UPSC NDA I 2014 General Ability Paper

  Read the following short passage. After each passage, you will find several questions based on what is stated or implied in the passages. Answer the questions that follow each passage.
  In a free country, the man who reaches the position of leader is usually one of the outstanding character and ability. Moreover, it is usually possible to foresee that he will reach such a position, since early in life one can see his qualities of character. But this is not always true in the case of a dictator; often he reaches his position of power through chance, very often through the unhappy state of his country. It is possible that Hitler would never have become the leader of Germany if that country had not been driven to despair.