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English – One Word Substitution – Set 1
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- The test contains 20 questions.
- Each question has 4 options, of which only one is correct.
- You have to finish the test in 10 minutes.
- You are awarded 1 mark for each correct answer, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer.
- There is no negative marking for questions you do not attempt.
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To examine one’s thoughts and feelings.- A. retrospection
- B. introspection
- C. Meditation
- D. reflection
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. introspection
The correct one word is introspection.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A short, usually amusing, story about some real person or event- A. Anecdote
- B. tale
- C. allegory
- D. antidote
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. Anecdote
The correct one word is Anecdote.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Woman who offers the use of her body for sexual intercourse to any one who will pay for this- A. concubine
- B. prostitute
- C. Voluptuary
- D. cuckold
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. prostitute
The correct one word is prostitute.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Life history of a person written by another- A. memoir
- B. Autobiography
- C. bibliography
- D. biography
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Answer: D. biography
The correct one word is biography.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Custom of having many wives- A. matrimony
- B. polygamy
- C. bigamy
- D. Monogamy
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Answer: B. polygamy
The correct one word is polygamy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who does not believe in any religion- A. Philatelist
- B. atheist
- C. rationalist
- D. pagan
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Answer: B. atheist
The correct one word is atheist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Bringing about gentle and painless death from incurable disease- A. euthanasia
- B. gallows
- C. Suicide
- D. euphoria
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Answer: A. euthanasia
The correct one word is euthanasia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A man of lax moral- A. Ruffian
- B. licentious
- C. vagabond
- D. pirate
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Answer: B. licentious
The correct one word is licentious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, poultry etc- A. pen
- B. Cellar
- C. sty
- D. lair
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. pen
The correct one word is pen.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To cause troops etc. to spread out in readiness for battle- A. collocate
- B. deploy
- C. Align
- D. disperse
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Answer: B. deploy
The correct one word is deploy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who forcibly seizes control of a bus or an aircraft- A. pilferer
- B. hijacker
- C. Pirate
- D. swindler
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Answer: B. hijacker
The correct one word is hijacker.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The act of killing one’s wife- A. canicide
- B. uxoricide
- C. avicide
- D. Genocide
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Answer: B. uxoricide
The correct one word is uxoricide.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Music sung or played at night below a person’s window- A. Serenade
- B. primo
- C. lyric
- D. sonnet
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Answer: A. Serenade
The correct one word is Serenade.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A government by the nobles- A. Democracy
- B. aristocracy
- C. autocracy
- D. bureaucracy
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Answer: B. aristocracy
The correct one word is aristocracy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Anything written in a letter after it is signed- A. corrigendum
- B. postdiction
- C. Posterity
- D. postscript
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Answer: D. postscript
The correct one word is postscript.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Strong and settled dislike between two persons- A. animosity
- B. Apathy
- C. hatred
- D. antipathy
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Answer: D. antipathy
The correct one word is antipathy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who has no money to pay of his debts- A. pauper
- B. beggar
- C. insolvent
- D. Debtor
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Answer: C. insolvent
The correct one word is insolvent.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An entertainer who performs difficult physical actions- A. magician
- B. gymnast
- C. Clown
- D. acrobat
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Answer: D. acrobat
The correct one word is acrobat.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A small house with all rooms on one floor- A. Bungalow
- B. flat
- C. castle
- D. cottage
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Answer: A. Bungalow
The correct one word is Bungalow.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A song embodying religious and sacred emotions- A. ballad
- B. ode
- C. hymn
- D. Lyric
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Answer: C. hymn
The correct one word is hymn.