This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > One Word Substitution – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books One Word Substitution Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A PERSON WHO IS MASSIVE IN STATURE A) POWERFUL. B) COLOSSAL. C) KING. D) GIANT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COLOSSAL. 2. Choose the most suitable one-word substitution for the given description:"A name adopted by an author in his writings is a? " A) Nickname. B) Nomenclature. C) Pseudonym. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pseudonym. 3. Something that lasts only for a day A) Eternal. B) Ephemeral. C) Itineray. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ephemeral. 4. The act of killing one's wife is? A) Canicide. B) Genocide. C) Uxoricide. D) Avicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uxoricide. 5. CONTAINING TOO MANY WORDS A) DIDACTIC. B) DICTUM. C) SPEECH. D) VERBOSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VERBOSE. 6. Lover of good food. A) Gourmand. B) Epicure. C) Dilettante. D) Connoisseur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gourmand. 7. What is your favorite dish? A) Apple. B) Banana. C) Chowmin. D) Roti. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chowmin. 8. The school or college one attends A) Ad Infinitum. B) Per Se. C) Collegiate. D) Alma Mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alma Mater. 9. Place where bees are kept A) Aviary. B) Apiary. C) Armoury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aviary. 10. A person who dislikes humankind A) Philanthropist. B) Mythomaniac. C) Recluse. D) Misanthropist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misanthropist. 11. A schoolboy who frequently cuts classes A) Truant. B) Bunkboy. C) Absentee. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Truant. 12. One who cannot die A) Immortal. B) Eternal. C) Acrobat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immortal. 13. What is the meaning of 'haste makes waste'? A) Ability to survive in dangerous situation. B) Follow the customs in the place where you are there. C) You soon forget people or things that are no longer present. D) Doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in time, effort, material, etc, being wasted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing something too quickly causes mistakes that result in time, effort, material, etc, being wasted. 14. Fill in the blanks using the correct phrases/phrasal verbs:An owl hooted in the ruins when the lights ..... A) Went out. B) Went over. C) Went off. D) Went away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went out. 15. An expert in foods and nutrition A) Pediatrician. B) Dietitian. C) Patrician. D) Optician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dietitian. 16. Calumniate means A) Slander. B) Appreciation. C) Scold. D) Derogatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slander. 17. Choose the most suitable one-word substitution for the given description:A speech by an actor at the end of a play is called a/an? A) Prologue. B) Epilogue. C) Monologue. D) Duologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilogue. 18. A person who investigates crime A) Architect. B) Psychiatrist. C) Sleuth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleuth. 19. The science of earthquakes A) Meteorology. B) Seismology. C) Geology. D) Anthropology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismology. 20. Rules for formal behaviour among people A) Procedure. B) Ordinance. C) Etiquette. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Etiquette. 21. Space or room which is immediately below the roof of a house A) Porch. B) Verandah. C) Attic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attic. 22. The power of reading the thoughts of others A) Retinopathy. B) Psychopathy. C) Telepathy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telepathy. 23. She died ..... malaria. A) From. B) Because. C) Of. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of. 24. The students has been warned again and again not to be late A) Immediately. B) Repeatedly. C) Instantly. D) Spontaneously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeatedly. 25. A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft A) Astronaut. B) Pilot. C) Astronomer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronaut. 26. The ship is bound ..... japan A) With. B) To. C) For. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 27. The Trust plans to (a)/ set on a special school (b)/ for dumb and deaf children.(c)/No Error (d)Choose the option which has an error. A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 28. Time after twilight and before night A) Dawn. B) Dusk. C) Daybreak. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dusk. 29. What is the meaning of 'a black plum is as sweet as a white'? A) People should not be judged by their appearance. B) A person who helps at difficult time is truly a reliable person. C) It is useful to save money. D) Every member of a group is important to its success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People should not be judged by their appearance. 30. Design made by putting together coloured stones A) Mosaic. B) Archaic. C) Meseraic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mosaic. 31. Having an evil reputation A) Obsolete. B) Notorious. C) Inn. D) Sanatorium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notorious. 32. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"The proverb has meaning ..... A) If you're asking for a favor from someone else, you have to take whatever they give you. B) If someone's helping out out, be careful not to make them made. C) Different people have different ideas about what is beautiful. D) Wait until you've already succeeded and then you can think about what to do next. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Different people have different ideas about what is beautiful. 33. Choose the most suitable one-word substitution for the given description:"A person who loves mankind and works for public welfare." A) Philanthrope. B) Misanthrope. C) Pioneer. D) Plagiarist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philanthrope. 34. A person who keeps money in a bank A) Expositor. B) Depositor. C) Prepositor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depositor. 35. Let's sit together and think of a solution to the problem because ..... A) Knowledge is power. B) Birds of a feather flock together. C) Two heads are better than one. D) Too many cooks spoil the broth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two heads are better than one. 36. Paper written by hand A) Dogma. B) Agenda. C) Acrobat. D) Manuscript. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manuscript. 37. A person who can use both hands A) Orator. B) Ambidexter. C) Funambulist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambidexter. 38. The narrow road runs ..... the hills A) Along. B) Across. C) Over. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over. 39. A shortened form of piece of writing A) Theme. B) Saddle. C) Precis. D) Epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precis. 40. A group of girls. A) Flock. B) Lasses. C) Parliament. D) Bevvy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bevvy. 41. A person who rules without consulting the opinion of others A) Omnipotent. B) Orator. C) Autocrat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autocrat. 42. The moon does not shine ..... its own light A) With. B) From. C) By. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 43. Study of statistics of birth, death, disease to show the state of community A) Demography. B) Chromatography. C) Historiography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demography. 44. A STOPPING PLACE IN A LONG JOURNEY A) HALT. B) NEAR. C) STOPOVER. D) CLEAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) STOPOVER. 45. What is the meaning of 'The grass is always greener on the other side'? A) People always want what they don't have. B) Don't risk of losing things by seeking more. C) Our path is never been easy, be tough. D) Plant more trees for a better world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People always want what they don't have. 46. Those who live in trees are? A) Arboreal. B) Leavial. C) Flovial. D) Frill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arboreal. 47. A severe punishment is? A) Repartee. B) Tannery. C) Abdication. D) Retribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retribution. 48. One who hates those who belong to lower classes. A) Prig. B) Aristocrat. C) Snob. D) Prim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snob. 49. Choose the most suitable one-word substitution for the given description:"Lasting for a very short time" A) Volunteer. B) Regalia. C) Crusade. D) Ephemeral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ephemeral. 50. There was a long line of people waiting at the taxi stand A) File. B) Row. C) Gang. D) Queue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queue. 51. Fill in the blanks using the correct phrases/phrasal verbs:Call the mechanic, my car has ..... on the highway A) Broken in. B) Broken off. C) Broken into. D) Broken down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broken down. 52. An inscription on a tomb A) Blurb. B) Epitaph. C) Funeral. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epitaph. 53. A picture of a person or a thing drawn in such a highly exaggerated manner to cause a laughter. A) Pictography. B) Caricature. C) Mimicry. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caricature. 54. A PERSON WHO IS NOT SURE THAT GOD IS THERE OR NOT A) AGNOSTIC. B) NICE. C) THEIST. D) ATHEIST. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AGNOSTIC. 55. Animal living both in land and water A) Mammal. B) Reptile. C) Amphibian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amphibian. 56. Causing death or disaster A) Dogma. B) Fatal. C) Obsolete. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fatal. 57. A Polyglot is someone who? A) Spends his money excessively. B) Drinks too much. C) Has more than two wives. D) Speaks multiple languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaks multiple languages. 58. The concluding part of speech A) Peroration. B) Salutation. C) Subscription. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peroration. 59. She was acquitted ..... charges. A) Of. B) Off. C) From. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of. 60. A raised place on which an offering to God is made A) Altar. B) Attic. C) Platform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Altar. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesOne Word Substitution Quiz 2Advanced Vocabulary QuizAffixes QuizAnalogies QuizAntonyms QuizBasic Spanish Words QuizBusiness English Vocabulary QuizCollocations And Phrasal Verbs QuizConnotation And Denotation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books