ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION
 853. A drug or other substance that              Directions (863–865) : Out of the           Directions (872–874) : Out of the
      produces sleep                         four alternatives, choose the one which     four alternatives, choose the one which
      (1) soporific    (2) depressant        can be substituted for the given            can be substituted for the given
      (3) narcotic     (4) antiseptic        words/sentences.                            words/sentences.
      Directions (854–856) : Out of                              (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)                       (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
                                                        Exam. 03.09.2016 (IInd sitting)             Exam. 04.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting)
the four alternatives, choose the one
which can be substituted for the given        863. A small shop that sells                 872 One who copies from other
words/sentences and choose the                     fashionable clothes, cosmetics              writers
option corresponding to it.                        etc.                                        (1) pluralist    (2) imitator
                    (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)          (1) store        (2) stall                  (3) plagiarist (4) copycat
            Exam. 31.08.2016 (IIIrd sitting)       (3) boutique (4) booth                 873. Thing that can be felt or touched
 854. A thing no longer in use                864. Interval between two events                 (1) pandemic
      (1) illusion     (2) illegal                                                             (2) palpable
                                                   (1) recess       (2) interlude
      (3) obsolete     (4) historic                                                            (3) paltry
                                                   (3) shuttle      (4) prelude
 855. A place where astronomical                                                               (4) panchromatic
                                              865. A person’s peculiar habit              874. The scientific study of elections
      observations are made
                                                   (1) peculiarity (2) trait                   (1) pathology
      (1) laboratory (2) observatory
      (3) astrolibrary (4) astrophery              (3) distinction (4) idiosyncracy            (2) palaeontology
 856. Killing one’s sister                        Directions (866–868) : Out of the            (3) psephology
      (1) regicide     (2) fratricide        four alternatives, choose the one which           (4) philology
                                             can be substituted for the given                 Directions (875–877) : Out of the
      (3) matricide (4) sororicide
                                             words/sentences.                            four alternatives, choose the one which
      Directions (857-859) : Out of
                                                                 (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)   can be substituted for the given
the four alternatives, choose the one
                                                        Exam. 03.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting) words/sentences.
which can be substituted for the given
                                              866. The art of delaying                                       (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
words/sentences.                                                                                    Exam. 06.09.2016 (IInd sitting)
                    (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)          (1) degeneration
                                                                                          875. Shine with a bright but brief or
            Exam. 01.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting)       (2) inflation                               irregular light
 857. Experts who scientifically study             (3) procrastination                         (1) whimper (2) flicker
      insects
                                                   (4) regression                              (3) cower        (4) mutter
      (1) gerontologists
                                              867. A doctor who specializes in the        876. The act of setting free from
      (2) pathologists                                                                         bondage of any kind
                                                   diseases of the eyes
      (3) entomologists                                                                        (1) emancipation
                                                   (1) ophthalmologist
      (4) ornithologists                                                                       (2) eradication
                                                   (2) optimist
 858. One who pretends to be what he                                                           (3) indemnity
      is not                                       (3) optician
                                                                                               (4) emigration
      (1) hypocrite (2) pessimist                  (4) orthodontist
                                                                                          877. A disease that affects a large
      (3) optimist     (4) infallible         868. Person who eats too much                    number of people in an area at
 859. A paper/story/poem first written             (1) cannibal     (2) glutton                the same time
      out by hand                                  (3) obese        (4) carnivorous            (1) endemic      (2) epidemic
      (1) handicraft (2) manuscript               Directions (869–871) : Out of the            (3) epidermic (4) endothermic
      (3) handiwork (4) thesis               four alternatives, choose the one which           Directions (878-880) : Out of
      Directions (860-862) : In the          can be substituted for the given            the four alternatives, choose the one
following questions, out of the four         words/sentences.                            which can be substituted for the given
alternatives, choose the one which can                           (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)   words/sentences and choose the
be substituted for the given words/                     Exam. 04.09.2016 (IInd sitting)  option corresponding to it.
sentences.                                    869. A narrow stretch of land                                  (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
                    (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)          connecting two large bodies of                   Exam. 06.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting)
            Exam. 02.09.2016 (IIIrd sitting)                                              878. One who is eighty years old
                                                   land.
 860. A place where money is coined.                                                           (1) septagenarian
                                                   (1) lagoon       (2) cape
      (1) bank         (2) mint
                                                   (3) strait       (4) isthumus               (2) sextagenarian
      (3) firm         (4) parliament
                                              870. An animal which lives by preying            (3) nonagenarian
 861. The process by means of which
                                                   on other animals                            (4) octogenarian
      plants and animals breathe.
                                                   (1) aggressor (2) attacker             879. A shady fertile place in the desert
      (1) respiration (2) germination
      (3) absorption (4) transpiration             (3) terminator (4) predator                 (1) oasis        (2) motel
 862. One who sneers at the aims and          871. Government or rule by a small               (3) orchard      (4) garden
      beliefs of his fellow men.                   group of people                        880. A place where bees are kept
      (1) critic       (2) connoisseur             (1) monarchy (2) oligarchy                  (1) apiary       (2) nursery
      (3) pedant       (4) cynic                   (3) autocracy (4) autonomy                  (3) aviary       (4) kennel
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