Verbal Ability - One Word Substitutes - Discussion
Discussion Forum : One Word Substitutes - Section 1 (Q.No. 40)
Directions to Solve
In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
40.
A place that provides refuge
Discussion:
25 comments Page 1 of 3.
Ano said:
1 decade ago
There is not just one meaning to a word people and considering this question and is totally correct --- just have a look.
Asylum (antiquity) , places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome.
Benevolent Asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute.
Church asylum or sanctuary, a right to be safe from arrest in the sanctuary of a church or temple.
Insane asylum, an obsolete type of institution for housing those deemed "insane".
Orphan asylum or orphanage, an institution dedicated to caring for orphans.
Right of asylum or political asylum.
Asylum magazine, a radical mental health magazine.
Asylum (antiquity) , places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome.
Benevolent Asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute.
Church asylum or sanctuary, a right to be safe from arrest in the sanctuary of a church or temple.
Insane asylum, an obsolete type of institution for housing those deemed "insane".
Orphan asylum or orphanage, an institution dedicated to caring for orphans.
Right of asylum or political asylum.
Asylum magazine, a radical mental health magazine.
Meeto said:
8 years ago
Asylum is the professional term in international law, which means shelter or refuge to those foreigners who are under serious threat. For instant, Muhammadullah Gullen is a native inhabitant of Turkey but took Political Asylum from America and now lives there.
Lakshmi said:
7 years ago
Asylum is an ancient juridical concept, under which a person persecuted by his own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, such as another country. Hence, the answer is correct.
Shikha said:
1 decade ago
If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons, so asylum is correct.
Anand Tripathi said:
7 years ago
ASYLUM : the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee.
SHELTER : Protection from danger.
So asylum is the correct answer.
SHELTER : Protection from danger.
So asylum is the correct answer.
Azammel mondal said:
8 years ago
Asylum:the protection granted by a state to someone who has left his home country as a political refugee. So the correct answer is Asylum.
Akhileshwar sharma said:
1 decade ago
Asylum is the home for mentally challenged people. I don't agree with you The question is not correct some correction is needed.
Sangeeta said:
1 decade ago
Refuge means religious education and asylum is not that place it's the place where mentally challenged people servive.
Raktim said:
1 decade ago
Asylum is the home for mentally challenged person. How can this be the answer. The correct answer should be shelter.
Sai kumar said:
8 years ago
Asylum the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee.
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