Directions (1-10): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q1.A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude.
(a) Iconoclast
(b) Recluse
(c) Sage
(d) Priest.
Q2.One who uses somebody else’s ideas as if they were his own.
(a)Hypocrite
(b)Reciprocate
(c)Plagiarist
(d)Mores
Q3.Violation of something holy or sacred
(a) Profanity
(b)Slander
(c) Sacrilege
(d)Sedition
Q4. One who is indifferent to pleasure and pain.
(a)Ascetic
(b)Esoteric
(c)Stoic
(d)Sceptical
Q5. The study of religion and religious ideas and beliefs.
(a) Theocracy
(b)Theosophy
(c)Theology
(d) Theism
Q6.Animals who live in herds
(a) Gregarious
(b) Sociable
(c) Carnivorous
(d) Social
Q7. A person, who walks in sleep
(a) Utopia
(b) Verbatim
(c) Venial
(d) Somnambulist
Q8. A person who talks in sleep
(a) Somnambulist
(b) Truant
(c)Rhetoric
(d) Somniloquist
Q9. One, who does not tire easily
(a) Indefatigable
(b) Irreparable
(c) Incorrigible
(d) Infirmary
Q10. a statement which is accepted as true without proof
(a) Abdication
(b) Alimony
(c) Almanac
(d) Axiom
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Recluse-a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. plagiarism- the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person: the act of plagiarizing something
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Sacrilege- violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.
S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Stoic- a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Theology- the study of the nature of God and religious belief.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Gregarious- (of a person) fond of company; sociable
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. somnambulist – someone who walks about in their sleep
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. somniloquist – someone who talks while asleep
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Indefatigable-(of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.
S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Axiom- a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self- evidently true.
