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English – One Word Substitution – Set 23
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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:
Soldier who fight on horseback- A. artillery
- B. armored
- C. cavalry
- D. infantry
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. cavalry
The correct one word is cavalry.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A short moral story (often with animal characters)- A. ignorant
- B. uneducated
- C. oblivious
- D. fable
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. fable
The correct one word is fable.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who thinks only about himself 'and not about others 'needs- A. egotistic
- B. egomaniacal
- C. egoistic
- D. egocentric
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. egocentric
The correct one word is egocentric.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Something that cannot be explained- A. impregnable
- B. unthinkable
- C. mysterious
- D. inexplicable
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. inexplicable
The correct one word is inexplicable.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A written declaration made on oath in the presence of a magistrate- A. voucher
- B. affidavit
- C. dossier
- D. document
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. affidavit
The correct one word is affidavit.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A raised place on which offering to a God are made- A. rostrum
- B. altar
- C. mound
- D. church
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Answer: B. altar
The correct one word is altar.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who journeys from place to place- A. quack
- B. courier
- C. cannibal
- D. itinerant
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Answer: D. itinerant
The correct one word is itinerant.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A government by officials- A. bureaucracy
- B. oligarchy
- C. aristocracy
- D. plutocracy
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. bureaucracy
The correct one word is bureaucracy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Commencement of adjacent word with same letter- A. alliteration
- B. oxymoron
- C. transferred epithet
- D. pun
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Answer: A. alliteration
The correct one word is alliteration.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A specialist who tests eyesight- A. ophthalmologist
- B. neurologist
- C. ichthyologist
- D. optician
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Answer: A. ophthalmologist
The correct one word is ophthalmologist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from flooding an area- A. dam
- B. mound
- C. embankment
- D. dyke
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Answer: D. dyke
The correct one word is dyke.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Ability to go on inspite of difficulties- A. pervasive
- B. perseverance
- C. desirous
- D. delirious
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Answer: B. perseverance
The correct one word is perseverance.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A number of ships, vehicles etc. Travelling together under escort;- A. retinue
- B. feel
- C. posse
- D. convoy
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Answer: D. convoy
The correct one word is convoy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An instrument for measuring wind pressure- A. anemometer
- B. micrometer
- C. manometer
- D. temperature
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Answer: A. anemometer
The correct one word is anemometer.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To destroy completely- A. incapacitate
- B. rehabilitate
- C. annihilate
- D. dislocate
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Answer: C. annihilate
The correct one word is annihilate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To die in water or any other liquid because one is unable to breathe- A. sink
- B. drown
- C. founder
- D. flounder
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Answer: B. drown
The correct one word is drown.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To be biased against- A. predestined
- B. prejudiced
- C. objective
- D. partial
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Answer: B. prejudiced
The correct one word is prejudiced.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Motion of Head, Hands etc, As a mode of expression indicating attitude.- A. grin
- B. gestation
- C. grimace
- D. gesture
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Answer: D. gesture
The correct one word is gesture.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Bitter and violent attack in words- A. diadem
- B. diaspora
- C. criticism
- D. diatribe
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Answer: D. diatribe
The correct one word is diatribe.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Treatment by means of exercise and massage- A. physiotherapy
- B. psychotherapy
- C. chemotherapy
- D. hydrotherapy
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. physiotherapy
The correct one word is physiotherapy.