One Word Substitution Part – 10

11. A person who loves and collects books [SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Afternoon)]

(a) Booker
(b) Bibliophile
(c) Bookworm
(d) Biographer

Correct Answer: (b) Bibliophile

Solution:Bibliophile - A person who loves and collects books
Bookworm - A person who enjoys reading.
Biographer - One who writes an account of someone's life.

12. A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in the same language [SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Synonym x
(b) Metonymy
(c) Antonym
(d) Toponym

Correct Answer: (a) Synonym x

Solution:Synonym - A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in the same language
Metonymy - Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that.
Toponym - It is a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

13. Raman is finding it difficult to adjust as he has come to a different country from his own country for settling [SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Afternoon)]

(a) Pilgrim
(b) Immigrant
(c) Globetrotter
(d) Gypsy

Correct Answer: (b) Immigrant

Solution:Immigrant - Come to a different country from his own country for settling

14. Looking or sounding foreign, bizarre, strange, unfamiliar [SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Outlaw
(b) Outlay
(c) Outlast
(d) Outlandish

Correct Answer: (d) Outlandish

Solution:Outlandish - Looking or sounding foreign, bizarre, strange, unfamiliar
Outlaw - person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive.
Outlay - An amount of money spent on something.
Outlast - Live or last longer.

15. The newspaper dedicated a report giving the news of the death and details about the life of the deceased. [SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Editorial
(b) Illustration
(c) Obituary
(d) Forecast

Correct Answer: (c) Obituary

Solution:Obituary - A report giving the news of the death and details about the life of the deceased
Editorial a newspaper article expressing the editor's opinion on an issue.
Illustration - an example that explains or proves something
Forecast - predict or estimate

16. A pause between the acts of a play [SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Interlude
(b) Interline
(c) Interlace
(d) Interlink

Correct Answer: (a) Interlude

Solution:Interlude - A pause between the acts of a play
Interline - To include something between the lines
Interlace - To join different parts together to make a whole
Interlink - To join or connect two or more things together.

17. Fall back or sink again (into a worse state after an improvement) [SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Rekindle
(b) Reiterate
(c) Relayed
(d) Relapse

Correct Answer: (d) Relapse

Solution:Relapse - Fall back or sink again (into a worse state after an improvement)
Rekindle - to revive something lost or lapsed
Reiterate - To say something again.
Relayed - Receive and pass on

18. To walk aimlessly [SSC CGL 11/04/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Amble
(b) Crawl
(c) Sprint
(d) Slither

Correct Answer: (a) Amble

Solution:Amble - to walk aimlessly
Crawl - to move slowly with your body on or close to the ground, or on your hands and knees
Sprint - to run a short distance as fast as you can
Slither - to move by sliding from side to side along the ground like a snake

19. Showing great attention to detail and correct behaviour [SSC CGL 11/04/2021 (Afternoon)]

(a) Punctual
(b) Zealous
(c) Punctilious
(d) Disciplined

Correct Answer: (c) Punctilious

Solution:Punctilious - showing great attention to detail and correct behaviour
Punctual - doing something or happening at the right time
Zealous - using great energy and enthusiasm
Disciplined - to train somebody to obey and to behave in a controlled way

20. A medical condition in which somebody partly or completely loses their memory [SSC CGL 12/04/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Amnesia
(b) Asphyxia
(c) Anaemia
(d) Alopecia

Correct Answer: (a) Amnesia

Solution:Amnesia - a medical condition in which somebody partly or completely loses their memory
Asphyxia - the state of being unable to breathe, which causes somebody to die or to become unconscious
Anaemia - a medical condition in which there are not enough red cells in the blood
Alopecia - a medical condition of hair loss