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Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom.

A skeleton in the cupboard

1. A popular fact which is not hidden

2. A popular fact to be kept secret

3. An embarrassing fact not to be kept secret

4. An embarrassing fact to be kept secret
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Options
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10%
A
22%
B
30%
C
38%
D
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A storm in a teacup

1. A hidden advantage

2. An easy and pleasant job

3. Unnecessary anger or worry

4. More than expected or required
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Options
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7%
A
10%
B
64%
C
19%
D
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

He used to reply / that the only place / for which he went / was the town library.

1. was the town library

2. for which he went

3. He used to reply

4. that the only place
Options
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19%
A
59%
B
15%
C
7%
D
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The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

The child was / gazing longingly / at the toy.

1. gazing longingly

2. at the toy

3. No error

4. The child was
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Options
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51%
A
25%
B
21%
C
4%
D
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Antonym of Hinder
(SSC CGL 2024)
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15%
Praise
60%
Facilitate
12%
Joy
13%
Block
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Antonym of Inevitable
(SSC CGL 2024)
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9%
Inexorable
19%
Clear
65%
Avoidable
8%
Confident
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Change from Passive to Active voice, choosing from the options below:
Do the work at once.
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19%
You are directed to do the work at once.
59%
Let the work be done at once.
17%
The work should be done at once.
4%
At once the work be done by you.
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Select the option with the correct spelling.
It was a priviledge to meet the finance minister of the country last week.
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9%
privledge
52%
privilege
28%
previledge
12%
privilage
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a spelling error.

The precarious case of juvenile / deliquency against him / was dismissed by the / jury in the first hearing.
Anonymous Quiz
28%
The precarious case of juvenile
20%
jury in the first hearing.
39%
deliquency against him
14%
was dismissed by the
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Antonym of Appreciate
(SSC CGL 2024)
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6%
Depict
11%
Acknowledge
7%
Esteem
75%
Depreciate
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Antonym of Material
(SSC CGL 2024)
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9%
Cheap
55%
Abstract
22%
Concrete
14%
Temporary
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Change the following sentence from the active voice to the passive voice.

We expect good news.
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19%
Good news was expected.
60%
Good news is expected.
17%
Good news should be expected.
4%
Good news must be expected.
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✅️Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 06 April 2025

1. DAWDLE (VERB): (समय नष्ट करना): linger 
Synonyms: dally, take one's time
Antonyms: hurry
Example Sentence:
She mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now.


2. WRETCHED (ADJECTIVE): (मनहूस): miserable
Synonyms: unhappy sad
Antonyms: cheerful
Example Sentence:
I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again.


3. SHORTLY (ADVERB): (एकाएक): sharply
Synonyms: abruptly, bluntly
Antonyms: patiently
Example Sentence:
Do you like cricket?’ ‘I do not,’ she said shortly.


4. BLEAK (ADJECTIVE): (निरावरण): bare
Synonyms: exposed, desolate
Antonyms: lush
Example Sentence:
It was nothing but a bleak moor.

5. SUCCUMB (VERB): (अधीन होना): yield
Synonyms: give in, give way
Antonyms: resist
Example Sentence:
We cannot merely give up and succumb to despair.

6. BENIGN (ADJECTIVE): (सौम्य): kindly
Synonyms: kind, warm-hearted
Antonyms: unfriendly
Example Sentence:
His mannerisms are firm yet benign.


7. RECALCITRANT (ADJECTIVE): (अक्खड़): uncooperative
Synonyms: intractable, unmanageable
Antonyms: amenable
Example Sentence:
It is a class of recalcitrant ten-year-olds.

8. BREAKTHROUGH (ADJECTIVE): (उन्नत): advance
Synonyms: development, step forward
Antonyms: setback
Example Sentence:
It was a major breakthrough in DNA research.

9. DECEPTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (भ्रामक): misleading
Synonyms: illusory, illusive
Antonyms: honest
Example Sentence:
He put the question with deceptive casualness.


10. BOHEMIAN (ADJECTIVE): (अपरंपरागत): unconventional
Synonyms: nonconformist, unorthodox
Antonyms: conventional
Example Sentence:
As an artist, you live a bohemian lifestyle.
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