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English – One Word Substitution – Set 21
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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:
A speech delivered for the first time- A. maiden speech
- B. primary speech
- C. impromptu speech
- D. harangue
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. maiden speech
The correct one word is maiden speech.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A gigantic statue- A. decline
- B. kirk
- C. colossus
- D. agree
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. colossus
The correct one word is colossus.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A disorderly crowd of people- A. spectators
- B. pedestrians
- C. lunatics
- D. mob
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. mob
The correct one word is mob.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Specify as part of an agreement- A. stipulate
- B. decline
- C. charge
- D. agree
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. stipulate
The correct one word is stipulate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A hall or building equipped for physical exercise- A. court
- B. play-station
- C. gymnastics
- D. gymnasium
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. gymnasium
The correct one word is gymnasium.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Changing in shape, appearance etc- A. rotation
- B. transformation
- C. alteration
- D. motion
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Answer: B. transformation
The correct one word is transformation.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A book or paper written in hand- A. edition
- B. thesis
- C. scripture
- D. manuscript
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Answer: D. manuscript
The correct one word is manuscript.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A speech delivered by a prophet or saint from a pulpit- A. lecture
- B. debate
- C. sermon
- D. dialogue
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Answer: C. sermon
The correct one word is sermon.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who offers services without any return- A. contractor
- B. seer
- C. activist
- D. volunteer
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. volunteer
The correct one word is volunteer.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who is bad in spelling- A. stoker
- B. compositor
- C. cacographist
- D. shipwright
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Answer: C. cacographist
The correct one word is cacographist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics- A. hermaphrodite
- B. derivative
- C. suggestive
- D. inferential
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Answer: A. hermaphrodite
The correct one word is hermaphrodite.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who manages the financial affairs of a college or school- A. bursar
- B. turnstile
- C. philanthropy
- D. benevolence
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Answer: A. bursar
The correct one word is bursar.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation- A. perquisite
- B. prerogatives
- C. idyll
- D. sinecure
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Answer: C. idyll
The correct one word is idyll.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Spoil (something which is valued or respected)- A. museum
- B. Flora
- C. zoo
- D. desecrate
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Answer: D. desecrate
The correct one word is desecrate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Not easily pleased by anything- A. medieval
- B. maiden
- C. precarious
- D. fastidious
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Answer: D. fastidious
The correct one word is fastidious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To die without having made a will- A. insolvent
- B. inveterate
- C. intestate
- D. intaglio
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Answer: C. intestate
The correct one word is intestate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who enjoys inflicting pain on himself- A. nihilist
- B. masochist
- C. sadist
- D. egoist
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Answer: B. masochist
The correct one word is masochist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
More like a woman than a man in manners and habits- A. womanish
- B. effeminate
- C. unmanly
- D. delicate
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Answer: B. effeminate
The correct one word is effeminate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Handwriting which is difficult or impossible to read- A. illegible
- B. eligible
- C. illogical
- D. unintelligible
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Answer: A. illegible
The correct one word is illegible.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To play the part of, and function as some other person- A. imitate
- B. impersonate
- C. act
- D. pretend
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. impersonate
The correct one word is impersonate.