English Questions – Antonyms for SSC CGL/IBPS PO set 60

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1. Exaggeration
   1) saddened
   2) peeved
   3) confinement
   4) reduction
   5) incarceration
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 4)
   Explanation:
   Exaggeration – the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody.
   
   
   
2. Landscape
   1) sky
   2) scenery
   3) captivity
   4) internment
   5) countryside
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 1)
   Explanation:
   Landscape – all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
   
   
   
3. Legitimacy
   1) restraint
   2) remand
   3) topography
   4) lawfulness
   5) injustice
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 5)
   Explanation:
   Legitimacy – conformity to the law or to rules.
   
   
   
4. Persecuted
   1) pleased
   2) committal
   3) partiality
   4) quarantine
   5) grieving
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 1)
   Explanation:
   Persecuted – subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.
   
   
   
5. Contradictions
   1) acceptance
   2) rebuttal
   3) refutation
   4) terrain
   5) environment
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 1)
   Explanation:
   Contradictions – the statement of a position opposite to one already made.
   
   
   
6. Distinguish
   1) discern
   2) discriminate
   3) permissibility
   4) belittle
   5) countering
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 4)
   Explanation:
   Distinguish – recognize or treat (someone or something) as different.
   
   
   
7. Consensus
   1)disagreement
   2) debase
   3) corroboration
   4) negation
   5) counterstatement
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 1)
   Explanation:
   Consensus – a general agreement.
   
   
   
8. Detractors
   1) disgrace
   2) denigrator
   3) critic
   4) optimist
   5)sarcastic
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 4)
   Explanation:
   Detractors – a person who disparages someone or something.
   
   
   
9. Detention
   1) deprecator
   2) belittler
   3) freedom
   4) custody
   5)slander
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer : 3)
   Explanation:
   Detention – the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody.
   
   
   
10. Chauvinism
    1) unbias
    2) isolationism
    3) censurer
    4) caper
    5) backbiter
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer : 1)
    Explanation:
    Chauvinism – exaggerated or aggressive patriotism