Synonyms MCQs

1341. Synonym of RICOCHET

A. Spare
B. Turn
C. Ride
D. Rebound
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Spare : additional to what is required for ordinary use.

Turn : move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Ride : sit on and control the movement of (an animal, typically a horse).

Rebound : bounce back through the air after hitting something hard.

Ricochet : (of a bullet or other projectile) rebound off a surface.

Synonym of Ricochet is Rebound

1342. Synonym of ECHELON

A. Rank
B. Opponent
C. Follower
D. Identity
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Rank : a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.

Opponent : someone who competes with or opposes another in a contest, game, or argument.

Follower : a person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas.

Identify : establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

Echelon : a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.

Synonym of Echelon is Rank

1343. VORACIOUS

A. Wild
B. Greedy
C. Angry
D. Quick
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Wild : lacking discipline or restraint.

Greedy : having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

Angry : feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Quick : moving fast or doing something in a short time.

Voracious : wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

Synonym of Voracious is Greedy

1344. CORPULENT

A. Lean
B. Gaunt
C. Emaciated
D. Obese
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Lean : be in or move into a sloping position.

Gaunt : (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

Emaciated : abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Obese : grossly fat or overweight.

Corpulent : (of a person) fat.

Synonym of Corpulent is Obese

1345. His style is quite transparent.

A. verbose
B. involved
C. lucid
D. witty
✅ The correct answer is option C.
verbose : using or expressed in more words than are needed.

involved : difficult to understand; complicated.

lucid : expressed clearly; easy to understand.

witty : showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour.

transparent : clear.

Synonym of transparent is lucid

1346. Synonym of LICENTIOUS

A. Immoral
B. Hungry
C. Gay
D. Generous
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Immoral : not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

Hungry : feeling or showing the need for food.

Gay : light-hearted and carefree.

Generous : showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected.

Licentious : promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

Synonym of Licentious is Immoral

1347. What India hankers for most at this moment is security and stability.

A. dreams
B. plans
C. desires
D. aims
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Dreams : a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep.

Plans : a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Desires : a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

Aims : point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.

Hankers : feel a strong desire for or to do something.

Synonym of Hankers is Desires

1348. The rebels returned home under an amnesty.

A. pardon
B. assistance
C. security
D. judicial
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Pardon : the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence.

Assistance : the action of helping someone by sharing work.

Security : the state of being free from danger or threat.

Judicial : of, by, or appropriate to a law court or judge; relating to the administration of justice.

Amnesty : an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences.

Synonym of Amnesty is Pardon

1349. Synonym of ENCUMBRANCE

A. Disturbance
B. Burden
C. Distraction
D. Diversion
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Disturbance : the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition.

Burden : a duty or misfortune that causes worry, hardship, or distress.

Distraction : a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else.

Diversion : the action of turning something aside from its course.

Encumbrance : an impediment or burden.

Synonym of Encumbrance is Burden

1350. The growth in agriculture has a very salutary effect because we also offer food aid to the less fortunate masses in Asia and Africa.

A. advantageous
B. bad
C. far-reaching
D. respectable
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Advantageous : involving or creating favourable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial.

Bad : of poor quality or a low standard.

Far-reaching : having important and widely applicable effects or implications.

Respectable : regarded by society to be good, proper, or correct.

Salutary : (especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial.

Synonym of Salutary is Advantageous

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