NDA (I) 2025 General Ability Test · Question 37 of 150

Correct — A, Person of roughly the same age. 'Coeval' means belonging to the same age or period — a contemporary; the Latin roots co- ('together') and aevum ('age') spell out the sense of sharing the same era.

• (b)Person or organisation that cooperates with others — One who cooperates is a 'collaborator' or 'ally' — cooperation, not shared age, so it misses the point of coeval.
• (c)Person employed to drive a private car — A private driver is a 'chauffeur', a completely different word.
• (d)Person employed in taking census — A census worker is an 'enumerator'; the sound-alike 'co-' beginning does not make it coeval.

A word-meaning item on 'coeval' — a contemporary, someone of the same age or era — with distractors that trade on a similar-looking 'co-' opening.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the word closest in meaning to 'coeval':

  • (a)ancestor
  • (b)contemporary
  • (c)successor
  • (d)stranger

  Answer(b) contemporary — a coeval belongs to the same age or period.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The word 'contemporaneous' most nearly means:

  • (a)occurring at the same time
  • (b)very old
  • (c)cooperative
  • (d)temporary

  Answer(a) occurring at the same time — like 'coeval', it points to the same period.