English One Word Substitution : All SSC Exams Previous Years Objective Solved Questions Set 1

In the following questions. Out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words / sentence.

Q.1:- State of anxiety or dismay causing mental confusion ?

  1. Constriction
  2. Consternation
  3. Concentration
  4. Contraction

Q.2:- The process of deciding the nature of a disease by examination ?

  1. Test
  2. Perusal
  3. Diagnosis
  4. Operation

Q.3:- To agree to something ?

  1. Assure
  2. Assent
  3. Adapt
  4. Adhere

Q.4:- One who finds nothing good in anything ?

  1. Critic
  2. Satirist
  3. Cynic
  4. Slanderer

Q.5:- Fear of water ?

  1. Claustrophobia
  2. Hydrophobia
  3. Insomnia
  4. Obsession

Q.6:- A person who loves mankind ?

  1. Misanthrope
  2. Anthropologist
  3. Philanthropist
  4. Mercenary

Q.7:- A child born after the death of its father ?

  1. An orphan
  2. A deprived child
  3. A waif
  4. A posthumous child

Q.8:- A system of naming things ?

  1. Horticulture
  2. Miniature
  3. Genocide
  4. Nomenclature

Q.9:- To confirm with the help of evidence ?

  1. Corroborate
  2. Implicate
  3. Designate
  4. Extricate

Q.10:- Occurring at irregular intervals in time ?

  1. Epidemic
  2. Endemic
  3. Temporal
  4. Sporadic

Q.11:- A violent storm ?

  1. Weather
  2. Rains
  3. Breeze
  4. Tempest

Q.12:- A person who is physically dependent on a substance ?

  1. Criminal
  2. Martyr
  3. Gladiator
  4. Addict

Q.13:- Full of criticism and mockery.

  1. Discrimination
  2. Ridicule
  3. Satire
  4. Contempt

Q.14:- A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude

  1. Iconoclast
  2. Recluse
  3. Sage
  4. Priest
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Q.15:- The place where public, government or historical records are kept ?

  1. Coffer
  2. Pantry
  3. Archives
  4. Scullery

Q.16:- A person who loves wealth and spends as little money as possible ?

  1. Curmudgeon
  2. Money-Grabber
  3. Scrimp
  4. Miser

Q.17:- To be dogmatic in one’s opinions ?

  1. Plaintive
  2. Opinionated
  3. Undoubtable
  4. Secular

Q.18:- A situation that stops an activity from progressing ?

  1. Bypass
  2. Breach
  3. Bottleneck
  4. Blockhead

Q.19:- An agreement between two countries or groups to stop fighting ?

  1. Compromise
  2. Ceasefire
  3. Outpost
  4. Protocol

Q.20:- The action of looking within or into one’s own mind ?

  1. Observation
  2. Examination
  3. Introspection
  4. Introvert

Q.21:- Careful and thorough enquiry ?

  1. Investigation
  2. Interview
  3. Examination
  4. Exploration

Q.22:- Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well ?

  1. Ambivert
  2. Ambidextrous
  3. Ambivalent
  4. Ambitious

Q.23:- Capable of being interpreted in two ways ?

  1. Confusing
  2. Unclear
  3. Ambiguous
  4. Ambivert

Q.24:- To keep a great person or event in people’s memory ?

  1. Communicate
  2. Commensurate
  3. Commemorate
  4. Commiserate

Q.25:- A movement of part of the body to express an idea or feeling ?

  1. Jibe
  2. Gesture
  3. Pose
  4. Mimicry