Question 1

1. A person who abandons his religious or political belief.

A) ApostateB) AgnosticC) HereticD) Fanatic

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option A

Question 2

2. A hater of mankind.

A) PhilanthropistB) MisogynistC) MisanthropeD) Cannibal

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

Question 3

Question 4

4. One who compiles a dictionary.

A) CartographerB) LexicographerC) CalligrapherD) Choreographer

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Question 5

5. A person who leaves his own country to settle in another.

A) ImmigrantB) EmigrantC) NomadD) Vagrant

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Question 6

6. An allowance made to a wife by her husband when they are legally separated.

A) PatrimonyB) AlimonyC) ParsimonyD) Matrimony

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Question 7

7. A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

A) AnecdoteB) AntidoteC) TaleD) Parable

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option A

Question 8

8. Extreme fear of confined places.

A) AgoraphobiaB) HydrophobiaC) ClaustrophobiaD) Acrophobia

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

Question 9

9. A speech delivered without previous preparation.

A) MaidenB) ExtemporeC) RhetoricD) Soliloquy

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Question 10

10. A person who firmly believes in fate or destiny.

A) FatalistB) OptimistC) PessimistD) Astrologer

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option A

Question 11

11. A remedy for all diseases.

A) NarcoticsB) AntisepticC) PanaceaD) Antibiotic

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

Question 12

12. Something that is no longer in use.

A) RedundantB) ObsoleteC) AncientD) Desolate

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Question 13

13. An inscription on a tomb in memory of the person buried there.

A) EpilogueB) EpitaphC) CenotaphD) Elegy

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Question 14

14. A person who is well known in an unfavourable way.

A) FamousB) ObscureC) NotoriousD) Conspicuous

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

Question 15

15. To officially take private property away to seize.

A) ConfiscateB) AnnexC) HijackD) Usurp

Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option A

Accepted Answer

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

One Word Substitution Quiz for Bank Exams

1. A person who abandons his religious or political belief.

2. A hater of mankind.

3. A person who is indifferent to pleasure and pain.

4. One who compiles a dictionary.

5. A person who leaves his own country to settle in another.

6. An allowance made to a wife by her husband when they are legally separated.

7. A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

8. Extreme fear of confined places.

9. A speech delivered without previous preparation.

10. A person who firmly believes in fate or destiny.

11. A remedy for all diseases.

12. Something that is no longer in use.

13. An inscription on a tomb in memory of the person buried there.

14. A person who is well known in an unfavourable way.

15. To officially take private property away to seize.