GATE 2011 CS (CS1) – Question 1

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

Choose the closest meaning of “inexplicable”.

Incomprehensible
Indelible
Inextricable
Infallible

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Correct answer: (A) Incomprehensible

Explanation

Inexplicable means unable to be explained or understood. Incomprehensible is closest, A. Indelible means not erasable, inextricable means not separable, and infallible means incapable of error.

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