NDA (I) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 1 of 146

Correct — D, commendable. 'Deplorable' means shockingly bad, wretched, or deserving strong condemnation, so its opposite is 'commendable' — deserving praise or approval. The other three all share deplorable's negative, blameworthy sense: 'reprehensible' (deserving censure), 'opprobrious' (scornful, bringing disgrace) and 'despicable' (deserving contempt) are near-synonyms, not opposites.

• (a)reprehensible — Means deserving blame or censure; a near-synonym of deplorable rather than its opposite.
• (b)opprobrious — Means scornful or bringing disgrace; it carries the same negative sense as deplorable instead of reversing it.
• (c)despicable — Means deserving hatred or contempt; another synonym of deplorable, so it cannot be the antonym.

This is an antonym item — the underlined word 'deplorable' means wretched or blameworthy, so the answer is the one option that reverses it, 'commendable' (praiseworthy).

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word opposite in meaning to 'commendable'.

  • (a)praiseworthy
  • (b)laudable
  • (c)blameworthy
  • (d)admirable

  Answer(c) blameworthy — 'commendable' means deserving praise; 'blameworthy' is its opposite (the others are synonyms).

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the antonym of 'wretched'.

  • (a)miserable
  • (b)pitiable
  • (c)delightful
  • (d)dismal

  Answer(c) delightful — 'wretched' means miserable; 'delightful' is its opposite.