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English – One Word Substitution – Set 13
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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:
An area where wild birds or animals protected and encouraged to breed- A. asylum
- B. sanctuary
- C. shrine
- D. temple
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. sanctuary
The correct one word is sanctuary.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Dealing with injuries and diseases of the bones or muscles- A. etymology
- B. orthopaedics
- C. phonology
- D. orthodox
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Answer: B. orthopaedics
The correct one word is orthopaedics.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A group of people assembled for religious worship- A. congregation
- B. throng
- C. collection
- D. mob
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. congregation
The correct one word is congregation.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who destroys property by fire- A. maverick
- B. arsonist
- C. pacifist
- D. criminal
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. arsonist
The correct one word is arsonist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Conferred as an honor- A. vulnerable
- B. reward
- C. sinecure
- D. honorary
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Answer: D. honorary
The correct one word is honorary.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas- A. comprehensive
- B. receptive
- C. useful
- D. deny
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Answer: B. receptive
The correct one word is receptive.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who walks in sleep- A. ignorant
- B. noematic
- C. somnambulist
- D. dreamer
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Answer: C. somnambulist
The correct one word is somnambulist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A speech made without preparation- A. debate
- B. extempore
- C. prepared
- D. elocution
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Answer: B. extempore
The correct one word is extempore.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported on exported- A. counterfeit
- B. contraband
- C. smuggled
- D. forged
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Answer: B. contraband
The correct one word is contraband.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person in vehicle or on horseback escorting another vehicle- A. outrider
- B. security
- C. escort
- D. navigator
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Answer: A. outrider
The correct one word is outrider.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Not allowing the passage of light- A. oblique
- B. optique
- C. opaque
- D. opulent
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Answer: C. opaque
The correct one word is opaque.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Science regarding principles of classification- A. classicology
- B. taxonomy
- C. toxicology
- D. taxidermy
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Answer: B. taxonomy
The correct one word is taxonomy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who can make himself/herself at home in any country- A. cosmesis
- B. cosmocrat
- C. cosmetician
- D. cosmopolitan
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Answer: D. cosmopolitan
The correct one word is cosmopolitan.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Science of heredity- A. genesis
- B. inheritance
- C. genetics
- D. hereditary
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Answer: C. genetics
The correct one word is genetics.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Arrangement in order of occurrence- A. chronological
- B. temporal
- C. timely
- D. chronic
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Answer: A. chronological
The correct one word is chronological.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Occurring at night- A. dark
- B. nightly
- C. nocturnal
- D. neurotic
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Answer: C. nocturnal
The correct one word is nocturnal.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Determine the nature of the disease- A. determine
- B. diagnose
- C. investigate
- D. detect
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Answer: B. diagnose
The correct one word is diagnose.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A guide-post pointing out the way for a place- A. finger-post
- B. checkpost
- C. lamp-post
- D. lastpost
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Answer: A. finger-post
The correct one word is finger-post.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Belief that god is in everything and that everything is god- A. scepticism
- B. atheism
- C. pantheism
- D. animism
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Answer: C. pantheism
The correct one word is pantheism.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner as to cause laughter- A. cartography
- B. cacography
- C. caricature
- D. cartoon
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Answer: C. caricature
The correct one word is caricature.