English Questions for CDS & CAPF: 13th October


Directions (1-10): Each of the following questions consists of a word in capital letters, followed by four words or group of words. Select the word or group of words that is farthest in meaning to the word in capital letters.

(a) Facilitated
(b) Prompted
(c) Renovated
(d) Instigated

(a) Sorrow
(b) Contentment
(c) Agitation
(d) Silence

(a) Fresh
(b) Modern
(c) Genuine
(d) Interesting

(a) Increased
(b) Mitigated
(c) Aggregated
(d) Magnified

(a) Surplus
(b) Sufficiency
(c) Leniency
(d) Explicit

(a) Inevitable
(b) Curable
(c) Profitable
(d) Rememberable

(a) Inform
(b) Release
(c) Abduct
(d) Condemn

(a) Nonchalance
(b) Poverty
(c) Difficulty
(d) Unhealthy

(a) Cheerful
(b) Forgetful
(c) Faithful
(d) Harmful

(a) Imaginary
(b) Idealistic
(c) Unrealistic
(d) Verbal

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Hampered: To create difficulty for the work or the activity of.
Facilitate: to free from obstruction or difficulty.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Equanimity: calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.
Agitation: A state of anxiety and nervousness.
Hence option C is the correct antonym.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Spurious: Fake, false, inauthentic.
Genuine: Authentic, true, liberal.
Hence option C is the correct antonym.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Aggravated: annoyed; irritated.
Mitigated: make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Deficit: the total amount by which money spent is more than money received.
Surplus: an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Irremediable: impossible to cure or put right.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Acquit: to free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
Condemn: sentence someone to a particular punishment.
Hence option D is the correct antonym.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Affluence: the state of having a great deal of money; wealth.
Poverty: state of being extremely poor.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Gloomy: causing or feeling depression or despondency.
Cheerful: happy and optimistic.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Factual: concerned with what is actually the case; based on facts.
Imaginary: existing only in the imagination.
Hence option C is the correct antonym.

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