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
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