Biography
nOne word substitutionSSC PYQ × 13/baɪˈɑɡrəfiː/ · बाइऑग्रफ़ी
The story of a person's life written by somebody else
जीवनी, किसी और द्वारा लिखा गया जीवन वृत्तांत
He read a biography of a great freedom fighter over the vacation.
Her biography runs to six hundred pages.
Daily use: Unki biography padh kar bahut kuch seekha.
Biography = 'bio' (जीवन), जैसे biology में, + 'graphy' (लिखना), जैसे photography में। किसी और द्वारा लिखी जीवन-कहानी biography; ख़ुद लिखें तो 'auto' (स्वयं) जोड़िए — autobiography।
Biography = 'bio' (life), as in biology, + 'graphy' (writing), as in photography. It is the written story of a person's life by somebody else; when you write your own, add 'auto' (self) to get autobiography.
SSC यही अंतर पूछता है: biography किसी और द्वारा, autobiography ख़ुद द्वारा; memoir चुनी हुई यादें।
SSC tests the difference: a biography is written by someone else, an autobiography by the person himself; a memoir focuses on selected memories.
SSC में कहाँ पूछा गयाWhere SSC asked it
- She proposed to write the life history of the famous poet.SSC MTS 2023
- A historical account or biography written from personal knowledgeSSC MTS 2023
- Choose the correct one-word substitution for: "A book written about a person's life by someone else."SSC Selection Post Phase 13 2025
- Which of the following describes the writing of a person's life story, usually written by someone else?SSC CHSL Pre 2025