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) sympathyÂ
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
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19. (c)Â Â Â Â 20. (d)
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