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English – One Word Substitution – Set 2
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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:
The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence- A. communism
- B. internationalism
- C. Imperialism
- D. capitalism
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Imperialism
The correct one word is Imperialism.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Government by a single person- A. Monarchy
- B. aristocracy
- C. autocracy
- D. plutocracy
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. autocracy
The correct one word is autocracy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Practice of a married woman having extra marital relationship- A. lechery
- B. Polygamy
- C. puberty
- D. adultery
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Answer: D. adultery
The correct one word is adultery.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A workman who fits and repairs pipes- A. plumber
- B. Mechanic
- C. blacksmith
- D. technocrat
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. plumber
The correct one word is plumber.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Part of a church in which bells hang- A. belfry
- B. spire
- C. chapel
- D. Minaret
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Answer: A. belfry
The correct one word is belfry.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Mania for Talking- A. bibliomania
- B. Logomania
- C. kleptomania
- D. pyromania
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Answer: B. Logomania
The correct one word is Logomania.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The custom of having more than one husband at the same time- A. bigamy
- B. debauchery
- C. polyandry
- D. Polygamy
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Answer: C. polyandry
The correct one word is polyandry.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An extremely deep crack or opening in the ground- A. aperture
- B. pit
- C. Chasm
- D. ditch
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Answer: C. Chasm
The correct one word is Chasm.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The study of ancient societies- A. ethnology
- B. anthropology
- C. archaeology
- D. History
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Answer: C. archaeology
The correct one word is archaeology.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The foolish belief that one is God- A. theomania
- B. theocracy
- C. paranoia
- D. Blasphemy
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Answer: A. theomania
The correct one word is theomania.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
List of heading of the business to be transacted at a meeting- A. Schedule
- B. excerpts
- C. proceeding
- D. agenda
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Answer: D. agenda
The correct one word is agenda.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A process involving too much official formality- A. red-tapism
- B. bureaucracy
- C. diplomacy
- D. Nepotism
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Answer: A. red-tapism
The correct one word is red-tapism.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Person who brings an action at law- A. Plaintiff
- B. defendant
- C. deponent
- D. litigant
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Answer: A. Plaintiff
The correct one word is Plaintiff.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The short remaining end of a cigarette- A. rag
- B. stub
- C. Stump
- D. scrap
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Answer: B. stub
The correct one word is stub.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The place where public, government or historical records are kept- A. scullery
- B. Coffer
- C. pantry
- D. archives
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Answer: D. archives
The correct one word is archives.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A post without remuneration- A. honorary
- B. Voluntary
- C. involuntary
- D. sinecure
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Answer: A. honorary
The correct one word is honorary.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Large scale departure of people- A. immigration
- B. Migration
- C. exodus
- D. emigration
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Answer: C. exodus
The correct one word is exodus.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Lottery in which an article is assigned by lot to one of those buying tickets- A. raffle
- B. transit
- C. Auction
- D. auditd.
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Answer: A. raffle
The correct one word is raffle.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To send an unwanted person out of the country- A. deport
- B. ostracise
- C. Exclude
- D. expatriate
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Answer: A. deport
The correct one word is deport.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Voluntarily giving up throne by king in favour of his son- A. renunciation
- B. Abdication
- C. resurrection
- D. accession
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Answer: B. Abdication
The correct one word is Abdication.