Instructions:
In this section, you will be presented with a definition or description of a word for each question. Your task is to select the correct word from the four options provided.
Note: the correct answers are marked as bold.
One Word Substitution MCQs Set-1 Frequently Asked Questions in Exams
1. What is the term for an act of renouncing the throne?
a. Abolition
b. Abdication
c. Adulation
d. Acclamation
2. What is the term for an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information?
a. Almanac
b. Agenda
c. Atlas
d. Algorithm
3. What is the term for a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills?
a. Amphibian
b. Arachnid
c. Avian
d. Aquatic
Recommended: One Word Substitution Practice Test 1
4. What is the term for a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one?
a. Analogy
b. Allegory
c. Aphorism
d. Autobiography
5. What is the term for a statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based?
a. Axiom
b. Adage
c. Axle
d. Axes
6. What is the term for a nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law?
a. Bellicose
b. Belligerent
c. Benevolent
d. Benevolence
7. What is the term for an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause or extent of disease?
a. Biopsy
b. Botany
c. Biology
d. Bacteriology
8. What is the term for the action or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; or profane talk?
a. Blasphemy
b. Blatancy
c. Blaspheme
d. Blasé
9. What is the term for the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence?
a. Chronology
b. Chronometer
c. Chronograph
d. Chronicle
10. What is the term for a vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change?
a. Crusade
b. Campaign
c. Crusaden
d. Catechism
11. What is the term for lasting for a very short time?
a. Eternal
b. Ephemeron
c. Ephemeridae
d. Ephemeral
e. Correct answer: D) Ephemeral
12. What is the term for spoken or done without preparation?
a. Extempore
b. Ex tempore
c. Extemporaneous
d. Ex tempus
e. Correct answer: A) Extempore
13. What is the term for releasing someone from a duty or obligation?
a. Exonerate
b. Exculpate
c. Excuse
d. Extenuate
14. What is the term for fond of a company?
a. Introverted
b. Extroverted
c. Solitary
d. Gregarious
Recommended: One Word Substitution Practice Test 2
15. What is the term for making marks that cannot be removed?
a. Indelible
b. Erasable
c. Retractable
d. Revocable
16. What is the term for incapable of making mistakes or being wrong?
a. Incorrigible
b. Indefatigable
c. Infallible
d. Ineffable
17. What is the term for certain to happen?
a. Inevitable
b. Unavoidable
c. Inexorable
d. Unstoppable
18. What is the term for a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past?
a. Nostalgia
b. Melancholy
c. Serenity
d. Tranquility
19. What is the term for a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases?
a. Panacea
b. Elixir
c. Antidote
d. Cure-all
20. What is the term for a doctrine which identifies God with the universe?
a. Pantheism
b. Theism
c. Atheism
d. Deism
21. What is the term for being excessively concerned with minor details or rules?
a. Pedantic
b. Perfunctory
c. Persnickety
d. Precise
22. What is the term for the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own?
a. Piracy
b. Duplication
c. Infringement
d. Plagiarism
23. What is the term for safe to drink?
a. Potable
b. Poisonous
c. Potent
d. Pungent
24. What is the term for the emblems or insignia of royalty?
a. Regalia
b. Regents
c. Reigns
d. Regiments
25. What is the term for violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred?
a. Sanctity
b. Sanctification
c. Sacrilege
d. Sacredness
26. What is the term for a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit?
a. Sinecure
b. Sinister
c. Singular
d. Sinewy
27. What is the term for a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event?
a. Souvenir
b. Memory
c. Memento
d. Relic
28. What is the term for an imaginary ideal society free of poverty and suffering?
a. Dystopia
b. Utopia
c. Eutopia
d. Arcadia
29. What is the term for denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace?
a. Venial
b. Mortal
c. Venal
d. Venerable
30. What is the term for in exactly the same words as were used originally?
a. Veracity
b. Verbose
c. Verbiage
d. Verbatim
Recommended: One Word Substitution Practice Test 3
31. What is the term for a state of disorder due to the absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems?
a. Anarchy
b. Hierarchy
c. Synarchy
d. Monarchy
32. What is the term for a form of government in which power is held by the nobility?
a. Aristocracy
b. Plutocracy
c. Oligarchy
d. Autocracy
e. Correct answer: A) Aristocracy
33. What is the term for a system of government by one person with absolute power?
a. Democracy
b. Theocracy
c. Oligarchy
d. Autocracy
34. What is the term for a self-governing country or region?
a. Federation
b. Autonomy
c. Confederation
d. Union
35. What is the term for a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives?
a. Bureaucracy
b. Democracy
c. Monarchy
d. Oligarchy
36. What is the term for a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives?
a. Democracy
b. Theocracy
c. Autocracy
d. Oligarchy
37. What is the term for a state, society, or group governed by old people?
a. Matriarchy
b. Oligarchy
c. Gerontocracy
d. Meritocracy
38. What is the term for a state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens?
a. Kakistocracy
b. Democracy
c. Meritocracy
d. Oligarchy
39. What is the term for government by new or inexperienced hands?
a. Neocracy
b. Oligarchy
c. Gerontocracy
d. Meritocracy
e. Correct answer: A) Neocracy
40. What is the term for government by the populace?
a. Oligarchy
b. Democracy
c. Kakistocracy
d. Ochlocracy
41. What is the term for a small group of people having control of a country or organization?
a. Oligarchy
b. Democracy
c. Bureaucracy
d. Autocracy
42. What is the term for government by the wealthy?
a. Plutocracy
b. Oligarchy
c. Democracy
d. Aristocracy
e. Correct answer: A) Plutocracy
Recommended: One Word Substitution Practice Test 4
43. What is the term for government not connected with religious or spiritual matters?
a. Theocracy
b. Secular
c. Autocracy
d. Oligarchy
44. What is the term for a form of government with a monarch at the head?
a. Monarchy
b. Republic
c. Democracy
d. Autocracy
45. What is the term for a political system based on the government of men by God?
a. Democracy
b. Thearchy
c. Theocracy
d. Monarchy
