NDA (II) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 1 of 141

Correct — D, perfect. 'Fallible' means liable to make mistakes or capable of being wrong, so its direct opposite is 'perfect' — free from any fault or error. The other choices are not opposites: 'erring' (making mistakes) is a near-synonym, 'frail' means physically weak, and 'mortal' means subject to death — a trait linked to being human, but not the reverse of 'error-prone'.

• (a)frail — 'Frail' means weak or delicate; it describes a kind of human limitation but is not the opposite of being prone to error.
• (b)erring — 'Erring' means making mistakes — a synonym of fallible, not its antonym.
• (c)mortal — 'Mortal' means subject to death; it is a common companion word for 'human' but is unrelated to the idea of being free from error.

Antonym (opposites) item: pick the option whose meaning directly reverses the underlined word 'fallible' (liable to err); the reverse of error-prone is flawless/perfect.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word opposite in meaning to 'candid'.

  • (a)frank
  • (b)honest
  • (c)evasive
  • (d)open

  Answer(c) evasive — 'candid' means open and truthful; 'evasive' (avoiding a direct answer) is its opposite.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the antonym of 'transient'.

  • (a)fleeting
  • (b)permanent
  • (c)brief
  • (d)momentary

  Answer(b) permanent — 'transient' means short-lived; 'permanent' is its opposite (the others are synonyms).