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A disease of mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Kleptomania.

Schizophrenia: a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
Claustrophobia: extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
Kleptomania: a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit.
Megalomania: obsession with the exercise of power.
92
One who sacrifices his life for a cause
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Martyr.

Patriot: a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.
Martyr: a person who sacrifices his life for a cause.
Revolutionary: engaged in or promoting political revolution.
Soldier: a person who serves in an army.
93
A person who brings goods illegally into the country
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Smuggler.

Importer: a person or organization that brings goods or services into a country from abroad for sale.
Exporter: a person, country, or company that sends goods or services to another country for sale.
Fraud: wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
Smuggler: a person who illegally brings goods into the country.
94
To take secretly in small quantities
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Pilferage.

Robbery: the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.
Pilferage: the action of stealing things of little value.
Theft: the action or crime of stealing.
Defalcation: the taking or illegal use of money by someone who has responsibility for it, such as a company or government official.
95
To accustom oneself to a foreign climate
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Acclimatise.

Adapt: make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose.
Adopt: choose to take up, follow, or use.
Accustom: make someone or something accept (something) as normal or usual.
Acclimatise: become accustomed to a new climate or new conditions.
96
One who knows everything
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Omniscient.

Literate: able to read and write.
Scholar: a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities.
Omnipotent: (of a deity) having unlimited power.
Omniscient: knowing everything.
97
Detailed plan of journey
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Itinerary.



Travelogue: a film, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited by or experiences of a traveller.

Travel kit: a kit for carrying toilet articles while travelling.

Schedule: a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.

Itinerary: a planned route or journey.
98
Giving undue favours to one's own kith and kin
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Nepotism.

Nepotism: the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
Favouritism: the practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another.
Worldliness: the quality of being experienced and sophisticated.
Corruption: dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
99
Hater of learning and knowledge
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Misologist.



Misologist: a person who hates reason or discussion.

Bibliophile: a person who collects or has a great love of books.

Misogynist: a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women.

Misanthropist: a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
100
A person interested in reading books and nothing else
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Bookworm.

Bookkeeper: a person whose job is to keep records of the financial affairs of a business.
Scholar: a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities.
Bookworm: a person who enjoys reading.
Student: a person who is studying at a university or other place of higher education.