Exercise-40

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 chairman (rebuked) the accounts officer for not supervising the work of his coordinates. (Bank P.O. 1994)

 (a) praised                    (b) received             (c) awarded               (d) invited

2. The incident (cemented) their relations.

 (a) destroyed               (b) wasted                (c) corroded              (d) disintegrated

3. Many of the propositions he put up at the conference were (ludicrous).

 (a) obnoxious              (b) humorous          (c) praiseworthy      (d) impractical

4. We received a (cordial) welcome from our host. (C.D.S. 1992)

 (a) official                     (b) cold                    (c) distrustful            (d) indifferent

5. Everyone (admired) his ideas on this issue.

 (a) disappointed         (b) discarded          (c) neglected            (d) disapproved

6. Every move I (make) seems to affect him adversely. (N.D.A. 1998)

 (a) deeply                     (b) favourably        (c) badly                    (d) internally

7. The director had a (derisive) attitude towards some of the members of the committee. (Railways, 1993)

 (a) enthusiastic           (b) respectful          (c) deprecatory       (d) encouraging

8. I think this article ought to have been put in a (compact).

 (a) expanded               (b) enlarged            (c) diffused              (d) broken

9. Some people indulge in a loud vulgar talk.

 (a) simple                     (b) restrained          (c) graceful              (d) refined

10. He was the most (eccentric) and difficult patron. (C.D.S. 1990)

 (a) normal                    (b) sober                   (c) genial                 (d) sociable

11. Everyone wanted to be the (harbinger) of the good news to the king.

 (a) precursor                (b) tender                (c) opponent           (d) follower

12. The two girls are always together. There is a great (affinity) between them. (A.A.O. 1995)

 (a) apathy                     (b) empathy            (c) antipathy          (d) sympathy 

13. He (confessed) to have done a mistake.

 (a) granted                   (b) conceded           (c) acknowledged (d) concealed

14. Pradeep is always (jeered) at by his companions.

 (a) praised                    (b) scorned              (c) mocked              (d) mourned

15. There are reports that many poor people (abandon) female children. (N.D.A. 1992)

 (a) like                           (b) reject                  (c) keep                    (d) help

16. (Unity) of thought and action has been the basis of India’s strength and stability.

 (a) Bias                          (b) Diversity            (c) Division             (d) Weakness

17. Their team bore (delinquent).

 (a) reverent                  (b) uncivil               (c) quarrelsome     (d) abiding

18. In ancient India, scholars had no interest in political power or (material) (C.D.S. 1995)

 (a) celestial                  (b) psychic             (c) spiritual              (d) internal

19. It’s a rule of the company to (endow) the Manager with all essential perks:

 (a) rob                           (b) dispossess        (c) divest                  (d) snatch

20. The story was set up in an (eerie)

 (a) delightful              (b) weird                 (c) warns                   (d) canny

Answers:-

1. (a)           2. (d)     

3. (c)            4. (b)     

5. (d)           6. (b)      

7. (b)           8. (c)      

9. (d)           10. (a)

11. (d)         12. (c)

13. (d)         14. (a) 

15. (c)         16. (b)

17. (d)        18. (c)

19. (c)        20. (d)

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