CAT EXAM| Verbal ability| One word substitution

 One word substitution


Directions – In questions given below, out of the four options, pick the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

Q.1. The Government wing responsible for making Rules

  1. Judiciary
  2. Executive
  3. Court
  4. Legislature

Answer (4) Legislature

Q.2. Life history of a person written by that person

  1. Autobiography
  2. Topography
  3. Flexography
  4. Biography

Answer (1) Autobiography

Q.3. One who does not take any alcoholic drink

  1. Saint
  2. Teetotaller
  3. Forestaller
  4. Vegetarian

Answer (2) Teetotaller

Q.4. A speech delivered without any previous preparation

  1. Elocution
  2. Dialogue
  3. Extempore
  4. Dialect

Answer (3) Extempore

Q.5. A disease which attacks many people in a particular area in one time

  1. Epidemic
  2. Pandemic
  3. Sardonic
  4. Academic

Answer (1) Epidemic

 

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