Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:

The public seems doubtful about the government’s last plan on economy.
a. Debit
b. Delightful
c. Delirious
d. Dubious
Rational

Answer 1

Hint: Synonym is a word that means the same as the given word. The given word is ‘doubtful’, which means uncertain or questionable. One must look for words synonymous to the given word, for the correct answer.

Complete answer:
Option a, ‘debit’ means money owed to someone or an institution and it is almost irrelevant to the given word, hence option ‘a’ is an incorrect option. Option b, ‘delightful’, means lovely, which is, again, irrelevant to the given word, hence option ‘b’ is an incorrect option. Option c, ‘delirious’, means irrational and incoherent, which has no relation to the given word and its context, hence option c is an incorrect option. Option d, ‘dubious’, means doubtful or uncertain, which is synonymous to the given word, hence is the correct choice. Option e, ‘rational’, means logical or coherent, which has no relation to the given word and hence is an incorrect choice. Option ‘d’ is the correct choice.

Note: Here, one must clearly know the meanings of the words given in the options as well as the sentence.