Exercise-42
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. Their meeting was rather (boisterous). (C.D.S. 1995)
 (a) quiet        (b) business         (c) noisy          (d) calm
2. The minister was punished with (defection) for his anti-party activities.
 (a) resignation  (b) co-operation    (c) invitation      (d) joining
3. You should (quote) this example as evidence.
 (a) reveal      (b) adduce          (c) restrain        (d) contradict
4. There is an (obscure) cave on the other side of the hill. (N.D.A. 1996)
 (a) admired   (b) notorious         (c) infamous       (d) well-known
5. Lal was a (reserved) man.
 (a) talkative   (b) defamed         (c) popular         (d) companionable
6. She (detests) government jobs. (C.D.S. 1990)
 (a) approves of (b) is fond of       (c) adores          (d) is interested in
7. The officer in charge was quite (humane) in his approach.
 (a) uncultured (b) unsympathetic  (c) uncivilised      (d) uncompromising
8. The habit of (squandering) money should not be encouraged. (C.D.S. 1995)
 (a) saving     (b) collecting       (c) hoarding       (d) discarding
9. Moments of solitude and silence helped the poet too (concentrate) on his poetic combination.
 (a) confound  (b) disturb          (c) contradict       (d) distract
10. All these measures will (augment) employment opportunities. (N.D.A. 1994)
 (a) constraint  (b) restrain          (c) diminish        (d) circumscribe
11. Life in the villages is very (dull). (B.S.R.B. 1992)
 (a) serious    (b) wasteful          (c) bluffing        (d) pleasant
12. We must (abolish) evil customs.
 (a) eradicate (b) restore           (c) revive          (d) encourage
13. The boy was (accused) of theft.
 (a) liberated (b) impeached      (c) exonerated     (d) sentenced
14. This is not ideology but (pragmatic) language teaching. (N.D.A. 1992)
 (a) impractical (b) improper      (c) imperfect       (d) impossible
15. The incident (frustrated) all his ambitions.
 (a) satiated  (b) appeased        (c) cloyed          (d) satisfied
16. When asked whether he was an atheist, he simply quibbled.
 (a) frowned  (b) wavered        (c) affirmed        (d) denied
17. Everybody was astonished when he used such a (profane). (C.D.S. 1994)
 (a) sacred    (b) pure            (c) profound        (d) high
18. My uncle is very wealthy, but rather (parsimonious) in his habits. (Central Excise, 1988)
 (a) extravagant (b) generous    (c) careless         (d) strict
19. I am somewhat (sceptical) about his claim.
 (a) optimistic  (b) convinced   (c) credulous       (d) hopeful
20. His writings have by Indian scholars been much (eulogized) (C.D.S. 1995)
 (a) condemned (b) flouted       (c) disapproved     (d) disparaged
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