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?
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'.
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'.
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.
She is an awful bore; she is always blowing her own saxophone.
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Flute
13%
Lyre
67%
Trumpet
7%
Violin
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Blow something out of (all) proportion.
Blow something out of (all) proportion.
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24%
Make things difficult for someone without reason
27%
Leave someone at a time when they need you to stay and help them
20%
Control the level of something in order to stop it increasing
30%
Behave as if something that has happened is much worse than it really is
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Committed
(SSC CGL 2023)
Committed
(SSC CGL 2023)
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Affiliated
68%
Dedicated
11%
Inclined
4%
Apathetic
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
He was riding his bike on a b͟u͟m͟p͟y͟ surface. (SSC CGL 2023)
He was riding his bike on a b͟u͟m͟p͟y͟ surface. (SSC CGL 2023)
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Jerky
26%
Uneven
15%
Choppy
48%
Steady
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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.
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
Having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
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Substantial
47%
Firm
21%
Ramrod
2%
Close
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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
Child bereaved of one or both the parents
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11%
Destitute
75%
Orphan
7%
Lout
8%
Desolate
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Directions: Select the correctly spelt word.
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14%
Asthetic
48%
Already
20%
Outragous
18%
Orignal
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Select the correct spelling for the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
Science has made prrogress in leaps and bounds over the years.
Science has made prrogress in leaps and bounds over the years.
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5%
Leap
87%
Prrogress
6%
Science
3%
Bound
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The following sentence has been split Into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The sky appears blue as / it absorbs all colours / and reflects only blue / No error.
The sky appears blue as / it absorbs all colours / and reflects only blue / No error.
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And reflects only blue
30%
It absorbs all colours
29%
The sky appears blue as
28%
No error
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A celestial body or astronomical object is/ naturally occurring physical thing, association, / or configuration that happens in the visible universe.
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20%
No error
26%
A celestial body or astronomical object is
29%
Or configuration that happens in the visible universe
25%
A naturally occurring, physical thing, association
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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 28.08.2024
1. DASHING (ADJECTIVE): (ख़ुशमिज़ाज): debonair
Synonyms: jaunty, devil-may-care
Antonyms: boring
Example Sentence:
He is a dashing young pilot.
2. CRYPTIC (ADJECTIVE): (रहस्यपूर्ण): enigmatic
Synonyms: mysterious, confusing
Antonyms: straightforward
Example Sentence:
He found his boss's utterances too cryptic.
3. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): shorten
Synonyms: cut, curtail
Antonyms: lengthen
Example Sentence:
It was abridged from the original work.
4. MENACE (VERB): (खतरे में डालना): threaten
Synonyms: jeopardize, imperil
Antonyms: friendly
Example Sentence:
Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching.
5. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): shorten
Synonyms: cut, curtail
Antonyms: lengthen
Example Sentence:
The introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel.
6. ABEYANCE (ADJECTIVE): (निलम्बन): suspension
Synonyms: remission, suspense
Antonyms: in hand
Example Sentence:
Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries.
7 TRAUMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (दर्दनाक): disturbing
Synonyms: shocking, distressing
Antonyms: soothing
Example Sentence:
She was going through a traumatic divorce.
8. UNRELENTING (ADJECTIVE): (निरंतर): continual
Synonyms: constant, continuous
Antonyms: intermittent
Example Sentence:
She established her authority with unrelenting thoroughness.
9. ANNIHILATE (VERB): (मिटा देना): destroy
Synonyms: wipe out, obliterate
Antonyms: create
Example Sentence:
A simple bomb could also annihilate a lot of things.
10. ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (मुखर): confident
Synonyms: forceful, self-confident
Antonyms: retiring
Example Sentence:
The job may call for assertive behavior.
1. DASHING (ADJECTIVE): (ख़ुशमिज़ाज): debonair
Synonyms: jaunty, devil-may-care
Antonyms: boring
Example Sentence:
He is a dashing young pilot.
2. CRYPTIC (ADJECTIVE): (रहस्यपूर्ण): enigmatic
Synonyms: mysterious, confusing
Antonyms: straightforward
Example Sentence:
He found his boss's utterances too cryptic.
3. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): shorten
Synonyms: cut, curtail
Antonyms: lengthen
Example Sentence:
It was abridged from the original work.
4. MENACE (VERB): (खतरे में डालना): threaten
Synonyms: jeopardize, imperil
Antonyms: friendly
Example Sentence:
Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching.
5. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): shorten
Synonyms: cut, curtail
Antonyms: lengthen
Example Sentence:
The introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel.
6. ABEYANCE (ADJECTIVE): (निलम्बन): suspension
Synonyms: remission, suspense
Antonyms: in hand
Example Sentence:
Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries.
7 TRAUMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (दर्दनाक): disturbing
Synonyms: shocking, distressing
Antonyms: soothing
Example Sentence:
She was going through a traumatic divorce.
8. UNRELENTING (ADJECTIVE): (निरंतर): continual
Synonyms: constant, continuous
Antonyms: intermittent
Example Sentence:
She established her authority with unrelenting thoroughness.
9. ANNIHILATE (VERB): (मिटा देना): destroy
Synonyms: wipe out, obliterate
Antonyms: create
Example Sentence:
A simple bomb could also annihilate a lot of things.
10. ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (मुखर): confident
Synonyms: forceful, self-confident
Antonyms: retiring
Example Sentence:
The job may call for assertive behavior.
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