CDS 2026 (I) English, question 5

Topic: Vocabulary and word usage

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Directions · Q1 to Q10

In the following items, a pair of words is provided. You are required to select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Q5

Incredible and Incredulous

  1. (a) Incredible means impossible to understand something and Incredulous means extremely grateful
  2. (b) Incredible means difficult to believe and Incredulous means not willing to believe somethingCorrect answer
  3. (c) Incredible means not willing to believe and Incredulous means difficult to believe something
  4. (d) Incredible means extremely grateful and Incredulous means impossible to understand something

Solution.

Answer: (b) Incredible means difficult to believe and Incredulous means not willing to believe something

  1. Incredible describes something difficult to believe; incredulous describes a person's unwillingness or inability to believe it.
  2. An incredible claim may leave its listener incredulous.