GATE 2011 GA
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The document is a story about a fox that sees grapes hanging from a vineyard. The sight of the grapes leaves an indelible impression on the fox's mind. Later, the fox develops an inexplicable desire to eat the grapes. When the fox tries to reach the grapes but cannot, the idea that they are too high is incomprehensible to it. In the end, the proud fox convinces itself the grapes are sour and walks away. The word that is closest in meaning to "inexplicable" is "incomprehensible".
GATE 2011 GA
- 1. GATE 2011 GENERAL APTITUDE
- 2. Which of the following options is closest in meaning to the word given below: Inexplicable A) incomprehensible B ) indelible C) inextricable D) infallible
- 3. Once there was a fox. It considered itself to be infallible. It was very haughty and conceited.
- 4. It happened to pass by a vine yard. The big bunches of grapes hanging from the vines left an indelible impression on its mind.
- 5. The picture of the bunches of grapes became an inextricable part of the thoughts in the mind of the fox. It was unable to think of anything else.
- 6. The fox started having an inexplicable desire to eat those grapes that it had seen.
- 7. It went to the vineyard, but was unable to reach the grapes. The idea that the grapes were too high to be pulled down was incomprehensible to the fox.
- 8. Finally the fox realized that all its attempts to pluck the grapes were futile. The proud fox told itself, these grapes are sour and walked away.
- 9. The word closest in meaning to Inexplicable is Incomprehensible