Previous Year's One Word Substitution Series Two

In Questions 01 to 50, out of four option alternative, choose the one suitable substitute for the given words or sentence.
Question No 01. Succession of rulers belonging to one family is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2001)
- Progeny(рд╕ंрддाрди )
- Lineage(рд╡ंрд╢ाрд╡рд▓ी )
- Ancestry(рдкिрддृ , рд╡ंрд╢ рдпा рд╡ंрд╢ाрд╡рд▓ी )
- Dynasty(рд╡ंрд╢ )
Answer: 04
Question No 02. Act of deceiving(рдзोрдЦा ) somebody in order to make money is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2001)
- Theft(рдЪोрд░ी )
- Robbery(рдбрдХैрддी )
- Fraud(рдЬाрд▓ рд╕ाрдЬी )
- Pickpocket(рдкॉрдХेрдЯрдоाрд░ )
Answer: Fraud
Question No 03. Anything which is no longer in use is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2001)
- Pristine(рдк्рд░ाрдЪीрди )
- Obscure(рдЕрд╕्рдкрд╖्рдЯ )
- Obsolete(рдЕрдк्рд░рдЪрд▓िрдд )
- Lapsed(рдЪूрдХрдиा рдпा рдмीрдд рдЬाрдиा )
Answer: Obsolete
Question No 04. Something capable of being done is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2001)
- Feasible(рд╕ंрднрд╡ )
- Probable(рд╕ंрднाрд╡िрдд )
- Explicable(рд╕ाрд░्рдердХ , рд╕्рдкрд╖्рдЯ , рд╕्рд╡ाрднाрд╡िрдХ )
- Tenable(рд▓ाрдпрдХ )
Answer : Feasible
Question No 05. One who collects coins is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2005)
- Connoisseur(рдкाрд░рдЦी , рд╡िрд╢ेрд╖рдЬ्рдЮ )
- Philatelist(рдбाрдХ рдЯिрдХрдЯ рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣ рдХрд░рдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा )
- Numismatist(рдоुрдж्рд░ा рд╕ंрдЧ्рд░рд╣ рдХрд░рдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा )
- Archaeologist(рдкुрд░ाрддрдд्рд╡рд╡ेрдд्рддा )
Answer: Numismatist
Question No 06. Customs and habits of a particular group is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2005)
- Rites(рд╕ंрд╕्рдХाрд░ )
- Rituals(рд░рд╕्рдо рд░िрд╡ाрдЬ )
- Traditions(рдкрд░рдо्рдкрд░ा )
- Mores(рдЖрдЪाрд░ рд╡िрдЪाрд░ )
Answer: Mores
Question No 7. Indifference to pleasure or pain is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2005)
- Reticence(рдЕрд▓्рдкрднाрд╖िрддा )
- Tolerance(рд╢рд╣рдирд╢ीрд▓рддा )
- Stoicism(рд╡ैрд░ाрдЧ्рдп )
- Perseverance(рджृреЭрддा )
Answer: Stoicism
Question No 08. One who breaks the established traditions and image is called?
(S.O Audit 2006)
- Hedonist(рд╕ुрдЦрд╡ाрджी )
- Philistine(рдЕрд╢िрдХ्рд╖िрдд )
- Misanthrope(рд▓ोрдЧों рд╕े рдШृрдгा рдХрд░рдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा )
- Pessimist(рдиिрд░ाрд╢ाрд╡ाрджी )
Answer: Hedonist
Question No 09. The first public speech delivered by a person is called?
(S.O Audit 2006)
- Trial Speech(рдкрд░ीрдХ्рд╖рдг рднाрд╖рдг )
- Inaugural Speech(рдЙрдж्рдШाрдЯрди рднाрд╖рдг )
- Marathon Speech(рдоैрд░ाрдерди рднाрд╖рдг )
- Maiden speech(рдкрд╣рд▓ा рднाрд╖рдг )
Answer: Maiden speech
Question No 10 . Expert in the scientific study of birds is called?
(S.O Audit 2006)
- Zoologist(рдЬीрд╡ рд╡िрдЬ्рдЮाрдиी )
- Astronaut(рдЕंрддрд░िрдХ्рд╖ рдпाрдд्рд░ी )
- Dermatologist(рдд्рд╡рдЪा рд░ोрдЧ рд╡िрд╢ेрд╖рдЬ्рдЮ )
- Ornithologist(рдкрдХ्рд╖ी рд╡िрдЬ्рдЮाрдиी )
Answer: Ornithologist
Question No 11. Speaking one's thoughts aloud(рдЬोрд░ рд╕े ) to oneself is known as?
(S.O Commercial 2009)
- Soliloquise(рд╕्рд╡ाрдЧрдд рднाрд╖рдг )
- Memorise(рдпाрдж рдХрд░рдиा )
- Solemnise(рд╡िрдзिрдкूрд░्рд╡рдХ рд╣рд▓ рдХрд░рдиा, рдЧंрднीрд░ рдмрдиा рджेрдиा )
- Apostrophise(рд╕рдо्рдмोрдзिрдд )
Answer: Soliloquise
Question No 12. Young cow that has not yet had a calf is called?
(S.O Commercial exam 2009)
- Colt(рдоुрд░्рдЦ рдЖрджрдоी, рдмрдЫेреЬा )
- Heifer(рдмрдЫिрдпा )
- Ewe(рднेреЬ )
- Cowlet
Answer: Heifer
Question No 13. That which would burn easily is called?
(S.O Commercial Exam 2009)
- Incandescent(рдЧрд░рдоाрдЧрд░рдо )
- Incantatory(рдЬाрджू )
- Incendiary(рдЖрдЧ рд▓рдЧाрдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा )
- Inflammable(рдЬрд▓рдиे рд▓ाрдпрдХ рдирд╣ी )
Answer: Inflammable
Question No 14. One who abstains from alcoholic drinks is called?
(Compiler Exam 2008)
- Philosopher(рджाрд░्рд╢рдиिрдХ )
- Idiot(рд╡ेрд╡рдХूрдл )
- Teetotaller(рдорд╣ाрдд्рдпाрдЧी )
- Drunkard(рдкिрдпрдХ्рдХреЬ )
Answer: Teetotaller
Question No 15. Hard to understand is called?
(Compiler Exam 2008)
- Absurd(рдмेрддुрдХा )
- Obtuse(рдХुंрдаिрдд )
- Abstruse(рдЬрдЯिрд▓ )
- Punctilious(рдЕрддि рд╢िрд╖्рдЯाрдЪाрд░ी )
Answer: Abstruse
Question No 16. Information fathering activity is called?
(Compiler Exam 2008)
- Subversion(рд╡िрдиाрд╢ )
- Reconnaissance(рдЬाрд╕ूрд╕ी )
- Logistics(рд░рд╕рдж )
- Camouflage(рдЫрд▓ाрд╡рд░рдг )
Answer: Reconnaissance
Question No 17. A place of refuge and safety is called?
(Compiler Exam 2008)
- Nursery(рдмाрд▓рдХрдХ्рд╖ )
- Resort(рдЖрд╢्рд░рдп )
- Asylum(рдЕрд╕्рдкрддाрд▓ )
- Sanatorium(рдЖрд░ोрдЧ्рдп рдЖрд╢्рд░рдо )
Answer; Asylum
Question No 18. Skilful at handling things is called?
(Compiler Exam 2008)
- Dexterous(рдиिрдкुрдг )
- Clever(рдЪाрд▓ाрдХ )
- Fastidious(рддुрдиुрдХ рдоिрдЬाрдЬ )
- Handicraft(рд╣рд╕्рддрд╢िрд▓्рдк )
Answer: Dexterous
Question No 19. Incapable of being corrected is called?
(Compiler Exam 2008)
- Brilliant(рдк्рд░рддिрднाрд╢ाрд▓ी )
- Incredible(рдЕрд╡िрд╢рд╡рд╕рдиीрдп )
- Incorrigible(рдЕрд╕ंрд╢ोрдзрдиीрдп )
- Inconsolable(рдЧрдордЧीрди )
Answer: Incorrigible
Question No 20. That which is out of place is called?
(Compiler Exam 2008)
- Incongruous(рдмेрдоेрд▓ )
- Obsolete(рдЕрдк्рд░рдЪрд▓िрдд )
- Archaic(рдк्рд░ाрдЪीрди )
- Anachronistic(рдкुрд░ाрдиे рд╕рдордп рдХा )
Answer: Incongruous
Question No 21. Calmness and indifference to suffering is called?
(Stat. investigator Exam 2010)
- Agony(рд╡्рдпрдеा )
- Stoicism(рд╡ैрд░ाрдЧ्рдп )
- Despair(рдиिрд░ाрд╢ा )
- Materialism(рднौрддिрдХрд╡ाрдж )
Answer: Stoicism
Question No 22. Person who insists(рдЬोрд░ рджेрдиा )on adherence to formal rules or literary meaning is called? (Stat. investigator Exam 2010)
- Pedagogue(рдЕрдз्рдпाрдкрдХ )
- Literalist(рд╢ाрдм्рджिрдХ )
- Pedant(рдкंрдбिрддрд╡ाрджी )
- Scholar(рд╡िрдж्рд╡ाрди )
Answer: Pedant
Question No 23. The practice of having more than one husband is called?
(Stat. investigator Exam 2010)
- Polygamy(рдмрд╣ुрд╡िрд╡ाрд╣ )
- Debauchery(рдРрдпाрд╢ी )
- Bigamy(рджो рд╡िрд╡ाрд╣ рдХा рдк्рд░рдеा )
- Polyandry(рдмрд╣ुрдкрддि рдк्рд░рдеा )
Answer: Polyandry
Question No 24. With much liveliness and a sense of purpose is called
(Stat. investigator Exam 2010)
- Zealously(рдЙрдд्рд╕ाрд╣ рд╕े )
- Jocularly(рдордЬाрдХिрдпा рддौрд░ рдкे )
- Jauntily(рдк्рд░рд╕рди्рди рд╣ोрдХрд░ )
- Lousily
Answer: Zealously
Question No 25. Seeing something which is not actually present is called?
(Stat. investigator Exam 2010)
- Hallucination(рдоाрдпा )
- Supposition(рдЕрдиुрдоाрди )
- Presumption(рдЕрдиुрдоाрди )
- Imagination(рдХрд▓्рдкрдиा рдХрд░рдиा )
Answer: Hallucination
Question No 26. The place where public, government or historical records are kept is called?
(CPO Exam 2011)
- Pantry(рдЧोрджाрдо )
- Archives(рдЕрднिрд▓ेрдЦाрдЧाрд░ )
- Scullery(рдмाрд╡рд░्рдЪी рдХा рдорджрдж рдХрд░рдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा )
- Coffer(рд▓ोрд╣े рдХा рд╕ंрджूрдХ )
Answer: Archives
Question No 27. List of issues to be discussed at a meeting is called?
(CPO Exam 2011)
- Plan(рдпोрдЬрдиा )
- Agenda(рдХाрд░्рдп рд╕ूрдЪी )
- Schedule(рдЕрдиुрд╕ूрдЪी )
- Time-table(рд╕рдордп рд╕ाрд░рдгी )
Answer: Agenda
Question No 28. Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong?
(CGL TIER I 2011)
- Fear(рднрдп )
- Conscience(рдЕंрддрд░ाрдд्рдоा рдХी рдЖрд╡ाрдЬ )
- Consciousness(рдЪेрддрдиा )
- Cleverness(рдЪाрд▓ाрдХी )
Answer: Conscience
Question No 29. Loss of memory is called?
(SSC CGL TIER I EXAM 2011)
- Amnesia(рднूрд▓рдиे рдХी рдмीрдоाрд░ी )
- Insomnia(рдЕрдиिрдж्рд░ा )
- Forgetting(рднूрд▓ )
- Ambrosia(рдЕрдоृрдд )
Answer: Amnesia
Question No 30. To struggle helplessly is called?
(SSC CGL Tier Exam 2011)
- Fumble(рдЯрдЯोрд▓рдиा )
- Finger(рдЕंрдЧुрд▓ी )
- Founder(рд╕ंрд╕्рдеाрдкрдХ )
- Flounder(рдЫрдЯрдкрдЯाрдиा )
Answer: Flounder.
Question No 31. The process by which a person or an organisation reduce the amount of money it spends is called?
(SSC CGL Tier II 2011)
- Saving(рдмрдЪрдд )
- Closure(рд╕рдоाрдкрди )
- Budgeting(рдмрдЬрдЯ )
- Retrenchment(рдЫрдЯрдиी )
Answer: Budgeting
Question No 32. Boundary of an area is called?
(MTS Exam 2010)
- Porch(рдмрд░ाрдорджा )
- Periphery(рдЙрдкрдирдЧрд░ )
- Balcony(рдмाрд▓рдХрдиी )
- Verandah (рдмрд░ाрдорджा )
Answer: Periphery
Question No 33. Study of relations of organisms to one another and to their surroundings is called?
(MTS Exam 2010)
- Psychology(рдордиोрд╡िрдЬ्рдЮाрди )
- Ecology(рдкрд░िрд╕्рдеिрддрдХी )
- Physiology(рд╢рд░ीрд░ рдХ्рд░िрдпा рд╡िрдЬ्рдЮाрдиं )
- Biology(рдЬीрд╡ рд╡िрдЬ्рдЮाрдиं )
Answer: Ecology
Question No 34. Fear of Water is called?
(DEO Exam 2008)
- Hydrophobia(рдкाрдиी рд╕े рдбрд░ )
- Obsession(рдЬूрдиूрди )
- Insomnia(рдЕрдиिрдж्рд░ा )
- Claustrophobia(рдПрдХाрди्рддрдордпрддा )
Answer: Hydrophobia
Question No 35. Easily duped or fooled is called?
(DEO Exam 2008)
- Gullible(рдЖрд╕ाрдиी рд╕े рдзोрдЦा рдЦाрдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा )
- Perceptible(рдк्рд░рдд्рдпрдХ्рд╖ )
- Indefensible(рдЕрд╕рдорд░्рдердиीрдп )
- Insensible(рдмेрд╕ुрдз )
Answer: Gullible
Question No 36. Animals that can live on land and in water is called?
(DEO Exam 2008)
- Amphibians(рдЙрднрдпрдЪрд░ )
- Anthropoids(рдмंрджрд░ो рдХा рд╕рдоूрд╣ )
- Aquatics(рддैрд░ाрдХी )
- Aquarians
Answer: Amphibians
Question No 37. Hardworking that can not be read is called?
(DEO Exam 2008)
- Decipher(рдкреЭрдиा )
- Ineligible(рдЕрдиुрдЪिрдд )
- Ugly(рдХुрд░ूрдк )
- Illegible(рдЕрд╕्рдкрд╖्рдЯ )
Answer: Illegible
Question No 38. To feel or express disapproval of something or someone is called?
(DEO Exam 2008)
- Deprive(рд╡ंрдЪिрдд )
- Deprecate(рдмिрдирддी рдХрд░рдиा )
- Depreciate(рдЕрдкрдоाрдиिрдд рдХрд░рдиा )
- Declare (рдШोрд╖िрдд рдХрд░рдиा )
Answer: Deprecate
Question No 39. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter is called?
(T.A Exam 2007)
- Pun(рдЕрдиेрдХाрд░्рдеी рд╢рдм्рдж )
- Oxymoron(рд╡िрд░ोрдзाрднाрд╖ )
- Transferred Epithet(рддрдмाрджрд▓ा рдЙрдкाрдзि )
- Alliteration (рдЕрдиुрдк्рд░ाрд╕ рдЕрд▓ंрдХाрд░ )
Answer: Alliteration
Question No 40. The cut something into two pieces is called?
(S.O Audit Exam 2001)
- Sever(рдХाрдЯрдХрд░ рдЕрд▓рдЧ рдХрд░рдиा )
- Sow(рдмुрдЖрдИ рдХрд░рдиा )
- Sewer(рдиाрд▓ा )
- Severe(рдХрдаोрд░ )
Answer: Sever
Question No 41. Flat metal or porcelain(рдЪीрдиी рдоिрдЯрдЯी рдХे рдмрд░्рддрди ) plate fixed on a wall as an ornament(рдЖрднूрд╖рдг ) or memorial is called? (S.O Exam 08)
- Poster
- Plaque(рдкрдЯ्рдЯिрдХा )
- Board(рдоंрдбрд▓ )
- Tabloid(рдЯिрдХिрдпा )
Answer: Plaque
Question No 42. A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama is called?
(S.O Exam 2008)
- Epilogue(рдЙрдкрд╕ंрд╣ाрд░ )
- Monologue(рдЖрдд्рдорднाрд╖рдг )
- Dialogue(рд╡ाрд░्рддाрд▓ाрдк )
- Prologue(рдк्рд░рд╕्рддाрд╡рдиा )
Answer: Epilogue
Question No 43. Capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses, and therefore not definite is called?
(S.O Exam 2008)
- Ambiguous(рдЕрд╕्рдкрд╖्рдЯ )
- Amphibious(рдЙрднрдпрдЪрд░ )
- Amorphous(рдЕрдиाрдХाрд░ )
- Confusing(рдн्рд░ाрдордХ )
Answer: Ambiguous
Question No 44. A person who is unable to pay his debt is called?
(S.O Exam 2008)
- Insolvent (рджिрд╡ाрд▓िрдпा )
- Solvent(рд╡िрд▓ाрдпрдХ )
- Banker(рдорд╣ाрдЬрди )
- Lender(рдЛрдгрджाрддा )
Answer: Insolvent
Question No 45. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there is called?
(S.O Exam 08)
- Tourist(рдкрд░्рдпрдЯрдХ )
- Emigrant(рдк्рд░рджेрд╢ рдЬाрдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा рдЖрджрдоी , рдк्рд░рд╡ाрд╕ी )
- Immigrant(рдЖрдк्рд░рд╡ाрд╕ी , рдк्рд░рджेрд╢ рдоें рдЬाрдХрд░ рд░рд╣рдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा рдЖрджрдоी )
- Settler(рдмрд╕рдиे рд╡ाрд▓ा )
Answer: Immigrant
Question No 46. Severely abusive writing in journals is called?
(S.O Exam 1997)
- Speculative(рдХाрд▓्рдкрдиिрдХ )
- Imaginary(рдХाрд▓्рдкрдиिрдХ )
- Scurrilous (рдЕрдкрдоाрдирдЬрдирдХ )
- Sarcastic(рдХрдЯु )
Answer:Scurrilous
Question No 47. A person who opposes war or use of military force is called?
(S.O Exam 1997)
- Fatalist(рднाрдЧ्рдпрд╡ाрджी )
- Pacifist(рд╢ांрддिрд╡ाрджी )
- Narcissist(рдЖрдд्рдордХाрдоी )
- Fascist(рдлाрд╕िрд╕्рдЯ )
Answer: Pacifist
Question No 48. One not concerned with right or wrong is called ?
(S.O Exam 1997)
- Amoral(рдиीрддिрд╣ीрди )
- Moral(рдиैрддिрдХ )
- Immoral(рдЕрдиैрддिрдХ )
- Immortal(рдЕрдорд░ )
Answer: Amoral
Question No 49. Someone no longer in use is called?
(S.O Exam 1997)
- Obsolete(рдЕрдк्рд░рдЪрд▓िрдд )
- Absolute(рдкूрд░्рдг )
- Primitive(рдЖрджिрдо )
- Desolate(рдЙрдЬाреЬ )
Answer: Obsolete
Question No 50. Stealthily done (рдЫिрдкрдХрд░ рдХिрдпा рдЧрдпा )
(S.O Exam 1997)
- Surreptitious(рдЫрд▓ рд╕े рдХिрдпा рд╣ुрдЖ )
- Villainous(рд╢рд░ाрд░рддрдкूрд░्рдг )
- Nefarious(рдмेрдИрдоाрди )
- Devious(рдЪाрд▓ाрдХ )
Answer: Surreptitious
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