One Word Substitution SSC CGL & CHSL
One Word Substitution SSC
Directions (1-50) : Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words.
Q1. One not concerned with right or wrong
(A) Moral
(B) Amoral
(C) Immoral
(D)Immortal
Q2. Call upon God or any other power (like law) etc. for help or protection
(A) Invocation
(B) Involution
(C) Inundation
(D) Revocation
Q3. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money.
(A) fraud
(B) robbery
(C) pickpocket
(D)theft
Q4. A person who is unable to pay his debts.
(A) solvent
(B) banker
(C) insolvent
(D) lender
Q5. A person coming to a foreign land to settle there.
(A) immigrant
(B) emigrant
(C) tourist .
(D) settler

(A) probable
(B) feasible
(C) tenable
(D) explicable
Q7. Killing of a child
(A) homicide
(B) genocide
(C) infanticide
(D) suicide
(A) momentous
(B) momentary
(C) trivial
(D) petty
Q9. To seize control of a vehicle in order to force it to go to a new destination, or demand something.
(A) attack
(B) contract
(C) hijack
(D) detour
Q10. One who hates mankind—
(A) Philanthropist
(B) Terrorist
(C) Misanthrope
(D) Misogynist
Q11. One who walks on ropes—
(A) Funambulist
(B) Upholsterer
(C) Acrobat
(D) Aviator
Q12. A body of persons appointed to hear evidence and give their verdict in trials.
(A) Association
(B) Council
(C) Bar
(D) Jury
Q13. One who is beyond reform
(A) Optimistic
(B) Incorrigible
(C) Indefatigable
(D) Notorious
Q14. Deep in thought
(A) Meditation
(B) Pensive
(C) Pesky
(D) Purloin
Q15. Without risk of punishment
(A) Impudent
(B) Impunity
(C) Inexorable
(D) Imperturbable
Q16. Excessive preoccupation with one’s health
(A) Hypochondria
(B) Malaise
(C) Disaffected
(D) Malinger
Q17. The worship of idols or images
(A) Atheism
(B) Theism
(C) Idolatry
(D) Iconoclasm
Q18. A home for dog
(A) kennel
(B) Lair
(C) Den
(D) Cage
Q19. One who intervenes between two or more parties to settle differences
(A) Neutral
(B) Intermediary
(C) Judge
(D) Connoisseur

One word substitution
Q20. One who destroys images or attacks popular beliefs
(A) Imagist
(B) Misanthropist
(C) Iconoclast
(D) Masochist
Q21. The first public speech delivered by a person.
(A) Maiden speech
(B) Inaugural speech
(C) Trial speech
(D) Marathon speech
Q22. Placing a thing beside another.
(A) Impose
(B) Repose
(C) Juxtapose
(D) Expose
Q23. Building in which dead bodies are kept for a time.
(A) Mortuary
(B) Monastery
(C) Sanatorium
(D) Crematorium
Q24. One who believes that- gaining pleasure is the most important thing in life.
(A) Hedonist
(B) Pessimist
(C) Misanthrope
(D) Philistine
Q25. The sound of the funeral bell
(A) Knell
(B) Spell
(C) Dong
(D) Ding-dong
Q26. A method which never fails.
(A) Unflinching
(B) Irreparable
(C) Irremediable
(D) Infallible
Q27. Something which cannot bebelieved.
(A) Inevitable
(B) Ineffable
(C) Incredible
(D) Ineluctable
Q28. Body of a human being embalmed for burial
(A) Corpse
(B) Mummy
(C) Morgue
(D) Mortuary
Q29. Government by a ruler who has unlimited power.
(A) Despotism
(B) Autocracy
(C) Monarchy
(D) Anarchy
Q30. An occasion of great importance
(A) exemplary
(B) momentous
(C) herculean
(D) grandiose
Q31. Inability to sleep
(A) hysteria
(B) insomnia
(C) aphasia
(D) amnesia
Q32. That which cannot be called back
(A) Irresponsible
(B) Irrevocable
(C) Irredeemable
(D) Incalculable
Q33. One who journeys from place to place
(A) Quack
(B) Cannibal
(C) Itinerant
(D) Courier
Q34. That which cannot be captured
(A) Untakable
(B) Ungrippable
(C) Impregnable
(D) Slippery
Q35. Detaining and confining someone
(A) Interruption
(B) Interrogation
(C) Interment
(D) Internment
Q36. One who compiles a dictionary
(A) geographer
(B) lexicographer
(C) lapidist
(D) linguist
Q37. A person who pretends to be what he is not
(A) explorer
(B) prompter
(C) imposter
(D) diviner
Q38. Handwriting that cannot be read
(A) ineligible
(B) decipher
(C) ugly
(D) illegible
Q39. Fear of water
(A) claustrophobia
(B) hydrophobia
(C) insomnia
(D) obsession
Q40. A legal agreement by which a person borrows money from a bank usually to buy a house
(A) Document
(B) Mortgage
(C) Lease
(D) Invoice
Q41. One who hates women
(A) philanthropist
(B) ascetic
(C) misogamist
(D) misogynist
Q42. A voice that cannot be heard
(A) Unheard
(B) Faint
(C) Audible
(D) Inaudible
Q43. Murder of a man
(A) Regicide
(B) Fratricide
(C) Homicide
(D) Genocide
Q44. Animal that feeds on plants
(A) Carnivorous
(B) Herbivorous
(C) Insectivorous
(D) Graminivorous
Q45. A paper written by hand
(A) handicraft
(B) handiwork
(C) manuscript
(D) thesis
Q46. Related to moon
(A) solar
(B) moony
(C) lunar
(D) honeymoon
Q47. To secretly store more than what is allowed
(A) hoard
(B) store
(C) hide
(D) aboard
Q48. Very dramatic
(A) Histrionic
(B) Hippocratic
(C) Hirsute
(D) Hoary

(A) Armyman
(B) Martyr
(C) Patriot
(D) Henchman
Q50. An established principle of practical wisdom
(A) Marxism
(B) Maxim
(C) Neologism
(D) Platonism
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