Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on One Word Substitution
221.
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence
(A) Statesmanship
(B) Formalism
(C) Hierarchy
(D) Protocol
Solution:
One word substitute is Protocol. Statesmanship: skill in managing public affairs. Formalism: the basing of ethics on the form of the moral law without regard to intention or consequences. Hierarchy: a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority. Protocol: the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions.
222.
A short, usually amusing, story about some real person or event
(A) Anecdote
(B) Antidote
(C) Tale
(D) Allegory
Solution:
One word substitute is Anecdote. Anecdote: a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Antidote: a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison. Tale: a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted. Allegory: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
223.
Present opposing arguments or evidence
(A) Criticise
(B) Rebuff
(C) Reprimand
(D) Rebut
Solution:
One word substitute is Rebut. Criticise: indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way. Rebuff: reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner. Reprimand: a formal expression of disapproval. Rebut: claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.
224.
Commencement of words with the same letter:
(A) Pun
(B) Alliteration
(C) Transferred epithet
(D) Oxymoron
Solution:
The one word-substitution is Alliteration. Pun: A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. Transferred epithet: A transferred epithet often involves shifting a modifier from the animate to the inanimate, as in the phrases. Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
225.
That which cannot be believed
(A) Incredible
(B) Incredulous
(C) Implausible
(D) Unreliable
Solution:
One word substitute is Incredible. Incredible: impossible to believe. Incredulous: (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something. Implausible: (of an argument or statement) not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince. Unreliable: not able to be relied upon.
226.
Story of old time gods or heroes is:
(A) Lyric
(B) Epic
(C) Legend
(D) Romance
Solution:
The one word substitution is Legend. Lyric: expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms. Epic: a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation. Romance: affection, amour. Legend: a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated.
227.
To examine one's own thoughts and feelings
(A) Meditation
(B) Retrospection
(C) Reflection
(D) Introspection
Solution:
One word substitute is Introspection. Meditation: the action or practice of meditating. Retrospection: the action of looking back on or reviewing past events or situations, especially those in one's own life. Reflection: the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it. Introspection: the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes.
228.
A person obsessed with exclusively one idea or subject
(A) Crazy
(B) Kleptomaniac
(C) Monomaniac
(D) Nymphomaniac
Solution:
One word substitute is Monomaniac. Crazy:mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour. Kleptomaniac: the inability to refrain from the urge for stealing items and is usually done for reasons other than personal use or financial gain. Monomaniac: a person exhibiting an exaggerated or obsessive enthusiasm for or preoccupation with one thing. Nymphomaniac: a woman with uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire.
229.
Music sung or played at night below a person's window
(A) Serenade
(B) Sonnet
(C) Lyric
(D) Primo
Solution:
One word substitute is Serenade. Serenade: a piece of music sung or played in the open air, typically by a man at night under the window of his beloved. Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. Lyric: (of poetry) expressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms. Primo: the leading or upper part in a duet.
230.
The study of ancient societies
(A) Anthropology
(B) Archaeology
(C) History
(D) Ethnology
Solution:
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