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SSC CGL One Word Substitution — practice questions

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One word for: rule in which absolute power rests with a single personRead the answer and worked solution →A government guided by divine authority, with deities as supreme rulers, is calledRead the answer and worked solution →Which word means a society ruled by people of great wealth?Read the answer and worked solution →The term for rule by leaders much older than the general population isRead the answer and worked solution →A system giving power to people on the basis of their ability is aRead the answer and worked solution →What is the government called when it follows the 'rule of the best'?Read the answer and worked solution →Administration carried out by non-elected civil servants is termedRead the answer and worked solution →One word for a social system where women hold the main positions of powerRead the answer and worked solution →Which word describes a society that has no rulers?Read the answer and worked solution →Hatred of, or contempt for, women is calledRead the answer and worked solution →A general dislike or distrust of the human species is known asRead the answer and worked solution →The word for hatred of or prejudice against men isRead the answer and worked solution →Private initiatives for the public good, such as charity, are calledRead the answer and worked solution →A person who loves collecting and reading books is aRead the answer and worked solution →The absence of belief in the existence of deities isRead the answer and worked solution →One who withholds both belief and disbelief about God holdsRead the answer and worked solution →The practice of marrying multiple spouses is termedRead the answer and worked solution →When a woman takes two or more husbands at once, it isRead the answer and worked solution →A man having more than one wife at the same time practisesRead the answer and worked solution →Having only one partner at any one time is known asRead the answer and worked solution →Marrying a person while still legally married to another isRead the answer and worked solution →The state of voluntarily staying unmarried is calledRead the answer and worked solution →The killing of one human being by another is calledRead the answer and worked solution →Which word means deliberately causing one's own death?Read the answer and worked solution →The deliberate destruction of a whole human group isRead the answer and worked solution →Intentionally killing infants is known asRead the answer and worked solution →A word for the purposeful killing of a king or queenRead the answer and worked solution →Killing one's own brother is termedRead the answer and worked solution →What do we call the act of killing one's own father?Read the answer and worked solution →The act of a person killing their own mother isRead the answer and worked solution →

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One word for: rule in which absolute power rests with a single person

  1. Autocracy
  2. Meritocracy
  3. Oligarchy
  4. Theocracy
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Correct answer: A. Autocracy

An autocrat holds absolute power alone, which is what makes the system an autocracy.

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A government guided by divine authority, with deities as supreme rulers, is called

  1. Theocracy
  2. Bureaucracy
  3. Anarchy
  4. Democracy
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Correct answer: A. Theocracy

Theocracy places the deity at the top of the ruling authority, with human intermediaries governing in its name.

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Which word means a society ruled by people of great wealth?

  1. Plutocracy
  2. Theocracy
  3. Meritocracy
  4. Gerontocracy
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Correct answer: A. Plutocracy

The Greek root ploutos means wealth, so rule by the rich is a plutocracy.

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