ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
64. A place where Jews worship Directions (76-80) : In each of Directions (86-95) : Out of the
according to their religion the following questions, out of four four alternatives, choose the one which
(1) cathedral (2) synagogue alternatives choose the one which can can be substituted for the given
be substituted for the given words/ words/ sentence.
(3) chapel (4) demagogue
sentence. (SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit)
65. One who is indifferent to Exam. 26.11.2006
pleasure and pain (SSC Statistical Investigators
(IInd Sitting)
(1) ascetic (2) esoteric Grade-IV Exam. 13.08.2006)
86. One who deserts his principles
(3) stoic (4) sceptical 76. A sly look that is lustful or party.
66. The stud y of reli gion and (1) leer (2) lore (1) apostle (2) proselyte
religious ideas and beliefs (3) lark (4) littoral (3) renegade (4) critic
(1) theocracy (2) theosophy 77. A jocular person who is full of 87. One who intervenes between
(3) theology (4) theism amusing anecdotes two or more parties to settle
(1) wile (2) yokel differences
67. Dissection of a dead body to find
(3) wag (4) aeon (1) neutral (2) intermediary
the cause of death.
(1) biopsy (2) investigation 78. Deep in thought (3) judge (4) connoisseur
88. The habit of always admiring
(3) surgery (4) autopsy (1) meditation (2) pensive
oneself
68. A person without training or (3) pesky (4) purloin (1) psychosis (2) neurosis
experience in a skill or subject 79. Without risk of punishment (3) narcissism (4) paranoia
(1) chaplain (2) mason (1) impudent (2) impunity 89. To take back, withdraw or
(3) artisan (4) novice (3) inexorable (4) imperturable renounce
69. One who stays away from school 80. Excessive preoccupation with (1) repent (2) retrace
with permission one"s health (3) refuse (4) recant
(1) pedant (2) supplicant (1) hypochondria 90. A pen for small animals
(3) mendicant (4) truant (2) malaise (1) hutch (2) lair
70. The act of killing a whole group (3) disaffected (3) den (4) cage
of people, especially a whole 91. A woman having more than one
(4) malinger
race husband at the same time
Directions (81–85) : In the
(1) patricide (2) parricide (1) polyandry (2) polygamy
following questions, out of the four
(3) matricide (4) genocide (3) polyphony (4) polygyny
alternatives, choose the one which can
Directions (71–75) : In the be substituted for the given words/ 92. Feeding on food made both of
following questions, out of the four plants and flesh
sentence.
alternatives, choose the one which can (1) carnivorous (2) omnipotent
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &
be substituted for the given words/ (3) omnivorous (4) optimist
Central Excise) Exam. 12.11.2006)
sentences. 93. One who destroys images or
(SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & 81. The worship of idols or images attacks popular beliefs
Central Excise) Exam. 11.12.2005) (1) atheism (2) theism (1) imagist (2) misanthropist
71. A go vernment in which all (3) idolatry (4) iconoclasm (3) iconoclast (4) masochist
religions are honoured 82. Something that is poisonous or 94. Violation of something holy and
(1) communist(2) socialistic unhealthy sacred
(3) secular (4) capitalist (1) trivial (2) toxic (1) pollution (2) pilferage
72. A place where government/ (3) sacrilege (4) pittance
(3) torpid (4) tragic
public records are kept 95. A place where nuns live and
83. A remedy for all diseases work
(1) archive (2) museum
(1) amnesia (2) panacea (1) church (2) school
(3) shelf (4) cellar
73. Living together of a man and (3) intelligentsia (4) parasol (3) abode (4) convent
woman without being married to 84. A hater of mankind Directions (96-105) : In the
each other (1) misanthrope following questions, out of the four
(1) marriage (2) equipage (2) misogynist alternatives, choose the one which can
(3) lineage (4) concubinage be substituted for the given words/
(3) philanthropist sentence.
74. Too much official formality
(4) misogamist (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
(1) bureaucracy
85. Irresistible craving for alcoholic Exam. 10.12.2006)
(2) red-tapism
drinks 96. General view of a person’s
(3) nepotism character
(1) megalomania
(4) formalism (1) biography
(2) dipsomania
75. Dry weather with no rainfall (2) profile
(1) draught (2) draft (3) kleptomania
(3) introduction
(3) drought (4) desert (4) pyromania (4) sketch
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