1.

Scale used for measuring the strength of an

earthquake (chsl 2011)

- Richter scale

2. One who loves books (cgl 2012)

- bibliophile bibliophobe
 Fable parable anecdote
(Chalak lomdi) (stories of bible) (real story)

3.An animal story with a moral (mts2011)

Fable
4. A movement of part of the body to express an
idea or feeling (chsl 2010)

- Gesture posture
 -
-posture gesture
5. A thing likely to be easily broken (mts2011)

- brittle flexible

6. One who collects coins (cgl 2012)

- Numismatist
7. One who eats both vegetable and meat (chsl 2012)
- omnivorous omni = all
herbivorous
carnivorous
8. A narrow piece of land connecting two large
land masses (cgl 2012)
- Isthmus
- isthmus - strait
9. Hard to please (cgl 2011, 2013)
-fastidious

10. Cure for all diseases (cgl 2012)

- panacea
11.A general pardon of offenders (cgl 2013)
- Amnesty

12. A short amusing story about a real person

- Anecdote (chsl 2012)
13. Sum of money to be paid for freeing a man
from captivity (chsl 2011)
- Ransom

14. One who is filled with excessive and mistaken

enthusiasm about his religion (cpo 2010)
- Fanatic
15. To destroy completely (fci 2012)
- Annihilate

16. The line where the land and sky seems to

meet (cgl 2013)
- Horizon
17. A word that reads the same backwards as
forwards (cgl 2013)
- palindrome eg. level

18. Child of unusual or remarkable talent (cgl2013)

- Prodigy
19. A person who is indifferent to pleasure and
pain (cpo 2012 )
- stoic

20. One who believes that events are decided by

fate (cpo 2012)
- fatalist
21. A person who devotes his life for the welfare of
others (cpo 2013)
- Altruist

22. One who compiles a dictionary (mts 2013)

- Lexicographer
23. Animals of a particular region (cgl 2011)
- fauna flora

24. Something that causes death (cgl 2011 fatal)

- fatal
25. A person who is physically dependent on a
substance (chsl 2010)
- Addict

26. A legal agreement by which a person borrows

money from a bank usually to buy a house (chsl 2010)
- Mortgage
27. Dry weather with no rainfall (chsl 2011)
-Drought

28. Skillful at handling things (investigator 2008)

- Dexterous ambidextrous
29. The worship of idols and images (tax assistant 2006)
- Idolatry

30. A hater of mankind (tax assistant 2004)

- Misanthrope philathropist
lover of mankind
31. One who believes that gaining pleasure is the
most important thing in life. (Section officer 2006)
- Hedonist

32. One who is unable to pay his debts (cgl

2010)
- Insolvent bankrupt
33. One who hates books (cgl 2012)
- Bibliophobe

34. A person who is greatly respected because of

wisdom (cgl 2013)
- Venerable
35. Not allowing the passage of light (cgl 2013)
- Opaque transparent

36. To secretly store more than what is needed

(cgl 2011)
- Hoard
37. Words or lines written on the tomb of a dead
person (cgl 2013)
- Epitaph

38. To die without having made a will (cgl 2013)

- Intestate
39. A raised place on which offerings to a God are
made (cgl 2012)
- altar alter

40. To look at someone in an angry or threatening

way (cgl 2011)
- glower
41. An animal or plant living in or upon others
(chsl 2011
- parasite

42. A number of stars grouped together (chsl 2011)

- constellation
43. Unrelated to the subject (chsl 2011)
- Irrelevant

44. Use of force or threats to get someone to agree

to something (cgl 2012)
- Coercion
45. One who lives both on land and in water
(cgl 2013)
- amphibian frog
- Aquatic fish
- Terrestrial human being
46. One who is in charge of a museum (steno2011)
- Curator

47. That which cannot be defeated (steno 2013)

- Invincible
48. One who eats human flesh (fci 2012)
-Cannibal

Man-eater eg. lion

49. A speech made without any preparation on
spur of the moment (steno 2010)
- Extempore

50. People working in the same department or

office (steno 2011)
- Colleague accomplice associate in
crime