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ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

Max. Marks : 30 No. of Qs. 30 Time : 20 min. Date : ........./......../................

DIRECTIONS (Qs.1-25) : In each of the following questions, 8. The original inhabitants of a country
out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be (a) Aborigines (b) Citizens
substituted for the given words/sentence. (c) Natives (d) Primitive
(e) None of these
1. List of headings of the business to be transacted at a
9. One desirous of getting money
meeting
(a) Avaracious (b) Voracious
(a) Schedule (b) Agenda (c) Garrulous (d) Greedy
(c) Proceedings (d) Excerpts (e) None of these
(e) None of these 10. Be the embodiment or perfect example of
2. Through which light cannot pass (a) Signify (b) Characterise
(a) Dull (b) Dark (c) Personify (d) Masquerade
(c) Obscure (d) Opaque (e) None of these
(e) None of these 11. Cutting for stone in the bladder
3. Stealing from the writings of others (a) Dichotomy (b) Tubectomy
(a) Copying (b) Reframing (c) Vasectomy (d) Lithotomy
(c) Reproducing (d) Plagiarism (e) None of these
(e) None of these 12. That which makes it difficult to recognise the presence of real
4. Constant effort to achieve something nature of somebody or something
(a) Perseverance (b) Attempt (a) Cover (b) Mask
(c) Enthusiasm (d) Vigour (c) Pretence (d) Camouflage
(e) None of these (e) None of these
5. A person not sure of the existence of God 13. Yearly celebration of a date or an event
(a) Theist (b) Atheist (a) Centenary (b) Jubilee
(c) Agnostic (d) Cynic (c) Anniversary (d) Birthday
(e) None of these (e) None of these
6. One who deserts his religion 14. One who has suddenly gained new wealth, Power or prestige
(a) Aristocrat (b) Affluent
(a) Deserter (b) Turn-coat
(c) Maverick (d) Parvenu
(c) Fanatic (d) Apostate
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
15. Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence
7. One who uses fear as a weapon of power
(a) Formalism (b) Statesmanship
(a) Terrorist (b) Militant
(c) Protocol (d) Hierarchy
(c) Extremist (d) Anarchist (e) None of these
(e) None of these

1. a b c d e 2. a b c d e 3. a b c d e 4. a b c d e 5. a b c d e
RESPONSE 6. a b c d e 7. a b c d e 8. a b c d e 9. a b c d e 10. a b c d e
GRID
11. a b c d e 12. a b c d e 13. a b c d e 14. a b c d e 15. a b c d e

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16. Of outstanding significance 24. One who studies mankind
(a) Meaningful (b) Ominous (a) Anthropologist (b) Physicist
(c) Evident (d) Monumental (c) Pathologist (d) Philanthropist
(e) Rational (e) None of these
17. One who promotes the idea of absence of government of DIRECTIONS (Qs.26-30) : Choose the one word for the italic
any kind, when every man should be a law into himself sentences.
(a) Anarchist (b) Belligerent
25. An opinion contrary to popular belief
(c) Iconoclast (d) Agnostic
(a) Paradox (b) Orthodoxy
(e) None of these
(c) Hearsay (d) Heresy
18. Land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island
(e) None of these
(a) Archipelago (b) Isthmus
26. Rajesh was a hater of learning and knowledge.
(c) Peninsula (d) Lagoon
(a) misogynist (b) misologist
(e) None of these
19. That which cannot be done without (c) misanthropist (d) bibliophile
(a) Irrevocable (b) Impracticable (e) None of these
(c) Indispensable (d) Impossible 27. The bus has to go back and forth every six hours.
(e) None of these (a) travel (b) run
20. One who travels from place to place (c) cross (d) shuttle
(a) Itinerant (b) Mendicant (e) commute
(c) Journeyman (d) Tramp 28. A man can be sentenced to death for killing another human
(e) None of these being.
21. An act or notion to look back in the past (a) fratricide (b) regicide
(a) Retrospective (b) Postnatal (c) homicide (d) genocide
(c) Retrogressive (d) Primitive (e) None of these
(e) None of these 29. A careful preservation and protection of wildlife is the need
22. Medicine to counteract the effect of a poison of the hour.
(a) Emetic (b) Antidote (a) Embarkment (b) Promotion
(c) Anti-venom (d) Antiseptic (c) Conservation (d) Management
(e) None of these (e) Enhancement
23. A collection of poems 30. The officer was not willing to take a definite stand on that
(a) Pathology (b) Anthology point.
(c) Oncology (d) Pedology (a) vague (b) evasive
(e) None of these (c) ambiguous (d) complex
(e) None of these

16. a b c d e 17. a b c d e 18. a b c d e 19. a b c d e 20. a b c d e

RESPONSE 21. a b c d e 22. a b c d e 23. a b c d e 24. a b c d e 25. a b c d e
GRID 26. a b c d e 27. a b c d e 28. a b c d e 29. a b c d e 30. a b c d e

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HINTS & SOLUTIONS

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b)
5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (a)
9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (d)
13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (d)
17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (a)
25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (c)
29. (c) 30. (b)

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