Question
Choose the option with words that are not synonyms.
Official answer and solution
- Official answer
- D
- From
- Official GATE 2017 answer key
Solution
Evaluate the relationship between the two words in each pair to identify the antonym pair.
Analyze the pairs of words:
- (A) aversion, dislike: Both refer to a feeling of strong disinclination or reluctance. They are synonyms.
- (B) luminous, radiant: Both describe emitting light or glowing brightly. They are synonyms.
- (C) plunder, loot: Both mean to steal goods or property typically using force or during conflict. They are synonyms.
- (D) yielding, resistant: 'Yielding' means giving way under pressure or compliant, whereas 'resistant' means offering opposition or withstanding pressure. These two words are antonyms (opposites).
Thus, the pair that does not consist of synonyms is 'yielding, resistant', which corresponds to option D.
Final answer
D
Common trap
Misidentifying 'plunder' and 'loot' as having distinct grammatical uses rather than identical meanings.
The answer is the one in the official GATE answer key. The solution is this site's own explanation.
Source
- Paper
- GATE 2017 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) Session 2
- Question
- 56 of 65, printed as GA Q.1
- Section
- General Aptitude
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