pedant
Asked in: SSC CGL 2025 T-1
pedant in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC CGL 2025 T-1 One Word Substitution
Choose the correct one-word substitution for: 'A person who is excessively concerned with minor details'.
Answer & explanation
Answer: D) Pedant
A pedant is someone overly concerned with small, trivial details or formal rules.
A critic gives reasoned judgement; a grammarian studies grammar; a scholar is an academic.
Hence the answer is Pedant.
pedant – questions
Has pedant been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – pedant has been asked in SSC exams: SSC CGL 2025 T-1.