NDA I GAT Question Paper 2022 - Download PDF

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This is the General Ability Test of the UPSC National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I) 2022, T.B.C. SDFR-F-TAG. 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: spotting errors, idioms, ordering of words, antonyms and synonyms. Part B (items 51–150), printed in Hindi and English, covers heat, electricity and motion, chemistry, biology, ancient Indian texts and travellers, social reform and the national movement, geography and current affairs from late 2021 and January 2022. This copy has the questions only, without answers.

Exam

NDA

Subject

General Ability Test

Year

2022

Paper code

SDFR-F-TAG

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 spotting errors, idioms, ordering of words, antonyms and synonyms, 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

• Spotting errors and idioms
• Ordering of words in a sentence
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Heat, electricity and motion
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Ancient Indian texts and travellers
• Social reform and the national movement
• Geography and natural hazards
• Current affairs 2021–22

Questions from this paper

1. An electric wire of resistance 50 Ω is cut into five equal wires, which are then connected in parallel. What is the equivalent resistance of the combination?
2. What current is required to light a 60 W incandescent bulb on a domestic supply of 240 V?
3. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 40 m/s. Approximately how long does it take to reach its maximum height?
4. Which Chinese traveller in ancient India wrote the diary called 'Records of the Travels to Middle India'?
5. By whom was the Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 organised?
6. On 14 January 2022, which ministry organised a global Surya Namaskar demonstration programme?