One Word Substitution – MCQ Questions Practice Set 15

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1. Food for farm animals

a) Delicacy

b) Banquet

c) Feast

d) Provender

2. Concern for one's own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity

a) Patriotism

b) Nationalism

c) Cosmopolitanism

d) Provincialism

3. A person who moves stealthily about or loiters near a place with a view to committing a crime

a) Witness

b) Detective

c) Prowler

d) Bystander

4. One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls

a) Sociologist

b) Psephologist

c) Statistician

d) Demographer

5. The study of how people vote in elections

a) Psephology

b) Demography

c) Statistics

d) Sociology

6. A fictitious name especially one assumed by an author

a) Surname

b) Pseudonym

c) Title

d) Real name

7. A scientist trained in psychology

a) Physicist

b) Biologist

c) Psychologist

d) Chemist

8. The scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour

a) Psychology

b) Neurology

c) Sociology

d) Physiology

9. Careful in performing duties

a) Punctilious

b) Careless

c) Lax

d) Negligent

10. Having a sharply strong taste or smell

a) Bland

b) Subtle

c) Pungent

d) Mild

11. A person who gambles, places a bet, or makes a risky investment

a) Investor

b) Punter

c) Saver

d) Philanthropist

12. Make a low continuous vibratory sound expressing contentment (of a cat)

a) Growl

b) Meow

c) Purr

d) Hiss

13. To run after

a) Pursue

b) Escape

c) Avoid

d) Evade

14. Decay of organic matter producing a fetid smell

a) Putrefy

b) Deodorize

c) Freshen

d) Perfume

15. An obsessive desire to set fire to things

a) Pyromania

b) Kleptomania

c) Dipsomania

d) Megalomania

16. Sound made by ducks

a) Honk

b) Quack

c) Bark

d) Mew

17. A court or open space usually rectangular and enclosed by a building

a) Plaza

b) Courtyard

c) Quadrangle

d) Atrium

18. Any creature with four feet

a) Centipede

b) Tripod

c) Biped

d) Quadruped

19. Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure

a) Quash

b) Validate

c) Ratify

d) Approve

20. A shake or tremble in a person's voice

a) Clarity

b) Quaver

c) Steadiness

d) Resonance

21. Search for something

a) Discovery

b) Quest

c) Solution

d) Find

22. A feather used as a pen

a) Pencil

b) Quill

c) Stylus

d) Marker

23. An event which happens once in five years

a) Triennial

b) Biennial

c) Annual

d) Quinquennial

24. To the utmost or most absolute extent or degree

a) Partially

b) Moderately

c) Slightly

d) Quite

25. A person preoccupied with an unrealistically optimistic approach to life

a) Realist

b) Quixotic

c) Pragmatist

d) Cynic

26. Minimum people needed for a meeting

a) Majority

b) Maximum

c) Minority

d) Quorum

27. A person who is good at telling stories in an interesting and amusing way

a) Listener

b) Narrator

c) Raconteur

d) Orator

28. The act of spreading outward from a central source

a) Absorption

b) Convergence

c) Radiation

d) Contraction

29. A person who advocates complete political or social change

a) Radical

b) Reactionary

c) Moderate

d) Conservative

30. Medical doctor who specialise in diagnosing diseases using X-rays, CT scans and ultrasound

a) Oncologist

b) Neurologist

c) Radiologist

d) Cardiologist

31. The branch of medicine dealing with X-rays or other high-energy radiation, especially for the diagnosis and treatment of disease

a) Neurology

b) Radiology

c) Cardiology

d) Oncology

32. Speaking at length about trivial things

a) Rambling

b) Terse

c) Concise

d) Succinct

33. The possible results of an action

a) Cause

b) Source

c) Origin

d) Ramification

34. Having a stale smell or taste

a) Appetizing

b) Fragrant

c) Fresh

d) Rancid

35. Characterized by bitterness or resentment

a) Amiable

b) Rancorous

c) Cordial

d) Affable

36. To free prisoner on payment

a) Ransom

b) Confine

c) Imprison

d) Detain

37. Greedy for money

a) Charitable

b) Rapacious

c) Benevolent

d) Generous

38. Reduction in tax or debt

a) Rebate

b) Levy

c) Increase

d) Rise

39. Opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler

a) Submissive

b) Obedient

c) Rebel

d) Loyal

40. To take back, withdraw or renounce

a) Uphold

b) Recant

c) Affirm

d) Endorse

41. A hollow object used to contain something

a) Content

b) Receptacle

c) Substance

d) Filling

42. One who receives something

a) Donor

b) Contributor

c) Giver

d) Recipient

43. Give and receive mutually

a) Withhold

b) Monopolize

c) Hoard

d) Reciprocate

44. A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude

a) Outgoing

b) Recluse

c) Gregarious

d) Sociable

45. Someone who avoids other people's company

a) Reclusive

b) Sociable

c) Gregarious

d) Affable

46. Adjust or make right; correct, amend

a) Harm

b) Rectify

c) Damage

d) Spoil

47. When something moves in a straight line

a) Rectilinear

b) Zigzag

c) Curvilinear

d) Angular

48. Happening repeatedly

a) Occasional

b) Sporadic

c) Recurrent

d) Infrequent

49. A process involving too much official formality

a) Streamlining

b) Expediency

c) Red-Tapism

d) Efficiency

50. That which is no longer useful

a) Vital

b) Redundant

c) Necessary

d) Essential

51. An act when people vote in order to make a decision about a particular subject or policy rather than voting for a person

a) Election

b) Ballot

c) Poll

d) Referendum

52. An involuntary action under a stimulus is described

a) Deliberate

b) Voluntary

c) Conscious

d) Reflex

53. The system which is observed to do progress

a) Stagnation

b) Conservatism

c) Reactionary

d) Reformism

54. A person who has been forced to leave his country/home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons

a) Refugee

b) Native

c) Immigrant

d) Citizen

55. Dress with medals, ribbons worn at official ceremony // symbols of royalty

a) Regalia

b) Plain clothes

c) Casual wear

d) Informal attire

56. The murder of a king

a) Homicide

b) Fratricide

c) Genocide

d) Regicide

57. Restore (someone) to health or normal life after imprisonment, addiction, or illness

a) Worsen

b) Relapse

c) Rehabilitate

d) Aggravate

58. Younger looking skin

a) Wrinkled

b) Aged

c) Weathered

d) Rejuvenated

59. Fall back or sink again (into a worse state after an improvement)

a) Improve

b) Recover

c) Relapse

d) Progress

60. A deceased holy person's remains or belongings kept for reverence // Something belonging to or surviving from an earlier period

a) Novelty

b) Contemporary item

c) Relic

d) Modern artifact

61. He was not willing to attend the tedious session of the conference

a) Eager

b) Willing

c) Reluctant

d) Enthusiastic

62. Send back a criminal into custody for further investigation

a) Release

b) Remand

c) Acquit

d) Pardon

63. To bring back to mind

a) Ignore

b) Forget

c) Reminded

d) Disregard

64. A characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another

a) Reminiscence

b) Difference

c) Divergence

d) Contrast

65. Having a feeling of guilt

a) Innocence

b) Blamelessness

c) Righteousness

d) Remorse

66. Amount paid to a man for his labour

a) Remuneration

b) Fine

c) Debt

d) Penalty

67. Artistic, musical or dramatic interpretation

a) Creation

b) Origination

c) Composition

d) Rendition

68. One who deserts his principles or party

a) Renegade

b) Loyalist

c) Follower

d) Adherent

69. Restore something to better condition

a) Demolish

b) Renovate

c) Ruin

d) Destroy

70. The return of someone to his own country

a) Exile

b) Repatriation

c) Deportation

d) Emigration

71. Atonement for one's sins

a) Impenitence

b) Repentance

c) Defiance

d) Obduracy

72. Fill up again

a) Exhaust

b) Empty

c) Replenish

d) Deplete

73. An exact or a very close copy (of something)

a) Replica

b) Source

c) Prototype

d) Original

74. Postponing or remitting punishment

a) Imposition

b) Enforcement

c) Reprieve

d) Execution

75. Vertebrate animals that crawl on the ground

a) Mammals

b) Birds

c) Amphibians

d) Reptiles

76. Causing a strong dislike

a) Appealing

b) Charming

c) Repulsive

d) Attractive

77. Someone who is silent or uncommunicative in speech

a) Garrulous

b) Reserved

c) Talkative

d) Loquacious

78. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

a) Reservoir

b) Pond

c) Stream

d) River

79. To become a strong person in spite of many difficulties

a) Fragile

b) Vulnerable

c) Resilient

d) Weak

80. The process by means of which plants and animals breathe

a) Circulation

b) Respiration

c) Digestion

d) Excretion

81. Postponement or delay permitted in the enforcing of a penalty or the discharge of an obligation

a) Imposition

b) Execution

c) Respite

d) Enforcement

82. Return the same sort of attack/give tit for tat

a) Pardon

b) Excuse

c) Retaliate

d) Forgive

83. A person very reserved in speech

a) Garrulous

b) Loquacious

c) Talkative

d) Reticent

84. Go back over the same route that one has just taken

a) Proceed

b) Continue

c) Retrace

d) Advance

85. Withdraw from a forward position in battle

a) Advance

b) Attack

c) Assault

d) Retreat

86. Action of reviewing past events in one's life

a) Hindsight

b) Intuition

c) Retrospection

d) Foresight

87. To renovate or improve

a) Neglect

b) Revamp

c) Demolish

d) Destroy

88. A tune that is played to wake soldiers in the morning

a) Lullaby

b) Dirge

c) Nocturne

d) Reveille

89. Take great pleasure

a) Grieve

b) Revel

c) Lament

d) Mourn

90. Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect

a) Contemptuous

b) Disrespectful

c) Reverent

d) Irreverent

91. A state of absent-minded daydreaming

a) Vigilance

b) Alertness

c) Reverie

d) Consciousness

92. Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

a) Praise

b) Revile

c) Applaud

d) Commend

93. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress // The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

a) Conciseness

b) Plain speech

c) Rhetoric

d) Brevity

94. A specialist in diseases of the nose

a) Ophthalmologist

b) Cardiologist

c) Rhinologist

d) Neurologist

95. Scale used for measuring the strength of an earthquake

a) Fahrenheit

b) Celsius

c) Kelvin

d) Richter

96. Full of criticism and mockery

a) Laudatory

b) Appreciative

c) Ridicule

d) Complimentary

97. One who has fixed opinions and beliefs // Hard and difficult to bend

a) Adaptable

b) Pliable

c) Flexible

d) Rigid

98. Solemn religious acts

a) Casual customs

b) Rites

c) Profane acts

d) Secular activities

99. Circular building or hall with a dome

a) Spire

b) Obelisk

c) Rotunda

d) Minaret

100. The broken parts of objects found in an ancient site

a) Ruins

b) Treasures

c) Relics

d) Artifacts

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