Directions (1-15): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence in the question.
Q1. The profession of writing dictionaries
(a) Typography
(b) Biography
(c) Cartography
(d) Lexicography
Q2. Causing damage to both parties involved
(a) mutual
(b) internecine
(c) interdict
(d) interstitial
Q3. A cowardly and unfaithful person
(a) miscreant
(b) mendicant
(c) pervert
(d) recreant
Q4. A steep or almost upright side of a high rock, mountain or cliff
(a) nadir
(b) zenith
(c) precipice
(d) abyss
Q5. Characteristic of children or young people
(a) leonine
(b) juvenile
(c) puerile
(d) experienced
Q6. People or animals of a place that have been the earliest there from known times
(a) ancestors
(b) immigrants
(c) aboriginals
(d) natives
Q7. A large and impressive building
(a) mansion
(b) colossal
(c) citadel
(d) edifice
Q8. Next to each other
(a) simultaneous
(b) vicinity
(c) succession
(d) contiguous
Q9. Person prominent in a fashionable society.
(a) socialite
(b) social
(c) amiable
(d) amicable
Q10. One who believes that nothing can be said about God.
(a) theist
(b) atheist
(c) altruist
(d) agnostic
Q11. Thing to be corrected in a printed book.
(a) addendum
(b) corrigendum
(c) quorum
(d) memorandum
Q12. Study of population.
(a) ecology
(b) demography
(c) astronomy
(d) genealogy
Q13. Not allowing light to pass through.
(a) opaque
(b) transparent
(c) indirect
(d) invincible
Q14. In a state of apparent inactivity but capable of being easily called into action
(a) active
(b) involved
(c) animated
(d) dormant
Q15. A period of inactivity in which some living organisms pass the winter (like frogs)
(a) hibernation
(b) hustle
(c) diligence
(d) ambitious
