NDA General Ability Mock Test - 1 - NDA MCQ

The correct answer is To come up to expectations

Key Points

• To cut the mustard: to reach or surpass the desired standard or performance (वांछित मानक या प्रदर्शन तक पहुँचने या उससे आगे निकलने के लिए)
  Example: This toaster doesn't cut the mustard anymore. No matter what setting you choose, your toast comes out charred!

Additional Information

• Let us see the origin of the idiom:
  • The phrase “cut the mustard” originated in late 19th-century America. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as “slang (originally U.S.),” and says the noun “mustard” here means “something which adds piquancy or zest; that which sets the standard or is the best of anything.”

"Yet" shows a contrast between forgetting lines and improvising well. The other options suggest examples, results, or reasons, which don’t fit.

"Thus" shows a result of clear instructions leading to understanding. The other options suggest contrast, restatement, or addition.

On the other hand contrasts not playing sports with enjoying watching them. The other options imply examples, reasons, or summary.

The correct answer is "QPSR"

Key Points

• The sentence starts with "the first organization which" (Q), which is the main subject of the sentence.
• This is followed by the purpose of the organization, "was specifically dedicated to" (P).
• Next, the action of the organization is mentioned, "opposing communism was" (R).
• Finally, the organization is then identified as "the Russian White movement" (S).
• This sequence of events makes logical sense and forms a complete and coherent sentence.

Thus, option a is the correct answer.

Correct sentence: Q the first organization which P was specifically dedicated to S opposing communism was R the Russian White movement

The correct answer is "PRSQ"

Key Points

• The sentence starts with the location or environment of the understory, which is "the understory of moist conifer forests" (P & R).
• The next part (S) is a verb indicating the presence of something in that environment, "may contain".
• The final part describes what may be present in this environment, which is "thickets of bamboo" (R).
• This sequence makes logical sense as it describes the location and what may be present in it.

Thus, option 3 is the correct answer.

Correct Sentence: P The understory of R moist conifer forests S may contain Q thickets of bamboo

The correct answer is "SQPR".

Key Points

• Segment S - This is the initial subject introduction. It sets the context by presenting capitalism as more than just an economic system.
• Segment Q - It follows the above point by further identifying capitalism as an independent ideology. The term "one that" indicates there is more to come, setting the stage for additional descriptive details.
• Segment P - A continuation of the details started in segment Q. It starts explaining the characteristics of the ideology (capitalism) such as defending private property and emphasizing competition.
• Segment R - A further continuation of the details from segment Q, this adds another feature of the ideology of capitalism suggesting prosperity results from self-interest.

Complete Sentence: "Capitalism, for instance, is sometimes treated not merely as an economic system but also as an ideology in its own right, specifically one that defends private property, emphasizes the virtues of competition, and suggests that general prosperity will result from the pursuit of self-interest."

The correct answer is "SQRP".

Key Points

• Segment S: This is the introductory statement setting the context about the favourable aspects of the criminal justice administration, particularly towards women.
• Segment Q: This extension from S clarifies what those favourable provisions are and states that they still rely on observations, indicating there is more to come about these observations.
• Segment R: This segment gives us the specifics on what these observations entail, i.e., the observation of the rules of procedure and evidence enacted by implementing agencies.
• Segment P: This statement refers to the point in time when these observations take place, offering a crucial detail about these observations - indicating they take place even after an offence has been committed.

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 4".

Rearranged Sentence: "The criminal justice administration with all its favourable provisions for women still is dependent on the observations of the rules of procedure and evidence by the implementing agencies even after an offence has been committed."

Acquitted' means 'relieved from a charge of fault or crime; declared not guilty'. 'Convicted' is opposite in meaning.

The correct answer is 'adoration'.

Key Points

• The word 'abomination' means something that causes disgust or loathing. ('घृणास्पद' or 'घिनौना').
  • Example: For animal rights activists, the practice of hunting for sport is an abomination.
• The word 'adoration' signifies a deep love and respect for someone or something. ('पूजा' or 'प्रेम').
  • Example: The fans' adoration for their favorite singer was evident by the large number of people at his concert.

Therefore, the correct answer is 'Option 3'.

Additional Information

• 'Abhorrence', refers to a feeling of strong repugnance or disgust. ('घृणा').
• 'Termination', refers to an act of ending, typically officially. ('समापन').
• 'Detestation', refers to intense dislike. ('नफरत').

According to passage, “On Friday, a senior State Department official told a group of reporters in Washington, that the U.S. would also bring sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act, CAATSA, against India, if it goes ahead with its purchase of the S-400 Triumf missile shield from Russia.”

It is clear from the above lines that the CAATSA Act can be invoked against India if it goes ahead with the purchase of the missile shield from Russia. Otherwise there is no other issue as such.

Among the given options, we can see that Option (C) is our pick since all the others are completely out of context here and some also do not follow from the passage.

According to the passage, “Russia and China have opposed the sanctions, and are likely to discuss this at the upcoming SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

It is clear from the above lines that Russia and China have decided to support Iran on the issue since they are not with the USA regarding this. The Presidents of both the countries are going to meet India PM Narendra Modi also on the sidelines of the SCO Summit so that he can also be convinced accordingly.

Among the given options, if we need to find out the correct pick, our answer is Option E since it correctly points out the fact Russia and China are against any kind of sanction on Iran by the USA. Other options can be eliminated from consideration since they do not follow from the passage.

It is very much clear from the passage that Indian External Affairs Minister will have his task cut out to manage the relationship of the country with USA and navigate the country through its rivalry with Russia and China. There is no reference to Bulgaria in the passage.

: The correct sequence should be QSPR. This is because the sentence Q, "I concentrated on my food and I was convinced, I had to eat," logically follows S1 as it describes the author's initial focus on eating. Sentence S, "But lungs have temperament," introduces the issue with breathing, leading to P, "My breathing became suddenly difficult," and then to R, "I stopped, however, any exhibition of the extraordinary," which aligns with the conclusion in S6 about returning to normalcy.

The correct answer is 2 and 3 only.

Key Points

Fundamental Rights of Indian Constitution

• The Constitution of India offers all citizens, individually and collectively, some basic freedoms.
• These are guaranteed in the Constitution in the form of six broad categories of Fundamental Rights, which are justiciable.
• Originally, Seven fundamental rights were mentioned in the constitution of India.
  1. Right to Equality (Article 14-18)
  2. Right to Freedom (Article 19-22)
  3. Right against Exploitation (Article 23-24)
  4. Right to Freedom of Religion (Article 25-28)
  5. Cultural and Educational Rights (Article 29-30)
  6. Right to Property (Article 31)
  7. Right to Constitutional Remedies (Article 32)
• However, the Right to Property was removed from the list of fundamental rights by the 44th Constitutional Amendment act, 1978.
• It is made a legal right under Article 300-A in Part XII of the Constitution. So at present, there are only six Fundamental Rights. Hence, Statement 1 is not correct.
• The Fundamental Rights are enshrined in Part III of the Constitution (Articles 12-35). Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
• Part III of the Constitution i.e. the Fundamental Rights is described as the Magna Carta of India.
• They are an integral part of the Indian Constitution.
• New technologies can be used for better implementation of these rights but they do not threaten these rights.
• They prohibit unreasonable interference of the state & prevent its executive & legislature to become authoritarian, hence putting due limitations on state power.
• Observance of fundamental duties is required for having one’s FRs redressed in case of their violation.
• FRs are not absolute but qualified rights.
• Article 12 defines the State for Part III of the Constitution. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.
• Article 13 states that laws inconsistent with Part III shall be void.

Additional Information

• There are six Fundamental Rights-

The correct answer is 1 and 4 only.

​Key Points

Countries on the equator:

• Of the 13 countries that lie on the equator, seven are in Africa—the most of any continent—and South America is home to three of the nations.
• The remaining countries are island nations in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
• The Equator passes through the following countries of South America:
  • Ecuador
  • Colombia
  • Brazil
    • ​Hence statements 1 and 4 are correct and statements 2 and 3 are incorrect.

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Important Point

Equator:

• The Equator is an imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body.
• It is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude.
• An equator divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.
• The Earth is widest at its Equator.

More than 90% of world production of urea is destined for use as a nitrogen-release fertilizer. Urea has the highest nitrogen content of all solid nitrogenous fertilizers in common use.

The light must be travelling from a more dense medium into a less dense medium the angle of incidence must be greater than the critical angle. 

• India occupies an important strategic position in South Asia. India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest, China (Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. Our southern neighbors across the sea consist of two island countries, namely Sri Lanka and Maldives.
• Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar while Maldives Islands are situated to the south of the Lakshadweep Islands.
• India has 15,106.7 Km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 Km including island territories.

The light ray bends towards the normal as it travels from a rarer medium of air to a denser medium of water, under goes refraction. Refraction is due to change in the speed of light as it enters from one transparent medium to another. The speed of light increases in rarer medium and decreases in denser medium.

The correct answer is Only three

Key Points

Continental Shelf

• This is a shallow submerged extension of the continent and is called the Continental Shelf. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
• The depth usually ranges from 120 to 370 meters from the surface water.
• Their width also varies from a few kilometres to more than 100 kilometres.
• It is absent on the Chile coast due to the presence of fold mountains. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
• It is much narrow or absent in some continents, particularly where Fold Mountains run parallel or close to the coast.
• The shallow water over the shelf enables sunlight to penetrate through the water to the bottom and encourages the growth of microscopic plants and animals called plankton, which is the food for fish. Therefore, Major fishing grounds of the world are located here. Hence, Statement 4 is correct.
• Continental Shelves are of greater importance to man. They are the sources of fish, minerals including sand and gravel, etc.
• A large quantity of the world’s petroleum and natural gas are obtained from the shelves. Therefore, Fossil fuels are present on the continental shelves. Hence, Statement 3 is not correct.

Additional Information

• Coral reefs are also common on continental shelves.
• One of the striking features of the continental shelf is the presence of submarine canyons which extend to the continental slope.
• These canyons are ‘steep-sided valleys’ cut into the floor of the seas.
• They are very similar to the gorges found on the continents.
• One of the reasons for the formation of the submarine canyon is the underwater landslide.
• The continental shelf is generally considered to be the territorial water extent of the nations to which it adjoins.

Resistance ‘R = 6ohm’ is related to length ‘L’, area of cross-section ‘A’ and resistivity ‘ρ’ as,

R = ρL/A

When L is doubled ,

As we know that the volume of the wire remains same.

old volume = new volume

AL = A'L' ....(i) ( as volume = area x length )

L' = 2L

So, from (i)

A' = A/2

So the new resistance is ,

R' = ρL'/A'

or

R' = ρ(2L)/(A/2) = 4 (ρL/A)

=> R' = 4R

thus, correct answer is option (b).

Steel is an alloy made by combining iron and other elements, the most common of these being carbon. When carbon is used, its content in the steel is between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Other alloying elements sometimes used are manganese, chromium, vanadium and tungsten. Carbon and other elements act as a hardening agent, preventing dislocations in the iron atom crystal lattice from sliding past one another.

Context: A recent study suggests that the height of Mount Everest may be increasing due to the erosion caused by the Arun River, located near the base of the Himalayas.

Arun River:

• The Arun River is a transboundary river in the Himalayas, flowing through Tibet, Nepal, and India.
• It originates in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, where it is known as the Phung Chu or Bum-chu River.
• After flowing through Nepal, the Arun River joins the Koshi River, which eventually merges into the Ganges in India.

• The average temperature of surface water in the oceans is about 27°C, gradually decreasing from the equator towards the poles. The rate of decrease of temperature with increasing latitude is generally 0.5°C per latitude. The surface water temperature decreases from the equator to the poles as the sun's rays become increasingly slanted, and therefore the amount of insolation decreases poleward. The surface water temperature between 40°N and 40°S is lower than the air temperature, but it becomes higher than the air temperature between 40° latitude and the poles in both the hemispheres. So, Statement 1 is correct.
• The oceans in the northern hemisphere record relatively higher temperatures than in the southern hemisphere. The highest temperature is not recorded at the equator but slightly towards the north of it. The average annual temperature for the northern and southern hemispheres is around 19° C and 16° C, respectively. This variation is due to the unequal distribution of land and water in the northern and southern hemispheres. It is a well-known fact that the maximum temperature of the oceans is always at their surfaces because they directly receive the heat from the sun, and the heat is transmitted to the lower sections of the oceans through the conduction process. It results in the decrease of temperature with the increasing depth, but the rate of decrease is not uniform throughout. The temperature falls very rapidly up to the depth of 200 m, and after that, the rate of decrease of temperature is slowed down. So, Statement 2 is correct.
• In Northern Atlantic, there is a very low decrease in temperature with increasing latitudes towards the north. However, in the southern Atlantic, the decrease in temperature with increasing latitude is more pronounced. The North Atlantic is the warmest and saltiest, the South Atlantic is the coldest and densest, and the North Pacific is the least dense and least salty. Temperature variations between the northern and southern hemispheres are caused by the different distribution of land and ocean water. Because of warm ocean currents, the temperature decline with increasing latitude in the northern Atlantic Ocean is very low. So, Statement 3 is not correct.

1 Mars year = 23 Earth months = 686.65 days = 1.88 Earth years 1 Day on Mars = 24 hours 39 minutes 35 seconds Mars has all four seasons that the Earth does, but, since the year is longer on the planet, the axial tilt is different, and Mars has a more eccentric orbit than Earth, the seasons are not the same length as each other nor are they the same in each hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere spring is the longest season. In the northern hemisphere of Mars the seasons break down like this: Spring – 7 months, Summer – 6 months, Fall – 5.3 months, and Winter – just over 4 months. In the south seasons not exactly the same length as in the north, but they are similar; however, the temperatures can be as much as 30 C warmer.