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151. Choose the correct one word substitution from the given options : The study of plants
  • A. Biology
  • D. Geology
  • B. Zoology
  • C. Botany
Answer: 'Botany' (vanaspati vigyan) vigyan ki woh shaakha hai jismein paudhon ka adhyayan kiya jaata hai. 'Zoology' mein pashuon ka adhyayan hota hai.
152. The most suitable one-word substitute of the following words:- (a) A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument. (b) A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
  • B. (a) Monarch (b) Epigraph
  • A. (a) President (b) Elegy
  • C. (a) Demagogue (b) Epitaph
  • D. (a) Drover (b) Epithet
Answer: (a) 'Demagogue' ek aisa neta hota hai jo tark ke bajaye logon ki bhavnaon aur purvagrahon ko bhadkakar samarthan haasil karta hai. (b) 'Epitaph' (smriti-lekh) kisi ki kabr par likha gaya lekh hota hai.
153. A killing of one person by the other is called:
  • B. Homogenize
  • A. Ominous
  • D. Hominid
  • C. Homicide
Answer: 'Homicide' (manav-hatya) ka kanooni arth hai ek insan dwara doosre insan ki hatya karna.
154. Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the given word/ sentence : Murder of a king
  • D. Uxoricide
  • B. Matricide
  • C. Parricide
  • A. Regicide
Answer: 'Regicide' ka arth hai 'raja ki hatya'. 'Regis' Latin mein raja ke liye hota hai aur '-cide' hatya ke liye.
155. Give one word for ‘one who hates mankind’.
  • C. Fascist
  • D. Sadist
  • B. Misanthrope
  • A. Nazist
Answer: A 'misanthrope' woh vyakti hota hai jo manav jaati se nafrat ya avishwas karta hai.
156. Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.That which cannot be corrected.
  • D. Indelible
  • B. Illegible
  • C. Incorrigible
  • A. Unintelligible
Answer: 'Incorrigible' (asanshodhaniya) ka matlab hai jise sudhara na ja sake, aamtaur par kisi vyakti ki buri aadaton ke liye istemaal hota hai.
157. What does the word 'pre-war' means ?
  • C. during the war
  • D. between the war
  • A. before the war
  • B. after the war
Answer: Prefix 'pre-' ka arth hota hai 'pahle'. Isliye 'pre-war' ka matlab hai 'yuddh se pahle'.
158. Which of the following word means:A way of speaking or writing that makes someone sound bigger, better than they are.
  • A. Hyperbole
  • B. Understatement
  • D. Meiosis
  • C. Belittlement
Answer: 'Hyperbole' (atishyokti) ek alankar hai jismein kisi baat ko badha-chadha kar kaha jaata hai.
159. Choose the word which means the following:The cessation of warfare before a treaty is signed.
  • A. Amnesty
  • C. Agreement
  • D. Armistice
  • B. Amiablity
Answer: An 'Armistice' (yuddhaviram) yuddh ko rokne ka ek asthayi samjhauta hota hai, jabki shanti sandhi (peace treaty) par baat-cheet chalti rehti hai.
160. Choose the most appropriate one-word substitution of the given sentence: A portable case for holding papers, drawings, documents etc.
  • C. rack
  • A. wardrobe
  • B. briefcase
  • D. portfolio
Answer: A 'portfolio' ek patla, flat case hota hai jo khas taur par kagaz, documents ya drawings rakhne ke liye istemaal kiya jaata hai.