Directions: In each of these questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence, group of words or clauses.

1. Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks.
(a) Swamps
(b) Archipelago
(c) Hinterland
(d) Isthmus

2. A lower-area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure
(a) Cyclone
(b) Tornado
(c) Typhoon
(d) Hurricane

3. One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto himself
(a) Anarchist
(b) Belligerent
(c) Iconoclast
(d) Agnostic

4. Something which is not through or profound
(a) Superficial
(b) Superstitious
(c) Superfluous
(d) Supernatural

5. Indifference to pleasure or pain
(a) Docility
(b) Stoicism
(c) Patience
(d) Reticence

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