One word substitutes - MCQs with answers - Part VIII
Choose the correct one word to replace the given description1. A speech made without preparation: a. Impromptu
b. Improvisation
c. Unprepared
d. Extempore
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Extempore
Example: He gave an extempore but brilliant speech.
2. Something resulting in death: a. Fatal
b. Fateful
c. Destructive
d. Catastrophic
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Fatal
Example: The patients have been provided with some fatal medicines.
3. A person or thing who exists at the same time as another: a. Simultaneous
b. Existent
c. Recent
d. Contemporary
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Contemporary
Example: Buddha and Mahaveer were contemporaries.
4. A person sent on an official mission: a. Agent
b. Delegate
c. Herald
d. Emissary
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Emissary
Example: A French emissary later announced he would undertake a new tour of the UK.
5. Compulsory enlistment for the military and other services: a. Enrollment
b. Conscription
c. Induction
e. Admission
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Conscription
Example: All across the country military conscription of the youth is on.
6. One who is always trying to escape situations: a. Rescuer
b. Avoider
c. Evader
d. Escapist
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Escapist
Example: He has led his life as an escapist, never confronting any situation.
7. Existing for ever, without any beginning or end: a. Ageless
b. Indefinite
c. Eternal
d. Never-ending
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Eternal
Example: The sunshine is eternal.
8. A strong believer of fate:M a. Fatist
b. Destinalist
c. Fatalist
d. Determinist
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Fatalist
Example: He cultivated a certain fatalism, a little superstition.
9. A person who collects fairs on a public vehicle: a. Guide
b. Conductor
c. Director
d. Wayfarer
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Conductor
Example: The bus conductor let us in without tickets.
10. An assembly of worshipers: a. Audience
b. Crowd
c. Aggregation
d. Congregation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. Congregation
Example: He was to remain as pastor of the congregation until his death.