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NDA SEP 2015(NDA- GENERAL ABILITY TEST) ORC CADEMY PART—A their identification. When you find an error in any SPOTTING ERRORS one of the underlined parts, indicate your response Directions : In this section, you have to spot errors on the separate Answer Sheet in the relevant in sentences. Read each sentence to find out whether column. You may feel that there is no error in the there is .an error in any underlined part. Errors, if sentence. In that case, letter (d) will signify a ‘No any, are only in the underlined parts. No sentence error’ response, has more than one error. Letters (a), (b) and (c) 1. The pile of books (a) are (b) missing (c). No have beer, placed beneath the underlined parts for error (d) 2.

SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT (c) for closing (d) No Directions : Look at the underlined part of each improvement sentence. Below each sentence three possible 18. I can be grateful if you could write to me substitutions are given for the underlined part. If one about it. of them, i.e., (a), (b) or (c) is better than the (a) would be (b) should be underlined part, indicate your response on the (c) must be (d) No Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If improvement none of the substitutions improves the sentence, 19. A majority of the passengers could have indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet. been saved if the driver had applied the 12. I don’t remember exactly when did I go to brakes in time. Simla last year. (a) had been saved (b) may have been (a) when I did go (b) when I was saved going (c) could have saved (d) No (c) when I went (d) No improvement improvement 20. He is living in this house for the past ten 13. Even he worked hard, he failed in the years. examination. (a) was living (b) had been living (a) Since (b) Although (c) has been living (d) No (c) For (d) No improvement improvement 21. He is knowing the secret. 14. He was asked to arbitrate with two (a) knows (b) has been knowing merchants in a dispute. (c) was knowing (d) No improvement (a) to arbitrate between (b) to arbitrate at 22. The meeting has been put off to Friday next. (c) to arbitrate (d) No (a) put on (b) put out improvement (c) put for (d) No improvement 23. If you will come with me I shall be happy. (a) come with me (b) had come with me 15. He is definitely the cleverer among the two. (c) came with me (d) No (a) in (b) of (c) than (d) No improvement improvement 16. He is resembling his father. FILL IN THE BLANKS (a) has resembled (b) was resembling Directions: Each of the items in this section (c) resembles (d) No contains a blank followed by words listed as (a), improvement (b), (c) and (d). Choose the most appropriate word 17. Would you mind closing the window? to fill in the blank and indicate your response in the (a) to close (b) in closing Answer Sheet accordingly.

O.R.C.ACADEMY SCO-371-373, 4TH FLOOR, SEC-34/A, CHD. CONTACT – 78140-11022, 78143-11022 Page 1 24. When the police arrived, the 32. In a free country, one who becomes a thief______away. leader (a) strolled (b) moved must be of outstanding character and ability (c) galloped (d) ran must show qualities of character from an early 25. His_____ as an officer was not quite age satisfactory. is generally of a remarkable character and (a) acting (b) doing (c) deed (d) record ability 26. The two children stood at the______of the must see that his country is free from despair table. 33. Hitler became a leader because (a) conclusion (b) terminal he exhibited leadership qualities (c) end (d) termination Germany was a free country 27. The old man was —— weak to open the door. Germany was in despair (a) very (b) far (c) much (d) too Germans wanted a, dictator 34. The passage seems to suggest that ANTONYMS despair sometimes leads to dictatorship Directions : Each question in this Section consists Hitler was no leader of a word printed in capital letters followed by a leader is chosen only by a free country words listed as (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose from a leader foresees his future position these the word that has most nearly the meaning opposite to the word in capital letters and indicate your response in the PASSAGE—II Answer Sheet accordingly. The dog is a very intelligent animal and it can be 28. FRAIL trained for many duties. Some dogs work with the police and the army as sentries and trackers, and (a) strong (b) big (c) old (d) there are medals that are awarded to dogs for weak bravery in action. Other dogs act as seeing-eyes for 29. INDIGENOUS the blind, and some breeds are specially trained for (a) genuine (b) foreign rescue work among mountains and snow. Jobs like (c) indigent (d) indignant herding sheep and cattle and guarding homes are 30. POVERTY also done by them. Whenever man lives and works (a) prosperity (b) adversary in the Arctic Circle, in the desert, in the jungle, in (c) adversity (d) diversity the moors or mountains, the dog is his faithful 31. WHOLESOME companion and help. A common mongrel may (a) complete (b) unhealthy possess these qualities just as much as the Incomprehensible (d) few aristocratic bloodhound. 35. The passage tells us that dogs COMPREHENSION can be trained to do different kinds of work Directions : Read the following short passages. are capable of difficult work After each passage, you will find several questions are of different types based on what is stated or Implied in the passages. alone are a great help to man Answer the questions that follow each passage. 36. Medals are awarded to some dogs for PASSAGE—I their brave deeds In a free country, the man who reaches the position working with the police of leader is usually one of outstanding character and serving as sentries ability. Moreover, it is usually possible to foresee that he will reach such a position, since early in life being able to perform difficult work one can see his qualities of character. But this is not 37. The passage implies that always true in the case of a dictator; often he only dogs are faithful but not man reaches his position of power through chance, very man would have felt helpless without dogs often through the unhappy state of his country. It is the dog has certain qualities that make it man’s possible that Hitler would never have become the trustworthy companion leader of Germany if that country had not been (d) dogs can do almost anything driven to despair. NDA SEP 2015(NDA- GENERAL ABILITY TEST) ORC CADEMY 38. The phrase ‘aristocratic bloodhound’ in with the famous Centre Court at Wimbledon 46. (a) the passage means in (b) on (c) that day with the full knowledge that (a) the dog kept by wealthy people this 47. (a) can (b) must (c) would be the game of (b) a pedigree dog his 48. (a) life (b) age (c) day. He had kept on (c) a dog fond of blood trying, and 49. (a) he (b) one (c) you could keep on (d) any big dog trying, but 50. (a) games (b) matches (c) opportunities would become fewer and fewer. He SELECTING WORDS knew that he had to gain an advantage from the Directions : In the following passage at certain start, and he had this young rival set off against him. points, you are given a choice of three words PART—B marked (a), (b) and (c), one of which fits the 51. Which of the following statements about the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word out Progressive Writers’ Association, which of the three. Mark the letter, viz., (a), (b) or (c), created a generation of creative people, is/are relating to this word on your Answer Sheet. correct? Examples K and L have been solved for you. 52. It thought critically about the poverty and The EL (a) boy was in the school in Simla. L. (a) hunger of the Indian people. She was homesick. 1. It brought out the positive developments of colonialism. (a) horse (b) It 2. Its creative pursuits began with a critical (b) dog (c) He evaluation of Gandhian politics. Explanation: Out of the list given in item K, only 3. It planned India’s development model. ‘boy’ is the correct answer because usually, a boy, Select the correct answer using the code given and not a horse or a dog, attends school. So (a) is to below. be marked on the Answer Sheet for item K. A boy (a) I only (b) 2 and 3 is usually referred to as “he’, so for item L, (c) is (c) 1and 4 (d) 1 and 3 the correct answer. Notice that to solve the first item 52. E. V. Ramaswami Naicker was associated K, you have to read the rest of the sentence and then with see what fits the best. 1. reforming Brahminism 2. the Self-Respect Movement 3. the Low Caste Movement 4. the Communist Movement Select the correct answer using the code given PASSAGE—III below. Drobny defied the critics. He had played through the (a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 3 only Wimbledon fortnight and reached the final. Could (c) 1 and 4 only (d) 2 and 3 only he win just one more match and take the crown, or 53. Consider the following statements about would he fail again at the last test and justify those ‘Param Vir Chakra’ : who said that he lacked that little extra something 1. It is the highest peacetime gallantry that makes the champion? His opponent was the award. Australian Ken Rosewall, 39. (a) that brilliant (b) a 2. It is the replacement of British Victoria (c) the youngster and already a master 40. (a) with Cross. worldwide experience' behind him. 40. of (c) for 3. It can be awarded to civilians. Jaroslav Drobny, 41. (a) (b) that (c) the son of a Which of the statements given above is/are Czech carpenter who 42. (a) had started the (b) was correct? (c) has boy off at the 43. (a) age (b) stage (c) career (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 of five with a wooden ‘bat’ in lieu 44. (a) for a 54. Gandhiji’s ‘Harijan Campaign’ sought to racquet, (b) of (c) to went on 45. (a) to (b) for (c) O.R.C.ACADEMY SCO-371-373, 4TH FLOOR, SEC-34/A, CHD. CONTACT – 78140-11022, 78143-11022 Page 3 1. attack caste system as a whole 2. The Commission envisages an important 2. open wells, roads, temples, etc., to process of judicial review of the Harijans regulations. 3. encourage social work among Harijans 3. The draft code does not mention about Select the correct answer using the code given executive powers. below. Select the correct answer using the code given (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 below. (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 only (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only 55. The Salt Satyagraha called by Mahatma (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Gandhi saw the 60. The Swadeshi Movement evoked serious 1. violation of salt laws along coastal India responses in 2. participation of women (a) Madras and Hyderabad 3. upward swing when it came to the (b) Bengal and Maharashtra (cj Bihar working class joining in and Orissa Select the correct answer using the code, (c) the Princely States Who among the given below. following was associated with the (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 only Gudem-Rampa Rebellion? (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1,2 and 3 61. Who among the following was associated 56. What was the code name for the Indian Air with the Gudem-Rampa Rebelion ? Force operations during the Kargil Conflict of (a) Birsa Munda (b) Kushal Konwar 1999? Alluri Sitarama Raju (d) Mangal Pandey (a) Operation Vijay 62. The Bali Ministerial Declaration and the (b) Operation Meghdoot ministerial decisions that were adopted on 7th (c) Operation Indradhanush December, 2013 contained several issues. (d) Operation Safed Sagar Which of the following are related to the 57. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, Least-Developed Countries? tribals in Chota Nagpur 1. Preferential Rules of Origin for Least- 1. gave up opium consumption Developed Countries 2. wore Khadi 2. Operationalization of the Waiver 3. gave up drinking liquor and eating meat Concerning Preferential Treatment to Select the correct answer using the code given Services below. 3. Duty-Free and Quota-Free (DFQF) (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 1 only Market Access for Least-Developed (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 3 only Countries 58. Which of the following was/were the new Select the correct answer using the code given feature/features visible in the Quit India below. Movement (1942)? (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 only 1. Large-scale movements in some of the (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only industrial areas 63. The ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was a policy that 2. Large-scale mass involvement in some of aimed to the Princely States (a) control the rebellions in the 3. Increase in the activities of the Kisan Princely States Sabha (b) extend the military strength of the Select the correct answer using the code given British below. (c) regulate the landlords (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 only (d) extend the territorial boundaries of (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 3 only the English East India Company 59. The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms 64. The Permanent Settlement of 1793 introduced Commission report submitted recently, among (a) peasant rights others, contained which of the following proposals? (b) bourgeois property rights in land to 1. All regulators will have an empowered Zamindars board, the role of each of the members (c) shipping rights for the English East has been defined. India Company NDA SEP 2015(NDA- GENERAL ABILITY TEST) ORC CADEMY (d) rights for women to have property (b) Chauri-Chaura Incident rights (c) Bardoli Satyagraha 65. Which of the following is/are true relating to (d) Gandhi-Irwin Pact the Lokpal Biil, 2013, which was assented to 70. Which of the following books was written by by the President on 1st January,' 2014? B. R. Ambedkar? 1. It provides for creation of antigraft (a) The Discovery of India (b) My Life ombudsman to investigate corruption (c) Buddha or Karl Marx (d) Hind charges against public functionaries Swaraj including the Prime Minister, Ministers 71. Which of the following is/are correct relating and Members of the Parliament. to the North-Eastern Region Community 2. The Bill makes it incumbent upon States Resource Management Project for upland to make within a year their own law for areas? setting up Lokayuktas on the lines of the 1. It is a livelihood and rural development Lokpal Bill. project aimed to transform the lives of the 3. States are free not to set up Lokayuktas, if poor and marginalized tribal families in they do not so desire. North-East India. Select the correct answer using the code given 72. This Project is initiated exclusively by the below. North- Eastern Council. (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 3 only Select the correct answer using the code given (c) 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 below. 66. Who among the following was associated (a) 1 only (b) 2 only with the Hindustan Socialist Republican (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Association? (a) Subhash Chandra Bose (b) Mahatma Gandhi 72. Which of the following statements are true for (c) Bhagat Singh the Fundamental Right to Life and Personal Liberty as guaranteed under Article 21 of the (d) Laxmi Sehgal Constitution of India? 67. The Indian National Army was organized to 1. The Right is available to citizens as well fight against as aliens. (a) Germany and Japan (b) the British in 2. It covers protection against arbitrary India executive and legislative action. (c) Japan (d) Russia 3. It includes the right to live with human 68. Which of the following is/are true relating to dignity. Nelson Mandela? 4. It can be taken away according to the 1. He was the first President of South procedure established by law. Africa. Select the correct answer using the code given 2. Mandela spent 18 years in prison on below. Robben Island. 3. Mandela became the President in 1990 (a) 1,2 and 3 only (b) 2, 3 and 4 only after his release from the prison. (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 4 only Select the correct answer using the code given 73. Consider the following statements : below, 1. ‘SAMARTH 2014', a national festival for (a) 1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 3 only showcasing the abilities of persons with disabilities, was organized recently in (c) 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 New Delhi by the Ministry of Culture. 69. The Non-Cooperation Movement was 2. India is a party to the United Nations withdrawn after the Convention on the Rights of Persons with (a) First World War Disabilities. O.R.C.ACADEMY SCO-371-373, 4TH FLOOR, SEC-34/A, CHD. CONTACT – 78140-11022, 78143-11022 Page 5 Which of the statements given above is/are 77. Statement I : correct? The Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh (a) 1 only (b) 2 only receives copious snowfall during winter. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Statement II : 74. Consider the following statements about The Kullu Valley receives moisture-bearing ‘Sahayog Kaijin’ wind of the Western Disturbances during 1. It is a joint exercise of the Coast Guards winter. of India and Japan. 78. Statement I : 2. Its 13th edition was held recently off The hills with dense vegetation cover do not Chennai Port. experience heavy soil erosion. Which of the statements given above is/are Statement II : correct? The vegetation cover helps infiltration of (a) 1 only (b) 2 only rainwater and binding of soils. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 79. Statement I : 75. Consider the following statements about The decrease of air temperature with grand slam tennis tournaments : increasing altitudes in the atmosphere is 1. There are four grand slam annual tennis called the vertical temperature gradient. tournaments. Statement II : 2. The first grand slam of a year is the US In Troposphere, air temperature decreases Open. with increasing altitude due to radiation from 3. The Australian and the US tournaments the Earth. are played on grass court. Statement I : Which of the statements given above is/are 80. Chemical weathering processes are found correct? more active in hot and humid environment. (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 only Statement II (c) 1 only (d) 2 and 3 only High temperature and rainfall help in the Directions : process of decomposition of rocks. 81. Statement I : The following six (6) items consist of two The acceleration due to gravity decreases with statements, Statement I and Statement II. You are to increase in height from the surface of the examine these two statements carefully and select Earth. the answers to these items using the code given Statement II : below : The acceleration due to gravity is inversely Code : proportional to the square of the distance from (a) Both the statements are individually true the centre of the Earth. and Statement II is the correct explanation 2 of Statement I 82. The number of valence electrons in the O (b) Both the statements are individually true ion is but Statement II is not the correct (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 explanation of Statement I (d) 10 (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is 83. Within an animal cell, the most abundant false inorganic constituent of protoplasm is (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is (a) sodium and potassium salt (b) water true (c) iron (d) 76. Statement I : phosphate Minerals are formed by slow cooling of the 84. Two conducting wires A and B are made of magma. same material. If the length of B is twice that Statement II : of A and the radius of circular cross-section of

Very small crystals are formed when lava A is twice that of B, then their resistances RA

cools quickly on the surface. and RB are in the ratio (a) (d) 1 : 4 85. Consider the following statements : 2 . is always magnified and inverted A real image Which of the statements given above is/are 1 . can be formed on a screen correct? NDA SEP 2015(NDA- GENERAL ABILITY TEST) ORC CADEMY (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (a) solid (b) Bose-Einstein (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 condensate 86. Which one of the following is the correct (c) plasma (d) liquid electronic configuration of chlorine? 96. Which of the following pairs represents (a) 2, 7, 8 (b) 2, 8, 7 (c) 2, 8, 8 (d) 1, isoelectronic ions? 8, 2 (a) Na+, K+ (b) K+, Mg2+ 87. In honey, which one among the following (c) Mg2+, Ca2+ (d) Ca2+, S2 – sugars predominates? 97. After diagnosis of disease in a person, the (a) Sucrose (b) Fructose doctor advises the patient iron and folic acid (c) Galactose (d) Maltose tablets. The person is suffering from 88. During short-circuiting, the current flowing in (a) osteoporosis (b) anaemia the electrical circuit (c) goiter (d) protein-energy (a) reduces substantially malnutrition (b) does not change 98. Which one among the following is the coral (c) increases instantaneously group of islands of India? (a) Andaman (b) Nicobar (d) varies continuously (c) Minicoy (d) Lakshadweep 89. The number of aluminium ions present in 54 g of aluminium (atomic weight 27) is (a) 2 (b) 18 (c ) 1 – l × 1024 (d) 1 – 2 99. Bernoulli’s principle is based on which one × 1024 among the following laws? 90. What is hreakbone fever’ most commonly (a) Conservation of mass known as? (a) Typhoid (b) Rhinitis (b) Conservation of momentum (c) Yellow fever (d) Dengue (c) Conservation of angular momentum 91. Van de Graaff generator is used for (d) Conservation of energy (a) accelerating charged particles 100. (b) generating large currents (c) generating electric field (d) generating high-frequency voltage 92. The most stable form of carbon is (a) diamond (b) graphite (c) fullerene (d) coal The displacement (x)-time (t) graph given 93. Which one among the following is not a above approximately represents the motion of sexually transmitted disease? a (a) Syphilis (b) Gonorrhea (a) simple pendulum placed in vacuum (c) Scurvy (d) Hepatitis B (b) simple pendulum immersed in water 94. The summer and winter seasons in a year are (c) simple pendulum placed in outer caused by space (a) aphelion (farthest) and perihelion (d) point mass moving in air (nearest) positions of the Earth from the 101. Dihydrogen can be prepared on a commercial Sun during the annual revolution scale by the action of steam on hydrocarbons, (b) rotation of the Earth on its axis when a mixture of CO and H2 gas is formed. (c) variation in solar insolation It is known as (d) revolution of the Earth on its (a) water gas (b) producer gas inclined axis (c) industrial gas (d) fuel gas 95. The latest discovered state of matter is -

O.R.C.ACADEMY SCO-371-373, 4TH FLOOR, SEC-34/A, CHD. CONTACT – 78140-11022, 78143-11022 Page 7 102. Dropsy is a disease caused due to adulteration a conductor which obeys Ohm’s law in a superconductor (a) Ghee (b) Arhar Dal an insulator (c) mustard oil (d) turmeric 105. Which of the following statements about powder hydrogen is/are correct? 103. Consider the following surface winds : 1. Hydrogen has three isotopes of which (a) Doldrums (b) Trade winds protium is the most common. (c) Westerlies (d) Polar winds 2. Hydrogen ion (H+) exists freely in Which one among the following is the solution.

idealized global pattern of these winds from 3. Dihydrogen, H2, acts as a reducing agent. the Equator to the Pole? (a) 1-2-3-4, (b) 1-3-2-4 (c) 2-1-4-3 (d) 3-1-2-4 Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 3 only 106. Leaves of which of the following plants are not used for the rearing of silkworms? 104. (a) Mulberry (b) Castor (c) Oak (d) Teak 107. Taungup Pass is a mountain corridor connecting India with (a) Afghanistan (b) China (c) Pakistan (d) Myanmar 108. The temperature of water at the bottom of a The current (f)-voltage (V) plot of a certain lake whose upper surface has frozen to ice electronic device is given above. The device would be around is (a) –10 °C (b) a semiconductor NDA SEP 2015(NDA- GENERAL ABILITY TEST) ORC CADEMY

109. Which of the following statements is correct? 114. While looking at an image formed by a (a) Fullerenes have only six- membered convex lens (one half of the lens is covered carbon rings with a black paper), which one of the (b) Fullerenes are cage-like molecules following will happen to the image? (c) Diamond is thermodynamically the most (a) Half of the image will be visible stable allotrope of carbon (b) Intensity of the image will be (d) Graphite is slippery and hard, and is diminished therefore used as a dry lubricant in (c) Image will be inverted now machines (d) One can see an image of smaller 110. Which one among the following groups is the size most abundant in terms of number of species identified? 115. Which of the following acids is a mineral (a) Fungi (b) Green plants acid? (c) Bacteria (d) Insects (a) Citric acid (b) Hydrochloric 111. Consider the following statements : acid 1. Crystallization is a form of mechanical (c) Ascorbic acid (d) Tartaric acid weathering.. 116. Considering the locations of mountains in 2. Hydration causes granular disintegration. India, which one among the following is in 3. Frost action is synonymous with freeze- right sequence from south to north? thaw action. (a) Doddabetta, Kailash, Dhaulagiri, Which of the statements given above are Vindhyachal correct? (b) Doddabetta, Vindhyachal, (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only Dhaulagiri, Kailash (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 112. Lapland is a cultural region largely within the (c) Dhaulagiri, Kailash, Doddabetta, Arctic Circle in the north of the Scandinavian Vindhyachal Peninsula. Who inhabited the Lapland? (d) Dhaulagiri, Vindhyachal, (a) Sami people (b) Padaung people Doddabetta, Kailash (c) Hamar people (d) Himba people 117. A balloon filled up with gas would only go up 113. If speed of light in air is 3 × 108 m/s, the in air if it is filled up with speed of light in glass (with refractive index (a) a gas whose density is lower than air (b) a gas whose density is higher than 1·5) would be air (c) cold air (d) water vapour 118. Planet A has double the radius than that of Planet B. If the mass of Planet A is 4 times 8 8 (a) 2 × 10 m/s 4·5 × 10 m/s heavier than the mass of Planet B, which of the following statements regarding weight of an object is correct? (a) Heavier on Planet A than on Planet B 8 8 (c) 3× 10 m/s 1·5 × 10 m/s (b) Heavier on Planet B than on Planet A (c) Same on both the Planets

O.R.C.ACADEMY SCO-371-373, 4TH FLOOR, SEC-34/A, CHD. CONTACT – 78140-11022, 78143-11022 Page 9 (d) Cannot (b) Pulicat (d) Kolleru be measured on Planet B 122. Sound waves are similar to the waves 119. Which of the following is correct regarding (a) of laser light passing through air the reaction of fluorine with water? (b) generated in a stretched wire by + – 2F2 (g) + 2H2O(l) → 4H (aq) + 4F (aq) + O2 hitting or plucking the wire (g) (c) generated in a pipe filled with air by (a) Fluorine is oxidized to F– moving the piston attached to the pipe up (b) Water is oxidized to O2 and down (c) Water is reduced to H+ (d) generated by the mobile phone (d) Oxidation state of fluorine does not towers change 123. A sound wave has frequency of 2 kHz and 120. The site of cellular respiration in animal cell is (a) Ribosome (b) mitochondria wavelength of 35 cm. If an observer is 1·4 km (c) endoplasmic reticulum (d) lysosome 121. Which one among the following lakes is situated on the west coast of India? away from the source, after what time interval (a) Chiiika (b) Ashtamudi could the observer hear the sound? (a)

124. Which of the following is/are amphoteric? (b) break the circuit when power gets (a) Al(OH) 3 (s) and Fe (OH) 3 (s) off (b) Al(OH) 3 (s) and aq) (c) indicate if the current is flowing

(c) Ba(OH) 2 (s) and NaOH (aq) uninterrupted

(d) Al(OH)3(s) only (d) complete the circuit for flow of 125. Which of the following statements about current vitamins are correct? 129. The most of the mass of the atom can be 1. Vitamin C is essential to make connective found in tissue in body. (a) electrons (b) charges 2. Vitamin D is needed for synthesis of eye (c) nucleus (d) electron cloud pigment. 130. The Faroe is a group of islands lying in the

3. Vitamin B12 helps in maturation of RBC. Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland, 4. Vitamin C is required to make use of This island group is also known as calcium absorbed from the intestine. (a) Island of Sheep (b) Island of Goats Select the correct answer using the code given (b) Island of Cows (d) Island of below. Buffaloes (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 131. The pressure of an ideal gas undergoing (c) 2 and 4 (d) 1 and 4 isothermal change is increased by 10%. The 126. What is the correct sequence from the volume of the gas must decrease by about smallest to the largest grain of the following types of clastic rocks? (a) Shale, sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone (a) 0·1% (b) 9% (c) 10% (d) (b) Shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate (c) Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, siltstone (d) Sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate, shale 127. Which one among the following waves bats use to detect the obstacles in their flying path? 0·9% (a) Infrared waves (b) Electromagnetic waves (c) Ultrasonic waves 132. Tuareg is a pastoral nomad living in the desert (d) Radio waves of 128. A fuse is used in an electric circuit to (a) Kalahari (b) Sahara (a) break the circuit when excessive (c) Arabia (d) Patagonia current flows through the circuit NDA SEP 2015(NDA- GENERAL ABILITY TEST) ORC CADEMY 133. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin 137. Note the following balanced chemical upward which falls behind him. It implies that equation :

the motion of the train is 2CO + O2 ⇌2CO2 (a) accelerated (b) uniform Which one of the following statements is (c) retarded (d) along the circular tracks significant in relation to the above chemical 134. The mass number of an atom is determined by equation? (a) adding the number of neutrons and (a) One can add to a vessel only 2 mol

number of electrons of CO for each mol of O2 added (b) adding the number of protons and (b) No matter how much of these two number of electrons reagents are added to a vessel, 1 mol of (c) the number of protons only O2 is consumed (d) adding the number of neutrons and (c) When they react, CO reacts with O2 number of protons in a 2 : 1 mol ratio 135. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct (d) When 2 mol of CO and 1 mol of O2 answer using the code given below the Lists : are placed in a vessel, they will react to List-I List-II give 1 mol of CO2 (Region) (Characteristic 138. Which of the following is/are the most likely vegetation) cause/causes of sheet-flood found in western A. Selvas Tropophyte part of Rajasthan? 1. s 1. Scanty rainfall B. Savanna Mosses and 2. Sudden high intensity rain 2. lichens 3. Loose sandy , soil with scanty C. Tundra 3. Epiphytes vegetation D. Monsoon 4. Grasses Select the correct answer using the code given land and trees below. Code : (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (a) A B C D (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 3 2 4 1 139. Mulching, an agronomic measure of soil (b) A B C D conservation, is very effective because it 1. 1 4 2 3 protects soil from gully erosion 2. protects soil from sheetwash and wind (c) A B C D erosion 1 2 4 3 3. helps soil to retain moisture and nutrients B C D (d) A Select the correct answer using the code given 3 4 2 1 elow. 136. In optical instruments, the lenses are used to (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only form image by the phenomenon of (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 (a) reflection (b) 140. How many cubic centimetres (cm3) are in a refraction cubic metre (m3)? (c) scattering (d) diffusion (a)

141. A semiconducting device is connected in a (b) n-type semiconductor series circuit with a battery and a resistance. (c) an intrinsic semiconductor Current is found to pass through the circuit. If (d) p-n junction the polarity of the battery is reversed, the 142. A fertilizer contains 20% nitrogen by mass. current drops to zero. The device may be To provide a fruit tree with an equivalent of 1 (a) p-type semiconductor

O.R.C.ACADEMY SCO-371-373, 4TH FLOOR, SEC-34/A, CHD. CONTACT – 78140-11022, 78143-11022 Page 11 kg of nitrogen, the quantity of fertilizer (a) It gives freedom of conscience and required is freedom to profess, practice and propagate any religion (b) It gives freedom to establish and (a) 20 kg (b) 020 kg (c) 0·05 kg (d) maintain institution for religious and charitable purposes (c) The Right is subject to public order, 5 kg morality, and health 143. Why is hydrolysis an effective form of (d) The State cannot make any law which chemical decomposition of bedrock in humid abrogates this Right for citizens tropics? 148. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 1. Humid tropics experience high (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 may be temperature and humidity. seen as giving effect to which of the following 2. There is high diurnal range in Fundamental Rights? temperature. 1. Equality before the Law Select the correct answer using the code given 2. Right against Discrimination below. 3. Abolition of Untouchability (a) 1 only (b) 2 only 4. Right to Freedom of Religion (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Select the correct answer using the code given 144. If the distance S covered by a moving car in below. rectilinear motion with a speed v in time t is (a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 2 and 3 only given by S = vt, then the car undergoes (c) 2, 3 and 4 only(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (a) a uniform acceleration 149. Under which of the following Acts is the (b) a non-uniform acceleration (cj a uniform National Population Register being created? velocity (a) The Citizenship Act of India, 1955 (c) a non-uniform velocity as amended in 2004 145. The phenomenon of electromagnetic (b) The Census Act, 1948 induction implies a production of induced (c) The UID Act, 2010 (a) resistance in a coil when the magnetic field changes with time (d) None of the above (b) current in a coil when an electric field 150. Which one among the following is not true changes with time about (c) current in a coil when a magnetic field Bal Gangadhar Tilak? changes with time (a) He started the New English School in (d) voltage in a coil when an electric field Poona changes with time (b) He founded the Shri Shivaji Fund 146. Which one among the following is not a Committee for celebration of Shiv characteristic of a federal system? Jayanti (a) There are two distinct levels of (c) He preached the cult of self-reliance government (d) He transformed the household (b) The responsibilities and powers of each worshipping of Ganesha into a public level of government are clearly defined event in a written Constitution (c) There is no separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches of government (d) A Supreme Court is entrusted with the responsibility of interpreting these provisions and arbitrating in matters of dispute 147. The Constitution of India guarantees the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Religion to all its citizens. Which among the following is not true for this Right? NDA SEP 2015(NDA- GENERAL ABILITY TEST) ORC CADEMY

O.R.C.ACADEMY SCO-371-373, 4TH FLOOR, SEC-34/A, CHD. CONTACT – 78140-11022, 78143-11022 Page 13 Answer Key 1 B 21 A 41 C 61 B 81 B 101 A 121 C 141 D 2 C 22 D 42 A 62 D 82 D 102 C 122 A 142 D 3 B 23 A 43 A 63 C 83 C 103 A 123 A 143 C 4 D 24 D 44 B 64 C 84 C 104 B 124 D 144 C 5 C 25 D 45 A 65 C 85 D 105 A 125 B 145 C 6 C 26 C 46 C 66 C 86 B 106 B 126 D 146 C 7 C 27 D 47 C 67 D 87 D 107 D 127 C 147 D 8 B 28 A 48 A 68 C 88 B 108 C 128 A 148 C 9 C 29 B 49 B 69 A 89 B 109 C 129 C 149 A 1 C 30 A 50 A 70 C 90 C 110 D 130 A 150 C 0 1 C 31 B 51 C 71 D 91 B 11 D 131 C 1 1 C 32 C 52 B 72 B 92 B 112 A 132 B 2 1 B 33 C 53 B 73 D 93 C 113 A 133 B 3 1 A 34 A 54 D 74 D 94 D 114 D 134 D 4 1 B 35 A 55 D 75 B 95 B 115 B 135 D 5 1 C 36 A 56 A 76 A 96 D 116 D 136 A 6 1 D 37 D 57 D 77 C 97 B 117 B 137 D 7 1 A 38 C 58 D 78 A 98 D 118 C 138 D 8 1 D 39 B 59 D 79 B 99 D 119 C 139 D 9 2 C 40 A 60 B 80 A 100 B 120 B 140 B 0