NDA (II) 2019 General Ability Test · Question 50 of 148

Correct — B, removed. To 'remove' is to take something out, and taking a cancerous tumour out of the kidney is what saves the girl's life — 'removed a cancerous tumour from one of her kidneys' fits the phrase 'from ...' and the life-saving context perfectly.

• (a)rejuvenated — 'Rejuvenate' means to make young or fresh again; a tumour is not rejuvenated, and doing so would not save the girl.
• (c)displaced — 'Displace' means to shift something from its place; a displaced tumour would still be inside her, so it would not give a 'new lease of life'.
• (d)replaced — 'Replace' means to put something new in the place of another; a tumour is taken out, not swapped for something else.

A vocabulary-in-context item: only 'removed' means to take the tumour out, which the 'from her kidney' context and life-saving outcome require.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Fill in the blank: Surgeons ______ the damaged appendix before it could burst.

  • (a)replaced
  • (b)removed
  • (c)rejuvenated
  • (d)displaced

  Answer(b) removed — 'remove' means to take out the organ.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the best word: The mechanic ______ the worn-out tyre with a new one.

  • (a)removed
  • (b)displaced
  • (c)replaced
  • (d)rejuvenated

  Answer(c) replaced — 'replace X with Y' means to put a new one in its place.