NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 34 of 149

Correct — C, criminal. This is a nearest-in-meaning item: 'maleficent' means doing evil or harm, and among the choices 'criminal' (given to wrongdoing and harmful conduct) is the closest in sense.

• (a)generous — 'Generous' is kind and giving — the opposite of harmful or evil-doing.
• (b)cunning — 'Cunning' means crafty or sly; a person can be clever without being harmful, so it misses the 'evil-doing' core of maleficent.
• (d)friendly — 'Friendly' is warm and amiable — the reverse of a harm-causing person.

A vocabulary item asking for the word nearest in meaning — 'maleficent' describes a person given to causing harm or doing evil.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'malevolent'.

  • (a)kind
  • (b)spiteful
  • (c)cheerful
  • (d)generous

  Answer(b) spiteful — 'malevolent' means wishing harm to others, i.e. ill-natured or spiteful.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'beneficent'.

  • (a)harmful
  • (b)doing good
  • (c)careless
  • (d)dishonest

  Answer(b) doing good — 'beneficent' means generous and doing good, the opposite of maleficent.