Claustrophobia
nOne word substitutionRoot wordSSC PYQ × 19/klɔstrəfˈoʊbiːə/ · क्लॉस्ट्रफ़ोबिया
Extreme fear of confined places
An irrational fear of confined or enclosed spaces
बंद जगहों से लगने वाला अत्यधिक डर
Her claustrophobia makes lifts impossible.
He refused the MRI because of claustrophobia.
Daily use: Lift mein ghabra jata hai, claustrophobia hai.
Claustro- में close सुनिए और -phobia में डर। Claustrophobia यानी बंद जगहों का डर: lift, सुरंग, भरी हुई metro coach। यही 'बंद' वाला भाव cloister में भी है।
Hear CLOSE in CLAUSTRO- and fear in -PHOBIA. Claustrophobia is the fear of closed places — a lift, a tunnel, a crowded metro coach. The same 'closed' idea is in cloister, a closed walkway of a monastery.
सबसे ज़्यादा पूछा जाने वाला phobia। इसका उल्टा-सा साथी agoraphobia (खुली जगह का डर) है; acrophobia (ऊँचाई) और hydrophobia (पानी) भी आते हैं।
The most-asked phobia. Its opposite-looking partner is agoraphobia (fear of open spaces); acrophobia (heights) and hydrophobia (water) also appear.
SSC में कहाँ पूछा गयाWhere SSC asked it
- Fear of closed spacesSSC CGL Pre 2024
- An extremely abnormal fear of confined spaceSSC CPO Pre 2024
- Extreme fear of confined placesSSC CPO Mains 2019
- The fear of being enclosed in a small space or room.SSC MTS 2019
- Choose the correct one-word substitution for: "Fear of being enclosed in small or confined spaces."SSC Selection Post Phase 13 2025
- Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'Fear of confined spaces'.SSC CGL Pre 2025
- Enclosed in a small closed space.SSC · before 2018
- Fear of closed spaces.SSC · before 2018