.

The British _____ all over Africa and Asia collapsed in the first half of the twentieth century.

The football match has to be _____ because of the weather.

If I were rich, _____ a lot.