NDA (I) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 44 of 150

Correct — D, conscientious. 'Diligent' means showing careful, persistent effort in one's work, and 'conscientious' means taking care to do one's work thoroughly and well — the two describe the same careful, hard-working attitude.

• (a)dilly-dallying — 'Dilly-dallying' means wasting time or dawdling; it is the opposite of working diligently.
• (b)procrastinating — 'Procrastinating' means putting things off; it is the opposite of getting work done diligently.
• (c)intelligent — 'Intelligent' describes cleverness; a person can be hard-working without being especially clever, so it is not the nearest meaning of diligent.

A synonym item — 'diligent' means hard-working and careful, which 'conscientious' captures best.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'industrious'.

  • (a)lazy
  • (b)hard-working
  • (c)idle
  • (d)careless

  Answer(b) hard-working — 'industrious' means diligent and hard-working.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'assiduous'.

  • (a)negligent
  • (b)diligent
  • (c)slack
  • (d)hasty

  Answer(b) diligent — 'assiduous' means showing great care and persistence, i.e. diligent.