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English – One Word Substitution – Set 6
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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:
Study of mankind- A. philology
- B. Pathology
- C. physiology
- D. anthropology
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. anthropology
The correct one word is anthropology.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Intentional destruction of racial groups- A. Homicide
- B. fratricide
- C. regicide
- D. genocide
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. genocide
The correct one word is genocide.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who is interested in the welfare of women- A. feminist
- B. Feminine
- C. flamboyant
- D. effeminate
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. feminist
The correct one word is feminist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Study of statistics of births, deaths, diseases to show the state of community- A. Geography
- B. anthropology
- C. topography
- D. demography
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Answer: D. demography
The correct one word is demography.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Through which light cannot pass- A. opaque
- B. dark
- C. Dull
- D. obscure
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. opaque
The correct one word is opaque.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A sudden rush of wind- A. Gale
- B. gust
- C. typhoon
- D. storm
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Answer: B. gust
The correct one word is gust.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who take delight in excessive cruelty- A. sadist
- B. sophist
- C. nihilist
- D. Anarchist
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Answer: A. sadist
The correct one word is sadist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An unexpected stroke of good luck- A. boon
- B. Fortune
- C. windfall
- D. breakthrough
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Answer: C. windfall
The correct one word is windfall.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who helps you break the law- A. ally
- B. accomplice
- C. Spy
- D. collaborator
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. accomplice
The correct one word is accomplice.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Not conforming to ordinary rules of behaviour- A. eccentric
- B. maniacal
- C. Lunatic
- D. absurd
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. eccentric
The correct one word is eccentric.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Stealing from the writings of others.- A. Copying
- B. plagiarism
- C. reframing
- D. reproducing
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Answer: B. plagiarism
The correct one word is plagiarism.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Short descriptive poem of picturesque scene or incident- A. sonnet
- B. Malady
- C. charade
- D. idyll
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Answer: D. idyll
The correct one word is idyll.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A man who starves body for the good of soul- A. Monk
- B. spiritualist
- C. saint
- D. ascetic
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Answer: D. ascetic
The correct one word is ascetic.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who is reserved in talks- A. garrulous
- B. silent
- C. Reticent
- D. mendicant
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Answer: C. Reticent
The correct one word is Reticent.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A short stay at a place- A. Halt
- B. interlude
- C. sojourn
- D. intermission
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Answer: C. sojourn
The correct one word is sojourn.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A raised place on which offerings to a god are made- A. chapel
- B. altar
- C. Mound
- D. archives
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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:
To talk much without coming to the point- A. garrulousness
- B. Verbosity
- C. loquacity
- D. circumlocution
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Answer: D. circumlocution
The correct one word is circumlocution.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Constant effort to achieve something- A. vigour
- B. enthusiasm
- C. Perseverance
- D. attempt
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Answer: C. Perseverance
The correct one word is Perseverance.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A place where a wild animal lives- A. sanctuary
- B. lair
- C. stable
- D. Forest
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Answer: B. lair
The correct one word is lair.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who looks on the bright side of things- A. Sycophant
- B. cynic
- C. optimist
- D. pessimist
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. optimist
The correct one word is optimist.