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CBSE · Class 11 · English

One-word Substitution

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Write full answers in Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
One word for “a list of the books read for a subject” is:
  1. bibliography
  2. biology
  3. insolvent
  4. novice
2.
One word for “a person who can speak many languages” is:
  1. fugitive
  2. polyglot
  3. echo
  4. omnipotent
3.
One word for “a government by a small group of powerful people” is:
  1. hypocrite
  2. herbivore
  3. oligarchy
  4. omnipotent
4.
One word for “the act of killing oneself” is:
  1. gullible
  2. stoic
  3. suicide
  4. echo
5.
One word for “a person who walks in their sleep” is:
  1. fugitive
  2. suicide
  3. herbivore
  4. somnambulist
6.
One word for “a person who always expects the worst” is:
  1. pessimist
  2. autocracy
  3. claustrophobia
  4. insomnia
7.
One word for “an animal that eats only plants” is:
  1. herbivore
  2. polyglot
  3. antonym
  4. omniscient
8.
One word for “the study of the human mind and behaviour” is:
  1. democracy
  2. endemic
  3. psychology
  4. horizon
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Write one word for each: (a) easily deceived or cheated (b) one who is present everywhere
10.
Write one word for each: (a) a medicine that kills germs (b) one who knows everything
11.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who pretends to be what they are not (b) fear of being in closed spaces
12.
Write one word for each: (a) the inability to fall asleep (b) one who is all-powerful
13.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who is new to a job or activity (b) an animal that eats only flesh
14.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who cannot read or write (b) a period of ten years
15.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who looks on the bright side (b) something that can be carried easily
16.
Write one word for each: (a) the line where the earth and sky seem to meet (b) a disease regularly found in a particular area
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Write one word for each: (a) a word that is the opposite in meaning of another (b) a person who runs away from justice (c) a person who is indifferent to pleasure and pain
18.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who settles disputes between two sides (b) a person who travels on foot (c) a government by the people
19.
Write one word for each: (a) the study of living things (b) a life story written by someone else (c) fear of heights
20.
Write one word for each: (a) a place where orphans are looked after (b) a person who loves and collects books (c) a person who leaves their own country to live in another
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CBSE · Class 11 · English

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One-word Substitution · AW-11E-OWS-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(a) bibliography—
2(b) polyglot—
3(c) oligarchy—
4(c) suicide—
5(d) somnambulist—
6(a) pessimist—
7(a) herbivore—
8(c) psychology—
9(a) gullible (b) omnipresent—
10(a) antiseptic (b) omniscient—
11(a) hypocrite (b) claustrophobia—
12(a) insomnia (b) omnipotent—
13(a) novice (b) carnivore—
14(a) illiterate (b) decade—
15(a) optimist (b) portable—
16(a) horizon (b) endemic—
17(a) antonym (b) fugitive (c) stoic—
18(a) arbitrator (b) pedestrian (c) democracy—
19(a) biology (b) biography (c) acrophobia—
20(a) orphanage (b) bibliophile (c) emigrant—