one word substitution Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps po prelims 2023

Answer: (c)

Monogamy is the custom of having one wife and bigamy refers to having two wives. Matrimony is the state of marriage.

Answer: (c)

'Parentage' is descent from parents or ancestors and refers to birth, origin or lineage; 'consanguinity' is 'relationship by descent or by blood' from a common ancestor.

Answer: (c)

It may be noted that a 'sinecure' is an office or position requiring little or no work but yielding profitable returns.

Answer: (b)

'Malevolence', 'bigotry' and 'masochism', like 'sadism', also involve violence and a certain amount of hatred. 'Malevolence' is wishing or inflicting harm or evil on others. It is a very general term. Extreme intolerance of any belief or opinion that differs from one's own is 'bigotry'. 'Masochism' is, in a way, the opposite of sadism. It is the inflicting of pain or degradation by another on oneself in order that one derives gratification, especially of a sexual nature.

Answer: (b)