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)]

(a) Irresponsible
(b) Unreliable
(c) Imprudent
(d) Impervious

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)]

(a) Dinghy
(b) Ferry
(c) Freighter
(d) Submarine

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)]

(a) Wicked
(b) Devilish
(c) Jinxed
(d) Monstrous

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)]

(a) Megalomania
(b) Pyromania
(c) Kleptomania
(d) Nymphomania

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)]

(a) Disintegrate
(b) Dislocate
(c) Discontinue
(d) Dishevelled

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)]

(a) Lullaby
(b) Chorus
(c) Prayer
(d) Hymn

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)]

(a) Edge
(b) Precipice
(c) Slope
(d) Hill

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)]

(a) Provincial
(b) Native
(c) Colonial
(d) Local

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)]

(a) Longitude
(b) Equator
(c) Axis
(d) Latitude

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)]

(a) Front
(b) Margin
(c) Enclosure
(d) Expanse

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

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