Choose the one word for the given expression.
A disease that is regularly found among the people of a particular area
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Endemic
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Emigrant | a person who leaves his own country to live in another | The emigrant wrote to his family in Punjab every month. |
| (2) Endemic (answer) | (of a disease) regularly found among the people of a particular area | Malaria is endemic in some hilly and forest areas. |
| (3) Ephemeral | lasting for a very short time (nearly the opposite, as an endemic disease lasts for years) | The joy of a new phone is often ephemeral. |
| (4) Equinox | one of the two days in a year when day and night are of equal length | The equinox falls around 21 March. |