SSC CGL Preparation – Day 12

MCQs: One Word Substitution

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Q1. A person who collects stamps is called:
A) Anthropologist
B) Philatelist
C) Numismatist
D) Ornithologist

✅ Answer: B
📘 Explanation:

• Philatelist = Stamp collector
• Numismatist = Coin collector
• Ornithologist = Bird scientist
• Anthropologist = Human culture scientist

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Q2. A government by the rich is known as:
A) Oligarchy
B) Plutocracy
C) Theocracy
D) Democracy

✅ Answer: B
📘 Explanation:

• Plutocracy = Rule by the wealthy
• Oligarchy = Rule by few
• Theocracy = Rule by religious leaders
• Democracy = Rule by the people

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Q3. A person who talks too much:
A) Introvert
B) Garrulous
C) Reticent
D) Taciturn

✅ Answer: B
📘 Explanation:
Garrulous means excessively talkative.

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Q4. One who is not sure about God’s existence:
A) Atheist
B) Theist
C) Agnostic
D) Fanatic

✅ Answer: C
📘 Explanation:

• Agnostic = Uncertain about God
• Atheist = Doesn’t believe in God
• Theist = Believes in God

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Q5. One who believes in fate:
A) Fatalist
B) Optimist
C) Pessimist
D) Realist

✅ Answer: A
📘 Explanation:
Fatalist believes everything is predetermined by fate.

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Q6. Change the voice:
“They will complete the project soon.”
A) The project was completed soon.
B) The project will be completed soon.
C) The project is completed by them.
D) The project has been completed.

✅ Answer: B
📘 Explanation:
Future tense → passive form = “will be + past participle”

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Q7. Identify the sentence with positive degree:
A) She is smarter than her brother.
B) She is the smartest girl in the class.
C) No other girl in the class is as smart as she is.
D) She is smarter than any other girl in the class.

✅ Answer: C
📘 Explanation:
“As smart as” → Positive Degree form

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Q8. Transform:
“She is too weak to run.”
A) She is so weak that she cannot run.
B) She is so strong that she cannot run.
C) She is very weak and she runs.
D) She is strong but does not run.

✅ Answer: A
📘 Explanation:
Too…to → So…that (without change in meaning)

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Q9. Choose the correct indirect speech:
He said, “I will help you.”
A) He said he will help me.
B) He said that he would help me.
C) He says he would help me.
D) He said he helps me.

✅ Answer: B
📘 Explanation:
Will → would (tense change in indirect speech)

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Q10. Combine into a complex sentence:
He ran fast. He missed the bus.
A) He ran fast and missed the bus.
B) Although he ran fast, he missed the bus.
C) He missed the bus by running fast.
D) Running fast, he missed the bus.

✅ Answer: B
📘 Explanation:
“Although” introduces the subordinate clause in complex sentences.