One Word Substitution Part – 8

31. Treat with a vaccine, usually by injection to promote immunity against a disease [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Innuendo
(b) Inoculate
(c) Innumerate
(d) Innovate

Correct Answer: (b) Inoculate

Solution:Inoculate - treat with a vaccine, usually by injection to promote immunity against a disease
Innuendo - an indirect way of talking about somebody/something
Innumerate - without a basic knowledge of mathematics and arithmetic
Innovate - to create new things, ideas or ways of doing something.

32. A group of worshippers [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Posse
(b) Caravan
(c) Constellation
(d) Congregation

Correct Answer: (d) Congregation

Solution:Congregation - a group of worshippers
Posse - a group of people who have a common characteristic or occupation
Caravan - a group of people and animals that travel together, for example across a desert
Constellation - a group of stars that forms a pattern and has a name

33. None of the countries involved in war were ready to broach the issue of retreat. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)]

(a) turn down thoughtlessly
(b) bring up for discussion
(c) underestimate the worth of
(d) disregard contemptuously

Correct Answer: (b) bring up for discussion

Solution:'Broach' means to bring up for discussion or to start talking about a particular subject.

34. Substitute one word for the Italicised expression. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Afternoon)]

When her teacher calls her a person who cannot be corrected, she laughs at herself.

(a) obedient
(b) reformable
(c) incorrigible
(d) manageable

Correct Answer: (c) incorrigible

Solution:Incorrigible - a person who cannot be corrected
Obedient - doing what you are told to do
Reformable susceptible to improvement or reform
Manageable - not too big or too difficult to deal with

35. Seeing the danger of a group governed by old people, Ratan planned to recruit young people for his project. [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)]

(a) adhocracy
(b) plutocracy
(c) gerontocracy
(d) autocracy

Correct Answer: (c) gerontocracy

Solution:Gerontocracy - a group governed by old people
Adhocracy - a system of flexible and informal organization and management in place of rigid bureaucracy
Plutocracy - a state or society governed by the wealthy.
Autocracy - a system of government of a country in which one
person has complete power

36. One who believes in his fate [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Fatalist
(b) Fastidious
(c) Fugitive
(d) Fanatic

Correct Answer: (a) Fatalist

Solution:Fatalist - one who believes in his fate
Fastidious - someone difficult to please
Fugitive - a person who is running away or escaping
Fanatic - a person who is very enthusiastic about something and may have extreme or dangerous opinion

37. Take hold of forcibly or suddenly [SSC CPO 10/11/2022 (Evening)]

(a) Seize
(b) Liberate
(c) Release
(d) Relinquish

Correct Answer: (a) Seize

Solution:Seize - take hold of forcibly or suddenly

Liberate - to allow somebody/something to be free

Release - to allow somebody/something to be free

Relinquish - to stop having or doing something

38. Try hard to do or achieve something [SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning)]

(a) Endanger
(b) Hardworking
(c) Endeavour
(d) Indent

Correct Answer: (c) Endeavour

Solution:Endeavour - try hard to do or achieve something
Endanger - to cause danger to somebody/something
Hardworking - working with effort and energy
Indent - to start a line of writing further from the left-hand side of the page than the other lines

39. The Bishop criticised the Government for its having no sympathy and an uncaring attitude to the homeless and the unemployed. [SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Morning)]

(a) merciful
(b) callous
(c) tender
(d) compassionate

Correct Answer: (b) callous

Solution:Callous - having no sympathy
Merciful - feeling or showing mercy
Tender - kind and loving
Compassionate - feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others

40. One who is bad in spellings [SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon)]

(a) Cacographer
(b) Photographer
(c) Choreographer
(d) Chauvinist

Correct Answer: (a) Cacographer

Solution:Cacographer - one who is bad in spellings

Photographer - a person who takes photographs

Choreographer - a person who creates dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances and especially for ballets

Chauvinist - a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic