Question:
Choose the correct one-word substitute for:
‘A person who avoids pleasures and lives with strict self-discipline’.
Choose the correct one-word substitute for:
‘A person who avoids pleasures and lives with strict self-discipline’.
Options:
- a) Skeptic
- b) Ascetic
- c) Mystic
- d) Agnostic
- a) Skeptic
- b) Ascetic
- c) Mystic
- d) Agnostic
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
The word ‘Ascetic’ refers to a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstains from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. ‘Skeptic’ means a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions. ‘Mystic’ refers to a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity. ‘Agnostic’ is a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
‘Ascetic’ का अर्थ है एक ऐसा व्यक्ति जो कठोर आत्म-अनुशासन का पालन करता है और सुखों से बचता है (तपस्वी)। ‘Skeptic’ का अर्थ है संदेहवादी। ‘Mystic’ का अर्थ है रहस्यवादी। ‘Agnostic’ का अर्थ है अज्ञेयवादी। अतः सही उत्तर Ascetic है।