Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
Life expectancy is the measure of the average life span of a particular group of people.
a)Age
b)Range
c)Condition
d)Mortality
e)Trait

Answer 1

Hint: Synonym is a word that means the same as the given word. The given word is ‘span’, which means stretch or scale of something. One must look for words synonymous to the given word, for the correct answer.

Complete step-by-step answer:

The given word span means length, stretch, spread, distance, or distance. Option an “age” means duration or period, which is different in meaning to the given word, hence option ‘a’ is an incorrect option. Option b, range means scope, scale, or reach, which is similar in meaning as the given word and is its synonym, hence option b is the correct option. Option c, condition means state, order, or situation. Option c is correct. Option d, mortality means transience or death, which is irrelevant to the given word, hence is incorrect as well. Options e, trait, means feature or characteristics, which is irrelevant to the given word and hence is an incorrect choice. Option b is the correct choice.

Note: Here, one must know the meanings of the words given in the options as well as the question.