English One Word Substitution : All SSC Exams Previous Years Objective Solved Questions Set 5

Q.1:- A person who has had one or more limbs removed ?

1. Amputee
2. Handicap
3. Limber
4. Fatalist

Q.2:- A mournful poem or a song ?

1. Comedy
2. Tragedy
3. Elegy
4. Ode

Q.3:- One who makes an official examination of accounts ?

1. Auditor
2. Registrar
3. Creditor
4. Chartered Accountant

Q.4:- An excessive fear of confined spaces ?

1. Hydrophobia
2. Bathophonbia
3. Cynophobia
4. Claustrophobia

Q.5:- The period between two reigns ?

1. Anachronism
2. Interregnum
3. Intermission
4. Era

Q.6:- Medical study of skin and its diseases ?

1. Orthopaedics
2. Dermatology
3. Endocrinology
4. Gynaecology

Q.7:- A study of ancient things ?

1. Physiology
2. Archaeology
3. Ethnology
4. Zoology

Q.8:- A man with abnormal habits ?

1. Eccentric
2. Frantic
3. Idiotic
4. Sulky

Q.9:- Inscription on a gravest one ?

1. Obituary
2. Memorial
3. Epitaph
4. Epigraph

Q.10:- A careful preservation and protection of wildlife is the need of the hour ?

1. Management
2. Embankment
3. Enhancement
4. Conservation

Q.11:- Violation of the sanctity of a sacred place ?

1. Sin
2. Sacrilege
3. Sedition
4. Blasphemy

Q.12:- That which makes one highly knowledgeable ?

1. Erudition
2. Irreverence
3. Irritability
4. Impulsiveness

Q.13:- A place where astronomical observations are made ?

1. Laboratory
2. Observatory
3. Astrolibrary
4. Astrophery

Q.14:- An animal which lives by preying on other animals ?

1. Aggressor
2. Attacker
3. Terminator
4. Predator

Q.15:- One who pretends to be what he is not ?

1. Hypocrite
2. Pessimist
3. Optimist
4. Infallible

Q.16:- One who sneers at the aims and beliefs of his fellow men ?

1. Critic
2. Connoisseur
3. Pedant
4. Cynic

Q.17:- The ceremony of crowning a sovereign ?

1. Felicitation
2. Promotion
3. Coronation
4. Installation

Q.18:- A child born after the death of father ?

1. Post dated
2. Premature
3. Paternal
4. Posthumous

Q.19:- A small shop that sells fashionable clothes, cosmetics etc ?

1. Store
2. Stall
3. Boutique
4. Booth

Q.20:- A state of emotional or intellectual separation ?

1. Euphoria
2. Ecstasy
3. Alienation
4. Communion

Q.21:- One who is able to use both hands ?

1. Sinister
2. Ambidextrous
3. Ambivalent
4. Amateur

Q.22:- The art of delaying ?

1. Degeneration
2. Inflation
3. Procrastination
4. Regression

Q.23:- A drug or other substance that produces sleep ?

1. Soporific
2. Depressant
3. Narcotic
4. Antiseptic

Q.24:- A place where money is coined ?

1. Bank
2. Mint
3. Firm
4. Parliament

Q.25:- Government by a king ?

1. Autocracy
2. Aristocracy
3. Oligarchy
4. Monarchy