This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > One Word Substitution – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books One Word Substitution Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A:Do you think John will pass his driving test first time? B:I think not.Is a clausal substitution example? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 2. What is a synonym for 'crowd'? A) Flock. B) Audience. C) Mob. D) Gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gathering. 3. Antonym of folly A) Refined. B) Wisdom. C) Demerit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wisdom. 4. Talking to one's own self is A) Soliloquy. B) Sinecure. C) Philanthropist. D) Pessimist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 5. That which cannot be read: A) Inaudible. B) Illegible. C) Incorrigible. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illegible. 6. The term for a person who creates and performs music compositions. A) Musician. B) Songwriter. C) Composer. D) Arranger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Composer. 7. What is the term for a small group of people having control of a country or organization? A) Monarchy. B) Secular. C) Plutocracy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligarchy. 8. A Lover of good food A) GOURMAND. B) Glot. C) Polyglot. D) Pauper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GOURMAND. 9. Lifestory of a person written by himself A) Biography. B) Autobiography. C) Calligraphy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autobiography. 10. Anita works really hard for the upliftment of poor children. She even donates half of her salary to NGOs. She is: A) Philanthropist. B) Selfish. C) Tightfisted. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philanthropist. 11. A person who writes with both hands equally well is called: A) Left-handed. B) Right-handed. C) Ambidextrous. D) Bilingual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambidextrous. 12. A person above a hundred years in age A) Centenarian. B) Venerable. C) Aged. D) Geriatric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centenarian. 13. A person who specializes in the collection and study of old and rare books. A) Bibliophile. B) Librarian. C) Archivist. D) Book Collector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bibliophile. 14. What is the one word substitution for 'A person who studies the evolution of mankind'? A) Curator. B) Choreographer. C) Astronaut. D) Anthropologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthropologist. 15. A system of government by one person with absolute power A) Democracy. B) Bureaucracy. C) Theocracy. D) Autocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autocracy. 16. What is a synonym for 'diligent'? a) lazy b) hardworking c) careless A) Hardworking. B) Negligent. C) Unfocused. D) Indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hardworking. 17. What is the one word substitution for 'A person who shows sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality'? A) Effeminate. B) Cynosure. C) Indefatigable. D) Debonair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indefatigable. 18. The term for a person who teaches or imparts knowledge to others. A) Tutor. B) Instructor. C) Educator. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Educator. 19. People living during the same period. A) Colleague. B) Relatives. C) Friends. D) Contemporaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contemporaries. 20. The term for a person who has an excessive and irrational fear of something. A) Paranoid. B) Phobic. C) Fearful. D) Psychotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phobic. 21. A sad song is a: A) Ditty. B) Knell. C) Dirge. D) Lay. E) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dirge. 22. The term for a person who provides medical treatment and care for the sick or injured. A) Nurse. B) Surgeon. C) Practitioner. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doctor. 23. The art of beautiful handwriting A) Calligraphy. B) Photography. C) Typography. D) Graphology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calligraphy. 24. The term for a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives. A) Democracy. B) Autocracy. C) Oligarchy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 25. A person who is easily deceived- A) Sceptic. B) Cynic. C) Genius. D) Gullible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gullible. 26. The term for a person who is actively involved in managing or running a business. A) Entrepreneur. B) Executive. C) Administrator. D) Operator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entrepreneur. 27. What do you call a speech at the end of a play, book, or movie that comments on what has happened? A) Elegy. B) Epilogue. C) Prologue. D) Epitaph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilogue. 28. A word for a person who practices or specializes in philosophy. A) Philosopher. B) Thinker. C) Scholar. D) Sage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philosopher. 29. A soldier who will fight for any country or group that offers payment is a: A) Cannibal. B) Mercenary. C) Ascetic. D) Egoist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercenary. 30. What is a one word substitution for 'a person who studies the stars and planets'? A) Biologist. B) Astronomer. C) Meteorologist. D) Geologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomer. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesOne Word Substitution Quiz 1One Word Substitution Quiz 2One Word Substitution Quiz 3One Word Substitution Quiz 4One Word Substitution Quiz 5One Word Substitution Quiz 6One Word Substitution Quiz 7One Word Substitution Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books