Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
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A disease which is spread by direct contact
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- contagious
- infectious
- epidemic
- endemic
Correct Option: A
contagious (Adj.) : easily spread from one person to another (disease)
infectious (Adj.) : easily spread ; caused by infection
epidemic (N.) : a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community
endemic (Adj.) : regularly found in a particular place or among a particular group of people and difficult to get rid of.
