NDA (I) 2023 General Ability Test · Question 20 of 149

Correct — B, exorbitant. 'Inordinate' means going beyond reasonable limits — excessive — and 'exorbitant' likewise means unreasonably great in amount or degree, so they carry the same sense of over-the-top excess.

• (a)temperate — Temperate means self-restrained or moderate, the opposite of the excess that inordinate conveys.
• (c)moderate — Moderate means kept within reasonable limits — again the reverse of inordinate.
• (d)regular — Regular means steady or habitual, which describes frequency, not the excessive quantity inordinate stresses.

A synonym item — 'inordinate' means excessive or beyond reasonable limits, closest to 'exorbitant'.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'excessive'.

  • (a)scanty
  • (b)immoderate
  • (c)balanced
  • (d)rare

  Answer(b) immoderate — excessive means going beyond a proper limit, i.e. immoderate.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'exorbitant'.

  • (a)reasonable
  • (b)extravagant
  • (c)cheap
  • (d)fair

  Answer(b) extravagant — exorbitant describes an unreasonably high, extravagant amount.