NDA & NA Exam (II)- 2025 - General Ability Test Defence Question Paper

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NDA & NA Exam (II)- 2025 - General Ability Test Defence Questions

21.
Directions (Next 5 Questions): 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 as 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: Sufism is an English word coined in the Nineteenth Century
S6: It may also have been suffa, the platform outside a place of Islamic worship
P: Historians have understood this term in several ways
Q: According to some scholars, it is derived from suf, meaning wool
R: Others derive it from safa, meaning purity
S: The word used for Sufism in Islamic texts is tasawwuf
The proper sequence should be
A.
QRSP
B.
SPQR
C.
PQSR
D.
RPSQ
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ANSWER :
B. SPQR
22.
S1: Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan
S6: He arrived in Ghazni as a hostage, but gradually developed a liking for the city
P: In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars back to his capital, Ghazni: Al-Biruni was one among them
Q: He was well versed in several languages; Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Sanskrit
R: Khwarizm was an important centre of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time
S: However he did not know Greek, although he was familiar with the works of Plato and other Greek philosophers
The proper sequence should be
A.
QSRP
B.
RQSP
C.
PQSR
D.
RPSQ
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ANSWER :
B. RQSP
23.
S1: Vijayanagara or 'city of victory' was the name of both a city and an empire
S6: They remembered it as Hampi, a name derived from that of the local mother goddess, Pampadevi
P: In its heyday it stretched from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the Indian peninsula
Q: Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it continued to live in the memories of the people who inhabited the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab
R: In 1565 the city was sacked and subsequently deserted
S: The Empire was founded in the fourteenth century
The proper sequence should be
A.
SPRQ
B.
SQPR
C.
PQSR
D.
PQRS
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ANSWER :
A. SPRQ
24.
S1: Liberalisation and globalisation freed India's economy from the low GDP trap that had impeded India's progress
S6: Today India has transformed into one of the largest economies of the world
P: India's 3 per cent rate of growth and a set of emergent circumstances led to a balance of payment crisis in the early 1990s
Q: Ease of business was ensured, and the requirement for import licences, and production quotas, were removed
R: Apart from these measures India also took a loan from the IMF to tide over the crisis, but after 1993, India has not taken another loan from the IMF
S: In a landmark budget in 1991, responding to the emergent crisis, India delicenced many industries and liberalised its economic policies
The proper sequence should be
A.
QSRP
B.
SQPR
C.
RQSP
D.
PSQR
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ANSWER :
D. PSQR
25.
S1: In many countries, there are millions of people who are underprivileged and deprived
S6: In the past forced labour was imposed by landlords, moneylenders, and other wealthy persons
P: Both of these are prohibited under the Constitution of India
Q: One such form of exploitation in our country has been begar or forced labour without payment
R: The marginalised are often subjected to exploitation by their fellow human beings
S: Another closely related form of exploitation is buying and selling of human beings and using them as slaves
The proper sequence should be
A.
QSRP
B.
RQSP
C.
PQSR
D.
QSPR
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ANSWER :
B. RQSP
26.
Directions (Next 10 Questions): Given below are sentences that use discourse markers/expressions to make them complete. Identify the most appropriate discourse marker and mark your answer accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

I can't be bothered to tell him what I think; _____ he would not listen to me.
A.
meanwhile
B.
in any case
C.
in the meantime
D.
somehow
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ANSWER :
B. in any case
27.
_____, if the referee points his fingers, this indicates that someone has done something wrong.
A.
On the contrary
B.
Whatever more
C.
Briefly
D.
As regards
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ANSWER :
C. Briefly
28.
_____, have you been to the local library yet?
A.
Sort of
B.
Frankly
C.
All the same
D.
Incidentally
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ANSWER :
D. Incidentally
29.
_____, women are healthier and are living longer than ever before: indeed on an average, they can expect to live five years longer than men.
A.
To a large extent
B.
As regards
C.
As far as
D.
Turning now
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ANSWER :
A. To a large extent
30.
The difference is that I have been fortunate to find a career that I love and, _____, I am getting paid reasonably for it.
A.
briefly
B.
broadly speaking
C.
what is more
D.
in conclusion
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ANSWER :
C. what is more
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