30 ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION QUIZ

 

 

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION 



 

 

1.            Still existing and known 

(A) Extent                   (B) Extant

             (C) Eternal                (D) Immanent

ANSWER-B

2.               Words uttered impiously about God

(A)amoral                 (B) philosophy

       (C) logic                  (D) blasphemy

ANSWER-D

3.            Loss of memory

(A) Ambrosia            (B) Amnesia

           (C)  Insomnia            (D) Forgetting

ANSWER-B

4.               One who compiles a dictionary

(A)geographer         (B) lexicographer

(C) lapidist                (D) linguist

ANSWER-B

5.  A test in which cells from diseased organs are removed and tested


(A)Biopsy                   (B) Autopsy

            (C) Operation           (D) Amputation


ANSWER-A

6.    A small room in a big house, hotel, ship etc. where glasses, dishes, spoons, food etc. are kept.


(A)Portico                 (B) Pantry

           (C)  Mezzanine         (D) Kitchen

ANSWER-B

7.               A foreigner who settles in a country.

(A)Immigrant         (B) Emigrant

       (C) Alien                    (D) Visitor

ANSWER-A

8.    Doing something according to one’s own free will.

(A)Willfully              (B) Obligingly

                   (C) Voluntarily         (D) Compulsorily

ANSWER-C



9.               A place that provides refuge


(A)shelter                 (B) house

     (C) country                (D) asylum


ANSWER-D


10.            A person who gambles or bets


(A) punter                  (B) backer

(C) customer            (D) client


ANSWER-A


11.   Art of writing for newspapers and magazines


(A) Literature           (B) Journalism

(C) Biography            (D) Artistry


ANSWER-B


12.  An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody


(A) Foundling            (B) Sibling

(C) Urchin                 (D) Orphan


ANSWER-A


13.            Parts of a country behind the coast or a riverbank



(A) Swamps               (B) Marshes

(C) Hinterland          (D) Isthmuses


ANSWER-C


14.            A written statement about someone's character, usually provided by an employer


(A)        testimonial         (B) memorandum

(C)  certificate          (D) license


ANSWER-A


15.            One who does not make mistakes


(A)  Pessimist            (B) Optimist

(C) Infallible              (D) Hypocrite


ANSWER-C


16.            Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well


(A) ambivert             (B) ambidextrous

(C)  ambivalent            (D) ambitious


ANSWER-B

17.            One who hates women

(A) philanthropist              (B) ascetic

              (C)  misogamist                    (D) misogynist

ANSWER-D

18.            A  system of naming things

(A) horticulture                (B) miniature

             (C) genocide                      (D) nomenclature

ANSWER-D

19.            A raised passageway in a building

(A)  walkway              (B) walkout

           (C) walkabout             (D) walkover

ANSWER-A

20.            A cure for all diseases

    (A) laxative               (B) panacea

             (C) antidote              (D) purgative

ANSWER-B

21.            One who cannot speak

(A) deaf                       (B) dumb

         (C)  visionless              (D) lame

ANSWER-B

22.            Pertaining to cattle

(A) Canine                 (B) Feline

                (C) Bovine                 (D) Verminous

ANSWER-C

23.            To look at someone in an angry or threatening way


(A) Glower                 (B) Gnaw

         (C) Gnash                  (D) Grind

ANSWER-A

24.            A post with little work but a high salary


(A) Director               (B) Trustee

                (C)  Sinecure             (D) Ombudsman

ANSWER-C

25.            Something that causes death

(A) Dangerous                (B) Fatal

               (C) Brutal                         (D) Horrible

ANSWER-B

26.            A person who writes decoratively

(A) Calligrapher            (B) Colliery

               (C) Choreographer        (D) Cartographer

ANSWER-A

27.            A person who loves mankind

(A) misanthrope      (B) anthropologist

 (C) philanthropist      (D) mercenary

ANSWER-C

28.            Capable of being interpreted in two ways


(A) confusing            (B) unclear

           (C) ambiguous           (D) ambivert

ANSWER-C

29.            One who has narrow and prejudiced religious views

(A) religious              (B) fanatic

               (C) bigot                    (D) god-fearing

ANSWER-C  

   

30. The action of looking within or into one’s own mind

      (A) observation         (B)examination

        (C) introspection         (D) introvert

ANSWER-C















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