A report in a national daily claimed, "Hermione Watson can never become a supermodel. She does not have the requisite anorexic figure to achieve that status." What kind of statement is this?

a) Stereotype
b) Disability
c) Sexist pronoun
d) Verbosity


ANS: a

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