NDA (I) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 6 of 146

Correct — B, continually. The blank needs an adverb describing how the climate 'changes and evolves', and only 'continually' — meaning again and again, without stopping — fits an ongoing natural process. 'Passionately' and 'thoughtfully' imply human emotion or intention, which a climate does not have, and 'deadly' is chiefly an adjective, not an adverb that can modify 'changing'.

• (a)passionately — Means with strong emotion; a climate does not change with feeling, so it does not fit the sense.
• (c)deadly — Is normally an adjective ('a deadly virus'); it cannot properly modify the verb 'changing' as an adverb of manner here.
• (d)thoughtfully — Means in a considered, deliberate way; it implies intention, which an impersonal process like climate change lacks.

This is a cloze/adverb-choice item — 'continually' (repeatedly, without ceasing) is the only adverb that sensibly describes the climate 'changing and evolving' as an ongoing process.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Fill in the blank: Technology is ______ evolving, so today's gadgets quickly become outdated.

  • (a)lately
  • (b)constantly
  • (c)hardly
  • (d)rarely

  Answer(b) constantly — 'constantly evolving' fits an ongoing, non-stop process.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the correct adverb: The river ______ shifts its course over the centuries.

  • (a)gradually
  • (b)angrily
  • (c)politely
  • (d)loudly

  Answer(a) gradually — only 'gradually' sensibly describes a slow, natural change.