NDA (II) 2019 General Ability Test · Question 10 of 148

Correct — C, gather. To 'muster' courage means to summon or collect it together, so 'gather' — to bring together or draw up — is the nearest synonym; one gathers one's courage before acting.

• (a)injure — 'Injure' means to cause physical harm; it has nothing to do with summoning courage.
• (b)spoil — 'Spoil' means to damage or ruin — the opposite of building something up like courage.
• (d)maim — 'Maim' means to wound so as to cripple; like injure, it concerns causing harm, not gathering.

This is a synonym item — pick the word nearest in meaning to 'muster' (to summon or collect); the closest match is 'gather'.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'summon' (strength).

  • (a)scatter
  • (b)marshal
  • (c)waste
  • (d)lose

  Answer(b) marshal — to 'summon' one's strength is to marshal or gather it.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'assemble'.

  • (a)disperse
  • (b)collect
  • (c)destroy
  • (d)hide

  Answer(b) collect — 'assemble' means to bring or gather together, i.e., to collect.