Fill in the Blanks Page 1

1. What would you have done if you.............. the train ?

    (a) missing    (b) missed

    (c) had missed           (d) Have missed

Answer: had missed 

2. I stayed in Mumbai ............... eight years.
    (a) For              (b) Through
    (c) Since          (d) Around

Answer:  For  



3. If I ............. her address, I would have called on her.
    (a) shall have          (b) Can have
    (c) will have            (d)  had known

Answer: had known



4. Mohan ........... in several other states when he decided to work in Kolkata.
    (a) Worked             (b) Working
    (c) had worked        (d) had been working


Answer:  had worked



5. The Degree will be awarded during the annual ............ .
    (a) Convocation         (b) Convolution
    (c) Convention             (d) conference


Answer:  Convocation

One Word Substitution Page 3

1. A person difficult to please-

    (a) Fastidious    (b) Callous

    (c) Sadist           (d) Ferocious

Answer: Fastidious

2. A decorative handwriting- 
    (a) Inscription            (b) Manuscript
    (c) Calligraphy           (d) Hagiography

Answer:  Calligraphy  



3. That which cannot be defeated-
    (a) Invincible                 (b) Infallible
    (c) Invulnerable            (d)  Indictable


Answer: Invincible



4. Study of the nature of God-
    (a) Philology             (b) Humanism
    (c) Philosophy          (d) Theology


Answer:  Theology


5. A pole or beam used as a temporary support-
    (a) Scaffold         (b) Prop
    (c) Rafter             (d) Lean to


Answer:  Prop

One Word Substitution Page 2

1. One who studies the art of gardening-

    (a) Agriculturist            (b) Gardener

    (c) Horticulturist           (d) Botanist

Answer: Horticulturist 

2. A remedy for all diseases- 
    (a) Inhaler               (b) Cough syrup
    (c) Medicine           (d) Panacea

Answer:  Panacea



3. One who is unaffected or indifferent to joy, pain, pleasure or grief-
    (a) Stoic                (b) Tolerant
    (c) Resigned        (d) Passive

Answer:  Stoic



4. A person who is greatly respected because of wisdom-
    (a) vulnerable    (b) Venerable
    (c) verger           (d) Veracious


Answer:  Venerable



5. An excessively morbid desire to steal-
    (a) Keptomania             (b) Cleftomania
    (c) Stealomania            (d) Kleptomania


Answer:  Kleptomania

One Word Substitution Page 1

1. Fear of closed spaces-

    (a) Claustrophobia         (b) Aquaphobia

    (c) Botanophobia           (d) Kleptomania

Answer: Claustrophobia

2. Words written on the tomb of a dead person- 
    (a) Epigraph                (b) Epilogue
    (c) Entymology           (d) Epitaph

Answer:  Epitaph



3. A handwriting that cannot be read-
    (a) illicit                 (b) illegal
    (c) illegible           (d)  Inedible


Answer:  illegible



4. The line when the land and sky seems to meet-
    (a) Milky way             (b) Atmosphere
    (c) Distant land         (d) Horizon


Answer:  Horizon



5. A list of passengers and luggage-
    (a) Wagon               (b) Waybill
    (c) Wire puller        (d) Whist


Answer:  Waybill