Directions (1-15): In these questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

Q1. An assembly of worshipers.

(a) Configuration

(b) Confrontation

(c) Congregation

(d) Conflagration

Q2. A person who lives by himself.

(a) Extrovert

(b) Prophet

(c) Shelter

(d) Recluse

Q3. A medicine to nullify the effect of poison.

(a) Antidote

(b) Anticlimax

(c) Antibody

(d) Antigen

Q4. That which cannot be read.

(a) illegitimate

(b) illegible

(c) illiberal

(d) illicit

Q5. One who makes an official examination of accounts.

(a) Clerk

(b) Accountant

(c) Auditor

(d) Boss

Q6. An instrument used to see distant objects.

(a) Perimeter

(b) Microscope

(c) Bioscope

(d) Telescope

Q7. One who knows or sees everything.

(a) Omnipotent

(b) Omniscient

(c) Omnipresent

(d) Somniferous

Q8. Fluent and clear in speech

(a) Emotional

(b) Enthusiastic

(c) Articulate

(d) Confident

Q9. Spoken or done without preparation

(a) Verbose

(b) Extempore

(c) Amateur

(d) Vernation

Q10. One who gains benefit from something

(a) A benefactor

(b) A miser

(c) A hermit

(d) A beneficiary

Q11. One who eats both vegetables and meat

(a) Omnivorous

(b) Vegivores

(c) Herbivorous

(d) Carnivorous

Q12. Group of people living together in the same locality.

(a) Neighborhood

(b) Crowd

(c) Communism

(d) Public

Q13. The height of an object above sea level

(a) Altitude

(b) Certitude

(c) Latitude

(d) Longitude

Q14. Something that is difficult to believe

(a) Inevitable

(b) Incredible

(c) Suspension

(d) Possibility

Q15. Government of the people, by the people and for the people

(a) Plutocracy

(b) Aristocracy

(c) Autocracy

(d) Democracy

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. Congregation-a group of people assembled for religious worship.

S2. Ans.(d)

Sol. Recluse -a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. Antidote -a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. illegible -not clear enough to be read.

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. Auditor -a person who conducts an audit.

S6. Ans.(d)

Sol. Telescope -an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. Omniscient -knowing everything.

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. Articulate -having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Extempore -spoken or done without preparation.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. beneficiary-a person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. Omnivorous-(of an animal or person) feeding on a variety of food of both plant and animal origin.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. Neighborhood -a district or community within a town or city.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. Altitude -the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. incredible-impossible to believe., difficult to believe; extraordinary.

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. Democracy -a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.