Project ForgeGeneral Aptitude
Verbal Aptitude
GATE 2018
Medium
"The judge's standing in the legal community, though shaken by false allegations of wrongdoing, remained _________."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
- undiminished
- Bdamaged
- Cillegal
- Duncertain
Explanation
'Though shaken by false allegations' signals a contrast: despite the allegations, his standing remained UNAFFECTED — 'undiminished' captures exactly that (not lessened), while the other options ('damaged', 'uncertain') contradict the contrastive 'though...remained' structure.
Source: GATE ME 2018 Session 2 (Set 2) (2018)
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