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Only an agile person can be a successful sportsman.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Agile : able to move quickly and easily.
Brisk : active and energetic.
Emaciated : abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
Feeble : lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.
Sluggish : slow-moving or inactive.

Antonym of Agile is Sluggish
92
Only an inquisitive person can gain proper knowledge.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Inquisitive : having or showing an interest in learning things; curious.
Careless : not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors.
Indolent : wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
Dull : lacking interest or excitement.
Uninterested : not interested in or concerned about something or someone.

Antonym of Inquisitive is Uninterested
93
Our knowledge of the past is still largely a matter of informed conjecture.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Conjecture : an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
Guess : estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.
Position : a place where someone or something is located or has been put.
Certainty : firm conviction that something is the case.
Form : the visible shape or configuration of something.

Antonym of Conjecture is Certainty
94
Ours is undoubtedly a morbid society.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Morbid : characterized by an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
Healthy : in a good physical or mental condition; in good health.
Virtuous : having or showing high moral standards.
Liberal : willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
Progressive : happening or developing gradually or in stages.

Antonym of Morbid is Healthy
95
Overeating can often be detrimental.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Detrimental : tending to cause harm.
Beneficial : resulting in good; favourable or advantageous.
Injurious : causing or likely to cause damage or harm.
Useful : able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways.
Destructive : causing great and irreparable damage.

Antonym of Detrimental is Beneficial
96
People know him for his vanity.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Vanity : excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements.
Humanity : the quality of being humane; benevolence.
Honesty : the quality of being honest.
Courtesy : the showing of politeness in one's attitude and behaviour towards others.
Modesty : the quality or state of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities.

Antonym of Vanity is Modesty
97
People understand speech in the context of their accumulated experience.
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Accumulated : gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
Scattered : occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together.
Assemble : (of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose.
Partial : existing only in part; incomplete.
Bias : inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Antonym of Accumulated is Scattered
98
People who are actually running the system often take a myopic view of the situation.
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Myopic : short-sighted.
Blind : unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.
Visionary : thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.
Glassy : of or resembling glass.
Farsighted : unable to see things clearly, especially if they are relatively close to the eyes; long-sighted.

Antonym of Myopic is Farsighted
99
Phoolan Devi had to surrender under the most pressing circumstances.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Surrender : stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.
Release : allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.
Claim : formally request or demand; say that one owns or has earned (something).
Plunder : steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.
Attack : take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Antonym of Surrender is Claim
100
Political differences introduced a note of discord into their relationship.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Discord : disagreement between people.
Tranquility : the quality or state of being tranquil; calm.
Familiarity : close acquaintance with or knowledge of something.
Concord : agreement or harmony between people or groups.
Benevolence : the quality of being well meaning; kindness.

Antonym of Discord is Concord