Satyam APTITUDE ANTONYMS

Directions:Each question given below consists of a word, followed by four words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the question.

ANTONYMS

1. Disregarded
(a) heed
(b) hopeful
(c) evade
(d) dense

Ans. (a)


2. Obviate
(a) becloud
(b) necessitate
(c) rationalize
(d) execute

Ans. (b)


3. Superficial
(a) profound
(b) exaggerated
(c) subjective
(d) spirited

Ans. (a)


4. Abide
(a) retract an offer
(b) refuse to endure
(c) shield from harm
(d) exonerate

Ans. (b)


5. Acerbity
(a) noteworthiness
(b) hypocrisy
(c) mildness of temperament
(d) lack of anxiety

Ans. (c)



Directions: Each question or group of questions is based on a passage or set of conditions. For each question, select the best answer choice given.

Quesitions 6-9

In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, Red and Brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wife's group: women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden.

6. A Brown female could have had
I. a grandfather born Red
II. a grandmother born Red
III. two grandfathers born Brown

(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I and II only
(d) II and III only
(e) I,II and III

Ans. (c)


7. A male born into the Brown group may have

(a) an uncle in either group
(b) a Brown daughter
(c) a Brown son
(d) a son-in-law born into the Red group
(e) a daughter-in-law in the Red group

Ans. (a)


8. Which of the following is not permitted under the rules stated?

(a) A Brown male marrying his father's sister
(b) A Red female marrying her mother's brother
(c) A man born Red, who is now a widower, marrying his brother's widow
(d) A widower marrying his wife's sister
(e) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband

Ans. (b)


9. If widowers and divorced males retained the group they had upon marrying, which of the following would have been permissible?(Assume no previous marriages occurred)

(a) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband
(b) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband.
(c) A widower marrying his brother's daughter
(d) A woman marrying her mother's brother, who is a widower
(e) A divorced male marrying his ex-wife's divorced sister

Ans. (d)