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SSC CGL 2018 PYQ — Question 43

SSC CGL Tier II English - 17/02/2018 • English • Q43

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A person who preserves skin of animals

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. Taxidermist.

  1. Biloquist means A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.

  2. Philologist is someone who studies language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics.

  3. Taxidermist is someone who's into preserving, arranging, and displaying animal bodies/skin so they can be hung on hunters' walls or set up in natural history museums.

  4. Oculist means is osmeone who deals with with eye disorders. This is now considered as an old-fashioned term.

Option 3 expresses the meaning of the given words and hence becomes the correct answer.