ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION – Set 4
Directions: In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
- An office or post with no work but high pay
(1) Honorary
(2) Sinecure
(3) Gratis
(4) Ex-officio
Ans:- (2) Sinecure
- One who is well-versed in any subject; a critical judge of any art, particularly fine arts
(1) Veteran
(2) Philistine
(3) Dilettante
(4) Connoisseur
Ans:- (4) Connoisseur
- Person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain
(1) Saint
(2) Ascetic
(3) Stoic
(4) Hermit
Ans:- (3) Stoic
- A person who is against the standards of ordinary society especially indreaaing
(1) Joker
(2) Hippy
(3) Scapegoat
(4) Butt
Ans:- (2) Hippy
- Murder of a brother
(1) Patricide
(2) Regicide
(3) Homicide
(4) Fratricide
Ans:- (4) Fratricide
- Mania for stealing articles
(1) Logomania
(2) Nympphomania
(3) Kleptomania
(4) Hypomania
Ans:- (3) Kleptomania
- Mental weariness for want of occupation
(1) Fatigue
(2) Ennui
(3) Languor
(4) Debility
Ans:- (2) Ennui
- One who loves all and Sunday
(1) Optimist
(2) Humanist
(3) Altruist
(4) Philanthropist
Ans:- (4) Philanthropist
- Mania for travel
(1) Dromomania
(2) Pyromania
(3) Biblomania
(4) Logomania
Ans:- (1) Dromomania
- A person living permanently in a certain place
(1) Native
(2) Resident
(3) Domicile
(4) Subject
Ans:- (3) Domicile