Match the words in List-I with their meanings in List-II.
| List-I (Words) | List-II (Meanings) |
|---|---|
| (A) Impecunious | (I) Relating to or found on the banks of a river |
| (B) Abstemious | (II) Having very little or no money |
| (C) Contemporaneous | (III) Existing or happening during the same period of time |
| (D) Riparian | (IV) Careful not to eat or drink too much |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Impecunious | (II) Having very little or no money | Impecunious means poor. The person often cannot pay for even basic things. | As an impecunious student in Delhi, Rohan lived on bread and tea for weeks. |
| (B) Abstemious | (IV) Careful not to eat or drink too much | An abstemious person takes only a little food or drink and never overdoes it. | My grandfather is abstemious. He eats two chapatis at night and nothing after that. |
| (C) Contemporaneous | (III) Existing or happening during the same period of time | Contemporaneous things belong to the same time. | The two temples are contemporaneous. Both were built in the tenth century. |
| (D) Riparian | (I) Relating to or found on the banks of a river | Riparian describes land, plants or rights along the edge of a river. | The riparian forests along the Narmada give shelter to many birds. |