Directions: In each of the questions below, a sentence has been broken into four parts with one word highlighted in bold in each fragment. From the given options, identify the word which expresses a meaning opposite to the given sentence, with the highlighted word replaced by a word of the opposite meaning.
Question 1.
The cartoon triggered (A)/ widespread allegations (B)/ of racism (C)/ against the illustrator. (D)
A.A- stimulated
B.B- acclaim
C.C – xenophobia
D.D – versus
E. All of the above
Question 2.
The army will continue to (A)/ monitor the performance of (B)/ all the athletes and prepare (C)/ them for the imminent games.(D)
A.A- persist
B.B- surveil
C.C – inculcate
D.D – foregone
E. None of the above
Question 3.
Vistara world will introduce (A)/ a live moving map (B)/ display that allows (C)/ passengers to track their aircraft.(D)
A.A- initiate
B.B- dynamic
C.C – quashes
D.D – trail
E. None of the above
Question 4.
With heavy rains in (A)/ most parts of the state (B)/ Kharif sowing has been (C)/ most encouraging this year.(D)
A.A- hefty
B.B- greater
C.C – harvesting
D.D – promising
E. None of the above
Question 5.
Over-optimistic bankers and (A)/ slowdown in government decison-making process (B)/ contributed to the (C)/ mounting bad loans.(D)
A.A- sanguine
B.B- retardation
C.C – lead
D.D – rising
E. None of the above
Explanations
Question 1-
Correct Option: B
In all other options except option B, the word given in the options are synonyms of those bold ones, only ‘accliam’ (praise and applaud) is the one that is opposite of ‘allegations’, which means “to blame someone”.
New Sentence – The cartoon trigerred widespread acclaim of racism against the illustrator.
Hence option B is the correct answer.
Question 2-
Correct Option: D
In all other options except option D, the word given in the options are synonyms of those bold ones, only ‘foregone’ (occurred in the past) is the one that is opposite of ‘imminent’, which means “about to happen soon”.
New Sentence – The army will continue to monitor the performance of all the athletes and prepare them for the foregone games.
Hence option D is the correct answer.
Question 3-
Correct Option: C
In all other options except option C, the word given in the options are synonyms of those bold ones, only ‘quashes’ (to reject or put an end) is the one that is opposite of ‘allows’, which means “to permit or give permission”.
New Sentence – Vistara world will introduce a live moving map display that quashes passengers to track their aircraft.
Hence option C is the correct answer.
Question 4-
Correct Option: C
In all other options except option C, the word given in the options are synonyms of those bold ones, only ‘harvesting’ (final gathering of crops) is the one that is opposite of ‘sowing’, which means “to plant a crop”.
New Sentence – With heavy rains in most parts of the state Kharif harvesting has been most encouraging this year.
Hence option C is the correct answer.
Question 5-
Correct Option: E
All the given options represent synonyms of those bold ones.
Therefore none of the words from the given options can be used to change the meaning of the given sentence.
New Sentence – Over-sanguine bankers and retardation in government decison-making process lead to the rising bad loans.
Hence option E is the correct answer.
