Properties of Matter – NDA Previous Year Questions (2020–2023)

All 10 NDA previous-year questions from Properties of Matter (General Knowledge (Physics)), 2020–2023, taken from 6 papers. Practise them together in one test with the official marking and answer key, then review every answer.

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Sample questions

• NDA 2023 (I) Paper II GAT
  A sphere of volume is made of a material with lower density than water While on Earth it floats on water with its volume 1 submerged On the other hand on a spaceship…
• NDA 2023 (I) Paper II GAT
  Two identical containers and are connected at the bottom by a thin tube of negligible volume The tube has a valve in it as shown in the figure Initially container has a…
• NDA 2023 (I) Paper II GAT
  A mass is attached to a spring that hangs vertically The extension produced in the spring is 6 cm on Earth The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon is…
• NDA 2023 (II) Paper II GAT
  An iron nail sinks in water whereas an iron ship floats Which of the following statements is correct in this regard 1 Average density of ship is greater than that of…

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