Previous Year Questions: Antonyms - Notes | Study English for CLAT - CLAT

Q.1. Cashed up, aspirational and a marketer's dream, the hoi polloi are on the march, writes Bridie Smith.
Choose the antonym of the word hoi polloi.    (NLU Delhi, 2017)
(a) Middle class
(b) Aristocracy
(c) Masses
(d) Working class

Correct Answer is Option (b)

Q.2. There's a lot in life that can leave you nonplussed. Choose the antonym of the word nonplussed.    (NLU Delhi, 2017)
(a) dumbfound
(b) disconcert
(c) astound
(d) unperturbed

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Direction: Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.

Q.3. MUTABILITY    (D.U. LL.B., 2017)
(a) calculable
(b) movable
(c) tenacity
(d) fragility

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.4. CREDULOUS    (D.U. LL.B., 2017)
(a) movable
(b) imaginable
(c) ardent
(d) skeptical

Correct Answer is Option (d)

Q.5. Passionate    (D.U. LL.B., 2013)
(a) Dispassionate
(b) Non-passionate
(c) Unpassionate
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.6. Hypothesize    (D.U. LL.B., 2013)
(a) Posit
(b) Conjecture
(c) Refute
(d) Speculate

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.7. Protean    (NLU Delhi, 2013)
(a) Versatile
(b) Amateur
(c) Dull
(d) Cautious

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.8. Predilection    (NLU Delhi, 2013)
(a) Antipathy
(b) Ignorance
(c) Dissonance
(d) Disharmony

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.9. Impalpable    (NLU, Delhi, 2013)
(a) Visible
(b) Audible
(c) Tangible
(d) Fearless

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.10. Parochial    (NLU, Delhi, 2013)
(a) Dogmatic
(b) Dominant
(c) Cosmopolitan
(d) Niggardly

Correct Answer is Option (c)

Q.11. My first speech was a fiasco.    (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) success
(b) disaster
(c) fun
(d) joy

Correct Answer is Option (a)

Q.12. Perennial    (NLU, Delhi, 2012)
(a) Frequent
(b) Regular
(c) Lasting
(d) Rare

Correct Answer is Option (d)