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: espionage102. 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: internment103. 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: volunteer104. 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: resort105. 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: abdicate106. 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: sacrilege107. 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: contemporary108. 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: geriatrics109. 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: courtship110. 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