Which one of the following statements is correct ?

All the languages are either complete languages or dialects of other major languages

Language surveys have been conducted by all nations

There is hardly any language to be discovered in the world

No new language needs to be discovered since all languages are known to the world

Why do twentieth century advances not seem sustainable?

Due to the increased cost of agricultural production

They do not meet the human needs

Because they are outdated for the current times

‘The people may be known, but the identity of their language may not be,’ means

People are recognised as different ethnic groups but not necessarily their language

People are recognised as different ethnic groups and their language is recognised

People are not recognised as different ethnic groups, and so are their languages

Because the people are not from different ethnic groups and their language is recognised

Reading Comprehension — NDA Previous Year Questions

29 solved PYQs · 2023–2025 · English

Solved PYQs: 29
Years covered: 2023–2025
Avg / year: ~10
Subject: English

How many NDA questions come from Reading Comprehension?

Reading Comprehension has contributed 29 questions to National Defence Academy Examination papers between 2023 and 2025 — an average of about 10 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 15,695 NDA questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 29 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Reading Comprehension within English, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Reading Comprehension questions from real NDA papers

These are 5 real questions from the bank — exactly as asked, with the answer one tap away. All 29 Reading Comprehension questions (with full written solutions) are available in practice.

Question 1 · NDA 2025
Which one of the following statements is correct ?
1. (A) $Language surveys have been conducted by all nations$
2. (B) $There is hardly any language to be discovered in the world$
3. (C) $All the languages are either complete languages or dialects of other major languages$
4. (D) $No new language needs to be discovered since all languages are known to the world$
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$Answer: (C) All the languages are either complete languages or dialects of other major languages$
Question 2 · NDA 2025
Why do twentieth century advances not seem sustainable?
1. (A) $They do not meet the human needs$
2. (B) $Due to the increased cost of agricultural production$
3. (C) $Because they are outdated for the current times$
4. (D) $They are useful, but intensive$
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$Answer: (B) Due to the increased cost of agricultural production$
Question 3 · NDA 2025
What pushes farmers into places unsuited for agriculture?
1. (A) $Population growth$
2. (B) $Industrialisation$
3. (C) $Water scarcity$
4. (D) $Desertification$
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$Answer: (A) Population growth$
Question 4 · NDA 2025
Which one of the following words from passage means ‘come to be known’ ?
1. (A) $transpire$
2. (B) $lingua franca$
3. (C) $straight$
4. (D) $variant$
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$Answer: (A) transpire$
Question 5 · NDA 2025
‘The people may be known, but the identity of their language may not be,’ means
1. (A) $People are recognised as different ethnic groups but not necessarily their language$
2. (B) $People are recognised as different ethnic groups and their language is recognised$
3. (C) $People are not recognised as different ethnic groups, and so are their languages$
4. (D) $Because the people are not from different ethnic groups and their language is recognised$
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$Answer: (A) People are recognised as different ethnic groups but not necessarily their language$

Reading Comprehension questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2025	14
2024	10
2023	5

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FAQs

How many NDA questions have been asked from Reading Comprehension?

EByAi's bank holds 29 real NDA questions from Reading Comprehension, asked between 2023 and 2025 — about 10 per year on average. Every count is measured from actual papers, not estimated.

Is Reading Comprehension important for NDA?

29 questions over 3 papers make Reading Comprehension a steady-weightage chapter in NDA English. The year-wise table above shows exactly how often it appears.

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