Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
Gardening is the cultivation of plants usually in or near home.
a)Generation
b)Growing
c)Classification
d)Sowing
e)Grafting

Answer 1

Hint: “cultivation” is not a method of raising plants. Cultivation can be of things apart from plants, like a habit, or bacteria culture.

Complete step-by-step answer:

The word cultivation is the act of raising or caring for plants. Option a “Generation” means to “produce or create something. This is not the synonym of the given word. Thus, option ‘a’ is incorrect.
Option b “growing” means to undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically. This is the synonym of the given word. We can replace ‘cultivating’ with growing.
Option c “Classification” means putting something into categories. This is not the synonym of the given word. Thus, the option ‘c’ is incorrect.
Option d “sowing” means to plant seeds by throwing them in the earth. This too is close in meaning to the given word “cultivation”
Option e “grafting” is a technique in which two plants together produce a hybrid. This is not the synonym of the given word. Thus, the option ‘e’ is incorrect.
We have two synonyms of the given word. Option ‘b’ and ‘d’ are correct.

Note: Grafting is a technique of developing plants but is not the same as growing plants. Though plants are grown using this technique, both are different.