NDA (II) 2025 General Ability Test · Question 27 of 147

Correct — C, 'Briefly'. As a sentence opener, 'briefly' means 'to put it concisely', and it fits an item that states a rule in short form — 'Briefly, if the referee points his fingers, this indicates that someone has done something wrong.' It introduces the compact statement of what the signal means.

• (a)On the contrary — Introduces a statement that reverses what was just said; the visible sentence has nothing before it to contradict, so the reversal has no anchor — it could only compete with extra preceding context, which is why the item is graded medium.
• (b)Whatever more — Not a fixed English discourse marker; it is not idiomatic as a sentence opener and forms no grammatical link to the clause.
• (d)As regards — Means 'concerning / with reference to' and must be followed by a noun phrase (e.g. 'As regards the referee's signals...'), not a full conditional clause.

As a sentence opener, 'briefly' means 'in short / to put it concisely' — it flags a compact statement of a point or rule.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the best opener: '________, the rule is simple: touch the ball with your hand and it is a foul.'

  • (a)On the contrary
  • (b)Briefly
  • (c)As regards
  • (d)Likewise

  Answer(b) Briefly — it introduces a concise statement of the rule.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  'She said she was tired. ________, she looked full of energy.' The best connector is —

  • (a)Briefly
  • (b)On the contrary
  • (c)As regards
  • (d)In general

  Answer(b) On the contrary — it reverses the preceding claim that she was tired.