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NDA General Ability Test 2023 Question Paper

301 questions from the 2023 NDA exam, combining both papers of the year (NDA I and NDA II).

301questions
2papers (NDA I & II)
17chapters covered
Note: UPSC conducts NDA twice a year. This page combines both 2023 papers — NDA I and NDA II.

Questions from the 2023 exam

Q1MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Over long periods of time, layers of sediments builds up to a height of a few kilometers.

(A)Over long periods of time,
(B)layers of sediments builds up
(C)to a height of a few kilometers.
(D)No Error
Q2MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

When a gas is cooled down it turns into a liquid from a process called condensation.

(A)When a gas is
(B)cooled down it turns into a liquid
(C)from a process called condensation.
(D)No Error
Q3MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

If you want to know the news you can read a newspaper.

(A)If you want
(B)to know the news
(C)you can read a newspaper.
(D)No Error
Q4MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Columbus made his first voyage from Europe to America on 1492.

(A)Columbus made his
(B)first voyage from Europe to America
(C)on 1492.
(D)No Error
Q5MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Whenever the sky is clear, you can see the stars in the night.

(A)Whenever the sky is
(B)clear, you can see
(C)the stars in the night.
(D)No Error
Q6MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

I'm not working tomorrow, so I don't had to get up early.

(A)I'm not working tomorrow,
(B)so I don't had to
(C)get up early.
(D)No Error
Q7MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

She didn't tell anybody about her plans.

(A)She didn't
(B)tell anybody
(C)about her plans.
(D)No Error
Q8MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

She wouldn't have has an accident, if she had driven carefully.

(A)She wouldn't have
(B)has an accident,
(C)if she had driven carefully.
(D)No Error
Q9MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

I will watch film if I finish the work in time.

(A)I will watch film
(B)if I finish the work
(C)in time.
(D)No Error
Q10MCQNDA I 2023

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

In 1989, the government did an about-face and Iran restored it's family planning program.

(A)In 1989, the government
(B)did an about-face and Iran restored
(C)it's family planning program.
(D)No Error

Topics covered in 2023

About the 2023 NDA General Ability Test paper

UPSC conducted NDA twice in 2023 NDA I and NDA II. This page brings both General Ability Test papers together: 301 questions as asked in the actual exams. The 2023 questions drew from 17 topics.

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