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Etymology - 1 (Eponyms and Toponyms)

Etymology - Eponyms & Toponyms (Easy)

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

A delightful tourist place

  1. Coventry
  2. Flora
  3. Mausoleum
  4. Eden
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

A malicious computer virus

  1. Trojan horse
  2. El dorado
  3. Draco
  4. Rubicon
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

One who lives a roving life

  1. Mongoloid
  2. Gypsy
  3. Jovial
  4. Judas
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

A spring from which columns of boiling water and steam gush into the air at intervals

  1. Bedlam
  2. Byzantine
  3. Geyser
  4. Suede
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

A small house or cottage, usually of one storey, with a porch and an attic

  1. Lodge
  2. Bungalow
  3. Mansion
  4. Chalet
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

A person esp. an artist, poet, etc. who lives in an unconventional way

  1. Gargantuan
  2. Pagan
  3. Bohemian
  4. Heathen
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Compelling attraction

  1. Magnetize
  2. Hypnotize
  3. Mesmerize
  4. Volatile
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

Profile or shadow of a face

  1. Silhouette
  2. Statuette
  3. Lazaretto
  4. Venus
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

A narrow minded person

  1. Chauvinist
  2. Gerrymander
  3. Lilliputian
  4. Machiavellian
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Select the most appropriate eponym or toponym as per the description/ definition given in the question.

One‘s vulnerable or susceptible spot

  1. Adam’s apple
  2. Malapropisms
  3. Achilles heel
  4. Caesarean section
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