ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
     Directions (131–140) : In the          141. Belief that God is in everything      151. An underhand device resorted
following questions, out of the four              and that everything is God                 to in order to justify misconduct
alternatives, choose the one which can            (1) atheism      (2) pantheism             (1) subterfuge (2) manoeuvre
be substituted for the given words/               (3) scepticism (4) animism                 (3) stratagem (4) complicity
sentence.                                   142. A picture of a person or a thing      152. Impossible to describe
              (SSC Section Officer (Audit)        drawn in su ch a highly                    (1) miraculous (2) ineffable
                       Exam. 30.11.2008)          exaggerated manner as to cause             (3) stupendous (4) appalling
 131. Government by a ruler who has               laughter                             153. One who criticises popular be-
      unlimited power.                            (1) cartoon        (2) cacography          liefs which he thinks is mistaken
      (1) despotism (2) autocracy                 (3) cartography (4) caricature             or unwise
      (3) monarchy (4) anarchy              143. The state of being miserable                (1) philistine (2) iconoclast
 132. An occasion of great importance             bereft of all possessions                  (3) imposter (4) cannibal
      (1) exemplary                               (1) dependant (2) complacent         154. Detaining and confining someone
      (2) momentous                               (3) destitute    (4) omnipresent           (1) interruption
                                            144. That which cannot be called                 (2) interrogation
      (3) herculean
                                                  back                                       (3) interment
      (4) grandiose
                                                  (1) irresponsible                          (4) internment
 133. A person who is always hopeful
                                                  (2) irrevocable                      155. Science of the races of mankind
      and looks upon the brighter
                                                  (3) irredeemable                           (1) genealogy (2) epistemology
      side of things
                                                  (4) incalculable                           (3) ethnology (4) sociology
      (1) florist      (2) artist
                                            145. One who journeys from place to             Directions (156–160) : In the
      (3) theist       (4) optimist                                                   following questions, out of the four
                                                  place
 134. Place of burial                             (1) quack        (2) cannibal       alternatives, choose the one which can
      (1) cave         (2) church                 (3) itinerant (4) courier           be substituted for the given words/
      (3) synagogue (4) cemetery                                                      sentence.
                                                 Directions (146-150) : In the
 135. To have a very high opinion of                                                       (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I
                                           following questions, out of the four
      oneself                                                                                    Exam. 16.05.2010 (IInd Sitting)
                                           alternatives choose the one which can
      (1) exaggeration                     be substituted for the given words/         156. One who hides away on a ship
                                           sentence.                                         to obtain a free passage
      (2) adulations
                                                   (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &          (1) compositor (2) stoker
      (3) abundance
                                                   Central Excise) Exam. 29.03.2009)         (3) stowaway       (4) shipwright
      (4) conceited                                                                    157. Clues available at a scene
                                            146. Study of insects is
 136. One who believes in giving                                                             (1) circumstantial
                                                  (1) etymology (2) entomology
      equal opportunity to women in                                                          (2) derivative
      all fields                                  (3) ecology      (4) embryology
                                                                                             (3) inferential
      (1) canatic        (2) misogynist     147. Careful in the spending of
                                                  money, time, etc.                          (4) suggestive
      (3) philanderer (4) feminist                                                     158. An unexpected piece of good
                                                  (1) punctual (2) economical
 137. Inability to sleep                                                                     fortune
                                                  (3) miserly      (4) calculative
      (1) hysteria (2) insomnia                                                              (1) windfall
                                            148. Reproducing or memorizing
      (3) aphasia      (4) amnesia                                                           (2) philanthropy
                                                  word for word
 138. One who is given to pleasures               (1) verbatim (2) verbose                   (3) benevolence
      of the flesh                                                                           (4) turnstile
                                                  (3) verbiage (4) verbalism
      (1) terrestrial (2) epicurean                                                    159. An emolument over and above
                                            149. That which cannot be captured
      (3) celestial (4) pedestrian                                                           fixed income or salary
                                                  (1) unbreakable
                                                                                             (1) honorarium (2) sinecure
 139. A tank where fish or water                  (2) ungrippable
      plants are kept                                                                        (3) perquisite     (4) prerogative
                                                  (3) impregnable
                                                                                       160. The animals of a particular
      (1) aquarium (2) sanatorium                 (4) slippery                               region.
      (3) nursery      (4) aviary           150. One who breaks the law                      (1) flora        (2) museum
 140. A person who never takes                    (1) aggressor                              (3) zoo          (4) fauna
      alcoholic drinks                            (2) politician                            Directions (161-165) : In the
      (1) teetotaller (2) alcoholic               (3) transgressor                    following questions out of the four
      (3) addict       (4) bagpiper               (4) pedestrian                      alternatives, choose the one which can
     Directions (141–145) : In the               Directions (151–155) : In the        be substituted for the given words/
following questions, out of the four       following questions, out of the four       sentence.
alternatives, choose the one which can     alternatives, choose the one which can         (SSC SAS Exam. 26.06.2010 (Paper-I)
be substituted for the given words/        be substituted for the given words/         161. An involuntary action under a
sentence.                                  sentence.                                         stimulus is described as a
       (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &         (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I          (1) complex (2) reflex
                                                       Exam. 16.05.2010 (Ist sitting)
       Central Excise) Exam. 14.12.2008)                                                     (3) reflection (4) response
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