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English – One Word Substitution – Set 29
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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:
Too willing to obey other people- A. subaltern
- B. subservient
- C. sublimate
- D. subjugate
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Answer: B. subservient
The correct one word is subservient.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who is very selective, disgusted easily, and is hard to please.- A. ambiguous
- B. fastidious
- C. selector
- D. misanthrope
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Answer: B. fastidious
The correct one word is fastidious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Rub or wipe out- A. efface
- B. remove
- C. terminate
- D. plunder
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Answer: A. efface
The correct one word is efface.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words- A. tautology
- B. repetition
- C. tarragon
- D. temerity
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Answer: A. tautology
The correct one word is tautology.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who has had one or more limbs removed- A. handicap
- B. fatalist
- C. amputee
- D. limber
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Answer: C. amputee
The correct one word is amputee.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A cinema show held in the afternoon.- A. Entertainment
- B. Matinee
- C. Premiere
- D. Play
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Answer: B. Matinee
The correct one word is Matinee.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A handsome man- A. Debonair
- B. Tycoon
- C. Cavalier
- D. Adonis
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Answer: D. Adonis
The correct one word is Adonis.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Intentional damage to arrest production- A. Sabotage
- B. Nemesis
- C. Sangfroid
- D. Modus operandi
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Answer: A. Sabotage
The correct one word is Sabotage.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Introductory part or lines to a discourse or play- A. Epilogue
- B. Monologue
- C. Blurb
- D. Prologue
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Answer: D. Prologue
The correct one word is Prologue.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An emolument over and above fixed income or salary- A. Sinecure
- B. Perquisite
- C. Prerogative
- D. Honorarium
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Answer: B. Perquisite
The correct one word is Perquisite.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person with a long experience of any occupation.- A. seasoned
- B. veteran
- C. ambidextrous
- D. genius
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Answer: B. veteran
The correct one word is veteran.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Stealthily done.- A. nefarious
- B. surreptitious
- C. devious
- D. villainous
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Answer: B. surreptitious
The correct one word is surreptitious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Something no longer in use.- A. primitive
- B. obsolete
- C. absolute
- D. desolate
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Answer: B. obsolete
The correct one word is obsolete.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Severely abusive writing in journals.- A. sarcastic
- B. scurrilous
- C. imaginary
- D. speculative
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Answer: B. scurrilous
The correct one word is scurrilous.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Call upon God or any other power (like law) etc. for help or protection.- A. involution
- B. invocation
- C. inundation
- D. revocation
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Answer: B. invocation
The correct one word is invocation.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To cut something into two pieces.- A. sow
- B. severe
- C. sever
- D. sewer
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Answer: C. sever
The correct one word is sever.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Flat metal or Porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial.- A. poster
- B. tabloid
- C. plaque
- D. board
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Answer: C. plaque
The correct one word is plaque.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A speech delivered without previous preparation- A. Expression
- B. Soliloquy
- C. Rhetoric
- D. Extempore
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Answer: D. Extempore
The correct one word is Extempore.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views- A. religious
- B. god-fearing
- C. fanatic
- D. bigot
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Answer: D. bigot
The correct one word is bigot.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To struggle helplessly- A. Flounder
- B. Fumble
- C. Finger
- D. Founder
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Answer: A. Flounder
The correct one word is Flounder.