Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
The people they interviewed for the survey were selected randomly.

A) Carefully
B) Carelessly
C) Indiscriminately
D) Thoughtfully
E) Rashly

Answer 1

Hint: Synonym: are words that are similar meanings. Synonyms are used when you do not want to repeat the same word again and again.

Complete answer:

We have to find the meaning of randomly and the meaning of words that are given in the options. And both the words should have the same meaning or the exact sense.
Option A) Carefully – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of carefully means ‘cautiously’ and the word carefully is not a synonym of randomly. Thus, this is an incorrect answer because the meaning of the words ‘carefully’ and ‘randomly’ does not match.
Option B) Carelessly – is the incorrect answer because the meaning of carelessly is ‘causal or inattentively’ and this is not a synonym of randomly. Thus, this is an incorrect answer because the meaning of the words ‘carelessly’ and ‘randomly’ does not match.
Option C) Indiscriminately – is the correct answer because the meaning of indiscriminately is ‘unsystematically’ which is exactly the meaning of randomly. Thus, this is the correct answer as indiscriminately can be used in place of randomly.
Option D) Thoughtfully - is the incorrect answer because the meaning of thoughtfully is ‘king, friendly, understanding’ which is not a synonym of randomly. Thus, this is an incorrect answer because the meaning of the words ‘thoughtfully’ and ‘randomly’ does not match.
Option E) Rashly – is the incorrect answer because the meaning of rashly is ‘carelessly’ (rashly and carelessly have similar meaning they can be replaced with each other) and cannot be a synonym for randomly. Thus, this is an incorrect answer because the meaning of the words ‘rashly’ and ‘randomly’ does not match.
The people they interviewed for the survey were selected indiscriminately.

Note: It is very important to know the meaning of synonyms and also to know the meaning of the words that are given in the options. And for this, your vocabulary should be very good. So work on vocabulary every day. Read every day, learn new words every day, look up words you don’t know.