PPSC Sub Registrar (BS-14) English: One-Word Substitution MCQs

Practice One-Word Substitution MCQs for PPSC Sub Registrar (BS-14) English — topic-wise sets with solved answers.

PPSC Sub Registrar (BS-14) English: One-Word Substitution MCQs — sample questions

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Choose the best ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION from the options given below: A fear of heights

    • A) Acrophobia
    • B) Phobia
    • C) Heightophobia
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Acrophobia

    Explanation: 'Acrophobia' is grammatically correct and completes the sentence according to standard English usage tested in LAT, USAT, and FPSC papers.

  2. Question 2

    Q2. Find the one word substitution for "A person who eats human flesh":

    • A) Cannibal
    • B) Ogre
    • C) Beast
    • D) Monster

    Answer: Cannibal

    Explanation: A "cannibal" is the precise one-word substitution for a person who eats human flesh, from the Spanish "Caníbales."

  3. Question 3

    Q3. One word substitution for "The study of ancient things":

    • A) Archaeology
    • B) Antiques
    • C) History
    • D) Antiquity

    Answer: Archaeology

    Explanation: "Archaeology" is the academic discipline that studies human history and prehistory through excavation and analysis of artifacts and physical remains.

  4. Question 4

    Q4. Which word describes a person who can use both hands equally well?

    • A) Ambidextrous
    • B) Ambivalent
    • C) Amphibious
    • D) Ambiguous

    Answer: Ambidextrous

    Explanation: Ambidextrous describes a person who can use both hands with equal skill. It comes from Latin "ambi" (both) and "dexter" (right/skilful).

  5. Question 5

    Q5. What is the one-word substitution for a person who walks in their sleep?

    • A) Insomniac
    • B) Somnambulist
    • C) Narcoleptic
    • D) Somniloquist

    Answer: Somnambulist

    Explanation: A somnambulist is a person who walks while asleep. The word derives from Latin "somnus" (sleep) and "ambulare" (to walk).

  6. Question 6

    Q6. What is the one-word substitution for an animal that eats both plants and meat?

    • A) Omnivore
    • B) Herbivore
    • C) Carnivore
    • D) Scavenger

    Answer: Omnivore

    Explanation: An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and meat. The term comes from Latin "omni" (all) and "vorare" (to devour), meaning it consumes everything.

  7. Question 7

    Q7. What is the one-word substitution for an animal that feeds exclusively on plants?

    • A) Omnivore
    • B) Herbivore
    • C) Carnivore
    • D) Insectivore

    Answer: Herbivore

    Explanation: A herbivore is an animal that feeds only on plants. The word comes from Latin "herba" (plant) and "vorare" (to eat).

  8. Question 8

    Q8. What is the one-word substitution for an animal that feeds exclusively on meat?

    • A) Omnivore
    • B) Herbivore
    • C) Carnivore
    • D) Insectivore

    Answer: Carnivore

    Explanation: A carnivore is an animal that eats only meat. It derives from Latin "caro/carnis" (flesh) and "vorare" (to devour).

  9. Question 9

    Q9. What is the one-word substitution for the study or collection of coins?

    • A) Philately
    • B) Cartography
    • C) Archaeology
    • D) Numismatics

    Answer: Numismatics

    Explanation: Numismatics is the study or collection of coins, banknotes, and medals. The word comes from Greek "nomisma" (coin in common use).

  10. Question 10

    Q10. What is the one-word substitution for the study or collection of postage stamps?

    • A) Numismatics
    • B) Cartography
    • C) Philately
    • D) Palaeontology

    Answer: Philately

    Explanation: Philately is the collection and study of postage stamps and postal history. The word comes from Greek "philos" (loving) and "ateleia" (exemption from tax - referring to prepaid postage).

  11. Question 11

    Q11. What is the one-word substitution for an extreme fear of water?

    • A) Acrophobia
    • B) Claustrophobia
    • C) Agoraphobia
    • D) Hydrophobia

    Answer: Hydrophobia

    Explanation: Hydrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of water. It derives from Greek "hydro" (water) and "phobos" (fear), and is also associated with a symptom of rabies.

  12. Question 12

    Q12. What is the one-word substitution for an extreme fear of heights?

    • A) Hydrophobia
    • B) Claustrophobia
    • C) Acrophobia
    • D) Agoraphobia

    Answer: Acrophobia

    Explanation: Acrophobia is an extreme fear of heights. It derives from Greek "akron" (peak, summit) and "phobos" (fear).

  13. Question 13

    Q13. What is the one-word substitution for an extreme fear of enclosed spaces?

    • A) Acrophobia
    • B) Hydrophobia
    • C) Agoraphobia
    • D) Claustrophobia

    Answer: Claustrophobia

    Explanation: Claustrophobia is an extreme fear of confined or enclosed spaces. It comes from Latin "claustrum" (a closed-in place) and Greek "phobos" (fear).

  14. Question 14

    Q14. What is the one-word substitution for a word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards?

    • A) Anagram
    • B) Acronym
    • C) Palindrome
    • D) Homonym

    Answer: Palindrome

    Explanation: A palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same forwards and backwards, such as "madam" or "racecar." The term comes from Greek "palindromos" (running back again).

  15. Question 15

    Q15. What is the one-word substitution for a person who does not believe in the existence of God?

    • A) Agnostic
    • B) Deist
    • C) Pantheist
    • D) Atheist

    Answer: Atheist

    Explanation: An atheist is a person who positively disbelieves in the existence of God or gods. This is distinct from an agnostic, who neither affirms nor denies the existence of a deity.

  16. Question 16

    Q16. What is the one-word substitution for a person who neither believes nor disbelieves in God?

    • A) Atheist
    • B) Deist
    • C) Agnostic
    • D) Sceptic

    Answer: Agnostic

    Explanation: An agnostic is a person who holds that knowledge of God's existence is impossible or unknown. Unlike an atheist (who denies God), an agnostic remains uncommitted on the question.

  17. Question 17

    Q17. What is the one-word substitution for the killing of a king?

    • A) Fratricide
    • B) Patricide
    • C) Genocide
    • D) Regicide

    Answer: Regicide

    Explanation: Regicide is the killing of a king. It combines Latin "rex/regis" (king) and "caedere" (to kill). Historical regicides include the execution of Charles I of England.

  18. Question 18

    Q18. What is the one-word substitution for the killing of one's own brother?

    • A) Patricide
    • B) Regicide
    • C) Fratricide
    • D) Matricide

    Answer: Fratricide

    Explanation: Fratricide is the act of killing one's own brother. It comes from Latin "frater" (brother) and "caedere" (to kill).

  19. Question 19

    Q19. What is the one-word substitution for the killing of one's own father?

    • A) Matricide
    • B) Fratricide
    • C) Regicide
    • D) Patricide

    Answer: Patricide

    Explanation: Patricide is the act of killing one's own father. It derives from Latin "pater" (father) and "caedere" (to kill).

  20. Question 20

    Q20. What is the one-word substitution for the killing of one's own mother?

    • A) Patricide
    • B) Infanticide
    • C) Matricide
    • D) Fratricide

    Answer: Matricide

    Explanation: Matricide is the act of killing one's own mother. It comes from Latin "mater" (mother) and "caedere" (to kill). Orestes in Greek mythology is a famous matricide.

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