Q10
EnglishVocabulary: Meaning, Synonyms & Antonyms
Give one word substitution/meaning of the underlined word. He loved wearing outlandish clothes.
- a.antique
- b.old school/style
- c.wired or offbeat
- d.unavailable
Answer: (C) wired or offbeat
'Outlandish' means strange, bizarre or strikingly unconventional (originally 'from an outland', i.e. foreign-looking). The intended answer was clearly option C, but the booklet prints it as 'wired or offbeat' instead of 'weird or offbeat', and 'wired' (tense, or connected by wires) is not a meaning of outlandish. With no option strictly correct, PSC's final answer key marks this question '*' and awards 1 mark to every candidate irrespective of attempt. For revision: synonyms are eccentric, bizarre, freakish and offbeat; antonyms are ordinary and conventional. 'Antique' (A) means old and valuable, 'old school' (B) means traditional, and 'unavailable' (D) means not obtainable.