NDA II Answer Key

NDA II 2019 Exam Paper Part – B (General Aptitude Test) (Answer Key)

111. Which of the following was/were among the decisions taken by the First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia in September 1774 ?
1. It rejected a plan for a colonial union under the British authority
2. It drew up a statement of grievances
3. It agreed upon a scheme to stop trade between the Colonies and England.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer – (C)

112. Which one of the following land territories of Indonesia is not touched by the Equator?
(a) Sumatra
(b) Sulawesi
(c) Java
(d) Kalimantan

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Answer – (C)

113. Which one of the following sedimentary rocks is organically formed ?
(a) Shale
(b) Chert
(c) Halite
(d) Chalk

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Answer – (D)

114. According to the Köppen climatic classification, the letter code Cfa denotes
(a) Tropical wet climate
(b) Humid subtropical climate
(c) Tundra climate
(d) Tropical wet and dry climate.

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Answer – (B)

115. In which one of the following folds is the axial plane found to be virtually horizontal ?
(a) Isoclinal
(b) Anticlinal
(c) Recumbent
(d) Monoclinal

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Answer – (C)

116. How many Ramsar conservation sites have been enlisted from India so far?
(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) 27
(d) 62

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Answer – (C)

117. The Munda language group belongs to which family?
(a) Austric
(b) Dravidian
(c) Sino-Tibetan
(d) Indo-European

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Answer – (A)

118. Which one of the following statements about the Suez Canal is not correct?
(a) The Suez Canal was constructed in 1869.
(b) It links the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
(c) It has a six lock system and ships cross the different levels through these locks.
(d) It has given Europe a new gateway to the Indian Ocean.

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Answer – (C)

119. Which among the following statements is not correct about the Reign of Terror ?
(a) The Jacobins dashed out the Girondists with the help of sans-culottes.
(b) The Jacobins were in league with the French clergy.
(c) The arrest for anti-revolutionary activities was by law restricted to the political class.
(d) The Reign of Terror came to an end with the execution of Robespierre by guillotine in July 1794.

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Answer – (D)

120. Who among the following was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service ?
(a) Satyendranath Tagore
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) R.C. Dutt
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

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Answer – (A)

121. Which among the following was/were among the factors for England to experience the Industrial Revolution first?
1. The scientific inventions had paved the way for Industrial Revolution.
2. It had favourable social and political structures in place.
3. Navigable rivers had made inland transport easier.
4. It had seen the ascendancy of capitalist practices.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Answer – (B)

122. Article 46 of the Constitution of India refers to the promotion of educational and economic interests of
(a) religious minorities
(b) Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections.
(c) displaced persons from large irrigation projects.
(d) the economically deprived.

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Answer – (B)

123. Who was the Education Minister in the first Cabinet of independent India ?
(a) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Acharya Narendra Dev

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Answer – (C)

124. Who among the following died in exile ?
(a) Rani Laxmibai
(b) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(c) Tantia Tope
(d) Nana Saheb

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Answer – (B)

125. The normal lapse rate of temperature of Barth’s atmosphere drops to 0°C at the
(a) upper part of ionosphere.
(b) upper boundary of the tropopause.
(c) lower part of mesosphere.
(d) upper boundary of stratopause.

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Answer – (C)

126. The headquarters of National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property (NRLC) is located at
(a) New Delhi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Kolkata
(d) Bhopal

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Answer – (B)

127. Loktak lake is situated in the State of
(a) Sikkim
(b) Manipur
(c) Odisha
(d) Mizoram

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Answer – (B)

128. Stalactite, stalagmite and pillars are the depositional landforms of
(a) running water
(b) wind
(c) glacier
(d) underground water

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Answer – (D)

129. A deep valley characterized by steep step-like slope is known as
(a) U-shaped valley.
(b) Blind valley.
(c) Gorge.
(d) Canyon

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Answer – (A)

130. Which one of the following is a major plate ?
(a) Pacific Plate
(b) Cocos Plate
(c) Arabian Plate
(d) Philippine Plate

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Answer – (A)

10 Comments

  1. It is very helpful.You guys did a very excellent work by providing the answers of the questions and again thanks a lot.

  2. it is very helpful for the student and when they appear next time for the exam they read the question paper from here as well as answer of the questions………..

  3. The key answer of question no. 125 is a wrong . The correct answer is ( C ) as at the upper boundary of tropopause the temperature is -50 degree C.

  4. It’s really helpful by providing answer key of NDA paper , now we can easily clear over thoughts accordingly ! But some of the answer s are wrong

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