2026 · Q25
Directions : 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.
Incredible and Incredulous
EnglishUsage of Paired Words
- AIncredible means impossible to understand something and Incredulous means extremely grateful
- BIncredible means difficult to believe and Incredulous means not willing to believe something
- CIncredible means not willing to believe and Incredulous means difficult to believe something
- DIncredible means extremely grateful and Incredulous means impossible to understand something
Explanation
"Incredible" describes a thing so extraordinary as to be difficult to believe; "incredulous" describes a person not willing to believe something — sceptical. Option (B) captures this orientation (thing vs person) correctly. The distractors swap them or substitute "grateful".