For important medical decisions, even finding a doctor you trust is not enough.
- (a)significant
- (b)trivial
- (c)basic
- (d)probable
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, trivial. The opposite of the underlined 'important' (of great significance) is 'trivial', which means of little value or consequence.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)significant — 'Significant' means important or notable — a synonym of 'important', so the opposite of what is asked.
- (c)basic — 'Basic' means fundamental or elementary; it describes something's level, not its importance, so it is not the antonym.
- (d)probable — 'Probable' means likely to happen; it concerns likelihood, not importance, so it is unrelated.
Concept
An antonym item — 'important' means of great significance, and its opposite is 'trivial' (unimportant); 'significant' is the synonym trap.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word opposite in meaning to 'crucial'.
- (a)vital
- (b)negligible
- (c)major
- (d)serious
Answer(b) negligible — 'crucial' means decisively important, so its opposite is 'negligible' (too small to matter).
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word opposite in meaning to 'significant'.
- (a)notable
- (b)insignificant
- (c)weighty
- (d)grave
Answer(b) insignificant — 'significant' means of considerable importance, so its opposite is 'insignificant'.