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English – One Word Substitution – Set 24
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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.
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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 abandonment of one’s country or cause- A. disloyalty
- B. migration
- C. desertion
- D. defection
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. desertion
The correct one word is desertion.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A method which never fails- A. irremediable
- B. infallible
- C. unflinching
- D. irreparable
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Answer: B. infallible
The correct one word is infallible.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Something which cannot be believed- A. inevitable
- B. ineluctable
- C. ineffable
- D. incredible
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Answer: D. incredible
The correct one word is incredible.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Body of a human being or animal embalmed for burial- A. corpse
- B. mortuary
- C. mummy
- D. morgue
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Answer: C. mummy
The correct one word is mummy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Of very bad morals, characterised by debasement or degeneration- A. desultory
- B. dilatory
- C. depraved
- D. dilapidated
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Answer: C. depraved
The correct one word is depraved.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The production of raw silk- A. pisciculture
- B. urine culture
- C. horticulture
- D. sericulture
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Answer: D. sericulture
The correct one word is sericulture.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Politicians are notorious for doing undue favour to their relatives- A. pluralism
- B. polarity
- C. nepotism
- D. dualism
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Answer: C. nepotism
The correct one word is nepotism.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress- A. rhetoric
- B. oratory
- C. verbalization
- D. public-speaking
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Answer: A. rhetoric
The correct one word is rhetoric.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The political leader has an evil reputation. He is not trusted- A. is notorious
- B. is magnanimous
- C. is dubious
- D. is malicious
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Answer: A. is notorious
The correct one word is is notorious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The conference takes place once in three years- A. thriennial
- B. treennial
- C. triennial
- D. tetraennial
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Answer: C. triennial
The correct one word is triennial.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas- A. caravan
- B. condominium
- C. multiplex
- D. duplex
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Answer: B. condominium
The correct one word is condominium.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A group of three powerful people- A. trio
- B. trivet
- C. triumvirate
- D. tritium
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Answer: C. triumvirate
The correct one word is triumvirate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Operation of the body after death- A. homage
- B. mortuary
- C. post-mortem
- D. obituary
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Answer: C. post-mortem
The correct one word is post-mortem.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The Bedouin Arabs are people of no fixed abode- A. vagabonds
- B. travellers
- C. nomads
- D. barbarians
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Answer: C. nomads
The correct one word is nomads.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The secretary’s proposal was adopted with the full agreement of all the members- A. unanimously
- B. equivocally
- C. vehemently
- D. ambitiously
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Answer: A. unanimously
The correct one word is unanimously.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence or real nature of something- A. camouflage
- B. transparent
- C. infallible
- D. image
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Answer: A. camouflage
The correct one word is camouflage.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence- A. hierarchy
- B. protocol
- C. statesmanship
- D. formality
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Answer: B. protocol
The correct one word is protocol.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Travel regularly between two or more places- A. shuttle
- B. dexterous
- C. gifted
- D. exception
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Answer: A. shuttle
The correct one word is shuttle.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Twist and turn with quick writhing movements- A. hedonist
- B. maniac
- C. recluse
- D. wriggle
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Answer: D. wriggle
The correct one word is wriggle.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who rides horses in races as an occupation- A. horseman
- B. equestrian
- C. maniac
- D. horse-racer
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Answer: B. equestrian
The correct one word is equestrian.