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CBSE · Class 12 · 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 person who hates mankind” is:
  1. gullible
  2. misanthrope
  3. monologue
  4. insolvent
2.
One word for “words written on a tomb” is:
  1. epitaph
  2. oligarchy
  3. endemic
  4. somnambulist
3.
One word for “fear of being in closed spaces” is:
  1. decade
  2. philanthropist
  3. claustrophobia
  4. portable
4.
One word for “the act of killing oneself” is:
  1. antonym
  2. autocracy
  3. somnambulist
  4. suicide
5.
One word for “a person who pretends to be what they are not” is:
  1. hypocrite
  2. misanthrope
  3. arbitrator
  4. antonym
6.
One word for “something that can be carried easily” is:
  1. suicide
  2. portable
  3. antonym
  4. etymology
7.
One word for “one who is all-powerful” is:
  1. fugitive
  2. psychology
  3. omnipotent
  4. manuscript
8.
One word for “a handwritten document by its author” is:
  1. hypocrite
  2. pandemic
  3. manuscript
  4. antonym
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Write one word for each: (a) certain to happen; unable to be avoided (b) fear of heights
10.
Write one word for each: (a) a word that is the opposite in meaning of another (b) the study of the origin and history of words
11.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who runs away from justice (b) a person who is indifferent to pleasure and pain
12.
Write one word for each: (a) a rule by a single person with total power (b) a disease regularly found in a particular area
13.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who loves and collects books (b) easily deceived or cheated
14.
Write one word for each: (a) the inability to fall asleep (b) a person who walks in their sleep
15.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who loves mankind and helps others (b) a person who settles disputes between two sides
16.
Write one word for each: (a) a disease that spreads over a whole country or the world (b) a period of ten years
Section C — Longer answers4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Write one word for each: (a) one who is present everywhere (b) unable to pay one’s debts (c) a government by a small group of powerful people
18.
Write one word for each: (a) one who knows everything (b) the study of the human mind and behaviour (c) a speech made by one person, especially in a play
19.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who settles disputes between two sides (b) one who is all-powerful (c) the act of killing oneself
20.
Write one word for each: (a) a person who hates mankind (b) a person who pretends to be what they are not (c) certain to happen; unable to be avoided
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CBSE · Class 12 · English

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One-word Substitution · AW-12E-OWS-2026-V1 · For parents — fold back or tear off before handing the sheet to your child.

QAnswerWorking
1(b) misanthrope—
2(a) epitaph—
3(c) claustrophobia—
4(d) suicide—
5(a) hypocrite—
6(b) portable—
7(c) omnipotent—
8(c) manuscript—
9(a) inevitable (b) acrophobia—
10(a) antonym (b) etymology—
11(a) fugitive (b) stoic—
12(a) autocracy (b) endemic—
13(a) bibliophile (b) gullible—
14(a) insomnia (b) somnambulist—
15(a) philanthropist (b) arbitrator—
16(a) pandemic (b) decade—
17(a) omnipresent (b) insolvent (c) oligarchy—
18(a) omniscient (b) psychology (c) monologue—
19(a) arbitrator (b) omnipotent (c) suicide—
20(a) misanthrope (b) hypocrite (c) inevitable—