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41
Act of taking one's life
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Suicide.

Suicide: the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
Slaughter: kill (animals) for food.
Homicide: the killing of one person by another.
Immolation: kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning.
42
A place of ideal peace and happiness
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Elysium.

Asylum: the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee.
Utopia: an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
El dorado: a city or country of fabulous riches held by 16th century explorers to exist in South America.
Elysium: a place or state of perfect happiness.
43
Shining, brilliant and magnificent
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Resplendent.

Luminous: giving off light; bright or shining.
Gleaming: (of a smooth surface) reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished.
Resplendent: attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous.
Polished: shiny as a result of being rubbed.
44
Changing one's mind too quickly
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Vacillation.

Adaptability: the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions.
Instability: the state of being unstable; lack of stability.
Versatility: ability to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.
Vacillation: the inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision.
45
One who talks very little
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Reserved.

Reserved: slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
Mute: refraining from speech or temporarily speechless.
Phlegmatic: (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
Stoic: a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
46
Government by the representatives of the people
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Democracy.

Diplomacy: the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.
Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Autocracy: a system of government by one person with absolute power.
47
One knowing everything
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Omniscient.

Learned: (of a person) having acquired much knowledge through study.
Omnipresent: widely or constantly encountered; widespread.
Omnipotent: (of a deity) having unlimited power.
Omniscient: knowing everything.
48
The list of courses at a meal or of dishes that can be served in a restaurant
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Menu.

Agenda: a list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.
Menu: a list of dishes available in a restaurant.
Biodata: biographical details.
Catalogue: a complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order.
49
A room leading into a large room or hall
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Anteroom.

Anteroom: an antechamber, typically serving as a waiting room.
Lounge: lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way.
Lobby: a room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.
Pantry: a small room or cupboard in which food, crockery, and cutlery are kept.
50
A low-area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Cyclone.

Cyclone: a system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
Tornado: a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
Typhoon: a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.
Hurricane: a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.