ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS ASKED IN SSC Exams Part 7

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTIONS VOCABULARY BOOSTER SET 7

Hello Aspirants, As all of you know that if you are preparing for exams like, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, IB, RRB( Railways) or some other state government competitive exam, what is the importance of English Language section. So keeping that in mind we are providing you this quiz on One word Substitutions so that you can assess your preparation.

1. An underhand device resorted in order to justify misconduct
   a) Subterfuge
   b) Manoeuvre
   c) Stratagem
   d) Complicity
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”] b) Manoeuvre[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
2. Imposible to describe
   a) Miraculous
   b) Ineffable
   c)  Stupendous
   d) Appalling
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”] b)Ineffable[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
3. One who criticise popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or unwise
   a) Philistine
   b) Iconoclast
   c) Imposter
   d) Cannibal
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”] b)Iconoclast[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
4. Detaining and confining someone
   a) Interruption
   b) Interrogation
   c) Interment
   d) Internment
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]d) Internment[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
5. Science of the races of mankind
   a) Genealogy
   b) Epistemology
   c) Ethnology
   d) Sociology
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]c) Ethnology[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
6. One who hides away on a ship to obtain a free passage
   a) Compisitor
   b) Stoker
   c) Stowaway
   d) Shipwrite
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]c) Stowaway[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
7. Clues available at a scene
   a) Circumstantial
   b) Derivative
   c) Inferential
   d) Suggestive
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]a) Circumstantial[/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
8. An unexpected piece of good fortune
   a) Windafall
   b) Philanthropy
   c) Benevolence
   d) Trunstile
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]a) Windafall [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
9. An emolument over and above fixed income or salary
   a) Honorarium
   b) Sinecure
   c) Perquisite
   d) Prerogative
   [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]a) Honorarium [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
10. The Animals of a particular region
    a) Flora
    b) Museum
    c) Perquisite
    d) Fauna
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]d) Fauna [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
11. The plants of a particular region
    a) Flora
    b) Museum
    c) Zoo
    d) Fauna
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]a) Flora [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
12. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described as a
    a) Complex
    b) Reflex
    c) Reflection
    d) Response
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]b) Reflex [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
13. A continuous process of change is known as
    a) Transformation
    b) Metamorphosis
    c) Flux
    d) Dynamism
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]c) Flux [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
14. The use of many words where only a few are necessary
    a) Circumlocution
    b) Circumspection
    c) Circumscription
    d) Circumvention
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]a) Circumlocution [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
15. Circular building or hall with a dome
    a) Edifice
    b) Palace
    c) Rotunda
    d) Spire
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]c) Rotunda [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
16. One who is a citizen not of a country but of the world
    a) Bohemian
    b) Cosmopolitan
    c) Philanthropist
    d) Internationalist
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]b) Cosmopolitan [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
17. To run away with a lover
    a) Deceive
    b) Cheat
    c) Escape
    d) Elope
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]d) Elope [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
18. Science of heredity
    a) Hereditary
    b) Genetics
    c) Genesis
    d) Inheritance
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]b) Genetics [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
19. Arrangement in order of occurrence
    a) Timely
    b) Chronological
    c) Chronic
    d) Temporal
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]b) Chronological [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
20. Occurring at night
    a) Nightly
    b) Dark
    c) Neurotic
    d) Nocturnal
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]d) Nocturnal [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
21. Determine the nature of the disese
    a) Investigate
    b) Determine
    c) Diagnose
    d) Detect
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]c) Diagnose [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
22. Person who insists on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning
    a) Scholar
    b) Pedant
    c) Pedagogue
    d) Literalist
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]b) Pedant [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
23. Calmness and indifference to suffering
    a) Stoicism
    b) Despair
    c) Agony
    d) Materialism
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]a) Stoicism [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
24. The practice of having more than one husband
    a) Polyandry
    b) Polygamy
    c) Bigamy
    d) Debauchery
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]a) Polyandry [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]
25. Seeing something which is not actually present
    a) Imagination
    b) Presumption
    c) Hallucination
    d) Supposition
    [otw_shortcode_content_toggle title=”Answer” opened=”closed”]c) Hallucination [/otw_shortcode_content_toggle]FOR MORE QUIZZES IN ENGLISH CLICK HERE