Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
Some hotels in the United States have imposed a ban on cigarette smoking.
a. Restriction
b. Guarantee
c. Fin
d. Punishment
e. Prohibition

Answer 1

Hint: Synonym is a word that means the same as the given word. The given word is ‘ban’, which means prohibition or restriction. One must look for words synonymous to the given word, for the correct answer.

Correct solution: Option a, ‘restriction’ means prohibition and it is anonymous to the given word, hence option ‘a’ is the correct option. Option b, ‘guarantee’, means a promise or assurance, which is irrelevant to the context of the given word, hence option ‘b’ is an incorrect option. Option c, ‘fin’, which is an organ of a fish, which is, again, irrelevant to the given word and its context, hence option c is an incorrect option. Option d, ‘punishment’, means penalty, which is, again, irrelevant to the given word, hence is an incorrect choice. Option e, ‘prohibition’, means restriction, which means the same as the given word and hence is the correct choice. Option ‘e’ is the correct choice.

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