NDA (II) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 48 of 141

Correct — B, baffling. In this sentence 'elusive' describes questions that are hard to pin down or grasp, so the word nearest in meaning is 'baffling' — puzzling and difficult to understand. 'Clear' is its opposite, while 'paramount' (chief, supreme) and 'truthful' (honest) are unrelated in sense.

• (a)clear — 'Clear' means easy to understand — the opposite of 'elusive', not a synonym.
• (c)paramount — 'Paramount' means most important or supreme; it says nothing about being hard to grasp.
• (d)truthful — 'Truthful' means honest; it is unrelated to whether a question is difficult to pin down.

Synonym-in-context item: choose the option closest in meaning to 'elusive' — difficult to catch, grasp or understand — which matches 'baffling'.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'ambiguous'.

  • (a)plain
  • (b)unclear
  • (c)certain
  • (d)loud

  Answer(b) unclear — 'ambiguous' means open to more than one interpretation, i.e. unclear.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the synonym of 'obscure'.

  • (a)evident
  • (b)vague
  • (c)famous
  • (d)simple

  Answer(b) vague — 'obscure' means not clearly expressed or understood, close to 'vague'.