ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
  97. Wild and noisy disorder              107. A group of girls                     119. A specialist who tests eyesight
       (1) agitation                             (1) bevy         (2) covey               (1) optician
       (2) revolution                            (3) troupe       (4) coterie             (2) ophthalmologist
       (3) pandemonium                     108. Causing or ending in death                (3) ichthyologist
       (4) stir                                  (1) fatal        (2) deadly              (4) neurologist
  98. The first public speech delivered          (3) serious      (4) dangerous
                                                                                     120. A wall built to prevent the sea
       by a person                         109. A short poem or speech                    or a river from flooding an area
       (1) maiden speech                         addressed to the spectators
                                                                                          (1) dam         (2) mound
       (2) inaugural speech                      after the conclusion of a drama
       (3) trial speech                          (1) prologue (2) dialogue                (3) dyke        (4) embankment
       (4) marathon speech                       (3) epilogue (4) monologue              Directions (121-130) : In the
  99. One who does not follow the          110. One who loves books                 following questiosn, out of the four
       usual rules of social life                (1) scholar                        alternatives, choose the one which can
                                                 (2) bibliographer                  be substituted for the given words/
       (1) bohemian (2) artisan
                                                 (3) teacher                        sentence.
       (3) partisan (4) physician
                                                 (4) bibliophile                                  (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
 100. Placing a thing beside another                                                                      Exam. 10.12.2006)
       (1) impose       (2) repose         111. One who has obstinate and
                                                 narrow religious views              121. To be biased against
       (3) juxtapose (4) expose                                                           (1) partial     (2) objective
                                                 (1) theosophist
101. Expert in the scientific study of                                                    (3) prejudiced (4) predestined
                                                 (2) bigot
       birds
                                                 (3) philosopher                     122. Motion of head, hands etc., as
       (1) dermatologist                                                                  a mode of expression indicating
                                                 (4) theologian
       (2) zoologist                                                                      attitude.
                                           112. The sound of the funeral bell
       (3) ornithologist                                                                  (1) gesture     (2) grin
                                                 (1) knell        (2) spell
       (4) astronaut                                                                      (3) gestation (4) grimace
                                                 (3) dong         (4) ding-dong
 102. Building in which dead bodies        113. Military waking signal sounded       123. Bitter and violent attack in words
       are kept for a time                       in the morning                           (1) diaspora (2) diacriticism
       (1) mortuary                              (1) reveille     (2) lullaby             (3) diadem      (4) diatribe
       (2) monastery                             (3) anthem       (4) soprano        124. Treatment by means of exercise
       (3) sanatorium                      114. Study of insects                          and massage.
       (4) crematorium                           (1) ecology      (2) embryology          (1) chemotherapy
103. One who believes that gaining               (3) entomology(4) biology                (2) hydrotherapy
       pleasure is the most important      115. A person in his seventies                 (3) physiotherapy
       thing in life                             (1) sexagenarian
       (1) hedonist      (2) pessimist                                                    (4) psychotherapy
                                                 (2) septuagenarian
       (3) misanthrope(4) philistine                                                 125. The abandonment of one’s
                                                 (3) centurion
                                                                                          country or cause
 104. One who breaks the established             (4) patriarch
                                                                                          (1) defection (2) disloyalty
       traditions and image                     Directions (116-120) : In the
       (1) fatalist     (2) fanatic        following questions, out o f four              (3) desertion (4) migration
                                           alternatives, choose the one which can    126. A place where birds are kept
       (3) iconoclast (4) philogynist
                                           be substituted for the given words/            (1) aquarium (2) dareen
105. Property handed down after the
                                           sentence.                                      (3) aviary      (4) sanctuary
       death of a person
                                                  (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &   127. A method which never fails.
       (1) legacy       (2) legend
                                                  Central Excise) Exam. 25.11.2007)       (1) unflinching (2) irreparable
       (3) patrimony (4) inheritance
                                           116. A government by officials
     Directions (106-115) : In the                                                        (3) irremediable (4) infallible
                                                 (1) oligarchy (2) aristocracy
following questions, out of the four                                                 128. Something which cannot be
                                                 (3) plutocracy (4) bureaucracy           believed.
alternatives, choose the one which can
                                           117. One who walks in sleep
be substituted for the given words/                                                       (1) inevitable (2) ineffable
                                                 (1) somniloquist
sentence.                                                                                 (3) incredible (4) ineluctable
                                                 (2) egoist
  (SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit)                                            129. Body of a human being or animal
                                                 (3) somnambulist
           Exam. 30.09.2007 (IInd Sitting)                                                embalmed for burial
                                                 (4) altruist
 106. Belief that war and violence are                                                    (1) corpse      (2) mummy
                                           118. Commencement of adjacent
       unjustified                                                                        (3) morgue      (4) mortuary
                                                 words with the same letter
       (1) neutralisation                                                            130. Of very bad morals; characterised
                                                 (1) pun
       (2) pessimism                                                                      by debasement or degeneration.
                                                 (2) alliteration
       (3) naturalisation                                                                 (1) desultory (2) dilapidated
                                                 (3) transferred epithet
       (4) pacifism                                                                       (3) depraved (4) dilatory
                                                 (4) oxymoron
                                                          SEE–626