Gandhiji had a special attachment to the Indian Tamil workers, who were his trusted followers in South Africa
Direction: The following question has a sentence in which two or three words have been highlighted. You have to choose an option that contains the synonyms of the highlighted words respectively
Gandhiji had a special attachment to the Indian Tamil workers, who were his trusted followers in South Africa. They were the epitome of simplicity, hard work and self- sacrifice.
- Confidence, negligent
- Ardent, paragon
- Wishful, general
- Patron, version
- None of the above
‘Trusted’ and ‘Ardent’are synonyms which mean ‘devoted or can be relied upon or can say loyal followers.’
‘Epitome’and ‘Paragon’are synonyms which mean an ‘ideal example’ or the best symbol for something as here the sentence talks about being a symbol of simplicity.
Hence, option (b) is the correct pair of words.