Choose the correct word for ''attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.''

1. Libelous

2. Malevolent

3. Abasing

4. Pretentious

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Feeling of being in a place before having already experienced the present situation.

1. Deja-vu

2. Illusion

3. Spirituality

4. Delusion

✅Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 28 March 2025


PRODIGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (बहुत बड़ा): enormous
Synonyms: huge, colossal
Antonyms: small
Example Sentence: The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel.
STIGMATIZE (VERB): (गाली देना): condemn
Synonyms: denounce, brand
Antonyms: eulogize
Example Sentence: He was stigmatized in fashion by the people.
ABROGATE (VERB): (अभिनिषेध करना): repudiate
Synonyms: revoke, repeal
Antonyms: institute
Example Sentence: The ministry proposed to abrogate the electoral law of 1850.
INSULAR (ADJECTIVE): (संकुचित विचार का): narrow-minded
Synonyms: limited, blinkered
Antonyms: broad-minded
Example Sentence: They are a group of stubbornly insular farming people.
DISPENSATION (NOUN): (छूट): exemption
Synonyms: immunity, exception
Antonyms: restriction
Example Sentence: Although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to sing.
DE FACTO (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तव में): in practice
Synonyms: in effect, in fact
Antonyms: alleged
Example Sentence: The country was de facto divided between two states.
FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (व्यग्र): anxious
Synonyms: worried, upset
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence: There was a fraught silence.
DISCRETIONARY (ADJECTIVE): (विवेकाधीन): optional
Synonyms: non-compulsory, voluntary
Antonyms: compulsory
Example Sentence: There has been an increase in year-end discretionary bonuses.
ALOOF (ADJECTIVE): (पृथक): distant
Synonyms: detached, unresponsive
Antonyms: familiar
Example Sentence: They were courteous but faintly aloof.
GRATIFICATION (NOUN): (संतुष्टि): satisfaction
Synonyms: fulfilment, indulgence
Antonyms: dissatisfaction
Example Sentence: My son's success was a great gratification.

✨Today Vocab Word✨

Word- PUNGENT adj.
Meaning- having a strong taste or smell

Sentence- The garlic made the soup taste so pungent that the chef wouldn’t serve it.

♦️29 March 2025 Current Affairs in English & Hindi


  ➼  Recently Telangana state has been recognized for its excellent performance in tuberculosis (TB) testing.
हाल ही में तेलंगाना राज्य को तपेदिक (टीबी) परीक्षण में अपने उत्कृष्ट प्रदर्शन के लिए मान्यता मिली है।

  ➼  Recently, Home Minister Amit Shah has announced the launch of 'Sahakar Taxi' scheme.
हाल ही में गृहमंत्री अमित शाह ने 'सहकार टैक्सी' योजना शुरु करने की घोषणा की है।

  ➼  Recently the Indian Armed Forces have conducted the tri-services exercise Prachand Prahar in Arunachal Pradesh.
हाल ही में अरुणाचल प्रदेश में भारतीय सशस्त्र बलों ने तीनों सेनाओं का अभ्यास प्रचंड प्रहार आयोजित किया है।

  ➼  Pamban Bridge will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rameswaram.
रामेश्वरम में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा पंबन ब्रिज का उद्घाटन किया जायेगा।

  ➼  Recently the seventh Act East Business Show was organised in Shillong.
हाल ही में शिलांग में सातवें एक्ट ईस्ट बिजनेस शो का आयोजन हुआ है।

  ➼  The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to launch the Indian Space Station by the year 2035.
वर्ष 2035 तक भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन की योजना, भारतीय अंतरिक्ष स्टेशन को लॉन्च करने की है।

  ➼  Recently the Government of India has decided to close Gold Monetization scheme.
हाल ही में भारत सरकार ने स्वर्ण मुद्रीकरण योजना को बंद करने का निर्णय लिया है।

  ➼  India is the Sixth largest country exporting textiles globally.
भारत विश्व स्तर पर कपड़ा निर्यात करने वाला छठा सबसे बड़ा देश है।

  ➼  The theme of 'World Theatre Day 2025' is 'Theatre and Culture of Peace'.
'विश्व रंगमंच दिवस 2025' का विषय ‘रंगमंच और शांति की संस्कृति’ है।

  ➼  Recently the 8th State Level Coordination Committee meeting has been organized by RBI in Sikkim state.
हाल ही में आरबीआई द्वारा सिक्किम  राज्य में 8वीं राज्य स्तरीय समन्वय समिति बैठक आयोजित की गई है।

  ➼  At present India's milk production capacity is 239 million metric tonnes.
वर्तमान में भारत की दुग्ध उत्पादन क्षमता 239 मिलियन मीट्रिक टन है।

  ➼  Recently 12th round of commercial coal mine auction has been launched by the Ministry of Coal.
हाल ही में कोयला मंत्रालय द्वारा वाणिज्यिक कोयला खदान नीलामी की 12वीं चरण शुरू की गई है।

Spot the error in the given sentence and select the correct sentence from the options given.

Fatima and Sana has both taken the vaccine.

A. Fatima and Sana was both taken the vaccine.

B. Fatima and Sana have both taken the vaccine.

C. Fatima and Sana were both taken the vaccine

D. Fatima and Sana are both taken the vaccine.

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

I am not sure / if the red car / in the parking slot / is your.

A. in the parking slot

B. I am not sure

C. if the red car

D. is your

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

At the eleventh hour

1. At the last possible moment

2. At the break of the day

3. At the present time

4. At the distance