Question

Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words / sentence
 A cure for all diseases
A) Exorcism
B) Incantation
C) Panacea
D) Antibiotic

Answer 1

Hint: The student should go through the options carefully. After reading the given phrase, the student should try to recall the meaning it holds and then check which of the options is closest in meaning to it.

Complete answer:
In the given question, the phrase ‘a cure for all diseases’ refers to ‘a medicine or therapy that cures all diseases or relieves pain’.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (A), 'Exorcism', refers to ‘freeing from evil spirits’.
Therefore, option (A) is incorrect as it is not at all similar to what the definition of ‘a cure for all diseases’ says.

Option (B), ‘Incantation', refers to ‘a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect’.
Therefore, option (B) is incorrect as it is not similar to the meaning of ‘a cure for all diseases’.

Option (C), ‘Panacea’, refers to ‘hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists’.
Therefore, option (C) is correct as it is synonymous to that of ‘a cure for all diseases’s definition.

Option (D), ‘Antibiotic’, refers to ‘a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections’. Therefore, option (D) is incorrect as it is not similar to what ‘a cure for all diseases’ means.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: In this type of question, it would be helpful for the student to recall the concept of a phrase. A phrase refers to an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence.