Verbal Ability Questions

Which of the following pairs of words are most similar in meaning?

Statement: India has been continuously experiencing military threats from its neighbouring countries.
Courses of action:
I. India should engage in an all-out war to stop the nagging threats.
II. India should get the neighbours into a serious dialogue to reduce the tension at its borders.

By logic, which of the actions follows from the statement?
Statement: Youngsters are often found staring at obscene posters.
Courses of Action:
(i) Youngsters should be punished and penalized if they are found doing so.
(ii) Any display of such material should be banned.

The jumbled letters of a meaningful English word are given as YPCUIAT. Rearrange these letters to form a meaningful word and select the alternative that is almost opposite in meaning (antonym) to it.

Which of the following words will come second in the English dictionary?