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EXERCISE-8
Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the most suitable “one word” for the given expressions.
1. To change shape, nature or substance of.
(a) Modulate (b) Substitute (c) Remodel (d) Transmute
2. ‘Person who believes that God is everything and everything is God. (B.S.R.B. 1995)
(a) Agnostic (b) Theist (c) Pantheist (d) Pantechnicon
3. The person who pilots or travels in a balloon, airship or other aircraft.
(a) Aeronaut (b) Astronaut (c) Aerobat (d) Acrobat
4. Witty, clever retort.
(a) Sarcasm (b) Repartee (c) Platitude (d) Invective
5. Words different in meaning but similar in sound.
(a) Homonym (b) Synonym (c) Acronym (d) Antonym
6. The simplest and smallest form of plant life, present in air, water and soil; essential to life but may cause disease. (U.D.C. 1993)
(a) Virus (b) Amoeba (c) Bacteria (d) Toxin
7. A girl or woman who flirts, that is, tries to attract people and make advances in love simply to satisfy her vanity.
(a) Prostitute (b) Coquette (c) Spinster (d) Concubine
8. A person who regards the whole world as his country.
(a) Patriot (b)Nationality (c) Cosmopolitan (d) Metropolitan
9. Relationship by blood or birth. (Translators’ Exam., 1994)
(a) Parentage (b) Affiliation (c) Consanguinity (d) Nepotism
10. A story in which ideas are symbolized as people.
(a) Allegory (b) Fable (c) Legend (d) Parable
ANSWERS:-
1.(d) 2. (c)
3. (a) 4. (b)
5. (a) 6. (c)
7. (b) 8. (c)
9. (c) 10. (a)
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