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Answer: (c)

A sedative is a drug tending to calm or soothe. A tonic is a medicine that invigorates or strengthens. An antidote is a medicine for counteracting the effects of a poison/disease. An antiseptic is a medicinal preparation agent that destroys micro-organisms that produce sepsis.

Answer: (c)

'Output' refers 'to quantity or amount of product from a process, especially of manufacture'. 'Outlay' is what is spent on something—a project, etc.'. 'Outbreak' means 'breaking out of war, disease, volcano, or even anger'. 'Outcome', likewise, has the general meaning of 'result'.

Answer: (b)

'Accumulate' means 'heap up'. It is the same as gather, collect or amass. It should be noted that option (b) would be the right answer here as there is a proverb in the English language—'a rolling stone gathers no moss', meaning, people who have never stayed long in one place generally have no responsibilities and have few possessions.

Answer: (b)

'Rehabilitation' refers to 'restoration' to effectiveness or normal life in case of the afflicted, ousted and threatened including refugees and the displaced persons as a result of megaprojects. 'Renovation' again involves the sense of 'restoration'—'repair' or 'restore to good condition or vigour'. 'Recapitulation', however, means 'to go over the main points again' or 'summarise'.

Answer: (d)

'Refute' means 'to prove to be erroneous (a charge, opinion, etc.)'. 'Repress' (v.) is 'to check or inhibit actions or desires'; 'reproof' (n.) is an expression of rebuke or the act of censuring.