One word substitutes - MCQs with answers - Part IX
Choose the correct one word to replace the given description1. The inability of a person to do without alcohol: a. Alcohol addiction
b. Problem drinking
c. Substance abuse
d. Dipsomania
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Dipsomania
Example: He is regarded as a patient of dipsomania.
2. A state of mental weariness from lack of occupation or excitement: a. Ennui
b. Dejection
c. Depression
d. Fatigue
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Ennui
Example: Any man would lose his senses or die of ennui before this.
3. Inscription on a tomb: a. Epigraph
b. Epitaph
c. Legend
d. Commemoration
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Epitaph
Example: His headstone bears an impressive epitaph.
4. The animals of a particular region or geological period: a. Animal population
b. Fauna
c. Animalia
d. Brute creation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Fauna
Example: Fauna of Russia has gone through significant change
5. One supporting the welfare and emancipation of women:a. Womanist
b. Femalist
c. Feminist
d. Sisterhood
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Feminist
Example: The modern world has also turned men into feminists.
6. An expert of art, antiques, etc.:a. Appreciator
b. Critic
c. Connoisseur
d. Arbiter
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Connoisseur
Example: France is full of art connoisseurs.
7. A philosophical theory which emphasizes the existence of an individual as a free and responsible being and responsible for the consequences of one's own act: a. Existence
b. Existentialism
c. Individualism
d. Oneness
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Existentialism
Example: The movement of modern existentialism in visual art started in France.
8. Welcoming to guests:a. Hospitable
b. Congenial
c. Welcoming
d. Courteous
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Hospitable
Example: Indians are known to be very hospitable.
9. Destroyer of images, especially religious:a. Dissenter
b. Heretic
c. Iconoclast
d. Persecutor
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Iconoclast
Example: There were many iconoclasts among the Muslim rulers of India.
10. Conferrred as an honour:a. Awarding
b. Rewarding
c. Honorary
d. Celebratory
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Honorary
Example: He was conferred with an honorary doctrorate from a foreign university for his accomplishments.