NDA (I) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 49 of 146

Correct — B, abandoned. To 'disown' is to renounce or give up all claim to and connection with something, which matches 'abandoned' — given up or forsaken. 'Accepted' and 'allowed' point the other way, toward keeping or permitting, and 'questioned' merely means to doubt, which falls short of renouncing.

• (a)accepted — Means to take or acknowledge, the opposite of disowning something.
• (c)allowed — Means to permit; it does not carry the sense of renouncing a claim.
• (d)questioned — Means to doubt or challenge, which is weaker than fully renouncing or giving up.

A synonym item — 'disowned' means renounced or given up, so its nearest match is 'abandoned'.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'disown'.

  • (a)embrace
  • (b)renounce
  • (c)inherit
  • (d)defend

  Answer(b) renounce — to renounce is to give up all claim, a synonym of disown.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the antonym of 'abandoned'.

  • (a)deserted
  • (b)forsaken
  • (c)retained
  • (d)discarded

  Answer(c) retained — to keep is the opposite of abandoning; the others mean to give up.