One Word Substitution Practice Test 1
1. A person with a long experience of any occupation
(1) Veteran
(2) Genius
(3) Seasoned
(4) Ambidextrous
Right Ans. – 1
2. Words written on a tomb
(1) Epigraph
(2) Epitaph
(3) Epithet
(4) Soliloquy
Right Ans. – 2
3. Stealthily done
(1) Devious
(2) Nefarious
(3) Surreptitious
(4) Villainous
Right Ans. – 3
4. Something no longer in use
(1) Desolate
(2) Absolute
(3) Obsolete
(4) Primitive
Right Ans. – 3
5. One not concerned with right or wrong
(1) Moral
(2) Amoral
(3) Immoral
(4) Immortal
Right Ans. – 2
6. A person who opposes war or use of military force
(1) Fascist
(2) Pacifist
(3) Narcissist
(4) Fatalist
Right Ans. – 2
7. Severely abusive writing in journals
(1) Imaginary
(2) Speculative
(3) Scurrilous
(4) Sarcastic
Right Ans. – 3
8. Call upon God or any other power (like law) etc. for help or protection
(1) Invocation
(2) Involution
(3) Inundation
(4) Revocation
Right Ans. – 1
9. Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space
(1) Agoraphobia
(2) Claustrophobia
(3) Xenophobia
(4) Paranoia
Right Ans. – 2
10. One who has become dependent on something or drugs is
(1) Adamant
(2) Addict
(3) Edict
(4) Derelict
Right Ans. – 2
11. One who knows many languages
(1) linguist
(2) polyglot
(3) translator
(4) phonetician
Right Ans. – 2
12. One who does not follow the usual rules of social life.
(1) Bohemian
(2) Partisan
(3) Artisan
(4) Physician
Right Ans. – 1
13. Placing a thing beside another
(1) repose
(2) expose
(3) impose
(4) juxtapose
Right Ans. – 4
14. To throw or drop unnecessary goods or fuel from a ship, an aircraft, a spacecraft etc.
(1) capsize
(2) volley
(3) enthral
(4) jettison
Right Ans. – 4
15. Wild and noisy disorder
(1) Agitation
(2) Pandemonium
(3) Stir
(4) Revolution
Right Ans. – 2
16. Possessing unlimited powers.
(1) Omniscient
(2) Omnipotent
(3) Omnipresent
(4) Omnicompetent
Right Ans. – 2
17. He is a doctor who is a specialist in skin diseases.
(1) Cardiologist
(2) Physician
(3) Dermatologist
(4) Physicist
Right Ans. – 3
18. One who retires from society and lives alone
(1) giant
(2) recluse
(3) saint
(4) plaintiff
Right Ans. – 2
19. The art of making pots, bricks etc., with clay.
(1) potting
(2) ceramics
(3) crockery
(4) dynamics
Right Ans. – 3
20. Living at the same time
(1) concurrent
(2) contemporary
(3) coincident
(4) concomitant
Right Ans. – 2
21. Succession of rulers belonging to one family.
(1) dynasty
(2) lineage
(3) ancestry
(4) progeny
Right Ans. – 1
22. To cut something into two pieces.
(1) severe
(2) sever
(3) sow
(4) sewer
Right Ans. – 2
23. Flat metal or Porcelain plate fixed on a wall as an ornament or memorial.
(1) tabloid
(2) board
(3) poster
(4) plaque
Right Ans. – 4
24. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money.
(1) fraud
(2) robbery
(3) pickpocket
(4) theft
Right Ans. – 1
25. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama.
(1) prologue
(2) epilogue
(3) dialogue
(4) monologue
Right Ans. – 2
26. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite.
(1) amphibious
(2) ambiguous
(3) amorphous
(4) confusing
Right Ans. – 2
27. A person who is unable to pay his debts.
(1) solvent
(2) banker
(3) insolvent
(4) lender
Right Ans. – 3
28. Anything which is no longer in use.
(1) obscure
(2) obsolete
(3) pristine
(4) lapsed
Right Ans. – 2
29. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there.
(1) immigrant
(2) emigrant
(3) tourist
(4) settler
Right Ans. – 1
30. Something capable of being done.
(1) probable
(2) feasible
(3) tenable
(4) explicable
Right Ans. – 2
31. Give and receive mutually
(1) present
(2) reciprocate
(3) compromise
(4) approve
Right Ans. – 2
32. One who can think about the future with imagination and wisdom.
(1) dreamer
(2) seer
(3) visionary
(4) idealist
Right Ans. – 3
33. A doctor who treats children
(1) paediatrician
(2) pedagogue
(3) pedestrian
(4) paedophile
Right Ans. – 1
34. One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls.
(1) entomologist
(2) psephologist
(3) demagogue
(4) eugenist
Right Ans. – 2
35. One who believes in offering equal opportunities to women in all spheres.
(1) male chauvinist
(2) feminist
(3) fatalist
(4) futurist
Right Ans. – 1
36. killing of a child
(1) homicide
(2) infanticide
(3) genocide
(4) suicide
Right Ans. – 2
37. The art of good eating
(1) gastronomy
(2) astronomy
(3) vegetarianism
(4) gourmet
Right Ans. – 1
38. One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain.
(1) stoic
(2) cynic
(3) stylist
(4) psychic
Right Ans. – 1
39. Lasting only for something.
(1) momentous
(2) momentary
(3) petty
(4) trivial
Right Ans. – 2
40. To seize control of a vehicle in order to force it to go to a new destination, or demand
(1) attack
(2) contract
(3) hijack
(4) detour
Right Ans. – 3
41. One who goes to settle in another country-
(1) Immigrant
(2) Alien
(3) Citizen
(4) Emigrant
Right Ans. – 4
42. One who hates mankind-
(1) Philanthropist
(2) Terrorist
(3) Misanthrope
(4) Misogynist
Right Ans. – 3
43. Belonging to all parts of the world-
(1) Versatile
(2) Universal
(3) Cosmopolitan
(4) Secular
Right Ans. – 3
44. One who walks on ropes-
(1) Funambulist
(2) Upholsterer
(3) Acrobat
(4) Aviator
Right Ans. – 3
45. The study of the origin and history of words-
(1) Linguistics
(2) Etymology
(3) Verbose
(4) Anthology
Right Ans. – 2
46. A person who breaks into a house in order to steal-
(1) Poacher
(2) Intruder
(3) Bandit
(4) Burglar
Right Ans. – 4
47. The study of maps-
(1) Cartography (2) Geology
(3) Geography (4) Atlas
Right Ans. – 1
49. The first model of a new device-
(1) Prototype
(2) Scripture
(4) Photograph
(3) Icon
Right Ans. – 1
50. A building where an audience sits-
(1) Aquarium
(2) Auditorium
(3) Gymnasium
(4) Stadium
Right Ans. – 2
