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English – One Word Substitution – Set 61
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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:
Ratul’s capability of being able to speak two languages is apt for this post.- A. bicultural
- B. bilingual
- C. bidialectical
- D. lingual
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Answer: B. bilingual
The correct one word is bilingual.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The state or condition of not being in agreement, accordance, or in harmony- A. Congeniality
- B. Diplomacy
- C. Incongruence
- D. Liquidity
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Answer: C. Incongruence
The correct one word is Incongruence.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Someone who does not care about rules- A. Tyrant
- B. Illegitimate
- C. Vampire
- D. Nonconformist
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Answer: D. Nonconformist
The correct one word is Nonconformist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Speech without prior preparation- A. Lecture
- B. Rambling
- C. Extempore
- D. Debate
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Answer: C. Extempore
The correct one word is Extempore.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To move into or through something- A. Transparent
- B. Perpetuate
- C. Penetrate
- D. Cross
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Answer: C. Penetrate
The correct one word is Penetrate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The reasons or intentions that cause a particular set of beliefs or actions- A. Motive
- B. Practical
- C. Rationale
- D. Thinkable
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Answer: C. Rationale
The correct one word is Rationale.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
She was engaged to be married to him.- A. baptised
- B. betrothed
- C. betrayed
- D. bestowed
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Answer: B. betrothed
The correct one word is betrothed.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which he has been charged- A. Writ
- B. Acquittal
- C. Petition
- D. Appellant
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Answer: B. Acquittal
The correct one word is Acquittal.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who eats meat but not seafood or fish- A. Herbivorous
- B. Carnivorous
- C. Omnivorous
- D. Carnitarian
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Answer: D. Carnitarian
The correct one word is Carnitarian.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Inscription on a person's grave- A. Prologue
- B. Monograph
- C. Epistle
- D. Epitaph
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Answer: D. Epitaph
The correct one word is Epitaph.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade the person to do something he or she does not wish to do- A. Forceless
- B. Authoritative
- C. Compel
- D. Intimidate
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Answer: D. Intimidate
The correct one word is Intimidate.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An extremely abnormal fear of confined space- A. Glossophobia
- B. Acrophobia
- C. Selenophobia
- D. Claustrophobia
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Answer: D. Claustrophobia
The correct one word is Claustrophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
That which cannot be satisfied- A. Insatiable
- B. Stubborn
- C. Drastic
- D. Prickly
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Answer: A. Insatiable
The correct one word is Insatiable.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Hard but liable to be easily broken- A. Stagnant
- B. Rudiment
- C. Fragmentary
- D. Brittle
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Answer: D. Brittle
The correct one word is Brittle.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
An absolute government by one man- A. Aristocracy
- B. Supremacy
- C. Autocracy
- D. Communism
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Answer: C. Autocracy
The correct one word is Autocracy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person in charge of the old people’s home or a hostel- A. Warder
- B. Guard
- C. Warden
- D. Watchman
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Answer: C. Warden
The correct one word is Warden.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
No longer in existence or use- A. Obscure
- B. Omnipotent
- C. Outpour
- D. Obsolete
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Answer: D. Obsolete
The correct one word is Obsolete.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Book written by an author on his own life- A. Anthology
- B. Historiography
- C. Autobiography
- D. Biography
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Answer: C. Autobiography
The correct one word is Autobiography.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who physically travels in space.- A. Astrologer
- B. Anarchist
- C. Astronaut
- D. Pilot
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Answer: C. Astronaut
The correct one word is Astronaut.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The killing of one’s sister- A. Parricide
- B. Regicide
- C. Sororicide
- D. Uxoricide
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Answer: C. Sororicide
The correct one word is Sororicide.