Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the italicised part of the sentence.
The number of aboriginal inhabitants in Australia is considerable.

• A. primitive
• B. ancient
• C. unoriginal
• D. irrational

Answer 1

The correct option is A primitive

‘Aboriginal’ means inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.

“Primitive’ means relating to the character of an early stage in the evolutionary development, hence option A is the correct answer because that is the correct meaning for ‘aboriginal’.

Option B is incorrect because “ancient” means belonging to extreme past and is no longer in existence which is not the same as aboriginal, hence incorrect.

Option C is incorrect because ‘unoriginal’ means lacking originality, being a derivative of, hence it is incorrect.

Option D is incorrect because “irrational “ means not logical or reasonable which is not related to being aboriginal, hence incorrect.