NDA English - Grammar, Vocabulary & Comprehension

Directions: The following sentence has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

To the dismay of all the students, the class monitor was _____berated by the Principal at a school assembly.

Directions: The following sentence has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

There are_____parked outside than yesterday.

Directions: The following sentence has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

All attempts to revive the fishing industry were_____failure.

Directions: The following sentence has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

The minister had to_____some awkward questions from reporters.

Directions: The following sentence has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

The_____of evidence was on the side of the plaintiff since all but one of the witnesses testified that his story was correct.

Directions: The following sentence has a blank space and four words or groups of words are given after the sentence. Out of these four choices, select the word or group of words which you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.

Attention to detail is the_____of a fine craftsman.

Find error in underlined parts (a), (b) or (c) and mark the answer accordingly. If you feel that there is no error in a sentence, then mark (d) which signifies no error.

(a) Often in political campaigns, a point is reached at which (b) the candidates take out their gloves (c) and start lugging with bare fists. (d) No error

Directions: In the following item some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

A game host(P) that could be used at the airport dutyfree shops(Q) and the winner walked away with(R) shot out ten witty questions(S) vouchers worth 200 Singapore dollars
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Directions: In the following item each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 : But Bhutan is a curious mix of modern and the medieval.
S₆ : His licence plate reads simply BHUTAN .
P : It was next to a speed limit sign : 8 km an hour.
Q : Even the king zips through in a navy blue Toyota Land Cruiser.
R : I noticed a rusty sign for the Kit Kat chocolate bar and realised it was the only advertisement I had seen.
S : Yet in the cities, most middle class people drive brand new Japanese cars.
The proper sequence should be:

Directions: In the following item each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S₁ : However, the flower industry also has its share of thorns.
S₆: Also, there are not tax concessions from the government.
P: Most companies have to individually invest in the transport, which is very costly.
Q: Then there are infrastructural bottlenecks, no refrigerated transport or retail chains and warehouses to store the highly perishable commodity.
R: For one, it is extremely fragmented and dominated by small players who don't have the financial muscle to expand the business.
S: Ferns & Petals claims to be the only flower retailer with a multi-city presence in India.
The proper sequence should be:

Directions: In the following item each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S₁: A city tour organised by the airport got our next vote.
S₆: ''We can only grow in height as most of our land is reclaimed from the mud brought from neighboring countries'', said Bernadette.
P : A bumboat ride through the Singapore River gave us a vantage view of the country's prized possession. of skyscrapers in the central business district.
Q : The tour is very popular with transit passengers and there are many such buses doing the route.
R : We were greeted into an air-conditioned Volvo bus with a bottle of chilled water.
S : On the drive through the colonial heart of the city, our guide, Bernadette pointed out the Parliament House, Supreme Court and City Hall to us.
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Directions: In the following item each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: His usually fretful features composed, Javagal Srinath announced his retirement from international cricket.
S6 : He finished with 236 wickets in 67 Tests and 315 in 229 One-day Internationals.
P : He had spent the early years of his 13-year career sitting out in nine Tests when he was at his quickest, being reminded of everything he was not.
Q : In a classic case of appreciating a good thing when it is gone, the tributes poured in for India s most successful pace bowler after Kapil Dev.
R : Not aggressive enough, not a non-vegetarian, not an all-rounder.
S : Srinath soldiered on, whether wickets were flat or causes lost, as they often were when India toured.
The proper sequence should be:

Directions: In the following item each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S₁: One could well be forgiven for momentarily confusing Spencer Plaza, Chennai with a Dubai Shopping Mall.
S₆: Sensing that healthcare plus tourism adds to big opportunities, corporate hospitals, in cooperation with our operators are promoting India as a healthcare destination from the Middle East to Far East.
P: Having satiated their shopping instincts, many head back, not to a hotel but to a hospital and to ailing relatives.
Q: Arabs pour in and out of trendy showrooms, laden with bags full of branded clothes, footwear and cosmetics.
R: It is a scenario being replicated across India.
S: For these are tourists with a difference, attracted to India for its cutting edge medical expertise more than its charms.
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Directions: In the following item some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly.
Brazil' s Guaranis(P) from being Internet savvy(Q) are an ancient tribe who live in the country' s remote jungles,(R) excluded them(S) but that has not
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Directions: In the following item some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

It began as an officially sanctioned project(P) could achieve as a nation(Q) but turned into a mass movement and an extraordinary act of faith(R) if it got its act together(S) which changed not just the lives of millions but the notions of what India
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Directions: In the following item some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

The socialist philosophy(P) as it is the market philosophy (Q) has been given a decent burial (R) which is the rage now(S) in political practice
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Directions: In the following item some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly.

(P) And while without adequate international support(Q) the US military has been forced to remain in Iraq(R) so that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein may have been quick(S) longer than anticipated
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Which one of the following is correct?

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The author is of the opinion that

According to the author,

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Choose the correct word/phrase for blank 16.

Direction: The following paragraph has blank spaces marked from 12 to 16. For each blank, three
words/phrase, marked  as (a), (b), and (c) have been given below. 

It hasn’t worked ___(12)___ that way. Indeed, the gaps between theory and reality are so numerous that they ___(13)___ questions about how much, if at all, the theory will work in the future. Americans projected their own experience onto the rest of the world. If prosperity and material progress had created political cohesion at home—binding together a large and ___(14)___ nation—it could do the same abroad. But this marriage between economics and politics may be losing its power. What seemed to be the ascendancy of American ideas camouflaged new problems and conflicts. The theory may have been ___(15)___ suited to the cold war than its aftermath. The most ___(16)___ problem, of course, involves the outbreak of terrorism.

Choose the correct word/phrase for blank 12.

Direction: The following paragraph has blank spaces marked from 12 to 16. For each blank, three
words/phrase, marked  as (a), (b), and (c) have been given below. 

It hasn’t worked ___(12)___ that way. Indeed, the gaps between theory and reality are so numerous that they ___(13)___ questions about how much, if at all, the theory will work in the future. Americans projected their own experience onto the rest of the world. If prosperity and material progress had created political cohesion at home—binding together a large and ___(14)___ nation—it could do the same abroad. But this marriage between economics and politics may be losing its power. What seemed to be the ascendancy of American ideas camouflaged new problems and conflicts. The theory may have been ___(15)___ suited to the cold war than its aftermath. The most ___(16)___ problem, of course, involves the outbreak of terrorism.

Choose the correct word/phrase for blank 15.

Direction: The following paragraph has blank spaces marked from 12 to 16. For each blank, three
words/phrase, marked  as (a), (b), and (c) have been given below. 

It hasn’t worked ___(12)___ that way. Indeed, the gaps between theory and reality are so numerous that they ___(13)___ questions about how much, if at all, the theory will work in the future. Americans projected their own experience onto the rest of the world. If prosperity and material progress had created political cohesion at home—binding together a large and ___(14)___ nation—it could do the same abroad. But this marriage between economics and politics may be losing its power. What seemed to be the ascendancy of American ideas camouflaged new problems and conflicts. The theory may have been ___(15)___ suited to the cold war than its aftermath. The most ___(16)___ problem, of course, involves the outbreak of terrorism.

Choose the correct word/phrase for blank 14.

Direction: The following paragraph has blank spaces marked from 12 to 16. For each blank, three
words/phrase, marked  as (a), (b), and (c) have been given below. 

It hasn’t worked ___(12)___ that way. Indeed, the gaps between theory and reality are so numerous that they ___(13)___ questions about how much, if at all, the theory will work in the future. Americans projected their own experience onto the rest of the world. If prosperity and material progress had created political cohesion at home—binding together a large and ___(14)___ nation—it could do the same abroad. But this marriage between economics and politics may be losing its power. What seemed to be the ascendancy of American ideas camouflaged new problems and conflicts. The theory may have been ___(15)___ suited to the cold war than its aftermath. The most ___(16)___ problem, of course, involves the outbreak of terrorism.

Choose the correct word/phrase for blank 13.

Direction: The following paragraph has blank spaces marked from 12 to 16. For each blank, three
words/phrase, marked  as (a), (b), and (c) have been given below. 

It hasn’t worked ___(12)___ that way. Indeed, the gaps between theory and reality are so numerous that they ___(13)___ questions about how much, if at all, the theory will work in the future. Americans projected their own experience onto the rest of the world. If prosperity and material progress had created political cohesion at home—binding together a large and ___(14)___ nation—it could do the same abroad. But this marriage between economics and politics may be losing its power. What seemed to be the ascendancy of American ideas camouflaged new problems and conflicts. The theory may have been ___(15)___ suited to the cold war than its aftermath. The most ___(16)___ problem, of course, involves the outbreak of terrorism.