Each item in this section consists of sentences 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.
For the aspiring East India Company that looked at every opportunity for expansion and **self-aggrandisement**, the century had to be projected as one of instability.
- Ahumility
- Bexaggeration
- Cupliftment
- Delevation
Explanation
'Self-aggrandisement' means enhancing one's own importance, power, or reputation; exaggerating self-importance. The antonym must mean humility or modesty. Option (a) 'humility' means modesty and lack of pride, the direct opposite. Options (b) 'exaggeration', (c) 'upliftment', and (d) 'elevation' are related to aggrandisement, not opposites. The Company sought self-glorification; humility would be the reverse. Hence option A is correct. Cross-checked with Oswaal CDS Yearwise Solved Papers.