1. Identify the substitute word for the sentence ‘One who is not easily pleased by anything’.
a) (a) Maiden
b) (b) Mediaeval
c) (c) Precarious
d) (d) Fastidious
Answer: (d) Fastidious
2. A hundred-year-old man is called---
a) Centurion
b) (b) Centenarian
c) (c) Silver man
d) (d) Golden man
Answer: (b) Centenarian
3. Which of the following words substitute the sentence ‘A remedy for all diseases’?
a) (a) Drug
b) (b) Panacea
c) (c) Antiseptic
d) (d) Cure
Answer: (b) Panacea
4. Identify the substitute word for the sentence ‘The art of cutting trees and bushes into ornamental shapes’---
a) (a) Horticulture
b) (b) Bonsai
c) (c) Pruning
d) (d) Topiary
Answer: (d) Topiary
5. A speech made without preparation:
a) (a) Prepared
b) (b) Debate
c) (c) Extempore
d) (d) Elocution
Answer: (c) Extempore
6. A sneering person who always finds faults:
a) (a) Cynic
b) (b) Cupid
c) (c) Kleptomaniac
d) (d) Crone
Answer: (a) Cynic
7. An instrument for measuring the force of the wind:
a) (a) Manometer
b) (b) Micrometer
c) (c) Hydrometer
d) (d) Anemometer
Answer: (d) Anemometer
8. A short journey:
a) (a) Jaunt
b) (b) Voyage
c) (c) Travelling
d) (d) Walking
Answer: (a) Jaunt
9. Plagiarism is----
a) (a) the art of writing
b) (b) the science of human thoughts and reading minds
c) (c) the art of politics
d) (d) stealing someone else’s ideas and passing them off as one’s own
Answer: (d) stealing someone else’s ideas and passing them off as one’s own
10. One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige.
a) (a) aristocrat
b) (b) affluent
c) (c) maverick
d) (d) parvenu
Answer: (d) parvenu
11. One who plays a game for pleasure and not professionally.
a) (a) veteran
b) (b) player
c) (c) connoisseur
d) (d) amateur
Answer: (d) amateur
12. The conclusions derived from experiments showed deviation from the common rule.
a) (a) heterogeneity
b) (b) anomaly
c) (c) anonymity
d) (d) strange
Answer: (b) anomaly
13. A person who pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he really has.
a) (a) renegade
b) (b) apostle
c) (c) charlatan
d) (d) apotheosis
Answer: (c) charlatan
14. A person’s first speech.
a) (a) preface
b) (b) maiden
c) (c) opener
d) (d) extempore
Answer: (b) maiden
15. Identify the substitute word for the following sentence ‘A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object’
a) (a) Misnaming
b) (b) Misnomer
c) (c) Misreferring
d) (d) Assigning
Answer: (b) Misnomer
16. Identify the substitute word for the following sentence ‘One who believes that all things and events in life predetermined’
a) Egoist
b) (b) Puritan
c) (c) Fatalist
d) (d) Tyrant
Answer: (c) Fatalist
17. ‘Deciduous trees’ are trees that-
a) (a) lose the leaves annually
b) (b) are extremely big
c) (c) have small leaves
d) (d) have fleshy leaves
Answer: (a) lose the leaves annually
18. A---- makes no difference between man and man in spreading his love.
a) (a) philander
b) (b) philanthropist
c) (c) philosopher
d) (d) philistine
Answer: (b) philanthropist
19. One who collects postage stamps--
a) (a) Stamp collector
b) (b) Philatelist
c) (c) Lexicographer
d) (d) Vendor
Answer: (b) Philatelist
20. One who hates mankind---
a) (a) Lover
b) (b) philanthropist
c) (c) Misanthrope
d) (d) Hatter
Answer: (c) Misanthrope
