Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word ‘fertile’ in the given sentence.

The teacher asked, “Wheat is grown in which kind of land – rich, wet, barren and fecund?”

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 01 Dec 2022 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 'Barren'.

Key Points

The most appropriate antonym of the given word 'Fertile' is 'Barren'
Fertile: (used about land or soil) that plants grow well in. [(ज़मीन या मिट्टी) उपजाऊ]
- Example: The ploughed earth looked rich and dark and fertile.
Barren: (used about land or soil) not good enough for plants to grow on. [(भूमि या मिट्टी) पौधों वृद्धि के लिए अनुपयुक्त, ऊसर, बंजर]
- Example: He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.

Correct Answer: Barren.

Additional Information

Let's look at the meaning of other words:
- Fecund: able to produce a lot of children, crops, young animals, etc. [(बच्चे, फ़सल आदि) ऊर्वर, बहुफलदायक, उपजाऊ, बहु प्रसव]
- Rich: having a lot of money or property; not poor. [धनी, अमीरी (धन और संपत्ति वाला); ग़रीब नहीं]
- Wet: covered in a liquid, especially water. [(पानी या अन्‍य द्रव से) गीला, तर, भीगा हुआ, आर्द्र, नम]