CDS 2026 (I) English, question 22

Topic: Vocabulary and word usage

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Directions · Q21 to Q30

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given words from the options provided and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Q22

Axiom :

  1. (a) Quality of being very similar or equal
  2. (b) Rule or principle that most people believe to be trueCorrect answer
  3. (c) Rule that says how people should behave
  4. (d) The mathematical principle of being exactly equal

Solution.

Answer: (b) Rule or principle that most people believe to be true

  1. An axiom is a statement or principle accepted as a starting point without proof in the system or argument concerned.
  2. Option (b) is closest; an axiom is not simply a behavioural rule or a statement of numerical equality.