Exercise-39

Directions: Each of the following questions consists of a word or phrase within a bracket. It is followed by certain words or phrases as options. Select the word or phrase which is opposite in meaning of the word or phrase within a bracket.

1. The teacher told the student to (abridge) the essay he had written.

 (a) amplify               (b) shorten                     (c) increase                   (d) modify

2. The minister was accused of indulging in (nepotism). (Central Excise, 1991)

 (a) impartiality       (b) hatred                       (c) condemnation       (d) indifference

3. His living style and his conduct showed him (opulent).

 (a) sumptuous        (b) drooping                  (c) wealthy                    (d) poor

4. Joys and tensions are (ephemeral) aspects of life.

 (a) stable                  (b) permanent              (c) spiritual                    (d) ethical

5. The thief (confessed) at the police station that he had stolen my watch. (Clerks’ Grade, 1993)

 (a) concealed          (b) disproved                (c) denied                      (d) admitted

6. Do not (follow)

 (a) emulate              (b) praise                      (c) oppose                      (d) criticise

7. The complete eradication of poverty from our country is really (an illusion).

 (a) a truth                 (b) a fact                       (c) a reality                    (d) an actuality

8. The revised pay scale is (uniform). (C.D.S. 1990)

 (a) equal                   (b) different                 (c) opposite                  (d) varied

9. Sarita did not heed the (disdain) she had to bear at the hands of her step-mother.

 (a) penitence           (b) humility                 (c) love                           (d) admiration

10. I was shocked to hear the (scurrilous) talks of the members of the Board.

 (a) decent                 (b) relevant                 (c) accurate                   (d) useful

11. Much to the (chagrin) of his parents, Ajit married a very poor girl.

 (a) satisfaction        (b) relief                      (c) pleasure                    (d) excitement

12. His attitude is very (N.D.A. 1992)

 (a) friendly               (b) kind                       (c) humane                     (d) helpful

13. (Tolerance) is the essence of religion.

 (a) Impatience        (b) Cruelty                  (c) Bigotry                       (d) Indifference

14. He made an (exhaustive) list of the items his secretary should attend to.

 (a) meticulous        (b) short                     (c) interesting                 (d) incomplete

15. His (urbane) attitude won him many friends. (C.D.S. 1992)

 (a) rude                    (b) rustic                    (c) violent                         (d) indifferent

16. The wife fainted away, (lamenting) the death of her husband.

 (a) smiling              (b) ridiculing            (c) enjoying                      (d) rejoicing

17. I can’t understand him; he is really a (queer)

 (a) strange              (b) careless               (c) ordinary                       (d) unusual

18. His books are well known for their (progressive) (Railways, 1993)

 (a) useless             (b) old-fashioned     (c) complex                       (d) reactionary

19. His (disposition) towards labour made him endearing to the Manager.

 (a) inclination     (b) unwillingness      (c) temperament             (d) watchfulness

20. He does every job with (great) zeal and vigour.

 (a) indifference  (b) constraint              (c) passion                        (d) difficulty

Answers:-

1. (a)       2. (a)   

3. (d)       4. (b)   

5. (c)        6. (c)   

7. (c)       8. (d)  

9. (d)      10. (a)

11. (c)    12. (a)

13. (c)    14. (d)

15. (b)   16. (d)

17. (c)   18. (d)

19. (b)  20. (a)

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