ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
 349. Exclusive possession or control       361. Animals that eat flesh                 372. Politicians are notorious for doing
       of anything                               (1) herbivorous (2) omnivorous               undue favour to their relatives.
       (1) monotheism (2) monopoly               (3) carnivorous (4) aquatic                  (1) pluralism      (2) nepotism
       (3) monism        (4) mono-mania     362. A handwriting which is difficult             (3) dualism        (4) polarism
 350. One who is unable to pay one’s             or impossible to read                  373. The production of raw silk.
       debt                                      (1) illegitimate (2) illicit                 (1) sericulture (2) seroculture
       (1) bankrupt       (2) bankroll           (3) illegible      (4) illusive              (3) sariculture (4) syrumculture
       (3) extravagant (4) borrower         363. Talking disrespectfully of sacred
                                                                                        374. Meaningless language with an
 351. Instrument that magnifies                  things
                                                                                              exaggerated style intended to
       objects                                   (1) heresy         (2) atheism
                                                                                              impress.
       (1) periscope      (2) stethoscope        (3) blasphemy (4) apostasy
                                                                                              (1) orator
       (3) telescope      (4) microscope        Directions (364-368) % In the
                                                                                              (2) public speaking
 352. Animals which live in water          following questions, out of the four
                                           alternatives choose the one which can              (3) verbalization
       (1) wild           (2) domestic
                                           be substituted for the given words/                (4) rhetoric
       (3) aquatic        (4) barren
                                           sentence.                                    375. The conference takes place once
 353. The study of plant life
                                                             (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff         in three years.
       (1) zoology        (2) botany
                                                        Exam. 24.03.2013, Ist Sitting)        (1) tetraenning (2) triennial
       (3) geography      (4) geology
                                           364. Men living in the same age                    (3) treennial      (4) thriennnial
       Directions (354 – 358) : In the          (1) recent
following questions, out of the four                                                        Directions (376-382) : In the
                                                (2) modern                             following question, out of the four
alternatives choose the one which can
                                                (3) contemporary                       alternatives, choose the one which can
be substituted for the given words/
                                                (4) compatriot                         be substituted for the given words/
sentence.
                                           365. Someone who is killed fighting for     sentence.
                 (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff
                                                the cause of religion or faith.                        (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
           Exam. 17.03.2013, IInd Sitting)
                                                (1) prophet       (2) martyr                      Exam. 21.04.2013, IInd Sitting)
 354. One who eats too much
                                                (3) seer          (4) mystic           376. An apartment building in which
       (1) glutton        (2) obese
                                           366. A list of books and writings of one          each apartment is owned
       (3) overweight (4) greedy
                                                author or one subject.                       separately by the people living
 355. Existing only in the mind
                                                (1) biography (2) lithography                in it, but also containing shared
       (1) imaginary      (2) fallacy
                                                (3) bibliography(4) orthography              areas.
       (3) gamble         (4) missionary
                                           367. Yearly celebration of a date or an           (1) condominium
 356. Likely to arouse envy                     event.                                       (2) multiplex
       (1) enviable     (2) economical          (1) birthday      (2) jubilee
       (3) envious      (4) jealous                                                          (3) duplex
                                                (3) anniversary (4) centenary
 357. One who loves and supports                                                             (4) caravan
                                           368. A list of the names of books
       his or her country and is willing                                               377. A group of three powerful people.
                                                (1) epilogue      (2) dialogue
       to defend it.                                                                         (1) trio         (2) tritium
                                                (3) catalogue (4) prologue
       (1) patriot        (2) martyr            Directions (369-375) : In the                (3) trivet       (4) triumvirate
       (3) alien          (4) atheist      following questions, out of the four        378. Operation of the body after
 358. The study of birds                   alternatives, choose the one which can            death.
       (1) zoology                         be substituted for the given words/               (1) post-mortem (2) obituary
       (2) ornithology                     sentences.                                        (3) homage         (4) mortuary
       (3) physiology                                      (SSC Graduate Level Tier-I  379. Not allowing the passage of light.
       (4) anthropology                                 Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
                                                                                             (1) oblique      (2) opaque
      Directions (359–363) : In the         369. A person who readily believes
                                                                                             (3) optique      (4) opulant
following questions, out of the four              others.
                                                                                       380. Science regarding principles of
alternatives choose the one which can             (1) credible       (2) credulous
                                                                                             classification.
be substituted for the given words /              (3) sensitive      (4) sensible
                                            370. Has an evil reputation.                     (1) taxidermy (2) taxonomy
sentence.
                 (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff         (1) notorious                              (3) toxicology (4) classicology
      Exam. 17.03.2013, Kolkata Region)           (2) malicious                        381. A political leader appealing to
 359. Inability to sleep                          (3) magnanimous                            popular desires and prejudices.
      (1) insomnia                                (4) dubious                                (1) dictator     (2) tyrant
      (2) slumber                           371. A person who helps even a                   (3) popularist (4) demagogue
      (3) lassitude                               stranger in difficulty               382. Enclosed in a small closed space.
      (4) sleeping sickness                       (1) samaritan                              (1) closophobia
 360. One who knows everything                    (2) altruist                               (2) clusterophobia
      (1) omnipresent (2) omnipotent              (3) philanthropist                         (3) claustrophobia
      (3) omniscient (4) almighty                 (4) beneficiary                            (4) liftophobia
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