English-2
Grade-8
Easy
Question
The destruction of large areas of forest by machines like bulldozers is called_________.
- Undeforestation
- Reforestation
- Deforestation
- Inforestation
Hint:
Try to separate the prefix and then find the meaning of the word.
The correct answer is: Deforestation
Options a and d are not meaningful words, so they are eliminated. Option b means replanting trees, as can be figured out from the prefix 're-'. So option b is eliminated too. Option c has prefix 'de-' which means to do the opposite of and hence option c is our required correct answer.
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