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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 4

Topic: Antonyms

Directions · Q1 to Q5

Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words or group of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the answer sheet accordingly.

Q4

These risks are incidental to the work of a firefighter

  1. (a) essentialCorrect answer
  2. (b) adventitious
  3. (c) serendipitous
  4. (d) subsidiary

Solution.

Answer: (a) essential

  1. Essential is the best available opposite of incidental understood as secondary or nonessential.
  2. Adventitious, serendipitous and subsidiary all suggest something accidental or subordinate.
  3. In this sentence, “incidental to” can also mean accompanying the work; the antonym test uses the primary incidental–essential contrast.