ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
8 ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
Directions (1-10) : In these ques- Directions (11-20) : Out of the 21. Give and receive mutually
tions, out of the four alternatives four alternatives, choose the one (1) present
choose the one which can be substi- which can be substituted for the (2) reciprocate
tuted for the given words/sentence. given words/sentence.
(3) compromise
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
Exam. 09.09.2001) (4) approve
Exam. 1997)
1. A person with a long experience 11. Succession of rulers belonging 22. One who can think about the
of any occupation to one family. future with imagination and
(1) dynasty (2) lineage wisdom.
(1) veteran
(3) ancestry (4) progeny (1) dreamer (2) seer
(2) genius
12. To cut something into two (3) idealist (4) visionary
(3) seasoned pieces. 23. A doctor who treats children
(4) ambidexterous (1) severe (2) sever
(1) paediatrician
2. Words written on a tomb (3) sewer (4) sow
(2) pedagogue
(1) epithet (2) epigraph 13. Flat metal or Porcelain plate
fixed on a wall as an ornament (3) pedestrian
(3) Soliloquy (4) epitaph
or memorial. (4) paedophile
3. Stealthily done (1) tabloid (2) poster 24. One who studies election trends
(1) devious (3) board (4) plaque by means of opinion polls.
(2) nefarious 14. Act of deceiving somebody in (1) entomologist
(3) surreptitious order to make money. (2) psephologist
(4) villainous (1) fraud (2) robbery (3) demagogue
4. Something no longer in use (3) pickpocket (4) theft
(4) eugenist
15. A short poem or speech
(1) desolate (2) absolute 25. One who believes in offering
addressed to the spectators
(3) obsolete (4) primitive after the conclusion of a drama. equal opportunities to women in
5. One not concerned with right or (1) prologue (2) dialogue all spheres.
wrong (3) epilogue (4) monologue (1) male chauvinist
(1) moral (2) amoral 16. Capable of being understood in (2) feminist
(3) immoral (4) immortal either of two or more possible (3) fatalist
senses, and therefore not (4) futurist
6. A person who opposes war or
definite.
use of military force 26. Killing of a child
(1) amphibious(2) ambiguous
(1) fascist (2) pacifist (1) homicide (2) genocide
(3) amorphous (4) confusing
(3) narcissist (4) fatalist 17. A person who is unable to pay (3) infanticide (4) suicide
7. Severely abusive writing in his debts. 27. The art of good eating
journals (1) solvent (2) banker (1) gastronomy
(1) imaginary (2) speculative (3) insolvent (4) lender (2) astronomy
(3) scurrilous (4) sarcastic 18. Anything which is no longer in (3) vegetarianism
use. (4) gourmet
8. Call upon God or any other (1) obscure (2) obsolete
power (like law) etc. for help or 28. One who is indifferent to
(3) pristine (4) lapsed pleasure or pain.
protection
19. A person coming to a foreign (1) stoic (2) stylist
(1) invocation (2) involution land to settle there.
(3) inundation (4) revocation (1) immigrant (2) emigrant (3) cynic (4) psychic
9. Fear of being enclosed in a small (3) tourist (4) settler 29. Lasting only for a moment
closed space 20. Something capable of being (1) momentous
(1) agoraphobia done. (2) momentary
(2) claustrophobia (1) probable (2) feasible (3) trivial
(3) xenophobia (3) tenable (4) explicable (4) petty
Directio ns (21-30) : In the
(4) paranoia 30. To seize control of a vehicle in
following questions, out o f four
10. One who has become dependent order to force it to go to a new
alternatives choose the one which can
on something or drugs is destination, or demand
be substituted for the given words/
something.
(1) adamant (2) edict sentence.
(SSC Section Officer (Audit) (1) attack (2) contract
(3) addict (4) derelict
Exam. 16.11.2003) (3) hijack (4) detour
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