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
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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