PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

PHRASE/WORDS REPLACEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-37 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): In each of the following questions one sentence is given with a word in bold, choose the most opposite meaning of that word and mark it as your answer.

 

Question No : 1

But development is the original chimera.

(1) Illusion

(2) Fantasy

(3) Asinine

(4) Pragmatic

(5) All are correct

Question No : 2

Benevolent dictators have accomplished precisely this feat.

(1) Selfish

(2) Gracious

(3) Redress

(4) Benign

(5) All are correct

Question No : 3

An army of vicious trolls ensures that no one dares engage with the government.

(1) Assiduously

(2) Hanker

(3) Gentle

(4) Kowtow

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

The research team, which includes some well-known names, is very optimistic, in the process.

(1) by the process

(2) about the process

(3) beyond the process

(4) through the process

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

Curiosity has played important role around advancement of the human species.

(1) feasting

(2) to advance the

(3) of the advanced

(4) in the advancement

(5) No correction required