One Word Substitution MCQs for Competitive Examination
Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentences.
Q. 21
Fluent and clear speech
(A) Emotional
(B) Enthusiastic
(C) Articulate
(D) Confident
Answer: (C) Articulate
Q. 22
Unfair advantages for members of one’s own family
(A) Optimism
(B) Plagiarism
(C) Nepotism
(D) Regionalism
Answer: (C) Nepotism
Q. 23
Not allowing the passage of light
(A) Oblique
(B) Opaque
(C) Optique
(D) Opulent
Answer: (B) Opaque
Q. 24
Science regarding principles of classification
(A) Taxidermy
(B) Taxonomy
(C) Toxicology
(D) Classicology
Answer: (B) Taxonomy
Q. 25
A group of three books, films, etc that have the same subject or characters
(A) Trinity
(B) Trilogy
(C) Trio
(D) Tripod
Answer: (B) Trilogy
Q. 26
An expert in the area of the fine or other arts
(A) Neophyte
(B) Amateur
(C) Connoisseur
(D) Enthusiast
Answer: (C) Connoisseur
Q. 27
A person eighty years of age
(A) Septuagenarian
(B) Nonagenarian
(C) Octogenarian
(D) Sexagenarian
Answer: (C) Octogenarian
Q. 28
An inscription on a tomb
(A) Espionage
(B) Epilogue
(C) Epitaph
(D) Elegy
Answer: (C) Epitaph
Q. 29
Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong
(A) Cleverness
(B) Conscience
(C) Consciousness
(D) Mind
Answer: (B) Conscience
Q. 30
Release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and condition
(A) Parole
(B) Parley
(C) Pardon
(D) Acquittal
Answer: (A) Parole
Q. 31
Loss of memory
(A) Ambrosia
(B) Amnesia
(C) Insomnia
(D) Forgetting
Answer: (B) Amnesia
Q. 32
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence
(A) Statesmanship
(B) Diplomacy
(C) Hierarchy
(D) Protocol
Answer: (D) Protocol
Q. 33
An object or portion serving as a sample
(A) Specification
(B) Specter
(C) Spectacle
(D) Specimen
Answer: (D) Specimen
Q. 34
A person who pretends to be what he is not
(A) Imbiber
(B) Fraud
(C) Imitator
(D) Impostor
Answer: (D) Impostor
Q. 35
To renounce a high position of authority or control
(A) Abandon
(B) Abort
(C) Abdicate
(D) Abduct
Answer: (C) Abdicate
Q. 36
To struggle helplessly
(A) Flounder
(B) Founder
(C) Fumble
(D) Finger
Answer: (A) Flounder
Q. 37
Morbid compulsion to drink
(A) Claustrophobia
(B) Dipsomania
(C) Teetotaler
(D) Teetotaler
Answer: (B) Dipsomania
Q. 38
One who is not sure about God’s existence
(A) Atheist
(B) Pantheist
(C) Agnostic
(D) Anarchist
Answer: (C) Agnostic
Q. 39
One who runs away from justice
(A) Punitive
(B) Departure
(C) Evasion
(D) Fugitive
Answer: (D) Fugitive
Q. 40
One who can speak two languages
(A) Bilingual
(B) Polyglot
(C) Linguist
(D) Bigamy
Answer: (A) Bilingual