English Grammar Quiz-06

Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 One Word Substitution Questions.

Directions: (1-15) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Q1. One who always runs away from danger.
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(a) Escapist
(b) Timid✔
(c) Shirker
(d) Vindicator

Q2. Line at which the earth or sky seem to meet. 

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(a) Horizon✔

(b) Zenith
(c) Fringes
(d) Plinth

Q3. One desirous of getting money.

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(a) Avaricious✔

(b) Felon
(c) Garrulous
(d) Narcissist

Q4. A small piece of wood

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(a) Splinter
(b) Grumb
(c) Scrap
(d) Chip✔

Q5. A person who forsakes religion

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(a) Charlatan
(b) Renegade
(c) Apostate✔

(d) Apotheosis

Q6. A man who pays too much attention to his clothes and personal appearance.
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(a) Snob
(b) Duffer
(c) Dandy✔
(d) Licentious

Q7. Decision made upon a political question by the votes of all qualified persons.
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(a) Veto
(b) Suffrage
(c) Plebiscite✔
(d) Franchise

Q8. Forcing out (blood) from its vessel.

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(a) Extrapolate
(b) Extravasate✔

(c) Exuberate
(d) Extricate

Q9. Ridiculous use of words.

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(a) Onomatopoeia
(b) Malapropism✔

(c) Neologism

(d) Pun

Q10. A verse letter.

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(a) Epistle✔

(b) Epitaph
(c) Pantomime
(d) Lay

Q11. Informal business communications with a personal signature.

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(a) Agendum
(b) Corrigendum
(c) Plagiarism
(d) Memorandum✔

Q12. Indifference to pleasure or pain.

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(a) Docility
(b) Stoicism✔

(c) Mediocre
(d) Reticence

Q13. Something which is not thorough or profound.

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(a) Superficial✔

(b) Superstition
(c) Superfluous
(d) Supernatural

Q14. The branch of medical science which deals with the problems of the old.

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(a) Oncology
(b) Geriatrics
(c) Obstetrics
(d) Endocrinology

Q15. Careful in performing duties.
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(a) Punctual
(b) Punctilious✔
(c) Sincere
(d) Pugnacious