One Word for a Phrase
One Word for a Phrase
This area supplies two questions and they are the quickest of all to answer. The paper gives a whole phrase and asks for the single word that means it, so the preparation should be done by grouping words by sense — one group for people, one for places, one for qualities and one for states.
Words About People
| Phrase | One word |
|---|---|
| one who knows everything | सर्वज्ञ |
| one who cannot be conquered | अजेय |
| one who never dies | अमर |
| one who talks a great deal | वाचाल |
| one who acknowledges a favour | कृतज्ञ |
| one who forgets a favour | कृतघ्न |
The pair कृतज्ञ and कृतघ्न is asked most often and also got wrong most often. कृतज्ञ is the one who remembers and acknowledges a favour done to him; कृतघ्न is the one who forgets it.
✗ One who acknowledges a favour is called कृतघ्न | ✓ He is called कृतज्ञ; कृतघ्न is the one who forgets a favour
Words About States and Qualities
| Phrase | One word |
|---|---|
| that which has no limit | असीम |
| that which is hard to obtain | दुर्लभ |
| that which is worth seeing | दर्शनीय |
| that which lasts for ever | शाश्वत |
| one who has no enemy | अजातशत्रु |
| one who knows a little | अल्पज्ञ |
Words About Actions and Conduct
- that which has never happened before — अभूतपूर्व.
- that which cannot be imagined — अकल्पनीय.
- that which is before the eyes — प्रत्यक्ष.
- that which is out of sight — परोक्ष.
- one who moves at night — निशाचर.
- one who lives in water — जलचर.
Learn the whole family formed with चर together — जलचर, थलचर, नभचर, निशाचर and उभयचर. One family prepares five answers at once.
आसान तरीका: शब्द के अंत को देखिए। ज्ञ से बनने वाले शब्द जानने से जुड़े हैं — सर्वज्ञ, अल्पज्ञ, अभिज्ञ। चर से बनने वाले शब्द चलने या रहने से जुड़े हैं — जलचर, निशाचर।
TRE pointer: Fix the difference between कृतज्ञ and कृतघ्न first, since it is close to certain. Learn the two families ending in ज्ञ and चर in full, because several questions are built from them together. The pair प्रत्यक्ष and परोक्ष also recurs.
60-Second Recap
- सर्वज्ञ knows everything and अल्पज्ञ knows only a little.
- कृतज्ञ acknowledges a favour and कृतघ्न forgets it.
- अजेय cannot be conquered and अजातशत्रु has no enemy.
- अभूतपूर्व means what has never happened before.
- प्रत्यक्ष is before the eyes and परोक्ष is out of sight.
- जलचर, थलचर, नभचर, निशाचर and उभयचर form one family.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between कृतज्ञ and कृतघ्न?
कृतज्ञ is a person who remembers and acknowledges a favour done to him. कृतघ्न is one who forgets it or acts against the person who helped him. The two are regularly placed together among the options, so the distinction has to be fixed beforehand.
What does अजातशत्रु mean?
One for whom no enemy has even arisen, that is, a person with no enemies at all. The word also appears in history as the name of a ruler of Magadha, but in Hindi grammar it is asked as a standard example of a single word standing for a phrase.
Which words are formed with चर?
जलचर meaning one that lives in water, थलचर meaning one that lives on land, नभचर meaning one that flies in the sky, निशाचर meaning one that moves at night, and उभयचर meaning one that lives both in water and on land. All five should be learnt together.
What is the best way to prepare this area?
Group the words by sense. One group for words describing a person's qualities, another for words describing a state, and a third for words with common endings such as ज्ञ or चर. Words learnt in groups come back much faster under exam conditions than words learnt one by one.