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English – One Word Substitution – Set 8
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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:
Wicked to a high degree- A. abominable
- B. heinous
- C. hateful
- D. Cruel
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. heinous
The correct one word is heinous.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
The original inhabitants of a country- A. primitive
- B. Aborigines
- C. citizens
- D. natives
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Answer: B. Aborigines
The correct one word is Aborigines.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Dungeon entered by trapdoor- A. oubliette
- B. vault
- C. ditch
- D. Cellar
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. oubliette
The correct one word is oubliette.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One desirous of getting money- A. Avaricious
- B. greedy
- C. garrulous
- D. voracious
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Answer: A. Avaricious
The correct one word is Avaricious.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Place where birds are kept- A. Zoo
- B. armoury
- C. aviary
- D. apiary
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Answer: C. aviary
The correct one word is aviary.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person with a beautiful and elegant handwriting- A. Calligrapher
- B. collier
- C. choreographer
- D. cartographer
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Answer: A. Calligrapher
The correct one word is Calligrapher.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A person who is always dissatisfied- A. surrogate
- B. malcontent
- C. Heretic
- D. felon
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Answer: B. malcontent
The correct one word is malcontent.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Loss of power to move in any or every part of the body- A. leprosy
- B. Rheumatism
- C. eczema
- D. paralysis
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Answer: D. paralysis
The correct one word is paralysis.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
One who does not care of literature or art- A. primitive
- B. illiterate
- C. Barbarian
- D. philistine
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Answer: D. philistine
The correct one word is philistine.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself- A. trivet
- B. trilogy
- C. triumvir
- D. Triplet
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Answer: B. trilogy
The correct one word is trilogy.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of high places- A. Claustrophobia
- B. Acrophobia
- C. Aerophobia
- D. Agoraphobia
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Answer: B. Acrophobia
The correct one word is Acrophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of air- A. Aerophobia
- B. Bathophobia
- C. Altophobia
- D. Anemophobia
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Answer: D. Anemophobia
The correct one word is Anemophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of pain- A. Algophobia
- B. Cacophobia
- C. Catrophobia
- D. Androphobia
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Answer: A. Algophobia
The correct one word is Algophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of altitude- A. Altophobia
- B. Claustrophobia
- C. Agoraphobia
- D. hydrophobia
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Answer: A. Altophobia
The correct one word is Altophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of getting fat makes young girls stop eating resulting in harmful effect- A. Gynaephobia
- B. Androphobia
- C. Cellophobia
- D. Anorexia
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Answer: D. Anorexia
The correct one word is Anorexia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of depths- A. Aerophobia
- B. Altophobia
- C. Bathophobia
- D. Acrophobia
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Answer: C. Bathophobia
The correct one word is Bathophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of males- A. Androphobia
- B. Geraphobia
- C. Gynaephobia
- D. Catrophobia
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Answer: A. Androphobia
The correct one word is Androphobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of public/place open- A. Acrophobia
- B. Agoraphobia
- C. Altophobia
- D. Claustrophobia
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Answer: B. Agoraphobia
The correct one word is Agoraphobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of dogs- A. Cynophobia
- B. Entomophobia
- C. Demonomania
- D. Algophobia
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Answer: A. Cynophobia
The correct one word is Cynophobia.
- Choose the one word that can substitute the given phrase or sentence:
Fear of time- A. geraphobia
- B. Ergophobia
- C. Genophobia
- D. Chronophobia
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Answer: D. Chronophobia
The correct one word is Chronophobia.