One word Substitution Questions :
Directions (1-10) :
In these questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
1. A person with a long experience of any occupation
(1) veteran
(2) genius
(3) seasoned
(4) ambidexterous
2. Words written on a tomb
(1) epithet
(2) epigraph
(3) Soliloquy
(4) epitaph
3. Stealthily done
(1) devious
(2) nefarious
(3) surreptitious
(4) villainous
4. Something no longer in use
(1) desolate
(2) absolute
(3) obsolete
(4) primitive
5. One not concerned with right or wrong
(1) moral
(2) amoral
(3) immoral
(4) immortal
6. A person who opposes war or use of military force
(1) fascist
(2) pacifist
(3) narcissist
(4) fatalist
7. Severely abusive writing in journals
(1) imaginary
(2) speculative
(3) scurrilous
(4) sarcastic
8. Call upon God or any other power (like law) etc. for help or protection
(1) invocation
(2) involution
(3) inundation
(4) revocation
9. Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space
(1) agoraphobia
(2) claustrophobia
(3) xenophobia
(4) paranoia
10. One who has become dependent on something or drugs is
(1) adamant
(2) edict
(3) addict
(4) derelict
Directions (11-20) :
Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
11. Succession of rulers belonging to one family.
(1) dynasty
(2) lineage
(3) ancestry
(4) progeny
12. To cut something into two pieces.
(1) severe
(2) sever
(3) sewer
(4) sow
13. Flat metal or Porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial.
(1) tabloid
(2) poster
(3) board
(4) plaque
14. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money.
(1) fraud
(2) robbery
(3) pickpocket
(4) theft
15. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama.
(1) prologue
(2) dialogue
(3) epilogue
(4) monologue
16. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite.
(1) amphibious
(2) ambiguous
(3) amorphous
(4) confusing
17. A person who is unable to pay his debts.
(1) solvent
(2) banker
(3) insolvent
(4) lender
18. Anything which is no longer in use.
(1) obscure
(2) obsolete
(3) pristine
(4) lapsed
19. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there.
(1) immigrant
(2) emigrant
(3) tourist
(4) settler
20. Something capable of being done.
(1) probable
(2) feasible
(3) tenable
(4) explicable
Directions (21-25) :
In the following questions, out of four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
21. Give and receive mutually
(1) present
(2) reciprocate
(3) compromise
(4) approve
22. One who can think about the future with imagination and wisdom.
(1) dreamer
(2) seer
(3) idealist
(4) visionary
23. A doctor who treats children
(1) paediatrician
(2) pedagogue
(3) pedestrian
(4) paedophile
24. One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls.
(1) entomologist
(2) psephologist
(3) demagogue
(4) eugenist
25. One who believes in offering equal opportunities to women in all spheres.
(1) male chauvinist
(2) feminist
(3) fatalist
(4) futurist
