A life written by oneself — Aptitude Question
A life written by oneself: Choose the one word for: the story of a person's life written by that person. Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Synonyms & Antonyms
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 35 seconds
Question
Choose the one word for: the story of a person's life written by that person.
Options
- Biography
- Autobiography
- Memoir
- Diary
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. Autobiography
Worked solution
- Auto- means self, so an autobiography is a life story written by its subject.
- A biography is written by another person.
Answer: Autobiography.
The idea
Prefixes carry the distinction: auto- (self), bio- (life), graph- (writing). Together they give the exact meaning.
Shortcut. The definition has two parts — a whole life story, written by its subject — and only autobiography meets both; biography fails the second, memoir the first.
Common trap. "Memoir" — also written by the subject, but a memoir recalls selected experiences or one period, not the whole life story.