One Word Substitution Quiz with Answers Exercise-6

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EXERCISE-6

Directions: In each of the following questions, choose the most suitable “one word” for the given expressions.

1.An office or post with no work but high pays. (Railways, 1991)

 (a) Honorary             (b) Sinecure                (c) Gratis                     (d) Ex-officio

2. One who is well-versed in any subject; a critical judge of any art, particularly fine arts.

(a) Veteran                 (b) Philistine              (c) Dilettante             (d) Connoisseur

3. The person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain.

(a) Saint                      (b) Ascetic                   (c) Stoic                      (d) Hermit

4. A person who is against the standards of ordinary society especially in dressing.

(a) Joker                     (b) Hippy                     (c) Scapegoat            (d) Butt

5. Murder of a brother. (Stenographer’s Exam, 1993)

 (a) Patricide             (b) Regicide                (c) Homicide              (d) Fratricide    

6. The mania for stealing articles.

(a) Logomania        (b) Nymphomania    (c) Kleptomania        (d)Hypomania ‘

7.Mental weariness for want of occupation.

(a) Fatigue                (b) Ennui                     (c) Languor                  (d) Debility

8. One who loves all and sundry.

(a) Optimist              (b) Humanist             (c) Altruist                    (d) Philanthropist

9. The mania for travel.

 (a) Dromomania    (b) Pyromania           (c) Biblomania            (d) Logomania

10. A person living permanently in a certain place. (B.Ed. Entrance, 1992)

(a) Native                 (b) Resident               (c) Domicile                 (d) Subject

ANSWERS:-

1.(b)       2. (d)              

3. (c)       4. (b)

5. (d)       6. (a)

7. (b)       8. (d)

9. (a)      10. (c)

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