GATE 2013 CS (CS1) – Question 2

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Universalism is to particularism as diffuseness is to ______.

specificity
neutrality
generality
adaptation

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Correct answer: (A) specificity

Explanation

Universalism and particularism contrast general application with particular cases. Diffuseness similarly contrasts with specificity: being spread out or imprecise versus being focused and particular. Hence A.

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