Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
 The feeling of competition in the classroom is noticeable to all teachers, which is not surprising at all.
A. Conquest
B. Discovery
C. Rivalry
D. Cooperation
E. Torture

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we need to look for the synonym of the given word ‘competition’. Let us first understand what synonyms mean – Two words with a nearly common meaning or same meaning words are called synonyms.

Complete answer:
The word competition means: an organized event in which people try to achieve something, to achieve, to win, a situation where people perform better than each other in order to win something, etc.

Now let’s examine and understand the given option above.
> Conquest: Act of conquering something, something like land; area; property; taken in the war, etc. As this word is not defining the sentence appropriately so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: beating, defeat, vanquishing, etc.

> Discovery: To search, something which has been found, the activity of finding something, etc. As this word has different meaning so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: finding, locating, uncovering, etc.

> Cooperation: Help each other in order to achieve something, do something together with understanding, etc. As this word has different meaning so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: working together, collaboration, joint action, etc.

> Torture: To hurt someone in order to make them agree whatever you want them to do, punishment, causing somebody great pain, etc. As this word also has different meaning so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: torment, ill treatment, infliction of pain, etc.

> Rivalry: Here the word rivalry has the same meaning “to achieve, to win, a situation where people perform better than each other in order to win something, etc”. As it is related and defines the sentence in the most appropriate way.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: For choosing the correct option knowing actual meaning is necessary of the given question because synonym is something which defines the word having the same meaning. Try to identify the meaning of the word and evaluate whether it has a positive negative or neutral connotation.