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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2022 — General Studies · Question 22 of 200

Q22
EnglishOne-Word Substitution
Give the one word substitution of: Creature having both male and female organs
  1. a.Sodomite
  2. b.Homosexual
  3. c.Masochist
  4. d.Hermaphrodite

Answer: (D) Hermaphrodite

A hermaphrodite is an organism that possesses both male and female reproductive organs. The term comes from the Greek myth of Hermaphroditus, child of Hermes and Aphrodite. Many plant and some animal species are naturally hermaphroditic.