General Ability Test Question Paper of NDA(National Defence Academy & Naval Academy) Exam (II), 2007

COMPREHENSION

Directions (For the 11 items which follow):

In this section you have three short passages. After each passage, you will find several questions based on the passage. First, read a passage, and then answer the questions based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only.

Example 'I' and 'J' are solved for you.

Passage (Example)

In our approach to life, be it pragmatic or otherwise, a basic fact that confronts us squarely and unmistakably is the desire for peace, security and happiness. Different forms of life at different levels of existence make up the teeming denizens of this earth of ours. And, no matter whether they belong to the higher groups such as human beings or to the lower groups such as animals, all beings . primarily seek peace, comfort and security. Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man; Even the lowliest insect strives for protection against dangers that threaten its life. rust as each one of us wants to live and not to die, so do all other creatures:

I. The author's main point is that

(a) different forms of life are found on earth

(b) different levels of existence are possible in nature

(c) peace and security are the chief goals of all living beings

(d) even the weakest creature struggles to preserve its life

J. Which one of the following assumptions or steps is essential in developing the author's position?

(a) All forms of life have a single overriding goal

(b) The will to survive of a creature is identified with a desire for peace

(c) All beings are divided into higher and lower groups

(d) A parallel is drawn between happiness and life, and pain and death

Explanation:

I. The idea which represents the author's main point is "peace and security are the chief goals of all living beings", which is response (c). So (c) is the correct answer.

J. The best assumption underlying the passage is "The will to survive of a creature is identified with a desire for peace", which is response (b). So (b) is the correct answer.
 

PASSAGE-I

When a bee, or an ant, beetle, moth or butterfly visits a flower for food, it Simultaneously, and without knowing it, performs another vital function by carrying pollen from one plant to another. But not all flowers are visited by insects. A reliable guide to those that are, is their flamboyance. If the petals are large and colourful, if they smell sweet, it is because the plant needs to attract insects. Some plants have flowers which are graceful but not showy and therefore of no interest to insects. In this case the pollen is carried by the wind. Most flowers manufacture these minute grains called pollen which must be transferred to another flower of the same type before they can make seeds.

1. Which one of the following is correct ?

Plants that do not have showy flowers

(a) get their pollen transferred to other flowers by wind

(b) produce more pollen than others

(c) don't reproduce easily

(d) are very few in number

Ans: (a)

2. Which one of the following is correct?

The fact that some flowers are flamboyant implies

(a) that some plants do not need pollination

(b) that we can distinguish between flowers pollinated by insects and those that are not

(c) that flowers are more important to some plants they are to others

(d) that bright colours are important to all flower

Ans: (b)

3. Which one of the following is correct?

When insects carry pollen from one flower to another

(a) they help the flowers to make seeds

(b) the flowers become colourful and smell sweet

(c) the insects find it easy to take food from the flowers

(d) they help the plants to grow beautiful flowers

Ans: (a)

4. Which one of the following is correct?

Insects carry pollen from one flower to another

(a) deliberately

(b) unconsciously

(c) reluctantly

(d) with extreme care

Ans: (b)

5. Which one of the following is correct?

Insects visit flowers because they.

(a) want to carry Pfllen from one flower to another

(b) are attracted by the bright colours

(c) wish to obtain: food

(d) are in search of a mate

Ans: (c)

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