One word substitution For SSC and other competitive exams

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One Word Substitutions Practice Set
Direction-Each set has 10 questions, out of the four alternative
choose the one which can be substituted for the given words.
Set no-01
1. One who sells articles at public sales
(a) Auctioneer (b) Tolerance
(c) Stoicism (d) Reticence
2. An act of misappropriation of money
(a) debasement (b) misconduct
(c) corruption (d) embezzlement
3. The first public performance of a musical or theatrical work or the first
showing of a film
(a) premiere (b) preview
(c) opener (d) Debut
4. Rules governing socially acceptable behaviour.
(a) behaviour (b) etiquette
(c) formality (d) politeness
5. A person who is easily deceived or tricked.
(a) Gullible (b) tangible
(c) trouble (d) trickster
6. Submission to all that happens as inevitable.
(a) fatalism (b) Superstition
(c) pragmatism (d) Pessimism
7. A legal agreement that allows someone to use a building or land for a
period of time, usually for rent.
(a) assurance (b) deal
(c) bond (d) lease
8. A person who worships only one God.
(a) Philogymist (b) theist
(c) Monotheist (d) Polytheist
9. Animals living in water
(a) mammals (b) aquatic
(c) amphibian (d) gregarious
10.Someone not fit to be chosen
(a) imeligible (b) non-eligible
(c) uneligible (d) ineligible
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a)
6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (d)
Set 02
1. One who deals in furs.
(a) tanner (b) furrier
(c) lapidist (d) drover
2. With no particular order or plan.
(a) hazard (b) hazardous
(c) hopeless (d) haphazard
3. The point at which something is complete or finalized
(a) consummation (b) final
(c) uncomplete (d) end
4. Occurring, operating, or done at the same time
(a) simultaneous (b) right
(c) timebound (d) temporary
5. The complete control of trade in particular goods or type of
goods
(a) monopoly (b) sharing
(c) scattering (d) distribution
1.(a) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (a)
Set no- 03
1. Using or expressed in more words than are needed.
(a) verbose (b) concise
(c) succinct (d) lengthy
2. A woman whose husband is died and who has not married again
(a) celibate (b) bachelor
(c) single (d) widow
3. A man whose wife is died and who has not married again
(a) widower (b) celibate
(c) widow (d) married
4. Impossible to understand
(a) comprehensible (b) unintelligible
(c) exonerate (d) intelligible
5. Change ordinary metals into gold
(a) alchemy (b) auctioneer
(c) agent (d) master
6. A person or thing that has the same name as another.
(a) namesake (b) stroll
(c) metaphor (d) emblem
7. A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill
(a)house (b) university
(c) college (d) infirmary
8. A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a
mountainside
(a) flux (b) waterfall
(c) avalanche (d) flood
9. A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop
(a) butcher (b) assassin
(c) murderer (d) moaner
10. Linked together
(a)connect (b) concatenate
(c) joint (d) assemble
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a)
6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (b)
Set no-04
1. Exclusive right to publish a book
(a) copyright (b) dominate
(c) control (d) exonerate
2. Gradual increase in force - volume - loudness.
(a) elevation (b) crescendo
(c) pinnacle (d) surge
3. A broad channel formed by joining of the sea and river water
(a) hinterland (b) connect
(c) estuary (d) dyke
4. Used or suitable for growing crops
(a) useful (b) furrow
(c) suitable (d) arable
5. An area where wild birds or animals protected and encouraged
to breed
(a) sanctuary (b) asylum
(c) shrine (d) temple
6. Dealing with injuries and diseases of the bones or muscles
(a) orthopaedics (b) orthodox
(c) phonology (d) etymology
7. A group of people assembled for religious worship
(a) congregation (b) throng
(c) collection (d) mob
8. A person who destroys property by fire
(a) criminal (b) maverick
(c) pacifist (d) arsonist
9. Conferred as an honor
(a) sinecure (b) honorary
(c) reward (d) vulnerable
10.Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas
(a) deny (b) receptive
(c) comprehensive (d) useful
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (a)
6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)
Set no-05
1. An area where wild birds or animals protected and encouraged
to breed
(a) sanctuary (b) asylum
(c) temple (d) shrine
2. One who walks in sleep:
(a) dremer (b) somnambulist
(c) neomatic (d) ignorant
3. An instrument for measuring the force of the wind:
(a) manometer (b) micrometer
(c) telescope (d) anemometer
4. A speech made without preparation:
(a) prepared (b) debate
(c) extempore (d) elocution
5. Prohibited by law or treaty from being imported on exported:
(a) contraband (b) smuggled
(c) counterfeit (d) forged
6. Intentional destruction of racial groups:
(a) regicide (b) genocide
(c) homicid (d) fratricide
7. A person in vehicle or on horseback escorting another vehicle:
(a) navigator (b) escort
(c) outrider (d) security
8-. Not allowing the passage of light:
(a) oblique (b) opaque
(c) optique (d) opulant
9-. Science regarding principles of classification:
(a) taxidermy (b) taxonomy
(c) toxicology (d) classicology
10.A person who can make himself/herself at home in any country:
(a) cosmetician (b) cosmopolitan
(c) cosmocrat (d) cosmesis
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (a)
6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (b)
Set no-06
1. Science of heredity:
(a) hereditary (b) genetics
(c) genesis (d) inheritance
2. Arrangement in order of occurrence:
(a) timely (b) chronological
(c) chronic (d) temporal
3. Occuring at night:
(a) nightly (b) dark
(c) nocturnal (d) neurotic
4. Determine the nature of the disease:
(a) investigate (b) determine
(c) diagnose (d) detect
5. A guide-post pointing out the way for a place:
(a) lastpost (b) finger-post
(c) lamp-post (d) checkpost
6. Belief that god is in everything and that everything is god:
(a) atheism (b) pantheism
(c) scepticism (d) animism
7. A picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated
manner as to cause laughter
(a) cartoon (b) cacography
(c) cartography (d) caricature
8. The state of being miserable bereft of all possessions:
(a) dependant (b) complacent
(c) destitute (d) omnipresent
9 That which cannot be called back:
(a) irresponsible (b) irrevocable
(c) irredeemable (d) incalculable
10.An abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by somebody:
(a) foundling (b) siblings
(c) urchin (d) orphan
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b)
6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a)
Set no-07
1. Parts of a country behind the coast or a river bank:
(a) swamps (b) marshes
(c) hinterland (d) isthmuses
2. A written statement about someone’s character, usually
provided by an employer:
(a) testimonial (b) memorandum
(c) certificate (d) licence
3. One who makes an official examination of accounts:
(a) auditor (b) accountant
(c) clerk (d) official
4. A list of passengers and luggage:
(a) waybill (b) wagon
(c) wire puller (d) whist
5. A person who makes love without serious intention:
(a) consort (b) philanderer
(c) romeo (d) goon
6. Avoiding wastage:
(a) economic (b) economical
(c) minimal (d) optimational
7. Sole right to make and sell some invention:
(a) franchise (b) authorize
(c) dealership (d) patent
8. The scientific study of living organisms:
(a) biochemistry (b) organic chemistry
(c) zoology (d) biology
9. One who lives for more than a hundred years:
(a) saint (b) mereorologist
(c) demagogue (d) centenarian
10.One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain:
(a) stoic (b) anarchist
(c) mystic (d) hysteric
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)
6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (a)
Set-08
1. Person who files a suit
(a) suitor (b) plaintiff
(c) accuser (d) charger
2. Take great pleasure
(a) satisfied (b) uphold
(c) overhaul (d) revel
3. The practise of having many wives
(a) calligraphy (b) polygamy
(c) polyandry (d) bigamy
4. A person who abstains completely from alcoholic drink
(a) derelict (b) subjunctive
(c) incriminatory (d) teetotaller
5. A strong dislike:
(a) entreaty (b) animosity
(c) malice (d) reciprocity
6. The Mahabharata is a long poem based on a noble theme