Select the option that can be used as a one word substitute for the underlined group of words Willia...........

English Language (CHSL) One Word Substitution

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.

William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, the two great playwrights of the Elizabethan era, were living in the same time

period.

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SSC CHSL 31st May 2022 Shift-2

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Chauvinists

Cosmopolitans

Contemporaries

Cynics

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Explanation:

- Contemporaries: This is the correct option. It means people who live or exist at the same time. Both Shakespeare and Marlowe lived during the Elizabethan era, making them contemporaries.

- Chauvinists: This term refers to individuals displaying excessive or prejudiced loyalty or support for their own cause, group, or gender. It doesn’t fit in the context of writers from the same period.

- Cosmopolitans: Refers to individuals who are familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures. It doesn’t accurately describe writers from the same time period.

- Cynics: Refers to a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest. It doesn't relate to the context of living in the same time period.