NDA (II) 2025 · 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
49/76/25easy / medium / hard
Sections and topics
50 English questions (200 marks) and 100 General Knowledge questions (400 marks) in one paper.
English · 50 questions
- Reading comprehension10
- Spotting errors8
- Ordering of words and sentences8
- Sentence improvement6
- Synonyms6
- Antonyms6
- Fill in the blanks6
General Knowledge · 100 questions
- Freedom Struggle9
- Indian Geography9
- Constitution5
- Human physiology4
- Physical Geography4
- World Geography4
- Economy4
- Optics3
- Modern India3
- Laws of motion2
- Sound2
- Electricity2
- Nuclear physics2
- Chemistry in daily life2
Sample question from this paper
Spotting errors · medium
Read the sentence in three parts, (A) to (C), and identify the part with a grammatical fault; if all parts are fine, pick 'No error'. (A) Hardly had the ship left the harbour (B) when a storm (C) broke out over the bay.
- A. (A)
- B. (B)
- C. (C)
- D. No error
Show answer and solution
Answer: D
'Hardly had ... when' is the correct correlative pair, with inversion after 'Hardly'. 'Broke out' is the right phrasal verb for a storm. Every part is correct, so the answer is 'No error'. Changing 'when' to 'than' would be the mistaken correction.
'Hardly had ... when' is the correct correlative pair, with inversion after 'Hardly'. 'Broke out' is the right phrasal verb for a storm. Every part is correct, so the answer is 'No error'. Changing 'when' to 'than' would be the mistaken correction.