NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 37 of 149

Correct — B, destruction. A 'holocaust' is a great and wholesale destruction, especially one involving huge loss of life, so 'destruction' is the nearest in meaning.

• (a)celebration — 'Celebration' is joyful festivity — the opposite tone of a catastrophic holocaust.
• (c)construction — 'Construction' is the act of building up; it is the reverse of the devastation a holocaust brings.
• (d)beautiful — 'Beautiful' is an adjective describing pleasing appearance; it neither fits the meaning nor the noun slot.

This is a synonym item — pick the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word 'Holocaust' (large-scale destruction and loss of life); the closest match is 'destruction'.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'devastation'.

  • (a)ruin
  • (b)growth
  • (c)repair
  • (d)beauty

  Answer(a) ruin — 'devastation' is great destruction or ruin.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'catastrophe'.

  • (a)triumph
  • (b)disaster
  • (c)festival
  • (d)bargain

  Answer(b) disaster — a 'catastrophe' is a sudden great disaster.