2023 · Q15
Direction: Given below are five items, comprising sentences in which one word has been underlined. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Question: Notwithstanding our victory today we must be careful to avoid a feeling of complacency.
General EnglishSentence arrangement and completion
- ASmug and self-satisfied
- BA defensive attitude
- CPride
- DFeeling of superiority
Explanation
Complacency is smug self-satisfaction with one's achievements that breeds unawareness of danger, exactly smug and self-satisfied. It is not mere pride (C) or a defensive attitude (B). Hence A.