Asked in: SSC CHSL 2025 T-2
taxidermist in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC CHSL 2025 T-2 One Word Substitution
Choose the correct option to give a one-word substitution for the sentence given.
A person who fills up the bodies of dead pets/animals to make them look lifelike.Answer & explanation
Answer: C) Taxidermist
Meaning: taxidermist = a person who prepares, stuffs and mounts the skins of dead animals so they look alive *(मृत पशुओं में भूसा भरकर उन्हें सजीव रूप देने वाला)*.
Greek *taxis* (arrangement) + *derma* (skin) — literally "one who arranges skin".
The art itself is taxidermy.
Answer: (3) Taxidermist
Why the others are wrong.
• misogynist = a person who hates women *(स्त्री-द्वेषी)*.
• Mistymist = not an English word at all — a made-up distractor *(कोई शब्द नहीं)*.
• egoistic = self-centred, thinking only of oneself *(अहंकारी, स्वार्थी)* — an adjective, not even a person-noun.
*Taxi-DERM-ist works on the derma — the skin — just like a dermatologist.*
taxidermist – questions
Has taxidermist been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – taxidermist has been asked in SSC exams: SSC CHSL 2025 T-2.