Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I (Descriptions) | List-II (Words) |
|---|---|
| (A) One who collects and studies figures, such as data on rainfall or population | (I) Helminthologist |
| (B) One who studies worms, especially those that live inside animals and humans | (II) Statistician |
| (C) One who claims to judge a person’s character from the shape of the skull | (III) Historiographer |
| (D) One who studies how history has been written, and by whom | (IV) Phrenologist |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) One who collects and studies figures, such as data on rainfall or population | (II) Statistician | A statistician collects and studies figures to find what they show. | The statistician used ten years of rainfall data to predict this year’s monsoon. |
| (B) One who studies worms, especially those that live inside animals and humans | (I) Helminthologist | A helminthologist studies worms, mostly those that live inside the body. | The helminthologist explained how children pick up worms from dirty water. |
| (C) One who claims to judge a person’s character from the shape of the skull | (IV) Phrenologist | A phrenologist claims to read a person’s nature from the bumps on the skull. | In the old story, a phrenologist felt the king’s head and called him brave. |
| (D) One who studies how history has been written, and by whom | (III) Historiographer | A historiographer studies the way history has been written and who wrote it. | The historiographer compared how British and Indian writers described the 1857 revolt. |