Question

Choose the word which is congruous to the word given in capitals.

TAPIS

• A. strategy
• B. scheme
• C. design
• D. chance

Hint:

A tapis is a tapestry or carpet. What is the one feature that defines such woven cloth?

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

"Tapis" is a woven fabric such as a tapestry or carpet, and what defines a tapestry is the ornamental pattern worked into it. Among the choices, the word that stands for such a worked-out pattern is "design".

• design is correct because a tapis is a piece of decorative weaving and its essence is the design or figured pattern on it, so design is the congruous word.
• strategy is wrong because it means a plan of action for achieving a goal, which is about tactics, not a woven fabric or its pattern.
• scheme is wrong because it suggests a plot or systematic plan, again an idea of planning rather than an ornamental pattern.
• chance is wrong because it means luck or a random possibility, the opposite of a deliberately worked pattern.

So "design" is the closest synonym of TAPIS.