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One-Word Substitution: IPMAT practice questions
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Q1NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a place where coins are made.
Solution
Mint: a place where coins are made.
Answer: (B) Mint
Q2NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: that which cannot be read.
Solution
Illegible: that which cannot be read.
Answer: (C) Illegible
Q3NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a person who walks in their sleep.
Solution
Somnambulist: a person who walks in their sleep.
Answer: (C) Somnambulist
Q4NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a period of a thousand years.
Solution
Millennium: a period of a thousand years.
Answer: (C) Millennium
Q5NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a building where an aircraft is kept.
Solution
Hangar: a building where an aircraft is kept.
Answer: (A) Hangar
Q6NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: something that cannot be corrected.
Solution
Incorrigible: something that cannot be corrected.
Answer: (C) Incorrigible
Q7NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a person who believes that nothing can be known about God.
Solution
Agnostic: a person who believes that nothing can be known about God.
Answer: (A) Agnostic
Q8NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a person who sells flowers.
Solution
Florist: a person who sells flowers.
Answer: (B) Florist
Q9NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a speech made without preparation.
Solution
Impromptu: a speech made without preparation.
Answer: (A) Impromptu
Q10NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: animals that eat both plants and flesh.
Solution
Omnivores: animals that eat both plants and flesh.
Answer: (A) Omnivores
Q11NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: government by the people.
Solution
Democracy: government by the people.
Answer: (B) Democracy
Q12NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a person who looks on the bright side of things.
Solution
Optimist: a person who looks on the bright side of things.
Answer: (C) Optimist
Q13NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a word that means the opposite of another.
Solution
Antonym: a word that means the opposite of another.
Answer: (A) Antonym
Q14NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a person who falsely claims to have special knowledge or skill.
Solution
Charlatan: a person who falsely claims to have special knowledge or skill.
Answer: (C) Charlatan
Q15NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a word formed from the first letters of other words.
Solution
Acronym: a word formed from the first letters of other words.
Answer: (B) Acronym
Q16NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a list of books referred to in a piece of writing.
Solution
Bibliography: a list of books referred to in a piece of writing.
Answer: (A) Bibliography
Q17NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a person who is new to a job or activity.
Solution
Neophyte: a person who is new to a job or activity.
Answer: (A) Neophyte
Q18NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: one who hates women.
Solution
Misogynist: one who hates women.
Answer: (C) Misogynist
Q19NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: fear of water.
Solution
Hydrophobia: fear of water.
Answer: (B) Hydrophobia
Q20NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: payment made to a retired person regularly.
Solution
Pension: payment made to a retired person regularly.
Answer: (B) Pension
Q21NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: a disease that spreads over a whole country or the world.
Solution
Pandemic: a disease that spreads over a whole country or the world.
Answer: (C) Pandemic
Q22NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · One-Word Substitution
Choose the one word for: study of the human mind and behaviour.
Solution
Psychology: study of the human mind and behaviour.
Answer: (B) Psychology
These are original practice questions written by Target Campus in the pattern, syllabus and difficulty of IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak, JIPMAT, NPAT and SET. They are not previous-year papers.