One Word Substitution Part – 10

Total Questions: 50

31. Lacking interest or excitement [SSC CGL 20/04/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Mundane
Solution:Mundane - lacking interest or excitement
Despot - a ruler with great power, especially one who uses it in a cruel way
Hostile - having very strong feelings against somebody/something
Miserly - marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness

32. Policy of racial discrimination [SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) Apartheid
Solution:Apartheid - policy of racial discrimination
Non-alignment - lack of alliance or affiliation with other nations or groups, especially politically
Diplomacy - the activity of managing relations between different countries
Commonwealth - an organization whose members are the United Kingdom and some other countries that were once a part of the British Empire.

33. A four-footed animal [SSC CGL 21/04/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) Quadruped
Solution:Quadruped - a four-footed animal
Mammal - an animal of the type that gives birth to live babies, not eggs
Reptile - an animal that has cold blood and a skin covered in scales
Biped - any creature with two feet

34. An entertainer who performs difficult physical feats [SSC CGL Tier II (29/01/2022)]

Correct Answer: (b) Acrobat
Solution:Acrobat - An entertainer who performs difficult physical feats
Archer - a person who shoots an arrow from a bow for sport or as a weapon
Artist - somebody who produces art, especially paintings or drawings
Artisan - a person who makes things skilfully, especially with his/her hands

35. Made of artificial substance or material [SSC CGL Tier II (29/01/2022)]

Correct Answer: (a) Synthetic
Solution:Synthetic - Made of artificial substance or material
Offensive - unpleasant or insulting
Expensive - costing a lot of money
Authentic - that you know is real or genuine

36. A decision on which one cannot go back [SSC CGL Tier II (29/01/2022)]

Correct Answer: (b) Irrevocable
Solution:Irrevocable - A decision on which one cannot go back
Incorrigible - too bad to be corrected or improved
Improbable - not likely to be true or to happen
Incredible - impossible or very difficult to believe

37. Central character in a story or play [SSC CGL Tier II (29/01/2022)]

Correct Answer: (c) Protagonist
Solution:Protagonist - Central character in a story or play.
Emulator - a person or thing that imitates others
Contender - a person who may win a competition
Adversary - an enemy or an opponent in a competition

38. A long wooden seat with a back for people to sit on in a church [SSC CGL Tier II (29/01/2022)]

Correct Answer: (c) Pew
Solution:Pew - A long wooden seat with a back for people to sit on in a church
Aisle - a passage between the rows of seats in a church, theatre, etc.
Pulpit - a raised platform in a church where the priest stands when he/she is speaking
Altar - a high table that is the centre of a religious ceremony

39. One who accompanies somebody to protect him [SSC CGL Tier II (03/02/2022)]

Correct Answer: (d) Escort
Solution:Escort one who accompanies somebody to protect him
Companion - a person or animal with whom you spend a lot of time or go somewhere
Guide - a book, magazine, etc. that gives information or help on a subject
Defender - a person who defends somebody/something

40. Too great to be expressed or described in words [SSC CGL Tier II (03/02/2022)]

Correct Answer: (a) Ineffable
Solution:Ineffable - Too great to be expressed or described in words
Indelible - that cannot be removed or washed out
Infallible - never making mistakes or being wrong
Indispensable - very important, so that it is not possible to be without it