One Word Substitution_cat Quiz

9 Questions | By Jagranjosh | Last updated: Feb 18, 2013 | Total Attempts: 689

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 6: In each question given below, a word with its meaning and usage is given. Select as your answer, the word that is inappropriate as a replacement for the word in the main sentence. Question: Instigate: The politician was trying to instigate the crowd with his fiery speech.
- A.
  
  Incite
- B.
  
  Inculpate
- C.
  
  Provoke
- D.
  
  Arouse
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 6: In each question given below, a word with its meaning and usage is given. Select as your answer, the word that is inappropriate as a replacement for the word in the main sentence. Question: Halcyon: A trip to the seashore made me nostalgic about our halcyon days spent with our grandparents.
- A.
  
  Idyllic
- B.
  
  Peaceful
- C.
  
  Atrocious
- D.
  
  Happy
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 6: In each question given below, a word with its meaning and usage is given. Select as your answer, the word that is inappropriate as a replacement for the word in the main sentence. Question: Torpor: I’m not going to be able to give torpor any more now.
- A.
  
  Lethargy
- B.
  
  Inactivity
- C.
  
  Apathy
- D.
  
  Stress
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 6: In each question given below, a word with its meaning and usage is given. Select as your answer, the word that is inappropriate as a replacement for the word in the main sentence. Question: Antiquated: Your antiquated views about women’s liberation may not hold good anymore.
- A.
  
  Outdated
- B.
  
  Obsolete
- C.
  
  Old fashioned
- D.
  
  Concomitant
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 6: In each question given below, a word with its meaning and usage is given. Select as your answer, the word that is inappropriate as a replacement for the word in the main sentence. Question: Caustic: Her caustic remarks ate into my friend’s spirit.
- A.
  
  Sarcastic
- B.
  
  Vitriolic
- C.
  
  Euphemistic
- D.
  
  Bitter
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 6: In each question given below, a word with its meaning and usage is given. Select as your answer, the word that is inappropriate as a replacement for the word in the main sentence. Question: Cupidity: Curiosity was a form of lust, a wandering cupidity of the eye and the mind
- A.
  
  Concupiscence
- B.
  
  Sagacity
- C.
  
  Avarice
- D.
  
  Gluttony
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DIRECITONS for questions 7 to 9: Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four. Question: Attributes usually cannot be _________, but they can be observed and are _________ useful in quality management in many practical situations.
- A.
  
  Measured … counted
- B.
  
  Seen … measured
- C.
  
  Felt…. Perceived
- D.
  
  Counted…. Categorized
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DIRECITONS for questions 7 to 9: Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four. Question: To _________ the underlying ideas in the material with which we are working, we need to _________ the specifics with the general.
- A.
  
  Look at … separate
- B.
  
  Reveal… filter out
- C.
  
  Discover…. Integrate
- D.
  
  Obtain… remove
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DIRECITONS for questions 7 to 9: Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four. Question: If human beings came into the world fresh from the hands of nature, they would come without _________; but we do not come in that way, which shows that we are not created _________.
- A.
  
  Impressions … afresh
- B.
  
  Thoughts … now
- C.
  
  Future…. Anew
- D.
  
  Superstitions…. Ideally

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