NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 41 of 149

Correct — D, balanced. 'Lopsided' means unevenly weighted or one-sided, so its opposite is 'balanced' — fair and evenly weighted. The other three choices all restate the one-sided idea.

• (a)partial — 'Partial' means biased towards one side — a synonym of lopsided, not its opposite.
• (b)crooked — 'Crooked' means bent or askew (and, of opinions, dishonestly skewed); it echoes lopsidedness rather than opposing it.
• (c)unequal — 'Unequal' means not evenly matched — again the same one-sided sense as lopsided.

This is an antonym item — pick the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word 'lopsided' (uneven, one-sided); the opposite is 'balanced', while the other options are synonyms of lopsided.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word opposite in meaning to 'biased'.

  • (a)partial
  • (b)impartial
  • (c)prejudiced
  • (d)slanted

  Answer(b) impartial — 'biased' favours one side; 'impartial' is even-handed (the rest are synonyms).

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word opposite in meaning to 'one-sided'.

  • (a)partial
  • (b)even-handed
  • (c)skewed
  • (d)unfair

  Answer(b) even-handed — the opposite of 'one-sided' (the others are synonyms).