The members of the group expressed their allegiance to their leader
- (a)commitment
- (b)disloyalty
- (c)understanding
- (d)unlikely
Answer
A
Why
Correct — A, commitment. 'Allegiance' is loyalty or devoted, faithful support given to a person or cause; 'commitment' — dedication and loyal support — is its closest match here.
Why the others are wrong
- (b)disloyalty — Is the direct antonym of allegiance; allegiance is faithful support, not its betrayal.
- (c)understanding — Means comprehension or sympathy; it does not capture the loyalty and faithful-support sense of allegiance.
- (d)unlikely — Is an adjective meaning improbable; it is unrelated in meaning and cannot substitute for the noun 'allegiance'.
Concept
'Allegiance' — loyalty and faithful support to a person or cause — is closest in meaning to 'commitment'.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Allegiance' is closest in meaning to —
- (a)betrayal
- (b)loyalty
- (c)curiosity
- (d)indifference
Answer(b) loyalty — allegiance is faithful, devoted support.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The antonym of 'allegiance' is —
- (a)devotion
- (b)fidelity
- (c)disloyalty
- (d)support
Answer(c) disloyalty — it is the opposite of faithful support.