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A person obsessed with exclusively one idea or subject
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Monomaniac.

Crazy:mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour.
Kleptomaniac: the inability to refrain from the urge for stealing items and is usually done for reasons other than personal use or financial gain.
Monomaniac: a person exhibiting an exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm for or preoccupation with one thing.
Nymphomaniac: a woman with uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire.
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A person who kills somebody especially for political reasons
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Assassin.

Criminal: a person who has committed a crime.
Murderer: a person who commits murder.
Assassin: a person who murders an important person for political or religious reasons.
Hangman: an executioner who hangs condemned people.
23
A child who stays away from school without any good reason
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Truant.

Vagabond: a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.
Delinquent: (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
Schizophrenic: having, relating to, or characteristic of schizophrenia.
Truant: a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
24
A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Autocrat.

Democrat: an advocate or supporter of democracy.
Bureaucrat: an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs.
Autocrat: a ruler who has absolute power.
Fanatic: a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.
25
Person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Stoic.

Saint: a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death.
Ascetic: characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
Stoic: a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
Hermit: a person living in solitude as a religious discipline.
26
Mania for stealing articles
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Kleptomania.

Logomania: pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.
Nymphomania: uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a woman.
Kleptomania: a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit.
Hypomania: a mild form of mania, marked by elation and hyperactivity.
27
Mania for travel
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Dromomania.

Dromomania: a desire for frequent traveling or wanderlust.
Pyromania: an obsessive desire to set fire to things.
Bibliomania: passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books.
Logomania: pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.
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Acutely affected by external impressions
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Sensitive.

Ingenious: (of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
Impressionable: easily influenced.
Credulous: having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
Sensitive: quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.
29
An associate in an office or institution
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Colleague.

Companion: a person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels.
Ally: a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.
Colleague: a person with whom one works in a profession or business.
Accomplice: a person who helps another commit a crime.
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Person who claims to have great love for and understanding of what is beautiful in nature, art etc
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Aesthete.

Critic: a person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something.
Aesthete: a person who is appreciative of and sensitive to art and beauty.
Connoisseur: an expert judge in matters of taste.
Artist: a person who creates paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby.