Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
The Olympic Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities including a stadium, swimming pools, and living accommodation.

a) Incompetence
b) Dexterity
c) Cleverness
d) Equipment and services
e) Aptness

Answer 1

Hint: A synonym is a word that is the same or similar in meaning to the given word (or the root word). For example- one of the synonyms for anger is rage.

Complete answer:

The word 'Facilities' means a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose providing convenience to the person needing the facility. Examples for such can be – cooking facilities, sports facilities, and accommodation facilities, etc.
We now know the meaning of the word facilities. Let us now look at its usage – for example The stadium had all the facilities needed to have a sports tournament. Here, we can see that the stadium had everything that was needed for fluid functioning (without any interruption) of the sports tournament.
Now, we will look at the given options and try and chalk out the correct one -
Incompetence – is the lack of the ability, skill, or knowledge that is needed to do a job or perform an action correctly or to a satisfactory standard
Dexterity – someone who is skilled in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
Cleverness – The characteristic or property of being clever, cunning or shrewd.
Equipment and services - the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose and a system for supplying the public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water respectively.
Aptness – is the quality of being appropriate or suitable.
As we can see from the above-discussed definition: facilities include equipment and services. Therefore, the correct option here is – option d.

Note: Carefully read the given sentence (in the question) and meaning of all the given options. Thereafter, eliminate the words that are least likely to be the synonym of the word - facilities.