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Vocabulary Usage — NDA General Ability Test PYQs

25 questions from this chapter, asked in 3 NDA exams between 2023–2025.

25questions
3NDA exams
2023–2025years covered
1 / 4mark values asked

Questions asked per year

202510 Qs20245 Qs202310 Qs

Practice questions

Q1MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : In the following items, a pair of words is provided. You are required to select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Confident and Confidant

(A)Confident means certain and confidant means close friend✓ Correct
(B)Confidant means certain and confident means close friend
(C)Confident means belief and confidant means an emissary
(D)Confident means assurance and confidant means intimate person
Q2MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : In the following items, a pair of words is provided. You are required to select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Broke and brook

(A)Broke means abundance and brook means a flowing water body
(B)Broke means bankrupt and brook means a stream✓ Correct
(C)Broke means fractured and brook means nonsense
(D)Broke means negotiate and brook means a stream
Q3MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : In the following items, a pair of words is provided. You are required to select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Accept and Except

(A)Accept means apart from and except means recognise
(B)Accept means recognise and except means include
(C)Accept means consent and except means apart from✓ Correct
(D)Accept means allude and except means apart from
Q4MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : In the following items, a pair of words is provided. You are required to select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Accord and Accrued

(A)Accord means collected and accrued means agreement
(B)Accord means agreement and accrued means arrived
(C)Accord means accepted and accrued means received
(D)Accord means agreement and accrued means accumulated✓ Correct
Q5MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : In the following items, a pair of words is provided. You are required to select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Guarantee and Warranty

(A)Guarantee is an agreement and warranty is a service contract
(B)Guarantee is a business agreement and warranty is a service contract
(C)Guarantee is a promise and warranty is a service contract✓ Correct
(D)Guarantee is acceptance and warranty is a service contract
Q6MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : Given below are words, followed by their appropriate meaning. Identify the correct meaning and mark your answer accordingly in the Answer Sheet.

Cynosure :

(A)Person or thing that causes a change
(B)Person or thing that attracts a lot of attention✓ Correct
(C)Person or thing regarded as exact copy
(D)Person or animal that lives in a particular place
Q7MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : Given below are words, followed by their appropriate meaning. Identify the correct meaning and mark your answer accordingly in the Answer Sheet.

Coeval :

(A)Person of roughly the same age✓ Correct
(B)Person or organisation that cooperates with others
(C)Person employed to drive a private car
(D)Person employed in taking census
Q8MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : Given below are words, followed by their appropriate meaning. Identify the correct meaning and mark your answer accordingly in the Answer Sheet.

Retrogression :

(A)Sudden sharp drop in price
(B)Reverse pressure
(C)Return to earlier state✓ Correct
(D)Sudden occurrence of a past event
Q9MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : Given below are words, followed by their appropriate meaning. Identify the correct meaning and mark your answer accordingly in the Answer Sheet.

Imprest :

(A)Surprise attack by people
(B)Money used to manage small expenses✓ Correct
(C)Sudden occurrence of laughter
(D)Sudden increase in activity
Q10MCQ20251 mark
AnswerLogic

Directions : Given below are words, followed by their appropriate meaning. Identify the correct meaning and mark your answer accordingly in the Answer Sheet.

Turgid :

(A)Determined or loyal
(B)Dirty or untidy
(C)Swollen or distended✓ Correct
(D)Excited or upset

Why practise Vocabulary Usage PYQs?

Vocabulary Usage has appeared in 3 NDA General Ability Test exams we track between 2023–2025, with questions worth 1, 4 marks. 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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