One Word Substitution
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141. Give one-word substitution for the following:The scientific study of insects.
Answer: 'Entomology' (keet-vigyan) jeev vigyan ki woh shaakha hai jismein keede-makodon ka adhyayan kiya jaata hai.
142. Give one word substitute for A large number of fish swimming together.
Answer: A 'shoal' (or school) ek saath tair rahi machhliyon ke bade samuh ko kehte hain. 'Swarm' aamtaur par keedon ke jhund ke liye istemaal hota hai.
143. Choose the most appropriate word to complete the given sentence: The compilation of titles of books or articles that have been used by a person for writing an article is termed as _____ .
Answer: A 'Bibliography' (sandarbh-soochi) un kitabon ya lekhon ki soochi hoti hai jinka upyog kisi lekh ya pustak ko likhne mein kiya gaya hai.
144. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given that is a substitute for the words below :A government run by officials is called :
Answer: 'Bureaucracy' (naukarshahi) ek aisi shasan pranali hai jise chune hue netaon ke bajaye sarkari adhikari chalate hain.
145. Stories handed down from older time containing early beliefs of a race are called.
Answer: 'Myths' (mithak) pracheen kahaniyan hoti hain jo kisi jaati ya sanskriti ke shuruaati vishvason, prakritik ghatnaon ya itihaas ko batati hain.
146. Choose the most appropriate word for the given sentence.A person who is incharge of the objects or works of art in a muscum.
Answer: A 'Curator' (sangrahalayadhyaksh) woh vyakti hota hai jo kisi museum ya art gallery ki dekhbhaal aur prabandhan karta hai.
147. Replace the underlined part of the following sentence with one word from the options below :He is a person who doesn’t eat meat.
Answer: A 'vegetarian' (shakahari) woh vyakti hota hai jo maans nahi khata hai. 'Carnivorous' maans khane wale janwar hote hain.
148. Replace the underlined part of the sentence with one word from the options given below:John is a person who collects stamps.
Answer: A 'Philatelist' woh vyakti hota hai jo daak ticketon (stamps) ka adhyayan ya sangrah karta hai. 'Numismatist' sikkon ka sangrah karta hai.
149. Choose the appropriate one-word substitution :One who plans and draws the design of buildings and superintends their construction.
Answer: An 'Architect' (vastukar) woh professional hota hai jo imaraton ka design banata hai aur unke nirman ki nigrani karta hai.
150. The most suitable one substitute of the following words: (a) a building in which monks live and worship.(b) a person whose job is to write dictionaries.
Answer: (a) 'Monastery' (math) woh sthan hai jahan bhikshu (monks) rehte aur pooja karte hain. (b) 'Lexicographer' (koshkar) woh vyakti hota hai jo shabdkosh likhta ya sampadit karta hai.
151. Choose the correct one word substitution from the given options : The study of plants
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.
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:
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
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’.
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
Answer: A 'portfolio' ek patla, flat case hota hai jo khas taur par kagaz, documents ya drawings rakhne ke liye istemaal kiya jaata hai.