CTET Word Usage One Word Substitution Question answer in English

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ONE-WORD SUBSTITUTION

Directions out of the alternatives given, select the word which closely fits each definition.

CTET Word Usage One Word Substitution Question answer in English

1. A word which can be interpreted in any

(A) Amphibious

(B) Ambiguous

(C) Anachronistic

1. D) Confusing

(E) Desultory

2. A thing which catches fire easily

(A) Callous

(B) Efflorescent

(C) Effervescent

(D) Inflammable

(E) Impatient

3. One who hates mankind

(A) Mercenary

(B) Neurotic

(C) Philanthropist

(D) Misanthropist

(E) Callous

4. Animals which live both on land and in water

(A) Abstemious

(B) Ambiguous

(C) Amphibious

(D) Rapacious

(E) Delectable

5. A tank where fish or water plants are kept

(A) Nursery

(B) Apiary

(C) Aquarium

(D) Aviary

(E) Hydrohabitat

6. One who believes easily

(A) Sedulous

(B) Credible

(C) Assiduous

(D) Creditable

(E) Credulous

7. A speech made for the first time

(A) Simultaneous

(B) Drawn

(C) Extempore

(D) Uxorious

(E) Maiden

8. A science which studies insects

(A) Entomology

(B) Epistemology

(C) Etymology

(D) Biology

(E) Geobiology

9. That which cannot be conquered—

(A) Inviolable

(B) Invincible

(C) Ineluctable

(D) Ineffable

(E) Indelible

10. A disease which spreads by contact

(A) Infectious

(B) Contiguous

(C) Contagious

(D) Uxorious

(E) Herbal

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11. A person who is violently hostile to established beliefs, customs, traditions, institutions

(A) Heretic

(B) Agnostic

(C) Apothecary

(D) Theist

(E) Iconoclast

12. That which cannot be corrected

(A) Ineligible

(B) Ineluctable

(C) Inscrutable

(D) Incorrigible

(E) Intractable

13. A child born after the death of its father or a book published after the death of its author

(A) Posterior

(B) Posthumous

(C) Pantomime

(D) Peripatetic

(E) Post script

14. Round about way of saying

(A) Circumvention

(B) Circumspection

(C) Circumlocution

(D) Circumcision

(E) Circulation

15. One who collects postage stamps

(A) Sinecure

(B) Gourmet

(C) Philanderer

(D) Philatelist

(E) Maniac

16. One who is easily fooled

(A) Credulous

(B) Gullible

(C) Bully

(D) Voluble

(E) Tractable

17. Scientist who studies the composition of the earth

(A) Geologist

(B) Dermatologist

(C) Zoologist

(D) Philologist

(E) Entomologist

18. Something that must happen and cannot be avoided

(A) Inexorable

(B) Inscrutable

(C) Inevitable

(D) Inimitable

(E) Invariable

19. One who is citizen of the world is

(A) Cannibal

(B) Teetotaller

(C) Cosmopolitan

(D) Obsolete

(E) Auspicious

CTET Word Usage One Word Substitution Question answer in English

20. Government based on religion

(A) Dyarchy

(B) Theocracy

(C) Plutocracy

(D) Oligarchy

(E) Aristocracy

21. That which cannot be rubbed off

(A) Incredible

(B) Incompatible

(C) Indelible

(D) Inedible

(E) Inviolable

22. One who studies the origin and growth of languages

(A) Philologist

(B) Linguist

(C) Bibliophile

(D) Gourmet

(E) Archaeologist

23. The study of right and wrong in human conduct

(A) Semantics

(B) Ethics

(C) Aesthetics

(D) Anaesthetics

(E) Morality

24. The school or college in which one has been educated

(A) Alma mater

(B) Alumini

(C) Cloister

(D) Calvin

(E) Matinee

25. One who is morbidly anxious about one’s health?

(A) Maniac

(B) Valetudinarian

(C) Passimist

(D) Hypochondriac

(E) Sagacious

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