Choose the option with words that are not synonyms.
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GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 · Q56
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Choose the option with words that are not synonyms.
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Official answer: D) yielding, resistant
Verbal AptitudeLet us examine each pair of words:
Aversion and dislike are synonyms meaning a strong feeling of not liking something.
Luminous and radiant are synonyms meaning emitting or reflecting light.
Plunder and loot are synonyms meaning to steal goods from a place or person.
Yielding (submissive, pliable) and resistant (opposing, withstanding) are antonyms, not synonyms.
Therefore, (D) is the correct option.
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Identify which pair contains words with opposite meanings rather than similar meanings.
This Verbal Aptitude previous year question is Q56 of the GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 paper. Find more GATE CSE PYQs on Verbal Aptitude in General Aptitude, or browse all GATE CSE PYQs.
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Verbal Aptitude in GATE CSE
Verbal Aptitude has 41 GATE CSE PYQs across 13 papers from 2011 to 2026. 29 of them are 1-mark MCQs like this one, and GATE CSE 2017 Set 2 has 3.
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