One Word Substitution Questions and Answers Part-1

1. A building for storing threshed grain
a) Hangar
b) Dockyard
c) Store
d) Granary

Answer: d
Explanation: One word substitute is Granary.


2. Policeman riding on motorcycles as guards to a VIP
a) Outriders
b) Servants
c) Commandos
d) Attendants

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is Outriders

3. One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him
a) Virulent
b) Vindictive
c) Usurer
d) Vindicator

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitute is Vindictive.

4. Murder of a king
a) Infanticide
b) Matricide
c) Genocide
d) Regicide

Answer: d
Explanation: One word substitute is Regicide.

5. An expression of mild disapproval
a) Warning
b) Denigration
c) Impertinence
d) Reproof

Answer: d
Explanation: One word substitute is Reproof.

6. The part of government which is concerned with making of rules
a) Court
b) Tribunal
c) Bar
d) Legislature

Answer: d
Explanation: One word substitute is Legislature.

7. One who believes that all things and events in life are predetermined is a
a) Fatalist
b) Puritan
c) Egoist
d) Tyrant

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is Fatalist.

8. Something that relates to everyone in the world
a) General
b) Common
c) Usual
d) Universal

Answer: d
Explanation: One word substitute is Universal.

9. To walk with slow or regular Steps is to
a) Limp
b) Stride
c) Pace
d) Advance

Answer: c
Explanation: One word substitute is Pace.

10. A style full of words
a) Verbose
b) Pedantic
c) Rhetorical
d) Abundant

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is Verbose.

11. A person not sure of the existence of god
a) Cynic
b) Agnostic
c) Atheist
d) Theist

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitution is Agnostic.

12. A paper written by hand
a) Handicraft
b) Manuscript
c) Handiwork
d) Thesis

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitution is Manuscript.

13. The act of violating the sanctity of the church is
a) Blasphemy
b) Heresy
c) Sacrilege
d) Veneration

Answer: c
Explanation: One word substitution is Sacrilege.

14. Something that can be heard
a) Auditory
b) Audio-visual
c) Audible
d) Audition

Answer: c
Explanation: One word substitution is Audible.

15. A name adopted by an author in his writings
a) Nickname
b) Pseudonym
c) Nomenclature
d) Title

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitution is Pseudonym.

16. One absorbed in his own thoughts and feelings rather than in things outside
a) Scholar
b) Recluse
c) Introvert
d) Intellectual

Answer: c
Explanation: One word substitute is Introvert.

17. One who dabbles in fine arts for the love of it and not for monetary gains
a) Connoisseur
b) Amateur
c) Professional
d) Dilettante

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitute is Amateur.

18. A school boy who cuts classes frequently is a
a) Defeatist
b) Sycophant
c) Truant
d) Martinet

Answer: c
Explanation: One word substitute is Truant.

19. Ready to believe
a) Credulous
b) Credible
c) Creditable
d) Incredible

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is Credulous.

20. Medical study of skin and its diseases
a) Dermatology
b) Endocrinology
c) Gynecologist
d) Orthopaedics

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is Dermatology.

21. Study of birds
a) Orology
b) Optology
c) Ophthalmology
d) Ornithology

Answer: d
Explanation: One word substitute is Ornithology.

22. A place that provides refuge
a) Asylum
b) Sanatorium
c) Shelter
d) Orphanage

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is Asylum.

23. A child born after death of his father
a) Posthumous
b) Orphan
c) Bastard
d) Progenitor

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is Posthumous.

24. The absence of law and order
a) Rebellion
b) Anarchy
c) Mutiny
d) Revolt

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitute is Anarchy.

25. A place where bees are kept in called
a) An apiary
b) A mole
c) A hive
d) A sanctuary

Answer: a
Explanation: One word substitute is An apiary.

26. A place where monks live as a secluded community
a) Cathedral
b) Diocese
c) Convent
d) Monastery

Answer: d
Explanation: One word substitute is Monastery.

27. Incapable of being seen through
a) Ductile
b) Opaque
c) Obsolete
d) Potable

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitute is Opaque.

28. One who does not care for literature or art
a) Primitive
b) Illiterate
c) Philistine
d) Barbarian

Answer: c
Explanation: One word substitute is Philistine.

29. A large sleeping-room with many beds
a) Bedroom
b) Dormitory
c) Hostel
d) Basement

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitute is Dormitory.

30. Continuing fight between parties, families, clans, etc.
a) Enmity
b) Feud
c) Quarrel
d) Skirmish

Answer: b
Explanation: One word substitute is Feud.