Free One Word Substitution MCQs with Answers

165 One Word Substitution MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

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101. Practice of employing spies in war is?

  • A. esplande
  • B. espadrille
  • C. estrangement
  • D. espionage

Explanation: Espionage is the practice of secretly obtaining information through spies, especially during war. The other options refer to clothing, separation, or unrelated objects.

Correct answer: espionage

102. Detaining and confining someone is?

  • A. interruption
  • B. interrogation
  • C. internment
  • D. intermittent

Explanation: Internment means the detention and confinement of a person, especially during wartime or for political reasons. Interruption means a break in continuity, while interrogation means formal questioning.

Correct answer: internment

103. One who offers his service without charging for it is?

  • A. philanderer
  • B. volunteer
  • C. mercenary
  • D. missionary

Explanation: A volunteer offers service willingly without expecting payment. A mercenary also offers service for money, while a missionary is specifically engaged in religious work.

Correct answer: volunteer

104. A place where a lot people go on holiday or vacation is?

  • A. casino
  • B. beach
  • C. resort
  • D. museum

Explanation: A resort is a place visited by many people for holidays or recreation. A beach may be part of a resort, but it is not necessarily a holiday destination as a whole.

Correct answer: resort

105. The act of giving up sovereign power is?

  • A. relinquish
  • B. renounce
  • C. abdicate
  • D. resign

Explanation: To abdicate is to give up the throne or sovereign power, as a monarch may do. Relinquish and renounce are broader terms that do not specifically suggest surrendering a crown.

Correct answer: abdicate

106. Violation of something holy or sacred is?

  • A. profanity
  • B. sedition
  • C. sacrilege
  • D. slander

Explanation: Sacrilege is the violation or profanation of something regarded as holy or sacred. Profanity may involve irreverent language, but it does not always mean a direct violation of a sacred object or place.

Correct answer: sacrilege

107. Living at the same time is?

  • A. concurrent
  • B. contemporary
  • C. coincident
  • D. concomitant

Explanation: Contemporary means existing or living at the same time as another person or event. Concurrent usually describes events occurring together, not specifically people living in the same period.

Correct answer: contemporary

108. Branch of medicine dealing with the health and care of old people is?

  • A. obstetrics
  • B. pediatrics
  • C. calisthenics
  • D. geriatrics

Explanation: Geriatrics is the branch of medicine concerned with the health and care of older people. Pediatrics deals with children, while obstetrics concerns pregnancy and childbirth.

Correct answer: geriatrics

109. The time when two people have a romantic relationship before they get married is?

  • A. snobbery
  • B. courtship
  • C. estrangement
  • D. polyphony

Explanation: Courtship is the period in which two people develop a romantic relationship before marriage. Estrangement means a breakdown or distancing in a relationship, which is the opposite context.

Correct answer: courtship

110. That never fails is?

  • A. irrelevant
  • B. infallible
  • C. indelible
  • D. inaudible

Explanation: Infallible means incapable of failing or making a mistake. Indelible means impossible to erase, and inaudible means impossible to hear.

Correct answer: infallible