Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word 'laborious' from given sentence:

Although gardening is a laborious job, but it gives me boundless joy, strenuous happiness and immense satisfaction and I like facile activity.

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 03 Dec 2022 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is option 2), i.e., 'facile.'

Key Points

Let's look at the meanings of the given word and marked option:

Word	Meaning
laborious	needing a lot of time and effort. (बहुत समय और प्रयास की जरूरत)
facile	easy or too easy; not needing effort. (आसान या बहुत आसान; प्रयास की आवश्यकता नहीं)

Let's look at the meanings of the other given options:

Word	Meaning
boundless	having no limit. (जिसकी कोई सीमा नहीं है)
strenuous	needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort or energy. (बहुत अधिक शारीरिक या मानसिक प्रयास या ऊर्जा की आवश्यकता या उपयोग करना)
immense	extremely large in size or degree. (आकार या डिग्री में बहुत बड़ा)

Hence from the given meanings, we find that 'laborious' and 'facile' are antonyms.
So, the correct answer is option 2.