NDA (II) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 10 of 141

Correct — B, tolerance. The blank continues a list of survival traits written as single nouns — 'competitiveness, resistance to parasites, tolerance ...' — so the slot needs a bare noun that names a real trait of hardiness, and 'tolerance' (the capacity to withstand harsh conditions) fits both the parallelism and the sense. The alternatives fail on form or meaning: 'adaptable' is an adjective, 'compliance' means obedience, and 'withdrawal to adverse conditions' is a multi-word phrase that reads as retreat rather than robustness.

• (a)withdrawal to adverse conditions — A multi-word phrase, not a single parallel noun, and 'withdrawal' means retreat/giving way — the opposite of the vigour the trait-list is describing.
• (c)adaptable — 'Adaptable' is an adjective, so it breaks the noun parallelism of 'competitiveness / resistance / ___'.
• (d)compliance — 'Compliance' means obedience or conformity to rules — the wrong sense for a wild population's survival trait.

Cloze / parallelism item: a list of noun traits requires a parallel noun in the slot; 'tolerance' fits both form (a noun) and sense (a hardiness trait).

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Fill in the blank: The candidate showed intelligence, honesty, and ______.

  • (a)hardworking
  • (b)diligence
  • (c)dutiful
  • (d)sincere

  Answer(b) diligence — a noun is needed to stay parallel with 'intelligence' and 'honesty'.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the correct word: The soldiers were praised for their courage, discipline and ______.

  • (a)loyal
  • (b)loyalty
  • (c)obedient
  • (d)brave

  Answer(b) loyalty — the noun keeps the list parallel with 'courage' and 'discipline'.