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  • Question 1
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence:
    A person who lives by himself
    Solution
    Option D: 'Recluse' is 'a person who lives alone and tends to avoid other people'.
    Hence this word substitutes the given words and option D is correct.
    Option A: 'Venerable' means 'accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age or wisdom'.
    Option B: 'Sage' means 'profoundly wise'.
    Option C: 'Quietus' means 'death or something that causes death'.
    These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, it cannot replace them.
    Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 2
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence:
    Public building where weapons and ammunition are made or stored
    Solution
    Option C: 'Armoury' is 'a place where weapons are kept'.
    Hence this word substitutes the given words and option C is correct.
    Option A: 'Godown' is 'a warehouse where goods are stored'.
    Option B: 'Cellar' is 'a room where wine or coal is kept'.
    Option D: 'Vault' is 'a large room used for storage, especially an underground one'.
    These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, it cannot replace them.
    Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.
  • Question 3
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
    To take one to task
    Solution
    Option D: 'Rebuke' means 'speaking angrily to someone or criticize them because you disapprove of what they've said or done'.
    'Take one to task' is an idiom that means 'to criticize someone severely'.
    The word means the same as the idiom.
    Hence this word substitutes the given words and option D is correct.

    Option A: 'Disgrace' means 'to bring shame or discredit on'.
    Option B: 'Handle' means 'to manage a situation or problem'.
    Option C: 'Entreat' means 'to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something'.
    These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, it cannot replace them.
    Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 4
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence:
    One who cannot be corrected
    Solution
    Option D: 'Incorrigible' means 'not able to be changed or reformed'.
    It means the same as the given group of words and hence can replace them. So, option D is correct.
    Option A: 'Invulnerable' means 'impossible to harm or damage'.
    Option B: 'Hardened' means 'having become or been made hard or harder'.
    Option C: 'Incurable' means 'not able to be cured'.
    These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. Hence they aren't suitable to replace and options A, B and C are incorrect.
  • Question 5
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
    The original inhabitants of a country
    Solution
    Option A: 'Aborigines' are 'people, animals or plants that have been in a country or region from earliest times'.
    This word means the same as the given group of words and can hence replace them. So, option A is correct.
    Option B: 'Citizens' are 'inhabitants of a particular town or city'.
    Option C: 'Aliens' means 'belonging to a different country'.
    Option D: 'Primitive' relates to or denotes the earliest stages of evolution. It does not mean the same as the given group of words. It means 'ancient' and does not refer to 'original inhabitants of a country'.

    These words do not mean the same as the given group of words and hence cannot replace them.
    So, options B, C and D are wrong.
  • Question 6
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
    One who does not care for literature or art
    Solution
    Option B: 'Philistine' is 'a person who is hostile or indifferent towards culture and the arts'.
    This word means the same as the given phrase, hence can replace it. So, option B is correct.
    Option A: 'Barbarian' is 'a person who is not cultured or civilized'.
    Option C: 'Illiterate' means 'unable to read or write', 'poorly educated'.
    Option D: 'Primitive' means 'belonging to the earliest stages of evolution'.
    These words do not mean the same as the given phrase. Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.
  • Question 7
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence:
    A person who is 70 to 79 years old
    Solution
    Option D: A 'septuagenarian' is 'a person between seventy and seventy-nine years old. Hence it replaces the given phrase and option D is correct.
    Option A: A 'nonagenarian' is 'a person between ninety and ninety-nine years old'.
    Option B: A 'centenarian' is 'a person who is a hundred or more years old'.
    Option C: An 'octogenarian' is 'a person who is between eighty and eighty-nine years old'.
    Hence these words cannot substitute for the phrase and options A, B and C are wrong.
  • Question 8
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence:
    A man who has the qualities of a woman
    Solution
    Option C: 'Effeminate' means '(of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman'.
    Hence this word substitutes the given words and option C is correct.
    Option A: 'Loquacious' means 'talkative'.
    Option B: 'Celibate' means 'staying away from marriage and any such intimate relationship'.
    Option D: 'Epicurean' is a person who indulges in fine food and drink.
    These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, they cannot replace them.
    Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.
  • Question 9
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given phrase/sentence:
    Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story
    Solution
    Option C: 'Ballad' is 'a poem narrating a story in short stanzas'.
    Hence this word substitutes the given words and option C is correct.
    Option A: 'Ballet' is a form of dance.
    Option B: 'Epic' is 'a long poem, derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds of a heroic figure or the history of a nation'.
    Option D: 'Sonnet' is 'a poem of fourteen lines with a formal rhyme scheme'.
    These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, it cannot replace them.
    Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.
  • Question 10
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    Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
    A person who is always dissatisfied
    Solution
    Option C: 'Malcontent' means 'a person who is dissatisfied and complaining'.
    This word means the same as the given phrase. Hence it can be substituted and option C is correct.
    Option A: 'Heretic' is a person believing in or practising religious heresy'.
    Option B: 'Felon' is 'a person who has committed a crime'.
    Option D: 'Surrogate' is 'a substitute for another person in a specific role or office'.
    These words do not mean the same as the given phrase, hence cannot substitute it.
    So, options A, B and D are wrong.
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