ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

1. A person who maliciously destroys by fire
(a) Antagonist
(6) Activist
(c) Terrorist
(d) Incendiary
2. A house for storing grains
(a) Cellar
(6) Store
(e) Godown
(d) Granary
3. A person very hard to please
(a) Obstinate
(6) Unconquerable
(c) Fastidious
(d) Invincible
4. A person claiming to be superior in
culture and intellect to others
(a) Intellectual
(b) Aristocrat
(c) Elite
(d) Highbrow
5. One who totally abstains from alcoholic drinks
(a) Puritan
(6) Samaritan
(c) Pedant
(d) Teetotaller
6. A name adopted by an author in his
writings
(a) Title
(b) Nomenclature
(c) Nickname
(d) Pseudonym
7. The line which a plough cuts in the
ground
(a) Vale
(6) Trench
(c) Furrow
(d) Trough
8. A man who pays too much attention to his clothes and personal appearance
(a) Snob
(b) Duffer
(c) Dandy
(d) Licentious
9. A person who forsakes religion
(a) Charlatan
(6) Apostle
(c) Renegade
(d) Apotheosis
10. Of unknown and unadmitted authorship
(a) Gullible
(b) Anonymous
(c) Unanimous
(d) Vexation
11. Contempt of God
(a) Athesim
(6) Nihilism
(c) Blasphemy
(d) Agnosticism
12. Person holding a scholarship at a
university
(a) Intellectual
(b) Pedant
(c) Scholar
(d) Bursar
13 A person concerned with practical results
and values
(a) Plagiarist
(b) Realist
(c) Pragmatist
(d) Fundamentalist
14. Member of a band of robbers
(a) Dacoit
(b) Brigand
(c) Thief
(d) Pirate
15. A person without manners or polish
(c) Rustic
(6) Naive
(c) Boorish
(d) Barbarian
16. A speech by an actor at the end of a play
(a) Epilogue
(b) Monologue
(c) Duologue
(d) Prologue
17. Responsible according to law
(a) Liable
(6) Eligible
(c) Legalised
(b) Legitimate
18. A funny imitation of a poem
(a) Counterfeit
(b) Sonnet
(c) Caricature
(d) Parody
19. Decision made upon a political question by the votes of all qualified persons
(a) Veto
(b) Suffrage
(c) Plebiscite
(d) Franchise
20. Wistful longing for something one has known in the past
(a) Hysteria
(b) Megalomania
(c) Nostalgia
(d) Logomania
21. A person who is made to bear the blame due to others
(a) Innocent
(b) Scapegoat
(c) Ignoramus
(d) Nincompoop