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UPSC CDS Practice English Questions and answers One word Substitution
Directions - Below are given some statements each of which is capable of being expressed by one word only. Each statement is followed by four such words of which only one is correct. Your task is to pick out the correct choice.
1. A person who renounces the world and practices self-discipline in order to attain salvation -
(A) Sceptic
(B) Ascetic (Ans)
(C) Devotee
(D) Antiquarian
2. One who abandons his religious faith-
(A) Apostate (Ans)
(B) Postate
(C) Profane
(D) Agnostic
3. A hater of learning and knowledge-
(A) Bibliophile
(B) Philologist
(C) Misogynist
(D) Misologist (Ans)
4. Commencement of words with the same letter -
(A) Pun
(B) Transfered epithet
(C) Oxymoron
(D) Alliteration (Ans)
5. A person who does not believe in the existence of God-
(A) Theist
(B) Heretic
(C) Atheist (Ans)
(D) Fanatic
6. A lady's umbrella is -
(A) Parasol (Ans)
(B) Granary
(C) Epitaph
(D) Aviary
(E) None
7. Story of old time gods or heroes is-
(A) Lyric
(B) Epic
(C) Legend (Ans)
(D) Romance
(E) None
8. A sad song is a-
(A) Ditty
(B) Knell
(C) Dirge (Ans)
(D) Lay
(E) None
9. One who believes in the power of fate -
(A) Fatalist (Ans)
(B) Optimist
(C) Pessimist
(D) Parsimonious
(E) Pusillanimous
10. A person who loves everybody-
(A) Cosmopolitan (Ans)
(B) Fratricide
(C) Atheist
(D) Aristocrat
11. One who cannot be easily pleased-
(A) Cosmopolitan
(B) Fratricide
(C) Fastidious (Ans)
(D) Feminist
12. The murder of brother-
(A) Homicide
(B) Fratricide (Ans)
(C) Dermatologist
(D) Regicide
13. A person who is indifferent to pains and pleasure of life-
(A) Stoic (Ans)
(B) Sadist
(C) Psychiatrist
(D) Patricide
14. Talking to one's own self-
(A) Sinecure
(B) Soliloquy (Ans)
(C) Pessimist
(D) Philanthropist
15. A disease which spreads by contact-
(A) Incurable
(B) Infectious disease
(C) Contagious disease (Ans)
(D) Fatal disease
16. A man who rarely speaks the truth-
(A) Crook
(B) Liar
(C) Scoundrel
(D) Hypocrite (Ans)
17. A remedy for all diseases-
(A) Narcotics
(B) Antiseptic
(C) Panacea (Ans)
(D) Tonic
18. International destruction of racial groups-
(A) Matricide
(B) Regicide
(C) Genocide (Ans)
(D) Homicide
19. Custom of having many wives-
(A) Matrimony
(B) Bigamy
(C) Polygamy (Ans)
(D) Monogamy
20. A pioneer of a reform movement-
(A) Apostle (Ans)
(B) Apothecary
(C) Apotheosis
(D) Renegade
21. A person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has-
(A) Apostle
(B) Apotheosis
(C) Renegade
(D) Charlatan (Ans)
22. A person who forsakes religion-
(A) Apostle
(B) Apotheosis
(C) Renegade (Ans)
(D) Charlatan
23. One who studies insect life-
(A) Geologist
(B) Zoologist
(C) Entomologist (Ans)
(D) Botanist
24. A person who does not believe in the existence of God-
(A) Atheist (Ans)
(B) Chaperon
(C) Sycophant
(D) Parasite
25. A doctor who treats skin diseases-
(A) Opthalmologist
(B) Dermatologist (Ans)
(C) Paediatrician
(D) Cardiologist
