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) A fictitious name used when a person performs a particular social role |
(I) Malapropism |
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(B) The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar |
(II) Pseudonym |
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(C) A writing system using picture symbols used in Ancient Egypt. |
(III) Acronym |
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(D) A word that is formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name |
(IV) Hieroglyphics |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
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| (A) A fictitious name used when a person performs a particular social role | (II) Pseudonym | A pseudonym is a false name, often a pen name used by a writer instead of the real one. | Samuel Clemens wrote under the pseudonym Mark Twain. |
| (B) The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | (I) Malapropism | A malapropism is the comic mistake of using a wrong word that sounds like the right one. | Saying "dance the flamingo" for "dance the flamenco" is a malapropism. |
| (C) A writing system using picture symbols used in Ancient Egypt. | (IV) Hieroglyphics | Hieroglyphics are the picture symbols with which the ancient Egyptians wrote. | The walls of the tomb were covered with hieroglyphics. |
| (D) A word that is formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name | (III) Acronym | An acronym is a word made from the first letters of a name, read as one word. | NASA is an acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |