One Word Substitution_cat Quiz
9 Questions
| Attempts: 1000
Questions and Answers
- 1.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
- 2.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
- 3.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
- 4.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Outdated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
- 5.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
- 6.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
- 7.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
- 8.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
- 9.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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