One Word Substitution – MCQ Questions Practice Set 12

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1. An unforeseen happening which creates some damage

a) Mishap

b) Blessing

c) Serendipity

d) Fortune

2. A word or a name that is inappropriate for a person or thing

a) Epithet

b) Alias

c) Pseudonym

d) Misnomer

3. One who hates institution of marriage

a) Misogamist

b) Polygamist

c) Bigamist

d) Celibate

4. A person who dislikes women

a) Feminist

b) Philogynist

c) Misogynist

d) Egalitarian

5. One who hates reason, argument, or enlightenment

a) Philosopher

b) Misologist

c) Rationalist

d) Intellectual

6. A hater of new things

a) Pioneer

b) Misoneist

c) Futurist

d) Innovator

7. Helping you to remember something

a) Oblivious

b) Forgetful

c) Mnemonic

d) Amnesiac

8. A large crowd of people, especially one that may become violent/cause trouble

a) Congregation

b) Audience

c) Assembly

d) Mob

9. A particular method of working

a) Modus Operandi

b) Tactic

c) Strategy

d) Routine

10. Lasting for a very short time

a) Perpetual

b) Permanent

c) Eternal

d) Momentary

11. Very important or serious

a) Momentous

b) Insignificant

c) Trivial

d) Ordinary

12. A supreme ruler

a) Commoner

b) Monarch

c) Vassal

d) Subject

13. A system of government by a king/a queen

a) Autocracy

b) Republic

c) Monarchy

d) Democracy

14. A building where monks live as a community

a) Sanctuary

b) Monastery

c) Cathedral

d) Convent

15. A warning of impending danger

a) Assurance

b) Monition

c) Guarantee

d) Encouragement

16. A person who lives a secluded or solitary life, often for religious reasons

a) Hermit

b) Monk

c) Ascetic

d) Anchorite

17. A person who practices one spouse at a time

a) Celibate

b) Bigamist

c) Monogamist

d) Polygamist

18. The practice of marrying one person at a time

a) Bigamy

b) Polygamy

c) Monogamy

d) Celibacy

19. A specialist written work or exhibition on one subject or one aspect

a) Treatise

b) Monograph

c) Compilation

d) Essay

20. Obsession with one particular thing

a) Mania

b) Phobia

c) Monomania

d) Neurosis

21. The complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service

a) Monopoly

b) Oligopoly

c) Competition

d) Duopoly

22. A person who believes that there is only one god

a) Agnostic

b) Polytheist

c) Atheist

d) Monotheist

23. Lacking in variety and interest // Never changing and therefore boring

a) Diverse

b) Interesting

c) Monotonous

d) Varied

24. A building which is constructed to keep alive one's memory

a) Shrine

b) Monument

c) Mausoleum

d) Citadel

25. To secure a boat by attaching it to an anchor

a) Row

b) Sail

c) Moor

d) Drift

26. Customs and habits of a particular group

a) Laws

b) Mores

c) Rules

d) Ethics

27. A place where dead bodies are kept for identification

a) Cemetery

b) Mausoleum

c) Crematorium

d) Morgue

28. The state of being subject to death

a) Eternity

b) Immortality

c) Longevity

d) Mortality

29. A legal agreement by which a bank lends you money to buy a house

a) Deed

b) Rent

c) Lease

d) Mortgage

30. A place for keeping dead bodies before burial or cremation

a) Vault

b) Sepulchre

c) Tomb

d) Mortuary

31. Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of coloured stone/glass

a) Mosaic

b) Sculpture

c) Painting

d) Fresco

32. Mark with spots or smears of colour

a) Smudge

b) Mottle

c) Daub

d) Stain

33. Wrap or cover for warmth

a) Uncover

b) Expose

c) Muffle

d) Ventilate

34. An ability to do several things at the same time

a) Specialization

b) Multitasking

c) Efficiency

d) Procrastination

35. Consisting of many things or parts

a) Multitudinous

b) Singular

c) Few

d) Sparse

36. A body of a human/an animal that has been preserved by treating it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth

a) Mummy

b) Fossil

c) Skeleton

d) Corpse

37. Ordinary and dull

a) Extraordinary

b) Mundane

c) Exceptional

d) Remarkable

38. A place where antiques are kept

a) Gallery

b) Museum

c) Library

d) Archive

39. The act of refusing to obey the orders of somebody in authority, especially by soldiers/sailors

a) Obedience

b) Mutiny

c) Submission

d) Compliance

40. Lacking foresight or intellectual insight

a) Perceptive

b) Myopic

c) Sagacious

d) Astute

41. Something that is hidden

a) Evident

b) Mystery

c) Obvious

d) Apparent

42. The compulsion to tell lies

a) Probity

b) Mythomania

c) Integrity

d) Veracity

43. Fear of telling lies

a) Alethophobia

b) Veritophobia

c) Pseudophobia

d) Mythophobia

44. Showing a lack of experience, wisdom or judgment

a) Naive

b) Wise

c) Judicious

d) Experienced

45. A person or thing that has the same name as another

a) Homonym

b) Namesake

c) Anonymous

d) Synonym

46. The habit of admiring yourself too much, especially your appearance

a) Humility

b) Modesty

c) Self-deprecation

d) Narcissism

47. A person who admires himself/herself too much, especially his appearance

a) Egoist

b) Narcissist

c) Philanthropist

d) Altruist

48. Beginning to exist; recently formed or developed

a) Mature

b) Established

c) Nascent

d) Developed

49. A highly unpleasant, annoying, objectionable sound

a) Pleasant

b) Harmonious

c) Melodious

d) Nasty

50. Connected with the place you were born // A person, animal or plant belonging originally to a place

a) Native

b) Alien

c) Immigrant

d) Foreign

51. Guide the course of a ship especially by using instruments or maps

a) Navigate

b) Steer

c) Sail

d) Drift

52. Fluid secreted by flowers which is collected by bees for making honey

a) Nectar

b) Sap

c) Pollen

d) Resin

53. So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering

a) Negligible

b) Considerable

c) Important

d) Significant

54. One who mediates in a deal or complex situation

a) Agitator

b) Instigator

c) Negotiator

d) Provocateur

55. Sound of horses

a) Neigh

b) Roar

c) Meow

d) Bark

56. Group of people living together in the same locality

a) Seclusion

b) Isolation

c) Neighbourhood

d) Wilderness

57. Deserved and unavoidable punishment for wrong doing // Downfall that satisfies natural justice

a) Nemesis

b) Amnesty

c) Reward

d) Clemency

58. A new word coined by an author

a) Archaism

b) Malapropism

c) Neologism

d) Euphemism

59. A person who has recently started an activity

a) Neophyte

b) Veteran

c) Master

d) Expert

60. A specialist of kidney

a) Cardiologist

b) Nephrologist

c) Oncologist

d) Dermatologist

61. Giving undue favours to one's own kith and kin

a) Impartiality

b) Fairness

c) Nepotism

d) Equity

62. A doctor who studies and treats diseases of nerves

a) Psychologist

b) Psychiatrist

c) Physiotherapist

d) Neurologist

63. The study of nerves

a) Psychology

b) Physiology

c) Psychiatry

d) Neurology

64. Scientific study of the nervous system and brain

a) Psychology

b) Physiology

c) Psychiatry

d) Neuroscience

65. A hollow space in a wall for a statue or ornament

a) Recess

b) Cavity

c) Alcove

d) Niche

66. The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless

a) Atheism

b) Existentialism

c) Agnosticism

d) Nihilism

67. A transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self

a) Maya

b) Moksha

c) Samsara

d) Nirvana

68. Occurring at night

a) Matutinal

b) Diurnal

c) Nocturnal

d) Crepuscular

69. People of no fixed abode

a) Nomads

b) Citizens

c) Settlers

d) Residents

70. A system of naming things

a) Terminology

b) Vocabulary

c) Nomenclature

d) Lexicon

71. An unimportant person

a) Luminary

b) Nonentity

c) Celebrity

d) Dignitary

72. Delusion of suffering from a disease

a) Neurosis

b) Hypochondria

c) Nosomania

d) Malingering

73. Sentimental longing for a period in the past

a) Amnesia

b) Deja vu

c) Futurology

d) Nostalgia

74. Well-known for being bad // A person of evil reputation

a) Notorious

b) Reputable

c) Admirable

d) Esteemed

75. The quality of being new and original

a) Tradition

b) Stagnation

c) Novelty

d) Antiquity

76. A person who is new to a profession without training or experience in a skill or subject

a) Expert

b) Professional

c) Veteran

d) Novice

77. To reduce to nothing

a) Create

b) Expand

c) Null

d) Amplify

78. One who studies the occult meanings of numbers and their supposed influence on human life

a) Mathematician

b) Statistician

c) Numerologist

d) Accountant

79. The study or collection of coins

a) Archaeology

b) Numismatics

c) Cartography

d) Philately

80. A person who collects coins

a) Cartographer

b) Numismatist

c) Philatelist

d) Archaeologist

81. A place where young plants/trees are grown for sale/for planting somewhere else

a) Botanical garden

b) Arboretum

c) Greenhouse

d) Nursery

82. An extreme fear of darkness

a) Agoraphobia

b) Acrophobia

c) Nyctophobia

d) Claustrophobia

83. A big clumsy often slow-witted person

a) Oaf

b) Genius

c) Sage

d) Prodigy

84. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

a) Oasis

b) Canyon

c) Plateau

d) Dune

85. A notice of a person's death

a) Eulogy

b) Elegy

c) Obituary

d) Biography

86. Not informed about or aware of something

a) Oblivious

b) Aware

c) Conscious

d) Cognizant

87. Not clear

a) Obscure

b) Transparent

c) Evident

d) Lucid

88. A place where astronomical observations are made

a) Sanatorium

b) Laboratory

c) Planetarium

d) Observatory

89. Passing out of use

a) Contemporary

b) Modern

c) Current

d) Obsolescent

90. Something no longer in use

a) Modern

b) Contemporary

c) Current

d) Obsolete

91. Relating to the countries of the west

a) Eastern

b) Occidental

c) Oriental

d) Continental

92. A work that would give me income

a) Occupation

b) Hobby

c) Pastime

d) Vocation

93. A geometrical figure with eight sides

a) Pentagon

b) Octagon

c) Heptagon

d) Hexagon

94. One who is eighty years old

a) Octogenarian

b) Septuagenarian

c) Sexagenarian

d) Nonagenarian

95. Eight armed sea creature

a) Jellyfish

b) Starfish

c) Octopus

d) Squid

96. A person who attends to the diseases of the eye is an

a) Oculist

b) Cardiologist

c) Dentist

d) Neurologist

97. A long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune

a) Expedition

b) Excursion

c) Odyssey

d) Pilgrimage

98. Obsession for wine

a) Dipsomania

b) Bibliomania

c) Kleptomania

d) Oenomania

99. Not quite coinciding with a central position

a) Symmetrical

b) Aligned

c) Off-Centre

d) Central

100. Government or rule by a small group of people

a) Autocracy

b) Democracy

c) Oligarchy

d) Monarchy

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