One who keeps thinking of one particular thing only is ………………….
Question Type: Vocabulary
This question tests your vocabulary and understanding of prefixes and their meanings. Let's analyze each option:
- Pyromaniac: Someone with an uncontrollable obsession with setting fires.
- Psychomaniac: While not a standard psychological term, it suggests someone obsessed with the psyche or mind, often in a negative or deranged way.
- Egomaniac: Someone excessively conceited or self-centered.
- Monomaniac: Someone obsessed with a single idea or purpose. This fits the question's description perfectly.
The prefix "mono" means "one" or "single." Therefore, a "monomaniac" is someone fixated on one particular thing. The other options describe different types of obsessions or fixations, but not a singular focus.
Why other options are incorrect:
- Pyromaniac refers to fire obsession, not a single idea.
- Psychomaniac is not a standard term, and even if interpreted, it is not a precise fit.
- Egomaniac describes self-obsession, not a specific idea.
Therefore, the correct answer is Monomaniac.
Important Questions from Verbal Reasoning
Read the following passage and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these
items should be based on the passage only.Conventional classrooms, by emphasizing fixed duration over learning effectiveness, resign themselves
to variable outcomes. The tyranny of the classroom is that every learner is subjected to the same set of
lectures in the same way for the same duration. In the end, a few learners shine, some survive, and the
rest are left behind. After the fixed duration, the classroom model moves on, with not a thought spared
for those left behind. This is how we end up with 10 percent employability in our graduates after a
decade and half of formal education. Repeating the same ineffectual script in the realm of skill education
will not produce different results.- In this item, four words have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and the fourth one is different. Choose the odd one out.
The word pair in which the relationship between the two words is similar to that of 'Golf : Course' is :
- If the mirror is related to Reflection, then in same way water is related to :
- If Physiology: Human Body, then :
