English Grammar Objective Questions: MCQs on ‘Antonyms’ are important questions for all competitive exams i.e. UPSC, SSC, Railways, Banking, CET etc. Many questions were asked in pervious year’s exams from this topic.
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English Grammar Objective Questions: MCQs on ‘Antonyms’
DIRECTIONS: In the following questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
- Verity
(a) Sanctity
(b) Reverence
(c) Falsehood
(d) Rarity
Correct Answer
Option (c) Falsehood.
Explanation:
The word Verity (Noun) means: A belief or principle about life that is accepted as true; truth.
Hence, the words verity and falsehood are antonymous.
- Fervent
(a) Inexcilable
(b) Enduring
(c) Dispassionate
(d) Subdued
Correct Answer
Option (c) Dispassionate
Explanation:
- The word Fervent (Adjective) means: Having or showing very strong and sincere feelings about something; ardent.
- The word Dispassionate (Adjective) means: Not influenced by emotion; impartial.
Hence, the words fervent and dispassionate are antonymous
- Jettison
(a) Accept
(b) Reward
(c) Preserve
(d) Consent
Correct Answer
Option (a) Accept.
Explanation:
The word Jettison (Verb) means: To throw something; abandon; to reject an idea.
Hence, the words jettison and accept are antonyms.
- Grotesque
(a) Natural
(b) Odd
(c) Whimsical
(d) Sinful
Correct Answer
Option (a) Natural.
Explanation:
The word Grotesque (Adjective) means: Strange in a way that is unpleasant: extremely ugly, unusual.
Hence, the words grotesque and natural are antonyms.
- Evanescent
(a) Imminent
(b) Permanent
(c) Pervasive
(d) Immanent
Correct Answer
Option (b) Permanent
Explanation:
The word Evanescent (Adjective) means: Disappearing quickly from sight or memory.
Hence, the words evanescent and permanent are antonymous.
- Infirmity
(a) Employment
(b) Indisposition
(c) Strength
(d) Weakness
Correct Answer
Option (c) Strength.
Explanation:
- The word Infirmity (Noun) means: Weakness or illness over a long period.
- Its antonym should be strength (Noun) which means: The quality of being physically strong, brave
- Meticulous
(a) Forgetful
(b) Destructive
(c) Careless
(d) Flagrant
Correct Answer
Option (c) Careless
Explanation:
The word Meticulous (Adjective) means: paying careful attention to every detail; fastidious; thorough.
Careless in option (c) is the correct antonymy.
- Liberty
(a) Serenity
(b) Slavery
(c) Serfdom
(d) Subordination
Correct Answer
Option (b) Slavery.
Explanation:
- The word Liberty (Noun) means: freedom to live as you choose without too many restrictions from government or authority.
- The word slavery (Noun) means: state of being a slave: a system of legally owning another person and forcing to work for them.
- Elevation
(a) Reduction
(b) Humiliation
(c) Depression
(d) Debasement
Correct Answer
Option (c) Depression.
Explanation:
- The word Elevation (Noun) means: to increase in the level of something.
- The word Depression (Noun) means: the state of feeling very sad and without hope; part of a surface; that is lower than the parts around it.
- Appropriate
(a) Dissimilar
(b) Incomparable
(c) Unsuitable
(d) Disparate
Correct Answer
Option (c) Unsuitable.
Explanation:
The word Appropriate (Adjective) means: suitable acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances. Its antonym should be unsuitable.
- Amalgamate
(a) Separate
(b) Combine
(c) Assimilate
(d) Integrate
Correct Answer
Option (a) Separate.
Explanation:
- The word Amalgamate (Verb) means: Merge; to put two or more things together so that they form one; assimilate.
- Its antonym should be separate which means: To divide into different parts or groups; to move apart.
- Influx
(a) Reflex
(b) Deflection
(c) Effluent
(d) Exodus
Correct Answer
Option (d) Exodus.
Explanation:
- The word Influx (Noun) means: The fact of a lot of people, money or things arriving somewhere.
- The word Exodus (Noun) means: A situation in which many people leave a place at the same time.
- Amenable
(a) Acquiescent
(b) Distrustful
(c) Inattentive
(d) Unwilling
Correct Answer
Option (d) Unwilling.
Explanation:
The word Amenable (Adjective) means: Responsible; responsive; easy to control; willing.
Its antonym should be unwilling.
- Reproof
(a) Approbation
(b) Apposition
(c) Condemnation
(d) Appropriation
Correct Answer
Option (a) Approbation.
Explanation:
- The word Reproof (Noun) means: Condemnation; blame, rebuke; disapproval.
- The word Approbation (Noun) means: Approval or agreement.
- Exotic
(a) Conventional
(d) Poor
(c) Inexpensive
(d) Indigenous
Correct Answer
Option (d) Indigenous.
Explanation:
- The word Exotic (Adjective) means: From or in another country.
- The word Indigenous (Adjective) means: Native; belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else.
English Grammar Objective Questions: MCQs on ‘Antonyms’
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