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SSC CGL 2018 PYQ — Question 35

SSC CGL Tier II English - 17/02/2018 • English • Q35

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

Study of snakes 

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

  1. Philology means the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.
  2. Phrenology means
     the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.
  3. Ophilogy means a branch of herpetology concerned with the study of snakes.
  4. Upology means the branch of medicine dealing with the urogenital or urinary system and its diseases.
Option 3 expresses the meaning of the given words and hence becomes the correct answer.