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Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options. If there is no error, select No error.

Everything has became very expensive these days.
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These days
11%
Very expensive
69%
Everything has became
12%
No error
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom

Ruffle somebody's feather
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Gamble
30%
Escape responsibility
59%
Annoy somebody
6%
Show contempt for
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom

Cut short
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15%
Delete
8%
Praise
47%
Interrupt
30%
Slice into small pieces
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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.


Redwing had read (1) __________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) ____ for a novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood". Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3) _______ if this whole (4)______________ was unfolding more like a novel, and
would be (5)______________ on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill In blank no. 1.
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Wholesome
17%
Negligently
56%
Somewhere
2%
Careless
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Select the most appropriate option to fill In blank no. 2
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26%
Nature
31%
Training
35%
Medication
8%
Maintenance
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Select the most appropriate option to fill In blank no. 3.
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16%
Wasted
64%
Wondered
20%
Wandered
1%
Welded
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Select the most appropriate option to fill In blank no. 4
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6%
Expiation
57%
Expectation
12%
Exasperation
25%
Expedition
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5
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45%
Based
22%
Bloomed
22%
Blessed
11%
Blamed
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🔎 Lens Image Formation -

Convex Lens (Converging Lens) 📏:
1️⃣ Object at Infinity:
📍 Image at Focus (F2)
➡️ Diminished, Real, Inverted

2️⃣ Object Beyond 2F1:
📍 Image between F2 & 2F2
➡️ Diminished, Real, Inverted

3️⃣ Object at 2F1:
📍 Image at 2F2
➡️ Same Size, Real, Inverted

4️⃣ Object Between F1 & 2F1:
📍 Image beyond 2F2
➡️ Magnified, Real, Inverted

5️⃣ Object at F1:
📍 Image at Infinity
➡️ Highly Magnified, Real, Inverted

6️⃣ Object Between F1 & Optical Center:
📍 Image on Same Side as Object
➡️ Magnified, Virtual, Erect

Concave Lens (Diverging Lens) 🔍:
1️⃣ Object at Infinity:
📍 Image at Focus (F1)
➡️ Diminished, Virtual, Erect

2️⃣ Object Anywhere Between Lens & Infinity:
📍 Image between F1 & Optical Center
➡️ Diminished, Virtual, Erect

💡 Key SSC Exam Tips:


• Convex lens always forms real and inverted images, except when the object is between the focus and optical center, where the image is virtual and erect.
• Concave lens always forms virtual, erect, and diminished images.
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 14.09.2024


1.SUPERVENE (VERB): (पीछे आना): Follow
Synonyms: pursue, supersede
Antonyms: retreat, precede
Example Sentence:
Team members supervene their leaders.


2. DRACONIAN (ADJECTIVE): (कठोर) :Harsh
Synonyms: cruel, oppressive
Antonyms: easy, gentle
Example Sentence:
Your master is a draconian man.


3. DAWDLE (VERB): (समय नष्ट करना): Waste time
Synonyms: loiter, procrastinate
Antonyms: hasten, hurry
Example Sentence:
The teacher warned the student that he will be punished if he dawdled again.


4. PILLAGE (VERB): (लूटना) :Plunder, destroy
Synonyms: ravage, ransack
Antonyms: protect, construct
Example Sentence:
The terrorists pillaged the city.


5. NOXIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (हानिकारक): Deadly, injurious
Synonyms: destructive, harmful
Antonyms: helpful, kind
Example Sentence:
This is a noxious chemical.


6. PERSPICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (तीक्ष्ण-बुद्धि): Observant, perceptive
Synonyms: alert, aware
Antonyms: ignorant, unobservant
Example Sentence:
The CDI officers are always perspicacious with their case.


7. FERVENT (ADJECTIVE): (उत्साही): Enthusiastic
Synonyms: zealous, ardent
Antonyms: apathetic, dull
Example Sentence:
He is a fervent child.


8. FITFUL (ADJECTIVE): (चंचल) :Spasmodic
Synonyms: intermittent, fluctuating
Antonyms: continuous, perpetual
Example Sentence:
As long as his breathing is fitful, he will continue to need an oxygen machine.


9. FLOUT (VERB): (अवज्ञा करना) :Show contempt for
Synonyms: defy, disregard
Antonyms: honour, praise
Example Sentence:
One should not flout the traffic rules.


10. FEASIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यवहार्य) :Practicable
Synonyms: possible, doable
Antonyms: impossible, implausible
Example Sentence:
This seems to be a feasible solution.
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14 September 2024 Current Affairs


➼  National Hindi Day is celebrated every year on 14 September.
राष्ट्रीय हिंदी दिवस प्रतिवर्ष 14 सितंबर को मनाया जाता है।

➼ India on September 12 successfully test fired ' Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile' from the missile test range off Odisha coast.
भारत ने 12 सितंबर को ओडिशा तट पर स्थित मिसाइल परीक्षण केंद्र से ‘वर्टिकल लॉन्च शॉर्ट रेंज सरफेस टू एयर मिसाइल’ का सफलतापूर्वक परीक्षण किया है।

➼ India won nine gold medals in Chennai on September 12, the second day of the  'South Asian Junior Athletics Championship' .
‘दक्षिण एशियाई जूनियर एथलेटिक्‍स चैंपियनशिप’
के दूसरे दिन 12 सितंबर को भारत ने चेन्‍नई में नौ स्‍वर्ण पदक जीते हैं।

➼ IBM and Larsen & Toubro have signed MoU to jointly develop advanced processors in semiconductor technology. 
IBM और ‘लार्सन एंड टुब्रो’ ने सेमीकंडक्‍टर प्रौद्योगिकी में उन्‍नत प्रोसेसर का संयुक्‍त विकास करने के लिए समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्‍ताक्षर किए है।

➼ General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist ) , Sitaram Yechury, has passed away at the age of 72. 
मार्क्‍सवादी कम्‍युनिस्‍ट पार्टी के महासचिव ‘सीताराम येचुरी’ का 72 वर्ष की आयु में निधन हो गया है।

The Odisha Government has decided not to conduct physical tests and provide 10 per cent reservation and three years age relaxation to former Agniveers in the uniformed services.
‘ओडिशा सरकार’ ने वर्दीधारी सेवाओं में पूर्व अग्निवीरों के लिए 10 प्रतिशत आरक्षण और आयु में तीन वर्ष की छूट देने के साथ शारीरिक परीक्षण नहीं लेने का निर्णय लिया है।

➼ Union Minister ' Dr Jitendra Singh' will launch a dedicated online portal to monitor the progress of the special Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 4.0 on September 13.  
केंद्रीय मंत्री ‘डॉ. जितेन्‍द्र सिंह’ 13 सितंबर को विशेष स्‍वच्‍छता अभियान 4.0 की प्रगति की निगरानी करने के लिए एक समर्पित ऑनलाइन पोर्टल का शुभारंभ करेंगे।

➼ A new unique card will be issued to all eligible senior citizens covered under  'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana' .

‘आयुष्मान भारत प्रधानमंत्री जन आरोग्य योजना’
के तहत आने वाले सभी पात्र वरिष्ठ नागरिकों को एक नया विशिष्ट कार्ड जारी किया जाएगा।

National Instructional Media Institute(NIMI) , under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, has launched a series of YouTube channels on September 12. 
कौशल विकास और उद्यमिता मंत्रालय के तहत ‘राष्ट्रीय अनुदेशात्मक मीडिया संस्थान’ (NIMI) ने 12 सितंबर को  यूट्यूब चैनलों की एक श्रृंखला शुरू की है।

➼ The US has decided to sell ' High Altitude Anti-Submarine System' – Sonobuoy to India.
अमरीका ने भारत को ‘हाई एल्‍टीट्यूट पनडुब्‍बी रोधी प्रणाली’-सोनोबॉय बेचने का निर्णय लिया है।
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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Memory
(SSC CGL 2023)
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Suppress
39%
Oblivion
35%
Retrospection
9%
Impart
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Connote
(SSC CGL 2023)
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Comment
39%
Criticise
15%
Care
33%
Convey
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select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/ Active.

Lower the boats.
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Let the boat be lowered.
12%
The boat would be lowered .
14%
Please let the boat be lowered.
2%
The boat be lowered please.
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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horrible
26%
heiress
62%
hospitallity
8%
hostility
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Select the incorrectly spelt word.
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10%
reinforcement
19%
remembrance
68%
reimburssement
3%
reflection
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Devastating
(SSC CGL 2024)
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10%
Flourishing
78%
Destructive
8%
Emerging
3%
Fortunate
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Select the synonym of the word 'reproduce' from the sentence.
Many scientific researches have proved that DNA replicates itself in the human body and is an enzyme based catalyst reaction.
(SSC CGL 2023)
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Replicates
11%
Reaction
7%
Proved
9%
Researches
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