NDA (I) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 50 of 150

Correct — A, complaisant. 'Cooperative' describes someone willing to help and go along with others, and 'complaisant' means eager to please and agreeable — willing to fall in with others' wishes — so it is the word nearest in meaning.

• (b)covert — 'Covert' means secret or hidden; it describes concealment, not a willingness to help others.
• (c)complacent — 'Complacent' means smugly self-satisfied; it looks and sounds like complaisant but means something quite different.
• (d)conniving — 'Conniving' means scheming or plotting; it is a negative trait, the opposite of being helpfully cooperative.

A synonym item — 'cooperative' means willing to help and agree, which 'complaisant' (eager to please) matches most closely.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'obliging'.

  • (a)rude
  • (b)accommodating
  • (c)stubborn
  • (d)hostile

  Answer(b) accommodating — 'obliging' means willing to help, i.e. accommodating.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word that means 'eager to please', not to be confused with 'complacent'.

  • (a)arrogant
  • (b)complaisant
  • (c)indifferent
  • (d)defiant

  Answer(b) complaisant — 'complaisant' means agreeable and eager to please, unlike the self-satisfied 'complacent'.