This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > One Word Substitution – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books One Word Substitution Quiz 2 (21 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of 'ignorance is bliss'? A) When you don't know about something, it's better to be quiet. B) If you don't know about something, you don't worry about it. C) An image can tell a story better than words. D) If you sort out the problem immediately, it may save a lot of extra work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If you don't know about something, you don't worry about it. 2. Complete the following proverb:"A bad workman always ..... " A) Blames his tools. B) Blames himself. C) Blames his arm. D) Blames his effort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blames his tools. 3. A space traveller A) Astrologer. B) Astronaut. C) Technocrat. D) Astronomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronaut. 4. Despite ..... the hard work, he wasn't promoted. A) Of. B) Off. C) None. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None. 5. A person with a beautiful and elegant handwriting A) Typographer. B) Paragrapher. C) Calligrapher. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calligrapher. 6. Life history of a person written by another A) Hymn. B) Biography. C) Agenda. D) Deport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biography. 7. Tp bring peace and end violence A) Provoke. B) Pacify. C) Agitate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacify. 8. Fill in the blanks using the correct phrases/phrasal verbs:I'd never been water skiing before so I decided to ..... A) Have a go. B) Have a clue. C) Take a risk. D) Keep a promise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have a go. 9. A poem of 14 lines A) Elegy. B) Sonnet. C) Limerick. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 10. The convict begged ..... mercy A) To. B) Of. C) None. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) None. 11. Something akin ..... gratitude overwhelmed her. A) With. B) By. C) To. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 12. Fill in the blanks using the correct phrases/phrasal verbs:I don't want to go to the beach today as it is so ..... A) Outcast. B) Dried off. C) Freeze over. D) Overcast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overcast. 13. Techniques of using scientific test to find out about the crime A) Optimist. B) Forensic. C) Pessimist. D) Veteran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forensic. 14. One not concerned with right or wrong. A) Amoral. B) Apathetic. C) Ambiguous. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amoral. 15. He pushed the envelope ..... the door A) Through. B) Under. C) Below. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 16. A person who compiles dictionaries A) Lexicographer. B) Linguist. C) Phonologist. D) Language Expert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lexicographer. 17. One who is beyond reform. A) Inescapable. B) Arrogant. C) Incorrigible. D) Coward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incorrigible. 18. A GRAND ENTRANCE A) GOLCONDA FORT. B) PORTER. C) PORTAL. D) Burj Khalifa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PORTAL. 19. Image of a person in wood, stone A) Effigy. B) Photostat. C) Poster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effigy. 20. A person pretending to be somebody he is not A) Linguist. B) Philanthropist. C) Theist. D) Imposter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imposter. 21. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions A) Kleptomania. B) Funambulist. C) Colleague. D) Hymn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hymn. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesOne Word Substitution Quiz 1Advanced 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