NDA Exam Fully Solved Papers 2019 : NDA Exam is conducted by UPSC two times every year, candidates can join the National Defence Academy after 12th if they clear the NDA exam and SSB interview. Below we are providing the NDA Exam 2019 (Held on 21-4-2019) General Studies questions papers which are fully solved with the solution. NDA Previous Year Questions Papers will help you to prepare for the NDA Exam. The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force train together before they go on to respective service academies for further pre-commissioning training.
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51. On exposure to moist air, copper gains a green coat on its surface due to formation of which one of the following compounds?
(A) Copper carbonate✓
(B) Copper oxide
(C) Copper sulphate
(D) Copper nitrate
52. Which one of the following will not produce carbon dioxide on reacting with an aqueous solution of hydrochioric acid?
(A) Limestone
(B) Quick Lime✓
(C) Challk
(D) Marble
53. Which.one of the following substances is not a mixture?
(A) Ice✓
(B) Ice-cream
(C) Air
(D) Honey
54. Which one of the following is an example of Salt-Crystal growth?
(A) Chemical weathering
(B) Physical weathering✓
(C) Biological weathering
(D) Bio-chemical weathering
55. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of proved coal reserves in the Indian States in decreasing order?
(A) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal
(B) Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal✓
(C) Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh
(D) Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand
57. Which one of the following ocean currents is not a cold ocean current?
(A) Canary current
(B) California current
(C) Kuroshio current✓
(D) Oyashio current
58. What is the time gap in occurrence of two successive tides at a given place on the ocean surface?
(A) 12 hours
(B) 12 hours 26 minutes✓
(C) 24 hours
(D) 24 hours 52 minutes
59. Tooth enamel is made up of which one of the following calcium compounds?
(A) Calcium carbonate
(B) Calcium sulphate
(C) Calcium hydroxide
(D) Calcium phosphate✓
60. Suppose Ijhere are t;wo plan;ts, 1 and 2, having the same density but their radii are Rl and R2 respectively, where Rl > R2 The accelerations due to gravity on the surface of these planets are related as:
(A) g1 > g2✓
(B) g1 <g2
(C) g1=g2
(D) Can't say anything
61. The Sun is seen little before is rises and for a short while after it sets. This is because of :
(A) total internal reflection
(B) atmospheric refraction✓
(C) apparent shift in the direction of Sun
(D) dispersion
63. 1 dyne (a unit of force in CGS system) equals to :
(A) 103 g cm/ s2
(B) 10-3 g em/s2
(C) 105 kg m/ s2
(D) 10-5 kg m/s2✓
65. Which one of the following statements regarding a thermos flask is not correct ?
(A) The walls of flask are separated by vacuum and made of glass which is a poor conductor of heat
(B) The glass walls themselves have shiny surfaces
(C) The surface of inner wall radiates good amount of heat and the surface of outer wall absorbs some of the heat that is radiated from the inner wall✓
(D) The cork supports are poor conductors of heat
66. 'Black hole' is a :
(A) huge black star which has zero acceleration due to gravity on its surface
(B) star which has moderate acceleration due to gravity on its surface
(C) star which has collapsed into itself and has large acceleration due to gravity on its surface✓
(D) star which has collapsed into itself and has zero acceleration due to gravity on its surface
67. The formula for conversion between Fahrenheit and Celsius is. OF = X + (1.8 x °C)
What is factor X ?
(A) 32✓
(C) 98
(B) 22
(D) 42
68. When a beam of white light passes through a glass prism, the colour of light beam that deviates
the least is :
(A) Blue
(C) Green✓
(B) Red
(D) Violet
69. LIGO stands for :
(A) Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory✓
(B) Light Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory
(C) Light Induced Gravity Observatory
(D) Laser Induced Gaseous Optics
70. A fuse wire must be :
(A) conducting and of low melting point✓
(B) conducting and of high' melting point
(C) insulator and of high melting point
(D) insulator and of low melting point
71: Kamarajar Port was 'commissioned in 2001 to handle thermal coal requirements. It is situated along the coast of which Indian State?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Odisha
(C) Tamil Nadu✓
(D) Karnataka
72. Which one of the following Union Territories of India is the smallest in terms of geographical area?
(A) Daman and Diu
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(D) Lakshadweep✓
73. Which one of the following can be said to be' essentially related to 'Polar Front Theory' ?
(A) Anticyclone
(B) Tropical Cyclone
(C) Temperate Cyclone✓
(D) Inter Tropical Convergence
74. Brahmaputra and Indus rivers are antecedent rivers. Which one of the following may be the true definition of antecedent drainage?
(A) Which follows the initial slope of the Himalaya
(B) Which existed before the Himalayan range came into existence✓
(C) Which followed the dip or rock beds of the Himalaya
(D) Which followed the strikes of rock beds of the Himalaya
75. The Karachi resolution of Congress in 1931 advocated which one of the following issues?
(A) State shall not own or control key industries and services
(B) State shall handover the key industries and services Indian business groups
(C) State should allow Indian business group to invest fifty per cent of the capital
(D) State shall own or control key industries and services✓
76. The treaty of Schonbrunn (1809) was signed after which one of the following battles?
(A) Battle of Austerlitz
(B) Battle ofTilsit
(C) Battle of Wagram✓
(D) Battle of Lisbon
78. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was announced to achieve which one of the following?
(A) Containment of the USSR✓
(B) Increasing agricultural production in the USA
(C) Offering friendship to Europe
(D) Strengthening the UNO
80. Who among the following presented 'The April Theses' to the Russian people in 1917?
(A) Stalin
(B) Trotsky
(C) Bukharin
(D) Lenin ✓
81. An Election Commissioner can be removed from office on the recommendation of :
(A) The Chief Justice of India
(B) The Chief Election Commissioner✓
(C) The President of India
(D) The Parliament
82. Which one of the following statements regarding the Rajya Sabha is not correct ?
(A) Its members are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of a State
(B) The election follows the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote
(C) 1/ 3rd of its members retire after every two years
(D) It is a permanent body, but can be dissolved earlier by the President✓
83. Fundamental right guaranteed under which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India is available only to the citizens of India?
(A) Article 19✓
(B) Article 20
(C) Article 21
(D) Article 22
84. The treaty of Yandabo was signed in:
(A) 1826✓
(B) 1825
(C) 1824
(D) 1823
85. In the Manusmriti which form of marriage results from the "Voluntary union of a maiden and her lover" ?
(A) Eighth form
(B) Fifth form
(C) Seventh form
(D) Sixth form✓
86. Consider the following description of the Samadhi of a former Prime Minister of India: Central Samadhi platform comprises nine square black polished granite solid stone blocks, capped with a 'Diya'<in the centre. The number nine holds significance and represents the navarasas, navaratras and navagrahas. Then placement of the nine-square Samadhi is in a circular lotus shaped pattern. The nine-square platform is accessed in four cardinal directions by pathways made in white composite tiles so that the floor does not get heated. Identify the Samadhi :
(A) Shakti Sthal
(B) Shantivan
(C) Sadaiv Atal✓
(D) Veer Bhumi
87. IMBEX is a joint exercise conducted regularly between Armies of India and :
(A) Malaysia
(B) Maldives
(C) Mauritius
(D) Myanmar✓
88. Who among the following was awarded The Hindu Prize in Fiction category for the year 2018 ?
(A) Neelum Saran Gour✓
(B) N. Kalyan Raman
(C) Manoranjan Byapari
(D) Arunav Sinha
89. Who among the following was appointed as head of the seven member committee to look into revenue shortfall being faced by the states after the GST roll-out in India and suggest steps for augmenting collections?
(A) Himanta Biswa Sharma
(B) ThomasIsaac
(C) Sushil Modi✓
(D) Capt Abhimanyu
90. The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, 2019 was held in:
(A) New Delhi
(B) Gandhi Nagar
(C) Prayagraj
(D) Varanasi✓
91. Which one of the following cities was named by UNESCO as World Capital of Architecture for 2020?
(A) Tokyo
(B) Johannesburg
(C) Rio de Janerio✓
(D) New Delhi
92. Who among the following was named ICe's emerging player of the year 2018 ?
(A) Rishabh Pant✓
(B) Josh Hazlewood
(C) Hasan Ali
(D) Mustafizur Rahman
93. India's first private sector Howitzer gun-making unit is located at:
(A) Jamshedpur
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hazira✓
(D)' Gwalior
95. Who among the following was posthumously conferred with the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, in 2019?
(A) Jyoti Prakash Nirala
(B) Nazir Ahmad Wani✓
(C) Hangpan Dada
(D) Mohan Nath Goswami
96. As per the code of the nomenclature, which one of the following is the correct way of writing a biological name?
(A) Amoeba Proteus
(B) Amoeba proteus✓
(C) amoeba proteus
(D) Amoeba Proteus
97. Which one of the following statements regarding Electrocardiogram is correct?
(A) Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of electrical activity of cornea
(B) Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of activity of kidney
(C) Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of activity of brain
(D) Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of electrical activity of heart✓
98. Which one of the following statements regarding Penicillin is correct?
(A) Penicillin resistant bacteria can store this antibiotic in vacuole
(B) Penicillin resistant bacteria can degrade this antibiotic by an enzyme called l3-lactamase✓
(C) Penicillin resistant bacteria can degrade this antibiotic by an enzyme called lactic acid dehydrogenase
(D) Penicillin is not absorbed by bacteria; so most bacteria are resistant
99. Which one of the following organelles of mammalian cell is rich in hydrolytic enzymes?
(A) Mitochondria
(B) Ribosomes
(C) Lysosomes✓
(D) Nucleus
100. Which one of the following statements regarding Cholera is correct?
(A) Cholera is a disease that causes loss of memory
(B) Cholera is a disease of muscles due to consumption of alcohol
(C) Cholera is a disease due to consumption of contaminated food or water✓
(D) Cholera is a genetic disease
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