MCQ on One Word Substitution
MCQ on One Word Substitution
MCQ on One Word Substitution
Q. Choose the single-word substitution of the given sentence or phrase from the options.
1. One who entertains his guest well
(a) Inhospitable
(b) Incognito
(c) Parasitic
(d) Hospitable
Ans: (d)
2. Place where birds are kept
(a) Zoo
(b) Apiary
(c) Armoury
(d) Aviary
Ans: (d)
3. That which is contrary to law
(a) Legal
(b) Legacy
(c) Illegal
(d) Imminent
Ans: (c). MCQ on One Word Substitution
4. More than enough in amount or capacity
(a) Derisory
(b) Ample
(c) Inadequate
(d) Liberal
Ans: (b)
5. A place to bury dead bodies:
(a) Catacomb
(b) Crypt
(c) Cemetery
(d) Sepulcher
Ans: (c)
6. Living for years and years
(a) Perennial
(b) Permanent
(c) Annual
(d) Continuous
Ans: (a) . MCQ on One Word Substitution
7. Of unknown authorship:
(a) Incognito
(b) Unidentified
(c) Anonymous
(d) Pseudo
Ans: (c)
8. That which cannot be attacked or taken by force
(a) Pregnable
(b) Impregnable
(c) Autopay
(d) Anarchy
Ans: (b)
9. The absence of government:
(a) Misrule
(b) Unruly
(c) Anarchy
(d) Chaos
Ans: (c)
10. A broad road bordered with trees
(a) Boudoir
(b) Avenue
(c) Boulevard
(d) Facade
Ans: (a). MCQ on One Word Substitution
11. A trite, stereotyped expression:
(a) Cliche
(b) Proverb
(c) Idiom
(d) Buzzword
Ans: (a)
12. One who travels from place to place
(a) Itinerant
(b) Mendicant
(c) Journeyman
(d) Tramp
Ans: (a)
13. One who is unable to read or write
(a) Genius
(b) Illiterate
(c) Palisade
(d) Pulverize
Ans: (b)
14. A part of a word that can be pronounced separately
(a) Particle
(b) Sibilant
(c) Syllable
(d) Letter
Ans: (c)
15. The killing of one man by another man
(a) Suicide
(b) Homicide
(c) Fillicide
(d) Insecticide
Ans: (b)
16. A hundred-year-old man:
(a) Century
(b) Centurion
(c) Cent
(d) Centenarian
Ans: (d)
17. A substance in the blood tending to neutralize matter that is harmful:
(a) Antidote
(b) Antibiotic
(c) Antiseptic
(d) Antibody
Ans: (d). MCQ on One Word Substitution
18. One who has exaggerated anxiety about one’s health
(a) Pediatric
(b) Verbatim
(c) Hypochondriac
(d) Petrify
Ans: (c)
19. A person who is skilled in horsemanship
(a) Cavalier
(b) Equestrian
(c) Jockey
(d) Cavalryman
Ans: (b). MCQ on One Word Substitution
20. The mistake of placing something in the wrong period of time:
(a) Anachronism
(b) Misdate
(c) Misplacement
(d) Prolepsis
Ans: (a
21. A low area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure
(a) Cyclone
(b) Tornado
(c) Typhoon
(d) Hurricane
Ans: (a)
22. A doctor who specializes in diseases of the nose
(a) Rhinology
(b) Otologist
(c) Pathologist
(d) Podiatrist
Ans: (a)
23. One who lacks knowledge
(a) Intelligent
(b) Ignorant
(c) Credulous
(d) Colleague
Ans: (b). MCQ on One Word Substitution
24. The yearly return of a date:
(a) Birthday
(b) Recurrence
(c) Anniversary
(d) Ceremony
Ans: (c). MCQ on One Word Substitution
25. One who cannot be changed or reformed
(a) Invulnerable
(b) Hardened
(c) Incurable
(d) Incorrigible
Ans: (d)
26. The cessation of warfare before signing a treaty:
(a) Armistice
(b) Truce
(c) Ceasefire
(d) Suspension
Ans: (a)
27. An office for which no salary is paid
(a) Hospitable
(b) Free
(c) Honorary
(d) Gratis
Ans: (c). MCQ on One Word Substitution
28. A handwriting that cannot be easily read
(a) Illegible
(b) Legible
(c) Lucid
(d) Edible
Ans: (a)
29. One who comes to settle in a country
(a) Tourist
(b) Emigrant
(c) Immigrant
(d) Visitor
Ans: (c)
30. One who is habitually good to others:
(a) Humanitarian
(b) Altruist
(c) Angel
(d) Helper
Ans: (b). MCQ on One Word Substitution
31. A place where a person lives permanently
(a) Resident
(b) Native
(c) Domicile
(d) Subject
Ans: (c)
32. Give and receive mutually
(a) Compromise
(b) Approve
(c) Reciprocate
(d) Present
Ans: (c)
33. Customs and habits of a particular group or society
(a) Rites
(b) Rituals
(c) Traditions
(d) Mores
Ans: (d)
34. To move back and forth or sideways
(a) Traverse
(b) Sojourn
(c) Breather
(d) Tarriance
Ans: (a)
35. One who walks in sleep
(a) Somnambulist
(b) Altruist
(c) Somniloquist
(d) Egoist
Ans: (a). MCQ on One Word Substitution
36. A picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner as to cause laughter
(a) Cartography
(b) Caricature
(c) Cacography
(d) Cartoon
Ans: (b)
37. Mania for stealing articles
(a) Hypomania
(b) Logomania
(c) Kleptomania
(d) Stelomania
Ans: (c)
38. One who loves mankind is called
(a) Philanthropist
(b) Optimist
(c) Optometrist
(d) Truant
Ans: (a)
39. A Government run by a dictator is termed as
(a) Autocracy
(b) Democracy
(c) Oligarcy
(d) Theocracy
Ans: (a). MCQ on One Word Substitution
40. A remedy for all diseases is
(a) Medicine
(b) Medical
(c) Medica
(d) Panacea
Ans: (d). MCQ on One Word Substitution
41. A person with a strong desire to steal.
(a) Kleptomania
(b) Losmomania
(c) Melanomania
(d) Nelomania
Ans: (a)
42. Something capable of being done
(a) tenable
(b) Explicable
(c) Feasible
(d) Probable
Ans: (c)
43. Government by a king
(a) aristocracy
(b) oligarchy
(c) monarchy
(d) autocracy
Ans: (c)
44. The study of insects
(a) Etymology
(b) Entomology
(c) Zoology
(d) Biology
Ans: (b)
45. A place where money is coined
(a) Mint
(b) Firm
(c) Parliament
(d) Bank
Ans: (a)
46. Unwelcome aspect of a situation
(a) flip side
(b) flip-flop
(c) flint-lock
(d) flippant
Ans: (a)
47. A person highly skilled in music
(a) Novice
(b) Virtuoso
(c) Dabbler
(d) Amateur
Ans: (b). MCQ on One Word Substitution
48. A perception without objective reality
(a) Illusion
(b) Cynicism
(c) Hallucination
(d) Optimism
Ans: (c)
49. Clues available at a scene
(a) Inferential
(b) Suggestive
(c) Circumstantial
(d) Derivative
Ans: (c)
50. Code of diplomatic etiquette and procedure
(a) Hierarchy
(b) Protocol
(c) Statesmanship
(d) Diplomacy
Ans: (b)
51. A person who helps another to commit a crime
(a) accomplice
(b) assistant
(c) supporter
(d) colleague
Ans: (a)
52. Hobson’s choice
(a) unique choice
(b) no choice at all
(c) big choice
(d) choice to live or die
Ans: (b). MCQ on One Word Substitution
53. A four-footed animal
(a) Polyped
(b) Quadruped
(c) Double-paired
(d) Tetrapod
Ans: (b)
54. Lasting only for a very short while
(a) Temporary
(b) Temperate
(c) Transparent
(d) Temporal
Ans: (a)
55. Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse
(a) Allay
(b) Heckle
(c) Dulcify
(d) Soothe
Ans: (b)
56. Opinion contrary to accepted doctrines
(a) Advocacy
(b) Heresy
(c) Convention
(d) Contrast
Ans: (b)
57. Speaking with a stammer
(a) Fatiloquent
(b) Stuttering
(c) Melliloquent
(d) Eloquent
Ans: (c)
58. A doctor who treats children
(a) Pedestrian
(b) Pedagogue
(c) Pediatrician
(d) Pedophile
Ans: (c)
59. One who is a beginner or novice to a profession
(a) Tyro
(b) Nuance
(c) Vandal
(d) Pun
Ans: (a. MCQ on One Word Substitution
60. Lively or high-spirited
(a) grave
(b) vivacious
(c) discouraged
(d) depression
Ans: (b)
61. Exemption from punishment
(a) Inexorable
(b) Impunity
(c) Imperturbable
(d) Impudent
Ans: (b)
62. A brave, noble-minded or chivalrous man
(a) robust
(b) gallant
(c) reckless
(d) handsome
Ans: (b)
63. Emission of light or heat from a central point
(a) refraction
(b) reflection
(c) radiation
(d) rays
Ans: (c)
64. A person who is blamed for the wrong-doings of others
(a) Phlegmatic
(b) Bursar
(c) Scapegoat
(d) Captor
Ans: (c)
65. To make atonement for one’s sins
(a) renounce
(b) recant
(c) remonstrate
(d) expiate
Ans: (d)
66. Determine the nature of the disease
(a) Diagnose
(b) Detect
(c) Determine
(d) Investigate
Ans: (a)
67. Something that is poisonous or unhealthy
(a) Torpid
(b) Tragic
(c) Toxic
(d) Trivial
Ans: (c)
68. Intentional damage of production
(a) sangfroid
(b) sabotage
(c) modus operandi
(d) nemesis
Ans: (b)
69. Take away or alter the natural qualities of things
(a) Authentic
(b) Denature
(c) Unadulterated
(d) Limpid
Ans: (b)
70. Words uttered impiously about God
(a) Logic
(b) Blasphemy
(c) Philosophy
(d) Amoral
Ans: (b)
71. Circular building with a dome
(a) Rotunda
(b) Spire
(c) Palace
(d) Edifice
Ans: (a)
72. One who takes the dark side of a thing
(a) Pessimist
(b) Optimist
(c) Insolvent
(d) Drunken
Ans: (a)
73. A person who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
(a) Parasite
(b) Usurer
(c) Stoic
(d) Ascetic
Ans: (c)
74. Government by a ruler who has unlimited power
(a) Bureaucracy
(b) Autocracy
(c) Bigot
(d)Invincible
Ans: (b)
75. Place for cremating corpse
(a) Crematorium
(b) Cemetery
(c) Cosmopolitan
(c) Graveyard
Ans: (a). MCQ on One Word Substitution
76. An old unmarried woman
(a) Sniper
(b) Masochist
(c) Septuagenarian
(d) Spinster
Ans: (d)
77. To struggle helplessly in mud or water
(a) Fumble
(b) Finger
(c) Founder
(d) Flounder
Ans: (d)
78. That which lasts for a short time
(a) Rotatory
(b) Repository
(c) Transitory
(d) Regular
Ans: (c)
79. One who is honourably discharged from service
(a) Truant
(b) Belligerent
(c) Mercenary
(d) Emeritus
Ans: (d). MCQ on One Word Substitution
80. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter
(a) Epithet
(b) Oxymoron
(c) Alliteration
(d) Pun
Ans: (c)
81. A system of Government in which only one political party is allowed
(a) Totalitarianism
(b) Theocracy
(c) Dictatorship
(d) Oligarchy
Ans: (a)
82. Just punishment for wrongdoing
(a) Prodigy
(b) Dandy
(c) Wagon
(d) Nemesis
Ans: (d)
83. A man with abnormal habits
(a) frantic
(b) idiotic
(c) sulky
(d) eccentric
Ans: (d)
84. The life history of a person written by himself
(a) Biography
(b) Story
(c) Autobiography
(c) Novel
Ans: (c). MCQ on One Word Substitution
85. A man who learns an art for pleasure
(a) Artist
(b) Atheist
(c) Amateur
(d) Artiste
Ans: (c)
86. A person who leaves his own country and settles in another country
(a) Mercenary
(b) Emissary
(c) Emigrant
(d) Immigrant
Ans: (c). MCQ on One Word Substitution
87. A selfish person who always thinks of himself
(a) Egoist
(b) Fatalist
(c) Orator
(d) Foolish
Ans: (a)
88. A promise given by a prisoner that he will not run away
(a) Verbatim
(b) Illegal
(c) Parole
(d) Malleable
Ans: (c)
89. A person who talks in sleep is called as
(a) Somnambulist
(b) Philatelist
(c) Somniloquist
(d) Oneirocritic
Ans: (c)
90. The person who knows everything
(a) Omnipresent
(b) Omnipotent
(c) Omniscient
(d) Oblivious
Ans: (c)
91. A person involving in an activity for pleasure and not for money
(a) Amateur
(b) Follower
(c) Antiquarian
(d) Altruist
Ans: (a)
92. The life history of a person written by an author
(a) Autobiography
(b) History
(c) Bibliography
(d) Biography
Ans: (d)
93. A person working only for money or reward
(a) Apostate
(b) Mercenary
(c) Martyr
(d) Renegade
Ans: (b)
94. A child whose parents are dead
(a) Orphan
(b) Homicide
(c) Emigrant
(d) Parentless
Ans: (a)
95. Occuring at same time
(a) Illegible
(b) Present
(c) Simultaneous
(d) Contemporary
Ans: (c)
96. A Place for burials, other than a churchyard
(a) Centenary
(b) Cemetery
(c) Crematorium
(d) Crematory
Ans: (b)
97. A animal or plant living on or in another one and getting its food from it
(a) Parasite
(b) Amphibia
(c) Celibacy
(d) Dependent
Ans: (a)
98. One who totally abstains from alcoholic liquor
(a) Amateur
(b) Teetotaler
(c) Atheist
(d) Vegetarian
Ans: (b)
99. One who abandons his religious faith
(a) Orator
(b) Orthodox
(c) Omnipoten
(d) Apostate
Ans: (d)
100. Widely known for evil deeds
(a) Illegal
(b) Notorious
(c) Altruist
(d) Famous
Ans: (b) 0 0 0
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