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Comprehension Passage — NDA General Ability Test PYQs

63 questions from this chapter, asked in 6 NDA exams between 2017–2025.

63questions
6NDA exams
2017–2025years covered

Questions asked per year

Practice questions

Q1MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct option from the given options, based solely on the passage. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Which one of the following is NOT the reason for the difficulty in estimating the number of languages of the world ?

(A)New languages continue to be discovered
(B)There are still unexplored regions
(C)New languages are considered a dialect of a known language
(D)People who speak the language do not claim their language
Q2MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct option from the given options, based solely on the passage. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Which one of the following is a way to establish the discovery of a new language ?

(A)By establishing contact over a period of time with the speakers of the language
(B)By finding the similarities of the language with other languages
(C)By comparing with the lingua franca of the region
(D)By conducting a survey of all languages of the region
Q3MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct option from the given options, based solely on the passage. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

(A)Language surveys have been conducted by all nations
(B)There is hardly any language to be discovered in the world
(C)All the languages are either complete languages or dialects of other major languages
(D)No new language needs to be discovered since all languages are known to the world
Q4MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct option from the given options, based solely on the passage. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

'The people may be known, but the identity of their language may not be,' means

(A)People are recognised as different ethnic groups but not necessarily their language
(B)People are recognised as different ethnic groups and their language is recognised
(C)People are not recognised as different ethnic groups, and so are their languages
(D)Because the people are not from different ethnic groups and their language is recognised
Q5MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct option from the given options, based solely on the passage. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Which one of the following words from passage means 'come to be known' ?

(A)transpire
(B)lingua franca
(C)straight
(D)variant
Q6MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these items should be based solely on the passage.

Why do twentieth century advances not seem sustainable ?

(A)They do not meet the human needs
(B)Due to the increased cost of agricultural production
(C)Because they are outdated for the current times
(D)They are useful, but intensive
Q7MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these items should be based solely on the passage.

What pushes farmers into places unsuited for agriculture ?

(A)Population growth
(B)Industrialisation
(C)Water scarcity
(D)Desertification
Q8MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these items should be based solely on the passage.

Which one of the following is NOT true, according to the passage, for ecological degradation ?

(A)Global population growth
(B)Excess use of chemicals
(C)Desertification
(D)World War II
Q9MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these items should be based solely on the passage.

What is the conclusion of the author in the passage about the prospects of agriculture in the world ?

(A)The author is both hopeful and sceptical of the prospects of agriculture
(B)The author is very hopeful of the prospects of agriculture
(C)The author is sceptical of the prospects of agriculture
(D)The author is neither hopeful nor sceptical of the prospects of agriculture
Q10MCQ2025

Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these items should be based solely on the passage.

Which one of the following words means 'incursion' ?

(A)invasion
(B)intensive
(C)severe
(D)intervention

Why practise Comprehension Passage PYQs?

Comprehension Passage has appeared in 6 NDA General Ability Test exams we track between 2017–2025. UPSC examiners consistently reuse concepts and question patterns from this topic — practising its previous year questions is the most reliable way to know exactly what to expect in your exam.

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