2023 · Q3
Each of the five items given below has a phrase given in italics. Choose the one from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d) that best describes the phrase and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly. The organizers refused to allow him to speak at the function since he was known to make speeches that tended to provoke and ignite passions.
General EnglishVocabulary
- Airreverent speeches
- Bincendiary speeches
- Cunsubstantiated speeches
- Dirrelevant speeches
Explanation
Incendiary literally means causing fire and figuratively describes speech designed to inflame or provoke passions, which is exactly what the italicised phrase describes. Irreverent (A) means disrespectful and unsubstantiated (C) means unsupported by evidence; neither captures deliberate incitement. Hence B.