Match the definitions in List-I with the words in List-II
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List-I (Definitions) |
List-II (Words) |
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(A) An ability to stay calm in difficult situations |
(I) fastidious |
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(B) One who is difficult to please |
(II) Convivial |
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(C) One who is full of life and has a charismatic personality |
(III) Ambivalent |
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(D) One who has mixed feelings |
(IV) Sangfroid |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) An ability to stay calm in difficult situations | (IV) Sangfroid | Sangfroid (French, "cold blood") is calmness and composure under pressure. | The pilot landed the damaged plane with remarkable sangfroid. |
| (B) One who is difficult to please | (I) fastidious | Fastidious describes a person who is very particular and hard to satisfy about details. | He is so fastidious that he irons his socks. |
| (C) One who is full of life and has a charismatic personality | (II) Convivial | Convivial means friendly, lively and enjoying company. | The convivial host made every guest feel welcome. |
| (D) One who has mixed feelings | (III) Ambivalent | Ambivalent means having two opposite feelings about something at the same time. | She felt ambivalent about moving to a new city. |