Question

A person of good understanding, knowledge, and reasoning power

• A. Expert
• B. Intellectual
• C. Snob
• D. Literate

Hint:

An intellectual is someone who uses their intellectual abilities to reason, understand, and analyze information critically.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The description needs a word covering three things at once, good understanding, knowledge, and reasoning power.
Expert implies narrow specialized skill, snob implies a social attitude, and literate implies only the basic ability to read and write, none of which cover all three traits.
Intellectual is the word built to describe a person who engages deeply in understanding, knowledge, and reasoning as a whole.
Therefore, the correct answer is Intellectual.

Answer 2

Another approach is to test each word by imagining it used in a sentence praising someone's mind, and see if it naturally fits the description given.

1. Expert: "She is an expert" naturally continues with "in cooking" or "in law," pointing to one specialty, not general reasoning ability.
2. Intellectual: "He is an intellectual" naturally stands alone as praise for someone's general thinking, knowledge, and reasoning, exactly matching the question's description.
3. Snob: "She is a snob" is not praise at all but criticism of an attitude, so it cannot fit a description praising good understanding and reasoning.
4. Literate: "He is literate" simply confirms basic reading and writing ability, a much narrower claim than deep reasoning power.

Testing each word in natural use confirms the same answer.

Therefore, the correct answer is Intellectual.