Double Synonyms Questions and Answers

Q: I.Mr.Roy soon earned great admiration from his fellow workers for his fair and frank dealings. II. There was a substantial rise in the value of money with the sharp de-escalation of prices.

Correct answer: appreciationThe word carries a social sense and a financial one.I - admiration earned from fellow workers is their appreciation.II - a rise in the value of money is its appreciation - the standard term for a currency gaining value.Acclamation fits only the praise, assessment only a valuation, and resilience neither.

Q: I.Sam's ready wit often got him out of tight spots. II. The task they did was so different that the difference was apparent.

Correct answer: sharpI - ready wit is sharp wit.II - a difference so plain that it is apparent is a sharp difference.Intelligence is a noun and cannot modify difference; clear and visible describe the difference but not the wit - wit is quick and keen, not visible.

Q: I.The stadium is so big that it can seat more than one lakh spectators. II. Deepak is willing to adjust his itinerary with mine.

Correct answer: accommodateI - a stadium that can seat a lakh of spectators can accommodate them.II - being willing to adjust one’s itinerary to another’s is being willing to accommodate them.The word means both to have room for and to oblige. View, arrange and participate each fit one sentence at best.

Q: I.Students started picking up their books when the bell rang. II. There was a huge crowd at the Airport waiting for the President.

Correct answer: gatheringI - picking up books when the bell rings is gathering them.II - a huge crowd waiting at the airport is a gathering.Collection comes close for the books but is not used of people waiting; swarming and arraying describe the crowd’s behaviour, not the act of picking things up.

Q: Find the word that fits both sentences.I. A large crowd was ________ outside the stadium.II. The women were ________ firewood in the forest.

Correct answer: gatheringGathering covers both senses: people coming together in one place, and the collecting of scattered things. Swarming suits the crowd but not the firewood, and “collection” is a noun and cannot fill either blank.

Q: I.She was sitting under the shadow of the tree. II. The customer wanted another colour of the paint on the kitchen wall of his house

Correct answer: shadeI - sitting under a tree, one sits in its shade.II - wanting another colour for the wall is wanting another shade.Tint fits the paint alone, cloud and fade fit neither. Note that the first sentence says shadow, and the word that covers both senses is the related but distinct shade.

Q: I.Saurabh was going to the library when he met me. II. The newspapers carried the news about the murder with a large caption.

Correct answer: headingHead supplies both a verb and a noun.I - going to the library is heading for it.II - the large caption over a news item is its heading.Starting and venturing describe the journey but not the caption, and prefixing describes what is placed before a text but never a person’s movement.

Q: I.Sam's ready wit often got him out of tight spots. II. The task they did was so different that the difference was apparent.

Correct answer: sharpI - ready wit is sharp wit.II - a difference so plain that it is apparent is a sharp difference.Intelligence is a noun and cannot modify difference; clear and visible describe the difference but not the wit - wit is quick and keen, not visible.

Q: I.Students started picking up their books when the bell rang. II. There was a huge crowd at the Airport waiting for the President.

Correct answer: gatheringI - picking up books when the bell rings is gathering them.II - a huge crowd waiting at the airport is a gathering.Collection comes close for the books but is not used of people waiting; swarming and arraying describe the crowd’s behaviour, not the act of picking things up.

Q: I.She was sitting under the shadow of the tree. II. The customer wanted another colour of the paint on the kitchen wall of his house.

Correct answer: shadeI - sitting under a tree, one sits in its shade.II - wanting another colour for the wall is wanting another shade.Tint fits the paint alone, cloud and fade fit neither. Note that the first sentence says shadow, and the word that covers both senses is the related but distinct shade.

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I.Mr.Roy soon earned great admiration from his fellow workers for his fair and frank dealings.
II. There was a substantial rise in the value of money with the sharp de-escalation of prices.

A.acclamation
B.assessment
C.resilience
D.appreciation

Answer: D

Correct answer: appreciation

The word carries a social sense and a financial one.

I - admiration earned from fellow workers is their appreciation.
II - a rise in the value of money is its appreciation - the standard term for a currency gaining value.

Acclamation fits only the praise, assessment only a valuation, and resilience neither.

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I.Sam's ready wit often got him out of tight spots.
II. The task they did was so different that the difference was apparent.

A.sharp
B.intelligence
C.clear
D.visible

Answer: A

Correct answer: sharp

I - ready wit is sharp wit.
II - a difference so plain that it is apparent is a sharp difference.

Intelligence is a noun and cannot modify difference; clear and visible describe the difference but not the wit - wit is quick and keen, not visible.

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13.

I.The stadium is so big that it can seat more than one lakh spectators.
II. Deepak is willing to adjust his itinerary with mine.

A.accommodate
B.view
C.arrange
D.participate

Answer: A

Correct answer: accommodate

I - a stadium that can seat a lakh of spectators can accommodate them.
II - being willing to adjust one’s itinerary to another’s is being willing to accommodate them.

The word means both to have room for and to oblige. View, arrange and participate each fit one sentence at best.

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14.

I.Students started picking up their books when the bell rang.
II. There was a huge crowd at the Airport waiting for the President.

A.arraying
B.swarming
C.collection
D.gathering

Answer: D

Correct answer: gathering

I - picking up books when the bell rings is gathering them.
II - a huge crowd waiting at the airport is a gathering.

Collection comes close for the books but is not used of people waiting; swarming and arraying describe the crowd’s behaviour, not the act of picking things up.

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Find the word that fits both sentences.
I. A large crowd was ________ outside the stadium.
II. The women were ________ firewood in the forest.

A.arraying
B.swarming
C.collection
D.gathering

Answer: D

Correct answer: gathering

Gathering covers both senses: people coming together in one place, and the collecting of scattered things. Swarming suits the crowd but not the firewood, and “collection” is a noun and cannot fill either blank.

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I.She was sitting under the shadow of the tree.
II. The customer wanted another colour of the paint on the kitchen wall of his house

A.fade
B.cloud
C.tint
D.shade

Answer: D

Correct answer: shade

I - sitting under a tree, one sits in its shade.
II - wanting another colour for the wall is wanting another shade.

Tint fits the paint alone, cloud and fade fit neither. Note that the first sentence says shadow, and the word that covers both senses is the related but distinct shade.

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17.

I.Saurabh was going to the library when he met me.
II. The newspapers carried the news about the murder with a large caption.

A.starting
B.heading
C.venturing
D.prefixing

Answer: B

Correct answer: heading

Head supplies both a verb and a noun.

I - going to the library is heading for it.
II - the large caption over a news item is its heading.

Starting and venturing describe the journey but not the caption, and prefixing describes what is placed before a text but never a person’s movement.

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18.

I.Sam's ready wit often got him out of tight spots.
II. The task they did was so different that the difference was apparent.

A.sharp
B.intelligence
C.clear
D.visible

Answer: A

Correct answer: sharp

I - ready wit is sharp wit.
II - a difference so plain that it is apparent is a sharp difference.

Intelligence is a noun and cannot modify difference; clear and visible describe the difference but not the wit - wit is quick and keen, not visible.

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19.

I.Students started picking up their books when the bell rang.
II. There was a huge crowd at the Airport waiting for the President.

A.arraying
B.swarming
C.collection
D.gathering

Answer: D

Correct answer: gathering

I - picking up books when the bell rings is gathering them.
II - a huge crowd waiting at the airport is a gathering.

Collection comes close for the books but is not used of people waiting; swarming and arraying describe the crowd’s behaviour, not the act of picking things up.

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20.

I.She was sitting under the shadow of the tree.
II. The customer wanted another colour of the paint on the kitchen wall of his house.

A.fade
B.cloud
C.tint
D.shade

Answer: D

Correct answer: shade

I - sitting under a tree, one sits in its shade.
II - wanting another colour for the wall is wanting another shade.

Tint fits the paint alone, cloud and fade fit neither. Note that the first sentence says shadow, and the word that covers both senses is the related but distinct shade.

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