Important One Word Substitution
Important One Word Substitution
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
1. The schedule of travel.
a. Travelbook
b. Guidebook
c. Itinerary
d. Time-table
2. Poem in short stanzas narrating a popular story.
a. Ballad
b. Sonnet
c. Ballet
d. Epic
3. Design made by putting together coloured pieces of glass of stones.
a. Relief
b. Oleograph
c. Tracery
d. Mosaic
4. A policy that segregates people on the basis of race.
a. Apartheid
b. Partisan
c. Chauvinism
d. Theism
5. Something which lasts forever.
a. Mortal
b. Infallible
c. Eternal
d. Youthful
6. A fear of closed/dark place.
a. Xenophobia
b. Acrophobia
c. Claustrophobia
d. Pyrophobia
7. Fear of telling lies.
a. Mythophobia
b. Legendary
c. Lyophobia
d. Oratory
8. A person employed as a car-driver for an important person.
a. Cabby
b. Chauffeur
c. Cavalier
d. Wagoner
9. Walking in sleep.
a. Obsession
b. Hallucination
c. Somnambulism
d. Somniloquism
10. A particular method of working.
a. Methodology
b. Knack
c. Working pattern
d. Modus operandi
11. Incapable of error.
a. Erroneous
b. Incorrigible
c. Unbeatable
d. Infallible
12. One who believes everything he or she hears.
a. Credulous
b. Credible
c. Creditable
d. Credential
13. An allowance made to a wife by her husband, when they are legally separated.
a. Alimony
b. Parsimony
c. Matrimony
d. Honorarium
14. Wild imagination.
a. Whim
b. Fantasy
c. Fancy
d. Memory
15. A poem of fourteen lines.
a. Ballad
b. Psalm
c. Sonnet
d. Carol
16. The headmaster brought back to mind the outstanding achievement of the school.
a. Remembered
b. Reminded
c. Reminisced
d. Recalled
17. Lack of feeling
a. Empathy
b. Apathy
c. Sympathy
d. Pity
18. Accidental good fortune
a. Serendipity
b. Good luck
c. Chance
d. Fluke
19. Short speech or poem given at the end of a play or a book
a. Epilogue
b. Epigram
c. Epitaph
d. Epicure
20. A person who drive our motor cars
a. Driver
b. Chauffeur
c. Conductor
d. Lift-operator
21. Inflammation of gums
a. Gangerene
b. Gingivitis
c. Conjunctivitis
d. Orchitis
22. A book written by an unknown author
a. Anonymous
b. Acrimonious
c. Audacious
d. Assiduous
23. An event that causes great harm or dams
a. Problem
b. Disaster
c. Pain
d. Relief
24. Beyond correction
a. Inverterate
b. Glib
c. Incorrigible
d. Incongruous
25. Widespread scarcity of food
a. Hunger
b. Drought
c. Poverty
d. Famine
26. Animals which suckle their young
a. Herbivores
b. Mammals
c. Carnivores
d. Omnivores
27. A drug or other substance that induces sleep
a. Reviver
b. Stimulant
c. Energic
d. Sedative
28. A speech delivered without any preparation
a. Temporary
b. Exemplary
c. Extempore
d. Contemporary
29. Animals that eat flesh
a. Herbivorous
b. Carnivorous
c. Omnivorous
d. Insectivorous
30. A fictitious name especially one assumed by an author
a. Nick name
b. Pseudonym
c. Sobriquet
d. Pet name
Answer
- c. Itinerary
- a. Ballad
- d. Mosaic
- a. Apartheid
- c. Eternal
- c. Claustrophobia
- a. Mythophobia
- b. Chauffeur
- c. Somnambulism
- d. Modus operand
- d. Infallible
- a. Credulous
- a. Alimony
- b. Fantasy
- c. Sonnet
- a. Remembered
- b. Apathy
- d. Fluke
- a. Epilogue
- b. Chauffeur
- b. Gingivitis
- a. Anonymous
- b. Disaster
- c. Incorrigible
- d. Famine
- b. Mammals
- d. Sedative
- c. Extempore
- b. Carnivorous
- b. Pseudonym