CBSE Class 9 English One Word Substitution Worksheet

Question. One who loads and unloads ships. ?
a) Rustic
b) Captain
c) Stevedore
d) Spinster

Answer : C

Question. That which is no longer useful ?
a) Abundant
b) Reluctant
c) Dominant
d) Redundant

Answer : D

Question. Causing great damage or suffering ?
a) Catastrophic
b) Spasmodic
c) Catatonic
d) Chasm

Answer : A

Question. Tending to associate with others of one's kind ?
a) Genial
b) Gregarious
c) Congruous
d) Harmonious

Answer : B

Question. One who is sixty years old ?
a) Octogenarian
b) Septuagenarian
c) Sexagenarian
d) Nonagenarian

Answer : C

Question. Happening every two years ?
a) Centennial
b) Triennial
c) Biannual
d) Biennial

Answer : D

Question. One who examines accounts officially ?
a) Collector
b) Radiator
c) Auditor
d) Aviator

Answer : C

Question. A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves for keeping oil, beer etc. ?
a) bin
b) bushel
c) barrel
d) bale

Answer : C

Question. Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily ?
a) Forthright
b) Communicative
c) Reticent
d) Evaluate

Answer : C

Question. An internal or external framework of bones ?
a) Skin
b) Spine
c) Skull
d) Skeleton

Answer : D

Question. Someone who is satisfied with life in general ?
a) contented
b) contentious
c) contemplative
d) cooperative

Answer : A

Question. A list of names or things in a special order ?
a) Atlas
b) Catalogue
c) Dictionary
d) Directory

Answer : B

Question. An account of a person’s life written by self. ?
a) Autobiography
b) Cartography
c) Calligraphy
d) Biography

Answer : A

Question. Something which lasts forever ?
a) Eternal
b) Temporal
c) Annual
d) Peripheral

Answer : A

Question. An underground hole dug by a small animal as a dwelling ?
a) drain
b) burrow
c) pit
d) cave

Answer : B

Question. To express in an unclear way. ?
a) eloquent
b) garbled
c) lucid
d) Intelligible

Answer : B

Question. A person who is unduly anxious about his/her health ?
a) valetudinarian
b) antiquarian
c) disciplinarian
d) egalitarian

Answer : A

Question. One who does not express himself freely ?
a) Extrovert
b) Introvert
c) Lunatic
d) Narcissist

Answer : B

Question. Friendly and Welcoming to visitors ?
a) Hostel
b) Hostile
c) Hospital
d) Hospitable

Answer : D

Question. One who studies the evolution of mankind ?
a) Dermatologist
b) Archaeologist
c) Anthropologist
d) Sociologist

Answer : C

Question. The act of looking back on past times. ?
a) retrospection
b) introspection
c) circumspection
d) inspection

Answer : A

Question. exercising a compelling charm ?
a) dismissive
b) vapid
c) charismatic
d) uninspiring

Answer : C

Question. A person who is one of the first to do something ?
a) creator
b) maker
c) pioneer
d) manufacturer

Answer : C

Question. Impossible or extremely difficult to understand ?
a) indelible
b) incomprehensible
c) inevitable
d) incompatible

Answer : B

Question. A small compartment in an aircraft for the pilot ?
a) Fuselage
b) Canopy
c) Cockpit
d) Chassis

Answer : C

Question. An office with high salary but no work ?
a) sinecure
b) bureaucracy
c) autocracy
d) honorary

Answer : A

Question. The exact opposite. ?
a) aesthete
b) analogous
c) antithesis
d) prosthesis

Answer : C

Question. A remedy for all diseases ?
a) Tablet
b) Syrup
c) Panacea
d) Nectar

Answer : C

Question. A group of singers in a Church ?
a) choir
b) band
c) troop
d) host

Answer : A

Question. The branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals and other living organisms. ?
a) Gastronomy
b) Botany
c) Astronomy
d) Anatomy

Answer : D

Question. Anger about an unfair situation or about someone's unfair behaviour. ?
a) Induction
b) Indignation
c) Indulgence
d) Indigenisation

Answer : B

Question. A place where fish are kept ?
a) herbarium
b) aquarium
c) aviary
d) zoo

Answer : B

Question. Having two opposing feelings at the same time.?
a) Contemporary
b) Coinciding
c) Ambivalent
d) Equivalent

Answer : C

Question. The sound of a crow ?
a) cackle
b) creak
c) cluck
d) caw

Answer : D

Question. One who is preoccupied with his own interests. ?
a) Atheist
b) Optimist
c) Egoist
d) Pessimist

Answer : C

Question. Something done because one wants to, not by force ?
a) subjected
b) coerced
c) threatened
d) voluntary

Answer : D

Question. Something that is genuine ?
a) Majestic
b) Authentic
c) Unreal
d) Academic

Answer : B

Question. Something like an opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril ?
a) Orifice
b) Obtuse
c) Obscure
d) Oblique

Answer : A

Question. A place where coins are made ?
a) exchange
b) mint
c) reserve
d) bank

Answer : B