Retrogression :
- (a)Sudden sharp drop in price
- (b)Reverse pressure
- (c)Return to earlier state
- (d)Sudden occurrence of a past event
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, Return to earlier state. 'Retrogression' means moving backward to a former, usually less advanced, condition; the prefix retro- ('back') plus -gress ('to step/go') gives the literal sense of stepping backward.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Sudden sharp drop in price — A sharp fall in price is a 'slump' or 'crash' — an economic term, not the general idea of moving backward.
- (b)Reverse pressure — This mis-reads 'retro-' as 'reverse' and adds an unrelated 'pressure'; retrogression is about direction of change, not force.
- (d)Sudden occurrence of a past event — A past event resurfacing is closer to a 'flashback' or 'recurrence'; retrogression is a decline to an earlier state, not a re-event.
Concept
A word-meaning item on 'retrogression' — a backward movement to a former state — where the retro- prefix cues 'back' and the wrong options attach it to price, pressure or an event.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the antonym of 'retrogression':
- (a)decline
- (b)progression
- (c)reversal
- (d)regression
Answer(b) progression — retrogression is backward movement, so its opposite is forward progress.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The word 'regress' most nearly means:
- (a)to move forward
- (b)to return to a former state
- (c)to remain still
- (d)to disappear
Answer(b) to return to a former state — like retrogression, it means going backward.