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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Daniel sat on / his new bike / and went afar / a ride.
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Daniel sat on
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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A thing fit to eat.
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Eligible
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Digestible
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Curable
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Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

In Bihar and Central India, in particular, every district had smelters that used local deposits of ore to produce iron which was widely used for the manufacture of implements and tools of daily use.

The smelting was done by men while women worked on the bellows, pumping air that kept the charcoal burning.

But iron smelting in India was extremely common till the end of the nineteenth century.

Production of Wootz steel required a highly specialised technique of refining iron.
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Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

He repeated the experiment, increasing the amount until he had weighed up to a thousand pounds.

During the spring of 1717, the iron foundries in a remote district were often visited by a thin, middle-aged man with a notebook.

Three cauldrons were next prepared under his directions.

He would weigh out two pounds of iron, have them heated till they were red-hot and then weigh them again.
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Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

Quipu, a type of knotted rope employed by the Incas of South America, served as a memory aid.

Different colours were used to dye the strings.

Yellow represented money while red stood for battle or warriors.

Do you realise that five yellow knots represented five gold coins?
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Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

Graphology tells them about the candidates' temperaments, highlighting both, weaknesses and strengths.

Many companies use it for executive recruitment and analysis.

Despite public scepticism, graphology plays a covert role in British management.

Modern graphology began early in the 19th century when French churchman Jean Hippolyte Michon created the first graphological 'catalogue'.
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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given idiom.

She is an awful bore; she is always blowing her own saxophone.
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Committed
(SSC CGL 2023)
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Affiliated
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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

He was riding his bike on a b͟u͟m͟p͟y͟ surface. (SSC CGL 2023)
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 27.08.2024


1. GARGANTUAN (ADJECTIVE): (विशाल): enormous
Synonyms: massive, huge
Antonyms: tiny
Example Sentence:
Tigers and lions have a gargantuan appetite.


2. COMPLACENT (ADJECTIVE): (आत्मसंतुष्ट): smug
Synonyms: self-satisfied, self-approving
Antonyms: dissatisfied
Example Sentence:
You can't afford to be complacent about security.


3. SLOPPY (ADJECTIVE): (लापरवाह): careless
Synonyms: slapdash, slipshod
Antonyms: careful
Example Sentence:
We gave away a goal through sloppy defending.


4. OFFENSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (आपत्तिजनक): insulting
Synonyms: rude, derogatory
Antonyms: complimentary
Example Sentence:
The allegations made are deeply offensive to us.


5. FLAWED (ADJECTIVE): (त्रुटिपूर्ण): unsound
Synonyms: defective, faulty
Antonyms: sound
Example Sentence:
It was absolutely a fatally flawed strategy.


6 .HUDDLE (VERB): (भीड़ लगाना): crowd
Synonyms: gather, throng
Antonyms: disperse
Example Sentence:
They huddled together for ensuring warmth.


7. AMBITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (महत्वाकांक्षी): aspiring
Synonyms: determined, forceful
Antonyms: unambitious
Example Sentence:
She is a typical ambitious workaholic.


8. INNATE (ADJECTIVE): (जन्मजात): inborn
Synonyms: natural, inbred
Antonyms: acquired
Example Sentence:
Her innate capacity for organization.


9. DISPENSE (VERB) (मुक्त होना): waive
Synonyms: omit, drop
Antonyms: include
Example Sentence:
Let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?"


10. BARBARIC (ADJECTIVE): (निर्दयी): cruel
Synonyms: brutal, barbarous
Antonyms: benevolent
Example Sentence:
He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war.
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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Child bereaved of one or both the parents
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Destitute
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Orphan
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Lout
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Select the wrongly spelt word.
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Journey
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Condemn
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Anxiety
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Dimond
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