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GATE 2024 PI – Question 1

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

If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [sick → infirm → moribund] is analogous to [silly → _______ → daft].

Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

  1. frown
  2. fawn
  3. vein
  4. vain

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Correct answer: (D) vain

Explanation

The official answer is vain, D, the only supplied adjective that can express empty or foolish behavior. Frown is a facial expression, fawn means flatter, and vein is an anatomical channel. The claimed increase of intensity from silly through vain to daft is not a precise lexical scale, so this is the intended closest fit among the choices.

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