NDA (I) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 38 of 146

Correct — D, Conjunction. Here 'except that' introduces the full clause 'I needed the money' and links it to the main clause, so it works as a subordinating conjunction. When 'except' is followed only by a noun or pronoun, as in 'everyone except me', it behaves as a preposition; but before a whole clause introduced by 'that' it joins ideas and is a conjunction. It is neither describing a noun (adjective) nor modifying a verb (adverb).

• (a)Adjective — 'Except that' is not describing or qualifying a noun; it introduces the whole clause 'I needed the money', so it is a conjunction, not an adjective.
• (b)Adverb — It does not modify a verb, adjective or adverb; it links a subordinate clause to the main clause, which is the job of a conjunction, not an adverb.
• (c)Preposition — 'Except' is a preposition only when it governs a bare noun or pronoun ('everyone except me'); here it is followed by the clause 'that I needed the money', so it functions as a conjunction, not a preposition.

A part-of-speech item on 'except that' as a conjunction because it introduces a subordinate clause rather than a bare noun.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  In 'He said nothing except that he was tired', 'except that' works as a/an:

  • (a)Preposition
  • (b)Conjunction
  • (c)Adverb
  • (d)Pronoun

  Answer(b) Conjunction — it introduces the clause 'he was tired'.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Identify the part of speech of 'because' in 'She left because it was late.'

  • (a)Preposition
  • (b)Adverb
  • (c)Conjunction
  • (d)Adjective

  Answer(c) Conjunction — it joins the two clauses.