Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on One Word Substitution

51.

A disease which spreads by contact

• (A) Infectious
• (B) Contagious
• (C) Contiguous
• (D) Contextual

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Contagious. Infectious: (of a disease or disease-causing organism) liable to be transmitted to people, organisms, etc. through the environment. Contagious: (of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact. Contiguous: sharing a common border; touching. Contextual: depending on or relating to the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.

52.

Mania for travel

• (A) Dromomania
• (B) Pyromania
• (C) Bibliomania
• (D) Logomania

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Dromomania. Dromomania: a desire for frequent traveling or wanderlust. Pyromania: an obsessive desire to set fire to things. Bibliomania: passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books. Logomania: pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.

53.

Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks

• (A) Isthmus
• (B) Archipelago
• (C) Hinterland
• (D) Swamps

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Hinterland. Isthmus: a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land. Archipelago: an extensive group of islands. Hinterland: the remote areas of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers. Swamps: an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects.

54.

One who takes delight in excessive cruelty

• (A) Anarchist
• (B) Sophist
• (C) Sadist
• (D) Nihilist

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Sadist. Anarchist: a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy. Sophist: a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in Greece in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, associated in popular thought with moral scepticism and specious reasoning. Sadist: a person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain or humiliation on others. Nihilist: a person who believes that life is meaningless and rejects all religious and moral principles.

55.

A raised place on which offerings to a god are made

• (A) Mound
• (B) Chapel
• (C) Altar
• (D) Archives

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Altar. Mound: a rounded mass projecting above a surface. Chapel: a small building or room used for Christian worship in a school, prison, hospital, or large private house. Altar: a table or flat-topped block used as the focus for a religious ritual, especially for making sacrifices or offerings to a deity. Archives: a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.

56.

A government by the nobles

• (A) Democracy
• (B) Bureaucracy
• (C) Autocracy
• (D) Aristocracy

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Aristocracy. Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Bureaucracy: a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives. Autocracy: a system of government by one person with absolute power. Aristocracy: a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.

57.

One who has good taste for food:

• (A) Gourmet
• (B) Curator
• (C) Parasite
• (D) Stoic

Show Answer

 The one word substitution is Gourmet. Curator : a keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection. Parasite : an organism which lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the others expense. Stoic : a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining. Gourmet : a connoisseur of good food or a person with a discerning palate.

58.

A person who has no money to pay off his debts

• (A) Debtor
• (B) Pauper
• (C) Beggar
• (D) Insolvent

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Insolvent. Debtor: a person, country, or organization that owes money. Pauper: a very poor person. Beggar: a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food. Insolvent: unable to pay debts owed.

59.

To talk much without coming to the point

• (A) Verbosity
• (B) Garrulous
• (C) Loquacity
• (D) Circumlocution

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Circumlocution. Verbosity: the fact or quality of using more words than needed; wordiness. Garrulous: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters. Loquacity: the quality of talking a great deal; talkativeness. Circumlocution: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

60.

A man of lax moral

• (A) Ruffian
• (B) Licentious
• (C) Pirate
• (D) Vagabond

Show Answer

 One word substitute is Licentious. Ruffian: a violent person, especially one involved in crime. Licentious: promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. Pirate: a person who attacks and robs ships at sea. Vagabond: a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.