One Word Substitution Part – 11

 

 

Total Questions: 50

1. A person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people's opinions, suggestions [SSC MTS 06/10/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Impervious
Solution:Impervious- A person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people's opinions, suggestions
Irresponsible - not thinking about the effect your actions will have
Unreliable - that cannot be trusted or depended on
Imprudent - not showing care for the consequences of an action.

2. A boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, especially over a relatively short distance and as a regular service. [SSC MTS 06/10/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) Ferry
Solution:Ferry - A boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, especially over a relatively short distance and as a regular service
Dinghy - a small boat that you sail
Freighter - a ship or an aircraft that carries only goods and not passengers
Submarine- a type of ship that can travel under the water as well as on the surface

3. Something which brings bad luck [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Jinxed
Solution:Jinxed - Something which brings bad luck
Wicked - morally bad
Devilish - like or appropriate to a devil in evil and cruelty.
Monstrous - like a monster

4. Compulsion to steal [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) Kleptomania
Solution:Kleptomania - Compulsion to steal
Megalomania - a mental disorder or condition in which a person has an exaggerated belief in their own power or importance
Promania - an obsessive desire to set fire to things.
Nymphomania - uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a woman.

5. To fall apart as a result of decay [SSC MTS 08/10/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Disintegrate
Solution:Disintegrate- To fall apart as a result of decay

6. A gentle song sung to put a child to sleep [SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) Lullaby
Solution:Lullaby - A gentle song sung to put a child to sleep
Chorus - to sing or say something together
Prayer - the act of speaking to God
Hymn - a religious song that Christians sing together in church

7. A very steep or overhanging rock face or cliff on a mountain [SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) Precipice
Solution:Precipice - A very steep or overhanging rock face or cliff on a mountain
Edge - the place where something, especially a surface, ends
Slope - a surface or piece of land that goes up or down
Hill - a high area of land that is not as high as a mountain

8. The first people to live in an area [SSC MTS 11/10/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) Native
Solution:Native- The first people to live in an area
Provincial- connected with the parts of a country that do not include its most important city
Colonial- connected with or belonging to a country that controls another country
Local- a person who lives in a particular place

9. Imaginary line dividing Earth into northern and southern hemispheres [SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) Equator
Solution:Equator- Imaginary line dividing Earth into northern and southern hemispheres
Longitude the distance of a place east or west of a line from the North Pole to the South Pole that passes through Greenwich in London
Axis- a line we imagine through the middle of an object, around which the object turns
Latitude- the distance of a place north or south of the line that we imagine around the middle of the earth

10. A large open area of land, water or sky. [SSC MTS 12/10/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Expanse
Solution:Expanse- A large open area of land, water or sky
Front- the side or surface of something/somebody that faces forward
Margin - the empty space at the side of a page in a book, etc.
Enclosure - a piece of land inside a wall, fence, etc. that is used for a particular purpose