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MCQ on One Word Substitution


A seller of cakes

  • Baker
  • Salesman
  • Cake-seller
  • Confectioner
  • Correct Option: D  [ Confectioner ]

    Remark:

One who collects coins as a hobby

  • ornithologist
  • statistician
  • numismatist
  • philatelist
  • Correct Option: C  [ numismatist ]

    Remark:

A feeling of fondness, mixed with some sadness, for something in the past

  • Oblivion
  • Noxiousness
  • Nostalgia
  • Nausea
  • Correct Option: C  [ Nostalgia ]

    Remark:

A place where people who are ill are treated is called____________.

  • sanctuary
  • rest-house
  • infirmary
  • sanatorium
  • Correct Option: D  [ sanatorium ]

    Remark:

A place of permanent residence

  • abode
  • dormitory
  • domicile
  • apartment
  • Correct Option: C  [ domicile ]

    Remark:

A person who compile a dictionary

  • Author
  • Linguist
  • Grammarian
  • Lexicographer
  • Correct Option: D  [ Lexicographer ]

    Remark:

A name adopted by an author in his writings :

  • Title
  • Pseudonym
  • Nickname
  • Nomenclature
  • Correct Option: B  [ Pseudonym ]

    Remark: "Pseudo": fake, fraud, impostor.

Official in-charge of a museum :

  • Curator
  • Administrator
  • Dean
  • Supervisor
  • Correct Option: A  [ Curator ]

    Remark:

Pertaining to cattle

  • Canine
  • Feline
  • Bovine
  • Verminous
  • Correct Option: C  [ Bovine ]

    Remark:

Fear of height. (one word substitution)

  • Agorophobia
  • Acrophobia
  • Hierophobia
  • Heliophobia
  • Correct Option: B  [ Acrophobia ]

    Remark: