Grade-3 Driver

Antipathy is the antonym of sympathy; it means strong dislike or aversion.

Waste is the antonym of economise, which means to avoid unnecessary expenditure.

Promote is the intended antonym of hamper; hamper means to hinder or obstruct.

Dexterous means skilful and capable, making it the antonym of incompetent.

Prudent is a synonym of judicious; both describe sensible, careful judgement.

Tedious is a synonym of monotonous; both can describe something repetitive and dull.

Offence is the closest synonym among the options for outrage in the sense of anger or indignation caused by an insult or injustice.

Audience refers specifically to people listening to or watching a performance or lecture.

A hangar is a building used for housing and maintaining aircraft; “hanger” is a different word.

Somnambulist means a person who sleepwalks.

The standard expression is by oath, meaning under or on the authority of an oath.

The correct preposition is under: a post under the Government of Assam.

The correct combination is at, in, on: “at 5 O'clock in the morning on Wednesdays.”

Underneath is the most natural choice because the original bricks were directly beneath the plaster.

For this exam item, the intended correction is the option with plural “dailies”. Note: the original wording is also acceptable in standard English, so this is an exam-key-sensitive item.

Contradict normally takes a direct object: “I contradicted him.” No preposition is needed here.

After “one of the best”, the noun is plural: “books”. The relative verb is therefore “have been written”, with “in ten years” as the appropriate time expression.

Stand aside means to move out of the way so someone can pass.

There are many supplies the verb “are” and forms a complete sentence.

The correct expression is “an appointment with the doctor”, meaning a scheduled consultation or meeting.