Important One Word Substitution Questions with Answers For SSC GD
Directions : In each of the following questions, choose the alternative which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
1. A tank where fish or water plants are kept
(a) Apiary
(b) Aviary
(c) Nursery
(d) Aquarium
2. Yearly celebration of a date or an event
(a) Birthday
(b) Anniversary
(c) Jubilee
(d) Centenary
3. Custom of having many wives
(a) Bigamy
(b) Monogamy
(c) Polygamy
(d) Matrimony
4. Customs of having several husbands at the same time
(a) Polyandry
(b) Polyglot
(c) Polysexual
(d) Polygamy
5. One who knows many languages
(a) Polygamy
(b) Popular
(c) Panacea
(d) Polyglot
6. A remedy for all diseases
(a) Recoil
(b) Panacea
(c) Marvel
(d) Treatment
7. An examination of dead body
(a) Ante-mortem
(b) Autopsy
(c) Morgue
(d) Cremation
8. A supporter of the cause of women
(a) Feminist
(b) Colleague
(c) Extempore
(d) Womanish
9. A man having no hair on the scalp
(a) Hoary
(b) Naked
(c) Gaudy
(d) Bald
10. A building where dead bodies are kept
(a) Aviary
(b) Hospital
(c) Zoo
(d) Mortuary
11. The violation of profaning of sacred things
(a) Solemn
(b) Sinecure
(c) Posthumous
(d) Sacrilege
12. A place where birds are kept
(a) Apiary
(b) Aviary
(c) Nursery
(d) Extempore
13. Killings one’s brother
(a) Suicide
(b) Fratricide
(c) Patricide
(d) Matricide
14. One who is not easily pleased by anything
(a) Maiden
(b) Pessimist
(c) Vulnerable
(d) Fastidious
15. A group of three persons sharing power
(a) Triology
(b) Tetralogy
(c) Triumvirate
(d) Tripode
16. A person who regards the whole world as his country
(a) Cosmopolitan
(b) Nationalist
(c) Patriot
(d) Metropolitan
17. Of unknown authorship
(a) Anonymous
(b) Unanimous
(c) Amiguous
(d) Extempore
18. A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others
(a) Democrat
(b) Autocrat
(c) Bureaucrat
(d) Fanatic
19. One who is well versed in the science of female ailments
(a) Cardiologist
(b) Surgeon
(c) Gynecologist
(d) Sergeant
20. One who eats everything
(a) Omnipotent
(b) Insolvent
(c) Irresistible
(d) Omnivorous
21. An elderly unmarried woman
(a) Spinster
(b) Vandal
(c) Bachelor
(d) Adult
22. A man who wastes his money on luxury
(a) Extempore
(b) Extravagant
(c) Nymph
(d) Surge
23. To induce to have sexual intercourse
(a) Incite
(b) Seduce
(c) Lax S
(d) Entice
24. Incapable of being seen through
(a) Invisible
(b) Obsolete
(c) Opaque
(d) Transparent
25. One who sacrifices his life for a cause
(a) Patriot
(b) Martyr
(c) Soldier
(d) Revolutionary
