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Contextual Clues - 1 (Prose)

Description: One Word Substitute (Easy)
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: One Word Substitute (Easy) Letter B Vocabulary Synonyms / Word Meanings One Word Substitution
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Directions: Select the word that replaces the given expression.

Stage between boyhood and youth

  1. Puberty

  2. Adolescence

  3. Infancy

  4. Maturity


Correct Option: B

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

A tool with a curved blade and a short handle, used for cutting grass

  1. Sickle

  2. Hammer

  3. Knife

  4. Screw


Correct Option: A

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

A small heavy tool with a round end, used for crushing things in a special bowl called a mortar

  1. Pestle

  2. Cajole

  3. Hammer

  4. Blender


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A pestle is used with a mortar for crushing and grinding.

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

A garden tool with a long handle and a blade, used for loosening soil and removing weeds

  1. Woes

  2. Shoes

  3. Hoes

  4. Foes


Correct Option: C

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

A rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.

  1. Lime stone

  2. Granite

  3. Grindstone

  4. Marble


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A grindstone is used for sharpening tools and blades.

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

A tall tower in a farm used for storing grain

  1. Silo

  2. Kilo

  3. Mile

  4. Sack


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The question is describing a silo. Grain is stored in silos.

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

Not good or not as good as somebody /something else

  1. Gloomy

  2. Bizarre

  3. Intermittent

  4. Inferior


Correct Option: D

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

A hard surface built for vehicles to move on

  1. Pavement

  2. Road

  3. Willows

  4. Tunnel


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Roads are generally hard, paved surfaces which vehicles travel on.

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

Advance or develop towards a better, more complete, or more modern state

  1. Seeding

  2. Progressing

  3. Stagnant

  4. Rampant


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option 2 is the correct answer.

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

To pull somebody/something along with effort and difficulty

  1. Drag

  2. Pulsate

  3. Attract

  4. Push


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is option 1.

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

Align or position (something) relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions

  1. Orient

  2. Motivate

  3. Inspire

  4. Obtain


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is option 1. When we align ourselves to a certain position or even time, we are orienting ourselves.

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

To take someone or something in a particular direction

  1. Make

  2. Accompany

  3. Apologise

  4. Steer


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option 4 is the correct answer. When we take someone or move something in a specific direction, we are steering that person or thing.

Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.

Life history of a person written by another

  1. Autobiography

  2. Biography

  3. Bibliography

  4. Memoir


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.

One who forcibly seizes control of a bus or an aircraft

  1. Pirate

  2. Swindler

  3. Hijacker

  4. Plunderer


Correct Option: C

Directions: Substitute the following phrase with one word from the given options.

Process of removing or obtaining something, for example, minerals

  1. Extraction

  2. Compulsion

  3. Repulsion

  4. Impulsion


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Extraction means an act or instance of extracting.

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