NDA (II) 2024 · General Ability Test
A full General Ability Test (English + General Knowledge) in the UPSC NDA pattern. 150 questions in 150 minutes, with a third of the marks deducted for every wrong answer.
150questions
600marks
+4 / −1.33per question
55/67/28easy / medium / hard
Sections and topics
50 English questions (200 marks) and 100 General Knowledge questions (400 marks) in one paper.
English · 50 questions
- Reading comprehension20
- Spotting errors6
- Sentence improvement5
- Synonyms5
- Antonyms5
- Fill in the blanks5
- Ordering of sentences4
General Knowledge · 100 questions
- Sound2
- British expansion2
- Rivers2
- Economy2
- Motion in a straight line1
- Collisions1
- Friction1
- Simple pendulum1
- Work and energy1
- Optics in nature1
- Dispersion1
- Magnetism1
- Ohm's law1
- Heating effect of current1
Sample question from this paper
Spotting errors · medium
Identify the part that contains an error: She prefers walking / than to cycle / in the morning.
- A. She prefers walking
- B. in the morning
- C. No error
- D. than to cycle
Show answer and solution
Answer: D
'Prefer' is followed by 'to', never 'than', and both items must be in the same form: 'prefers walking to cycling'.
'Prefer' is followed by 'to', never 'than', and both items must be in the same form: 'prefers walking to cycling'.