Each of the following items consists
of a sentence following by four words or groups of words. Select
the synonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters)
as per the context
1. The Minister's ITINERARY has not been announced yet.
- (a) Detailed route
- (b) Series of lectures
- (c) Topic of discussion
- (d) Venue of meeting
2. The decision to hold elections in the
four States of the country has been kept in ABEYANCE till the
decision of the Supreme Court.
- (a) Guessing
- (b) Confusion
- (c) Suspension
- (d) Consideration
3. What a TEDIOUS lecture we attended yesterday.
- (a) Intellectual
- (b) Exciting
- (c) Ordinary
- (d) Boring
4. He has achieved REMARKABLE success.
- (a) Outstanding
- (b) Strange
- (c) Rare
- (d) Surprising
5. The town is situated a hot and ARID zone.
- (a) Humid
- (b) Sandy
- (c) Marshy
- (d) Dry
6. The PASSION for uniformity in spelling is unparalleled in the modern age.
- (a) Desire
- (b) Feeling
- (c) Wish
- (d) Ambition
7. The radio APPRISED the public of the safe return of the first space pilot.
- (a) Advised
- (b) Informed
- (c) Instructed
- (d) Revealed
8. He has been very FEEBLE since his illness.
- (a) Unwell
- (b) Thin
- (c) Foolish
- (d) Weak
9. He was INFURIATED by the maddening behaviour of the clerk at the post office.
- (a) Disgusted
- (b) Enraged
- (c) Pacified
- (d) Depressed
10. The medicine did not exactly cure the patient, but it considerably ALLEVIATED his agony.
- (a) Improved
- (b) Increased
- (c) Reduced
- (d) Made pleasant
These questions were asked in SCRA (Special Class Railway Apprentices) General Ability Test 2012 Paper
Answers
- a
- c
- d
- a
- d
- b
- b
- d
- b
- c
