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One Word Substitutes

What is the single word for: the deliberate killing of a large group of people from a particular nation or ethnic group?

Difficulty: Hard

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This Hard One Word Substitutes MCQ checks one syllabus fact.

The question is: “What is the single word for: the deliberate killing of a large group of people from a particular nation or ethnic group?”

The accepted answer is A. Genocide. Genocide is the fact required by “What is the single word for: the deliberate killing of a large group of people from a particular nation or ethnic group” (option A). Option B (“Pedestrian”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Genocide. Option C (“Fratricide”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Genocide. Remaining alternatives (Cavalryman) fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once Genocide is identified. One Word Substitutes questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations. One Word Substitutes recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC, PPSC, NTS, and CSS papers.

Correct answer

A. Genocide

Explanation

Genocide is the fact required by “What is the single word for: the deliberate killing of a large group of people from a particular nation or ethnic group” (option A). Option B (“Pedestrian”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Genocide. Option C (“Fratricide”) does not match the stem; it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Genocide. Remaining alternatives (Cavalryman) fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once Genocide is identified. One Word Substitutes questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations. One Word Substitutes recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC, PPSC, NTS, and CSS papers.

Source: One Word Substitutes Official FPSC/NTS/PPSC-Style Reference Guide

Tags: English, FPSC, PPSC, vocabulary, one word substitution, NTS

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