NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 45 of 149

Correct — A, broad-based. Applied to views, 'microscopic' means extremely narrow and confined to tiny detail, so its opposite is 'broad-based' — wide-ranging and comprehensive. The other choices all restate the tiny, minute sense.

• (b)minute — 'Minute' means extremely small — a direct synonym of microscopic, not its opposite.
• (c)precise — 'Precise' means exact and detailed, echoing the fine-detail sense of microscopic rather than opposing it.
• (d)fine — 'Fine' here means very small or delicately detailed — again the same narrow sense.

This is an antonym item — pick the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word 'microscopic' (tiny, minutely narrow); the opposite is 'broad-based', while the other options echo its small, detailed sense.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word opposite in meaning to 'minuscule'.

  • (a)tiny
  • (b)enormous
  • (c)minute
  • (d)slight

  Answer(b) enormous — 'minuscule' is very small; 'enormous' is very large (the rest are synonyms).

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word opposite in meaning to 'narrow' (outlook).

  • (a)limited
  • (b)broad
  • (c)confined
  • (d)restricted

  Answer(b) broad — the opposite of a 'narrow' outlook (the others are synonyms).