Question

Find the odd one out. (a) pleasure, misery, happiness, delight ______________ (b) note, diary, book, copy ___________________________ (c) TV, computer, mobile, scanner ___________________ (d) display, exhibit, appear, show____________________ (e) scornful, contemptuous, mocking, diversity _________________________________________________ (g) illuminating, gladdening, pleasing, gratifying _________________________________________________

Answer 1

a) misery

b) copy

c) scanner

d) appear

e) diversity

g) gratifying

Answer 2

Explanation:

The odd ones are underlined here. (a) pleasure, misery, happiness, delight misery (b) note, diary, book, copy copy (c) TV, computer, mobile, scanner scanner (d) display, exhibit, appear, show appear (e) scornful, contemptuous, mocking, diversity diversity (g) illuminating, gladdening, pleasing, gratifying illuminating

• Misery – Misery is the opposite to pleasure, happiness and misery.
• Copy – Note, diary and book are used for writing purpose, whereas copy is a replica.
• Scanner – TV, mobile and computer has a display screen, whereas the scanner just scans.
• Appear – Appear is opposite to displaying, showing and exhibiting.  
• Diversity – Diversity does not relate to the words like contemptuous, scornful and mocking.
• Illuminating – Illuminating is making something shiny