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English – One Word Substitution – Set 28
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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:
A fixed orbit in space in relation to earth- A. Geo-stationary
- B. Geo-centric
- C. Geo-synchronous
- D. Polar
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Answer: A. Geo-stationary
The correct one word is Geo-stationary.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A vivacious and lively experience is said to be- A. soothing
- B. synthetic
- C. scenic
- D. scintillating
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Answer: D. scintillating
The correct one word is scintillating.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To secure a boat by attaching it to an anchor- A. moor
- B. morose
- C. moose
- D. moot
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Answer: A. moor
The correct one word is moor.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Unwelcome aspect of a situation- A. flip side
- B. flippant
- C. flip-flop
- D. flintlock
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Answer: A. flip side
The correct one word is flip side.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Feeling annoyed at the sight of unfair treatement- A. indifferent
- B. Indignant
- C. Indigent
- D. indisposed
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Answer: B. Indignant
The correct one word is Indignant.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Artistic, musical or dramatic interpretation.- A. Reparation
- B. Report
- C. Rendition
- D. Imitation
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Answer: C. Rendition
The correct one word is Rendition.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Showing a dislike of anything Improper.- A. Crude
- B. Prim
- C. Rude
- D. Strict
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Answer: B. Prim
The correct one word is Prim.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A planned route or journey- A. Itinerant
- B. isolate
- C. itinerary
- D. Iterate
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Answer: C. itinerary
The correct one word is itinerary.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Speech of great importance and gravity- A. momentary
- B. momentous
- C. monumental
- D. maiden
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Answer: B. momentous
The correct one word is momentous.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Act of injuring another’s reputation by any slanderous communication.- A. Defamation
- B. Aberration
- C. Orchestration
- D. Misrepresentation
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Answer: A. Defamation
The correct one word is Defamation.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A story in which animals or objects speak and give wholesome moral lesson.- A. Parable
- B. Allegory
- C. Fable
- D. Legend
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Answer: C. Fable
The correct one word is Fable.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To free someone from all blames- A. Exonerate
- B. Fling
- C. Consolidate
- D. Forbid
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Answer: A. Exonerate
The correct one word is Exonerate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who deliberately sets fire to a building- A. Extortionist
- B. Arsonist
- C. Assassin
- D. Hijacker
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Answer: B. Arsonist
The correct one word is Arsonist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The burial of a corpse- A. Interment
- B. Internment
- C. Interrogate
- D. Interpose
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Answer: A. Interment
The correct one word is Interment.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who is too careless to plan for the future.- A. improvident
- B. impractical
- C. imprudent
- D. impotent
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Answer: A. improvident
The correct one word is improvident.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To die without making a will.- A. Indigent
- B. Intestate
- C. Inure
- D. Inane
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Answer: B. Intestate
The correct one word is Intestate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Make pale by excluding light.- A. Percolate
- B. Foliate
- C. Procreate
- D. Etiolate
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Answer: D. Etiolate
The correct one word is Etiolate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The branch of medical science which deals with the problems of the old- A. oncology
- B. obstetrics
- C. geriatrics
- D. paediatrics
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Answer: C. geriatrics
The correct one word is geriatrics.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A child secretly changed for another in infancy- A. tyke
- B. nipper
- C. changeling
- D. tiddler
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Answer: C. changeling
The correct one word is changeling.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Put side by side- A. Juxtapose
- B. Depose
- C. Propose
- D. Impose
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Answer: A. Juxtapose
The correct one word is Juxtapose.