Fill in the blanks in LIST-I with the appropriate words given in LIST-II | | LIST-I (Sentences) | |---|---| | A. | The Police failed to ____ any confession from the prisoner. | | B. | The ____ liquor trade has caused many deaths. | | C. | The ____ historian gave a thought-provoking lecture. | | D. | An outbreak of cholera seems ____ in the flood-affected areas. | | | LIST-II (Words) | |---|---| | I. | illicit | | II. | elicit | | III. | imminent | | IV. | eminent | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Question

Option 1: A - II, B - IV, C - III, D - I

Option 2: A - I, B - II, C - III, D - IV

Option 3: A - II, B - I, C - IV, D - III

Option 4: A - II, B - IV, C - I, D - III

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The answer is 'A - II, B - I, C - IV, D - III'. View full solution:

List-I	List-II
(Definitions)	(Words)
(A) A fictitious name used when a person performs a particular social role	(I) Malapropism
(B) The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar	(II) Pseudonym
(C) A writing system using picture symbols used in Ancient Egypt.	(III) Acronym
(D) A word that is formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name	(IV) Hieroglyphics

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