NDA (I) 2025 General Ability Test · Question 19 of 150

Correct — A, permanent. 'Indelible' literally means that cannot be removed, washed away or erased, so an indelible impression is one that lasts — a permanent one. 'Fleeting' (brief) and 'eradicable' (able to be wiped out) are its opposites, and 'hilarious' is unrelated in sense.

• (b)fleeting — 'Fleeting' means lasting only a short time — the opposite of an impression that cannot be erased.
• (c)hilarious — 'Hilarious' means extremely funny; it has nothing to do with an impression's permanence.
• (d)eradicable — 'Eradicable' means capable of being wiped out — the reverse of 'indelible', which means it cannot be removed.

The prefix 'in-' negates 'delible' (able to be deleted), so 'indelible' means unable to be erased — hence lasting or permanent. The nearest-in-meaning choice must share this sense of permanence.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Select the word nearest in meaning to 'indelible': The event left an indelible mark on history.

  • (a)temporary
  • (b)lasting
  • (c)faint
  • (d)removable

  Answer(b) lasting — 'indelible' means that cannot be erased.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the antonym of 'indelible'.

  • (a)permanent
  • (b)erasable
  • (c)enduring
  • (d)fixed

  Answer(b) erasable — the opposite of something that cannot be removed.