Directions (1-12): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q1. One who is appointed to deal with complaints made by common people against banks, companies, etc.
(a) Jurist
(b) Arbiter
(c) Ombudsman
(d) Magistrate
Q2. Words or lines written on the tomb of a person
(a) Epitaph
(b) Anecdote
(c) Calligraphy
(d) Cenotaph
Q3. The profession of writing dictionaries
(a) Typography
(b) Biography
(c) Cartography
(d) Lexicography
Q4. A deep dislike of foreigners
(a) Acrophobia
(b) Xenophobia
(c) Claustrophobia
(d) Hydrophobia
Q5. One who collects and studies coins
(a) Philatelist
(b) Nuncio
(c) Bibliophile
(d) Numismatist
Q6. Someone who works only for personal profit
(a) Materialistic
(b) Mercenary
(c) Greedy
(d) Mercantile
Q7. A heavy unnatural slumber
(a) Nap
(b) Stupor
(c) Insomnia
(d) Common
Q8. That cannot be overcome
(a) Irrevocable
(b) Irreparable
(c) Invulnerable
(d) Insurmountable
Q9. The practice of eating human flesh
(a) Solipsism
(b) Narcissism
(c) Cannibalism
(d) Mysticism
Q10. To walk slowly, wasting time
(a) Stagger
(b) Stride
(c) Dawdle
(d) Plod
Q11. Giving of special favor to one’s kith and kin
(a) Favoritism
(b) Solecism
(c) Pantheism
(d) Nepotism
Q12. Study of the origin and history of words
(a) Etymology
(b) Epistemology
(c) Morphology
(d) Dictionary
Directions (13-15): There are four different words out of which one is correctly spelled. Find the correctly spelled word.
Q13.
(a) Announcment
(b) Committment
(c) Commencement
(d) Estableshment
Q14.
(a) Scholership
(b) Partnarship
(c) Entrepreneurship
(d) Leadeship
Q15.
(a) Passimism
(b) Optemism
(c) Consumerism
(d) Communlism
ANSWERS
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. C
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. C
14. C
15. C
