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Question

Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
Mania for setting fires
  1. Pyromania
  2. Kleptomania
  3. Logomania
  4. Nymphomania

A
Logomania
B
Pyromania
C
Kleptomania
D
Nymphomania
Solution
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The correct option is A Pyromania
Option A: 'Pyromania' is 'an obsessive desire to set fire to things'.
Hence this word substitutes the given words and option A is correct.
Option B: 'Kleptomania' is 'a recurrent urge to steal'.
Option C: 'Logomania' is 'pathologically excessive talking'.
Option D: 'Nymphomania' is 'an uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a woman'.
These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, it cannot replace them.
Hence options B, C and D are incorrect.

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