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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 11

Topic: Word pairs

Directions · Q11 to Q15

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.

Q11

Confident and Confidant

  1. (a) Confident means certain and confidant means close friendCorrect answer
  2. (b) Confidant means certain and confident means close friend
  3. (c) Confident means belief and confidant means an emissary
  4. (d) Confident means assurance and confidant means intimate person

Solution.

Answer: (a) Confident means certain and confidant means close friend

  1. “Confident” is an adjective meaning sure or certain; a “confidant” is a trusted person with whom one shares private matters.
  2. Option (a) gets both meanings and word classes right.
  3. “Assurance” in (d) is a noun, not the meaning of the adjective “confident”.