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MCQ on One Word Substitution


A fourteen-lined poem is called a

  • Sonnet
  • Epilogue
  • Composition
  • Lyric
  • Correct Option: A  [ Sonnet ]

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A person who write decoratively

  • Calligrapher
  • Collier
  • Choreographer
  • Cartographer
  • Correct Option: A  [ Calligrapher ]

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To take secretly in small quantities

  • Robbery
  • Pilferage
  • Theft
  • Defalcation
  • Correct Option: B  [ Pilferage ]

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Choose the one word substitute to the following phrase :
"One who speaks for others"

  • Speaker
  • Spokesperson
  • leader
  • Teller
  • Correct Option: B  [ Spokesperson ]

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Young cow that has not yet had a calf. (one word substitution)

  • Cowlet
  • Ewe
  • Heifer
  • none of these
  • Correct Option: C  [ Heifer ]

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A drawback usually observed in women is called :

  • Womanly
  • Womanish
  • Female
  • Feminine
  • Correct Option: B  [ Womanish ]

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The trees which shed all their leaves at a particular time of the year are called

  • Evergreen
  • Coniferous
  • Deciduous
  • Savanna
  • Correct Option: C  [ Deciduous ]

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A book or work of art whose author is not known

  • Anonymous
  • Unanimous
  • Unknown
  • Unidentified
  • Correct Option: A  [ Anonymous ]

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A study of sounds is known as:

  • Semantics
  • stylistics
  • Linguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Correct Option: D  [ Phonetics ]

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A person who does not think or behave like everyone else, but has independent, unusual opinions:

  • Hermit
  • Individual
  • Maverick
  • Matriarch
  • Correct Option: C  [ Maverick ]

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