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English – One Word Substitution – Set 65
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- The test contains 21 questions.
- Each question has 4 options, of which only one is correct.
- You have to finish the test in 11 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 21 questions to be solved in 11 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:
Speaking disrespectfully about sacred or religious things.- A. Blasphemy
- B. Atheist
- C. Mystic
- D. Theist
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Answer: A. Blasphemy
The correct one word is Blasphemy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A thing that can be easily carried by hands- A. Import
- B. Portable
- C. Potable
- D. Export
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Answer: B. Portable
The correct one word is Portable.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A place to park aeroplanes- A. Hangar
- B. Shed
- C. Depot
- D. Hanger
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Answer: A. Hangar
The correct one word is Hangar.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Athens was suffering under the rule of a powerful small group that had no concern for the people's welfare.- A. an oligarchy
- B. a monarchy
- C. a missionary
- D. a democracy
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Answer: A. an oligarchy
The correct one word is an oligarchy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The evening time when the sun has just set and it is almost dark.- A. Night
- B. Dawn
- C. Dusk
- D. Day break
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Answer: C. Dusk
The correct one word is Dusk.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who does not believe in God- A. Anarchy
- B. Autocrat
- C. Atheis
- D. Amateur
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Answer: C. Atheis
The correct one word is Atheis.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Dealing with things in a practical and sensible way- A. Sceptic
- B. Pragmatic
- C. Stoic
- D. Cynic
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Answer: B. Pragmatic
The correct one word is Pragmatic.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Anything pertaining to cats- A. Bovine
- B. Feline
- C. Taurine
- D. Canine
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Answer: B. Feline
The correct one word is Feline.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
That which is no longer in existence- A. Removed
- B. Destroyed
- C. Vanished
- D. Extinct
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Answer: D. Extinct
The correct one word is Extinct.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Essence or main point of any passage, lecture or book- A. Heart
- B. Significance
- C. Meaning
- D. Gist
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Answer: D. Gist
The correct one word is Gist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
We, as human beings, have a tendency of believing in the things that can be seen and touched.- A. spiritual
- B. inexpressible
- C. impalpable
- D. tangible
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Answer: D. tangible
The correct one word is tangible.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of snakes- A. Syngenesophobia
- B. Ophidiophobia
- C. Claustrophobia
- D. Xenophobia
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Answer: B. Ophidiophobia
The correct one word is Ophidiophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A performer’s first public appearance- A. Debut
- B. Dawn
- C. Foundation
- D. Premise
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Answer: A. Debut
The correct one word is Debut.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
To go through an area making a lot of noise and causing damage- A. Brutality
- B. Cacophony
- C. Violence
- D. Rampage
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Answer: D. Rampage
The correct one word is Rampage.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The ship launched out on a journey by water or sea of discovery.- A. rendezvous
- B. voyage
- C. verso
- D. vespers
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Answer: B. voyage
The correct one word is voyage.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The line, 'Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran' uses the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables .- A. simile
- B. alliteration
- C. epithet
- D. allegory
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Answer: B. alliteration
The correct one word is alliteration.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The soldier struck the enemy with the short sword fixed onto the end of the gun.- A. Baton
- B. Bayonet
- C. Bigot
- D. Baron
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Answer: B. Bayonet
The correct one word is Bayonet.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The betrayer of the country was at last unmasked.- A. theist
- B. traitor
- C. truant
- D. transgressor
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Answer: B. traitor
The correct one word is traitor.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who looks at the bright side of things / situations- A. Scientist
- B. Pessimist
- C. Optimist
- D. Saint
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Answer: C. Optimist
The correct one word is Optimist.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
His parents didn’t allow him to enrol in the arts college because he is a dabbler in arts, science or literature.- A. Dilettante
- B. Taciturn
- C. Ignoramus
- D. Connoisseur
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Answer: A. Dilettante
The correct one word is Dilettante.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Money collected from people for a cause.- A. Fund
- B. Deposit
- C. Collection
- D. Savings
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Answer: A. Fund
The correct one word is Fund.