One Word Substitution

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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'.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

QUESTION 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.

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