Question

Choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
Mania for setting fires

• A. Pyromania
• B. Kleptomania
• C. Logomania
• D. Nymphomania

Answer 1

The correct option is A Pyromania

Option A: 'Pyromania' is 'an obsessive desire to set fire to things'.

Hence this word substitutes the given words and option A is correct.

Option B: 'Kleptomania' is 'a recurrent urge to steal'.

Option C: 'Logomania' is 'pathologically excessive talking'.

Option D: 'Nymphomania' is 'an uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a woman'.

These words do not mean the same as the given group of words. So, it cannot replace them.

Hence options B, C and D are incorrect.