SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 17

SSC CGL - 21 April 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q17

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A four-footed animal

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Quadruped.

The meaning of the given words is:

  • Reptile: a vertebrate animal of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoises. 
  • Quadruped: an animal that has four feet, especially an ungulate mammal.
  • Biped: an animal that uses two legs for walking.
  • Mammal: a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, females that secrete milk for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.

The most appropriate one-word substitute for the given set of words is Quadruped.