English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · English · Connotations & Denotations
Directions: In each of the questions below, a sentence has been...
Directions: In each of the questions below, a sentence has been broken into four parts with one word highlighted in bold in each fragment. From the given options, identify the word which expresses a meaning opposite to the given sentence, with the highlighted word replaced by a word of the opposite meaning.
Militants on Friday morning (A)/ abducted three policemen (B)/ from their homes and later& (C)/ shot them dead .(D)
Options
- AA- Conformists
- BB- kidnapped
- CC - then
- DD - hit
Correct answer
A. A- Conformists
Step-by-step solution
All the options except option A denote the synonyms of those bold ones.
Conformists (of same thought process) is the opposite of "militants" which means extremists or people of different thought process.
Hence option A is the correct answer.Conformists (of same thought process) is the opposite of "militants" which means extremists or people of different thought process.