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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Rajat prefers_________________by train.
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15%
Travelling by bus to travelling
33%
To travel by bus than travelling by
22%
Travelling by bus than travel
30%
To travel by bus to travel
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Identify the word that is incorrectly spelt.
Anonymous Quiz
9%
Brilliant
9%
Parole
77%
Carier
5%
Seize
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Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
5%
Haunted
82%
Tendansy
7%
Terrible
6%
Uprooted
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An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
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73%
Bouquet
21%
Boutique
4%
Basket
2%
Bracelet
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Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

A place where coins are manufactured
Anonymous Quiz
10%
Mine
7%
Warehouse
4%
Factory
80%
Mint
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Select the word which means the same as the group of words.

A person who is physically dependant on any substance
Anonymous Quiz
28%
Casanova
20%
Abattoir
23%
Nomadic
29%
Hophead
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

It was me / who saved the life / of that drowning child / No error.
Anonymous Quiz
54%
A
12%
B
21%
C
12%
D
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

People want (a) / to saw the home team (b) / win the game. (c) / No error.
Anonymous Quiz
12%
A
70%
B
16%
C
2%
D
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🛩 *RECENT EXERCISES*

- *Ex Pitch Black 2024*
- Edition: N/A
- Location: Darwin, Australia
- Countries: India and Australia

- *Malabar Exercise*
- Edition: 28th
- Location: Bay of Bengal
- Countries: India, USA, Japan, and Australia

- *Exercise Nomadic Elephant*
- Edition: 16th
- Location: Umroi, Meghalaya
- Countries: India and Mongolia

- *Exercise MAITREE*
- Edition: 13th
- Location: Fort Vachiraprakan, Tak Province, Thailand
- Countries: India and Thailand

- *RIMPAC Naval Exercise*
- Edition: 29th
- Location: Hawaii, Pearl Harbour, USA
- Countries: Multinational (INS Shivalik from India participated)
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 30.08.2024


1. INSURGENT (NOUN): (विद्रोही): rebel
Synonyms: revolutionary, mutineer
Antonyms: loyalist
Example Sentence:
He signaled to the other insurgent, who obeyed and moved forward.


2. CONSENSUS (NOUN): (आम सहमति): agreement
Synonyms: harmony concord
Antonyms: disagreement
Example Sentence:
There is a growing consensus that the current regime has failed.


3. SUBSTANTIAL (ADJECTIVE): (प्रबल): sturdy
Synonyms: solid, stout
Antonyms: insubstantial
Example Sentence:
He lives near the row of substantial Victorian villas.


4. EFFICACY (NOUN): (प्रभावोत्पादकता): effectiveness
Synonyms: success, potency
Antonyms: inefficacy
Example Sentence:
There is little information on the efficacy of this treatment.


5. INTRIGUE (VERB): (दिलचस्प बनाना): interest
Synonyms: fascinate, attract
Antonyms: bore
Example Sentence:
The whole class was intrigued by his unique question.


6. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): shorten
Synonyms: cut, curtail
Antonyms: lengthen
Example Sentence:
It was abridged from the original work.


7. DISORIENTED (ADJECTIVE): (गुमराह): confused
Synonyms: bewildered, perplexed
Antonyms: oriented
Example Sentence:
She was so disoriented that Joe had to walk her to her room.


8. AUGMENT (VERB): (बढ़ाना): increase
Synonyms: add to, supplement
Antonyms: decrease
Example Sentence:
He augmented his summer income by painting.


9. ZEAL (NOUN): (जोश): passion
Synonyms: ardour, love
Antonyms: apathy
Example Sentence:
He has a lot of zeal for privatization.


10. INTERDICT (VERB): (निषेध करना): prohibit
Synonyms: forbid, ban
Antonyms: permit
Example Sentence:
Society will never interdict morality.
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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

His knowledge is s͟u͟p͟e͟r͟f͟i͟c͟i͟a͟l͟ in nature. (SSC CGL 2023)
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20%
Deviant
46%
Profound
26%
Artificial
8%
Opposing
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Extinct
(SSC CGL 2023)
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8%
Vibrant
71%
Vanished
13%
Active
7%
Living
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select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
You will say, "I am ill."
Anonymous Quiz
14%
You would say that you are ill.
22%
You will say that you were ill.
29%
You would say that you were ill.
35%
You will say that you are ill.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Anonymous Quiz
16%
competition
46%
explaination
26%
acquisition
12%
illumination
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Select the incorrectly spelt word. SSC CPO 2023(evening)
Anonymous Quiz
23%
devout
15%
devotion
5%
divert
57%
devision
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30 August 2024 Current Affairs


➼ The Indian team has won one gold and four silver medals in  the '17th International Olympiad' on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Brazil .
भारतीय दल ने ब्राजील में खगोल विज्ञान और खगोल भौतिकी पर ‘17वें अंतर्राष्ट्रीय ओलंपियाड’ में एक स्वर्ण तथा चार रजत पदक जीते हैं।

➼ Senior Indian Police Service officer ' B. Srinivasan' has been appointed Director General of the country's counter-terrorism force- National Security Guard (NSG). 
भारतीय पुलिस सेवा के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ‘बी. श्रीनिवासन’ को देश के आतंकरोधी बल- राष्‍ट्रीय सुरक्षा गार्ड (NSG) का महानिदेशक नियुक्त किया गया है।

➼ Bollywood actress ' Ananya Pandey' has been made the brand ambassador of Apple's Beat.
बॉलीवुड अभिनेत्री ‘अनन्या पांडे’ को Apple’s Beat ने अपना ब्रांड एंबेसडर बनाया है।

➼ 'Bharat Biotech' International Limited has developed a new oral vaccine to prevent cholera. 
‘भारत बायोटेक’ इंटरनेशनल लिमिटेड ने हैजा से बचाव के लिए एक नया ओरल वैक्सीन विकसित किया है।

➼ Christian Richter has won the IBSF Under-17 Snooker Championship title.
क्रिश्चियन रिक्टर ने IBSF अंडर-17 स्नूकर चैंपियनशिप का खिताब अपने नाम किया है।

➼ Amazon has launched AI-powered shopping assistant chatbot 'Rufus' in India.
अमेज़न ने भारत में AI-संचालित शॉपिंग असिस्टेंट चैटबॉट ‘रुफ़स’ लॉन्च किया है।

➼ Indian medical scientists have developed a new smart sensor to coordinate drug dosage for managing   ' Parkinson's disease' .
भारतीय चिकित्सा वैज्ञानिकों ने ‘पार्किंसंस रोग’ के प्रबंधन की औषधियों की मात्रा संयोजित करने के लिए नया स्मार्ट सेंसर विकसित किया है।

➼ The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) celebrated its 54th Foundation Day on 28 August at its headquarters in New Delhi. 
‘पुलिस अनुसंधान और विकास ब्यूरो’ (BPRD) ने 28 अगस्त को नई दिल्ली स्थित मुख्यालय में अपना 54वां स्थापना दिवस मनाया है।

➼ The 17th India-Israel Foreign Office Consultations were held on 28 August in  ' New Delhi' .
17वां भारत-इज़राइल विदेश कार्यालय परामर्श 28 अगस्त को ‘नई दिल्ली’ में आयोजित किया गया है।

➼ Union Minister Jitin Prasada has inaugurated the '10th International Pharmaceutical Exhibition' IPHEX at India Expo Mart in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
केंद्रीय मंत्री जतिन प्रसाद ने उत्तर प्रदेश के नोएडा में इंडिया एक्सपो मार्ट में ‘10वीं अंतर्राष्‍ट्रीय औषधि प्रदर्शनी’ आईपीएचईएक्‍स का उद्घाटन किया है।

➼ The Union Cabinet has approved twelve new Greenfield Industrial Smart Cities under the  ' National Industrial Corridor Development Programme' to transform the industrial landscape of the country .
केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने देश के औद्योगिक परिदृश्य को बदलने के लिए ‘राष्ट्रीय औद्योगिक गलियारा विकास कार्यक्रम’ के तहत बारह नए ग्रीनफील्ड औद्योगिक स्मार्ट शहरों को मंजूरी दी है।
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Avani shoots gold, Mona bronze
Paris Paralympics 2024
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Today's Vocab Word

Word - PROFICIENT adj.

Meaning - able to do something very well

Sentence - Secretaries are proficient at typing quickly. ⌨️

Today's Idiom

Idiom - "Cheek by jowl"

Meaning - very close to each other

Sentence - The two families lived cheek by jowl despite belonging to different religions.
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