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11
People at a lecture or concert
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Audience.

Congregation: a group of people assembled for religious worship.
Audience: the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting.
Mob: a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence.
Spectators: a person who watches at a show, game, or other event.
12
A drawing on transparent paper
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Transparency.

Red print: To publish something that has been published before.
Blue print: a design plan or other technical drawing.
Negative: showing light and shade or colours reversed from those of the original.
Transparency: a positive transparent photograph printed on transparent plastic or glass, able to be viewed using a slide projector.
13
A person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Charlatan.

Renegade: a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles.
Apostle: each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.
Charlatan: a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill.
Apotheosis: the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.
14
Bring to an end
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Finish.

Hurl: throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.
Hustle: push roughly; jostle.
Final: coming at the end of a series.
Finish: bring (a task or activity) to an end; complete.
15
A person guilty of malicious setting on fire of property etc.
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Arsonist.

Plagiarist: One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism.
Anarchist: a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy.
Arsonist: a person who starts fires.
Nihilist: a person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principles.
16
That which makes it difficult to recognise the presence of real nature of somebody or something
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Camouflage.

Cover: put something on top of or in front of (something) in order to protect or conceal it.
Mask: a covering for all or part of the face, worn as a disguise, or to amuse or frighten others.
Pretence: an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.
Camouflage: hide or disguise the presence of (a person, animal, or object) by means of camouflage.
17
A physician who delivers babies
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Obstetrician.

Paediatrician: a medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases.
Obstetrician: a physician or surgeon qualified to practise in obstetrics.
Gynaecologist: a physician or surgeon qualified to practise in gynaecology.
Psychiatrist: a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
18
Public building where weapons and ammunition are made or stored
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Arsenal.

Godown: (in eastern Asia, especially India) a warehouse.
Cellar: a room below ground level in a house, often used for storing wine or coal.
Armoury: a place where weapons are kept.
Arsenal: a place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made.
19
One who cannot be corrected
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Incorrigible.

Invulnerable: impossible to harm or damage.
Hardened: having become or been made hard or harder.
Incurable: (of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured.
Incorrigible: (of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.
20
Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Ballad.

Ballet: an artistic dance form performed to music, using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures. Classical ballet, which originated in Renaissance Italy and established its present form during the 19th century, is characterized by light, graceful movements and the use of pointe shoes with reinforced toes.
Epic: a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.
Ballad: a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.
Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.