One Word Substitution Part – 7

Total Questions: 50

21. Affecting all or most people, places, things, etc. [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Particular
(b) Pertain
(c) Genre
(d) General

Correct Answer: (d) General

Solution:General - Affecting all or most people, places, things, etc.
Particular used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class
Pertain - be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time
Genre - a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content

22. Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Blasphemy
(b) Rhapsodic
(c) Bohemian
(d) Pedantic

Correct Answer: (d) Pedantic

Solution:Pedantic - Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms
Blasphemy the action of speaking sacrilegiously about God or
sacred things
Rhapsodic - expressing powerful feelings
Bohemian - One who do not adhere to social rules and practices

23. Killing one's father [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

(a) Insecticide
(b) Suicide
(c) Tyrannicide
(d) Patricide

Correct Answer: (d) Patricide

Solution:Patricide - Killing one's father

Insecticide - a substance used for killing insects

Suicide - the act of killing oneself

Tyrannicide - killing of a tyrant

24. A publication containing astronomical or meteorological information [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) Allegory
(b) Bane
(c) Conscription
(d) Almanac

Correct Answer: (d) Almanac

Solution:Almanac - A publication containing astronomical meteorological information
Allegory - a story, play, picture, etc. in which each character or event is a symbol representing an idea or a quality, such as truth, evil, death, etc.; the use of such symbols
Bane - something that causes trouble and makes somebody unhappy
Conscription - the act or process of forcing people by law to join the armed services

25. A substance for killing algae [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) Algaecide
(b) Prepuce
(c) Fungicide
(d) Ruthenium

Correct Answer: (a) Algaecide

Solution:Algaecide - A substance for killing algae

Prepuce - the fold of skin surrounding the clitoris.

Fungicide - a substance that kills a type of plant with no leaves
or flowers (fungus) that grows on other plants or animals and harms them.

Ruthenium - a hard brittle grayish polyvalent rare metallic element occurring in platinum ores and used in hardening platinum alloys.

26. A person who is interested in material gains and is hostile to art/culture [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) Perfectionist
(b) Sage
(c) Philistine
(d) Egghead

Correct Answer: (c) Philistine

Solution:Philistine - A person who is interested in material gains and is hostile to art/culture

Perfectionist - a person who always does things as well as he/she possibly can and who expects others to do the same

Sage - one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom.
Egghead - one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom.

27. Give off gas bubbles [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Buoyant
(b) Effervescent
(c) Flat
(d) Effuse

Correct Answer: (b) Effervescent

Solution:Effervescent - Give off gas bubbles
Buoyant - able to keep afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas
Flat - Parallel to the ground or lacking emotion
Effuse - to emit or pour out

28. One who is against religion. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Poacher
(b) Lunatic
(c) Bandit
(d) Heretic

Correct Answer: (d) Heretic

Solution:Heretic - One who is against religion
Poacher - someone who catches and kills animals illegally
Lunatic - affected with a severely disordered state of mind
Bandit - someone who robs people

29. Exclusive command or possession [SSC CHSL, 15/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

(a) Sanctum
(b) Monopoly
(c) Hypergamy
(d) Parvenu

Correct Answer: (b) Monopoly

Solution:Monopoly - Exclusive command or possession
Hypergamy - person marrying a spouse of higher caste or social
status than themselves
Parvenu - someone from a low social position who has suddenly become rich or successful
Sanctum - a private place or room where someone is never interrupted

30. Rhythmic flow of sounds or words. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) Credence
(b) Crescents
(c) Cadence
(d) Copious

Correct Answer: (c) Cadence

Solution:Cadence - Rhythmic flow of sounds or words.
Credence - belief in or acceptance of something as true.
Crescents - a curved shape that is pointed at both ends, like the moon in its first and last stages
Copious - large in quantity or number

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