English : One Word Substitute For SSC CGL

Q.1-5. In the questions below, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence and indicate it by blackening the appropriate circle in the Answer-Sheet.

Q.1.        A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude
               (A) Iconoclast                 (B) Recluse
               (C) Sage                         (D) Priest
Q.2.        A lover of books
               (A) Bibliophile                (B) Bibliomaniac
               (C) Bibliographer          (D) Bilingual 
Q.3.        Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God.
               (A) Atheism                    (B) Animism
               (C) Pantheism               (D) Skepticism
Q.4.        One who journeys from place to place?
               (A) Cannibal                   (B) Quack
               (C) Courier                     (D) Itinerant
Q.5.        That which cannot be called back.
               (A) Irresponsible            (B) Irrevocable
               (C) Irredeemable          (D) Incalculable

Q.6-10. In the questions given below, a part of the sentence is bold. Below are the given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D).

Q.6.        You are asked to copy this letter word by word.
               (A) word for word         
               (B) word with word
               (C) word to word           
               (D) No improvement
Q.7.        The strong breeze blew his hat away
               (A) The strong air         
               (B) A strong breeze
               (C) The strong wind     
               (D) No improvement
Q.8.        The Japanese are hardly working people.
               (A) a hard working people
               (B) a hardly working people
               (C) hard working people     
               (D) No improvement
Q.9.        The essay should not exceed more than hundred words.
               (A) exceed                      (B) exceed than
               (C) exceed beyond       (D) No improvement
Q.10.     I intend to learn German next year.
               (A) learning                    (B) learn
               (C) have learnt               (D) No improvement

ANSWERS

Q.1.(B)       
Q.2.(A)              
Q.3.(C)              
Q.4.(D)                           
Q.5.(B)          
Q.6.(C)                    
Q.7.(C)                
Q.8.(C)       
Q.9.(A)                   
Q.10.(A)