NDA I GAT Question Paper 2021 - Download PDF

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This is the General Ability Test of the UPSC National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination 2021, Test Booklet Series A, T.B.C. FJY-U-GTA. It carries 600 marks over two and a half hours and has 150 multiple-choice items of equal marks, with one-third of an item's marks deducted for a wrong answer. Part A (items 1–50) is English: synonyms, antonyms, idioms, spotting errors and fill in the blanks. Part B (items 51–150), printed in Hindi and English, covers physics, chemistry and biology, the Harappan, Mauryan, Chola and Vijayanagara periods, the bhakti movement, nineteenth-century reformers and Gandhi, geography, the Constitution and current affairs from early 2021. This copy has the questions only, without answers.

Exam

NDA

Subject

General Ability Test

Year

2021

Paper code

FJY-U-GTA

Maximum marks

600

Time allowed

2 hours 30 min

Questions

150

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Part A

  200 marks

  English: 50 items on synonyms, antonyms, idioms, spotting errors and fill in the blanks, 4 marks each

• Part B

  400 marks

  General knowledge: 100 items in Hindi and English on science, history, geography, polity and current affairs, 4 marks each

Topics covered

• Synonyms, antonyms and idioms
• Spotting errors and fill in the blanks
• Heat and electricity
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Ancient and medieval Indian history
• Social reform and the national movement
• World and Indian geography
• Fundamental duties and the Constitution
• Current affairs 2021

Questions from this paper

1. A current of 1.0 A is drawn by the filament of an electric bulb for 10 minutes. What amount of electric charge flows through the circuit?
2. At what temperature do a Fahrenheit thermometer and a Celsius thermometer read the same?
3. Which one of the following Harappan sites was a specialised centre for making shell objects?
4. Where and when did Mahatma Gandhi make his first public appearance in India on coming back from South Africa after two decades?
5. Exercise Desert Knight-21 is a bilateral air exercise between the Indian Air Force and the air force of which country?
6. Why was Claire Polosak in the news?