He is always jovial.
- (a)cheerful
- (b)callous
- (c)garrulous
- (d)credulous
Answer
A
Why
Correct — A, cheerful. 'Jovial' means good-humoured, merry and full of cheer, and 'cheerful' means happy and in good spirits — so it is the word nearest in meaning.
Why the others are wrong
- (b)callous — 'Callous' means unfeeling or insensitive; it describes coldness, the opposite of a warm, jovial nature.
- (c)garrulous — 'Garrulous' means excessively talkative; a jovial person may be quiet, so talkativeness is not the meaning of jovial.
- (d)credulous — 'Credulous' means too ready to believe things; gullibility is unrelated to being cheerful.
Concept
A synonym item — 'jovial' means merry and good-humoured, which 'cheerful' captures directly.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word nearest in meaning to 'jolly'.
- (a)gloomy
- (b)merry
- (c)stern
- (d)anxious
Answer(b) merry — 'jolly' means happy and lively, i.e. merry.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word nearest in meaning to 'genial'.
- (a)hostile
- (b)friendly
- (c)cold
- (d)harsh
Answer(b) friendly — 'genial' means warm and pleasant in manner, i.e. friendly.