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71
Place where bankers exchange cheques and adjust balances
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Clearing house.

Exchequer: a royal or national treasury.
Clearing house: a bankers' establishment where cheques and bills from member banks are exchanged, so that only the balances need be paid in cash.
Bank: the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
Commerce: the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale.
72
One who can use either of his hands with ease
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One word substitute is Ambidextrous.

Amateur: a person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.
Expert: a person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area.
Ambidextrous: able to use the right and left hands equally well.
Gluttonous: excessively greedy.
73
One who speaks or understands many languages
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Polyglot.

Scholar: a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities.
Grammarian: a person who studies and writes about grammar.
Linguist: a person skilled in foreign languages.
Polyglot: knowing or using several languages.
74
A person who wishes to throw over all establishments
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
One word substitute is Anarchist.

Rebel: a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader.
Anarchist: a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy.
Terrorist: a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Hooligan: a violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang.
75
Clumsy or ill-bred fellow
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Boor.

Boor: a rough and bad-mannered person.
Oaf: a man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent.
Lout: an uncouth and aggressive man or boy.
Yokel: an uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside.
76
Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Dotage.

Dotage: the period of life in which a person is old and weak.
Imbecility: stupid or inane behavior.
Young: having lived or existed for only a short time.
Superannuation: regular payment made into a fund by an employee towards a future pension.
77
A paper written in one's own handwriting
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Manuscript.

Manuscript: a book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
Scroll: a roll of parchment or paper for writing on.
Parchment: a stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal, usually a sheep or goat, and used as a durable writing surface in ancient and medieval times.
Transcript: a written or printed version of material originally presented in another medium.
78
Of outstanding significance
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Monumental.

Meaningful: having meaning.
Ominous: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
Evident: clearly seen or understood; obvious.
Monumental: great in importance, extent, or size.
Rational: based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
79
One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law into himself
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
One word substitute is Anarchist.

Anarchist: a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy.
Belligerent: hostile and aggressive.
Iconoclast: a person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or institutions.
Agnostic: a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
80
A statement which cannot be understood
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
One word substitute is Incomprehensible.

Infallible: incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
Illegible: not clear enough to be read.
Inexplicable: unable to be explained or accounted for.
Incomprehensible: not able to be understood; not intelligible.