UPSC EPFO EO/AO 2021 · Question 10
Question 10 of the UPSC EPFO EO/AO Recruitment Test 2021 (General Ability Test, Advt. 51/2020) (5 September 2021). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word "elementary". The questions were so "elementary" that anyone could pass the test.
- unusual
- primary
- naive
- advanced
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Answer: (4) advanced
"Elementary" means basic and simple, belonging to the first stage of a subject, which is why "anyone could pass the test". Its opposite is "advanced", far on in development or difficulty, as in "elementary and advanced courses". "Primary" is a near-synonym (first, basic), so it cannot be the answer. "Naive" describes a person lacking experience or judgement, and "unusual" means not common or ordinary; neither is the opposite of easy or basic.