UPSC NDA II 2018 General Ability Solved Paper

Question Numbers: 21-25Directions: In this section, you have two short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First, read a passage and answer the items based on it and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only.Magda: Good morning, Mrs. smiles. It's wet, isn't it?Mrs. Smiles: Yes, it is, isn't it? How are you today? All right? You haven't been studying too hard, have you? You look a bit pale.Magda: I don't, do I? Well, I haven't been out much lately. I don't like this weather a bit. Why, we haven't had a dry day for weeks, have we?Mrs. Smiles: No, I don't think we have, Let's see, you'll be going back home next month, won't you?Magda: Oh no, I'm not going back yet. My sister's coming over first.Mrs. Smiles: Oh, is she? You're looking forward to that, I expect. How long is it since you saw her?Magda: Nearly a year now. Yes, I am looking forward to it very much.Mrs. Smiles: She's coming over here to study?Magda: Yes, that's right. I shan't go back home until she's settled down. I don't think I ought to, ought I?Mrs. Smiles: Well, no, she's younger than you are, is she?Magda: Yes she's only eighteen.