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Change the following sentence from the active voice to the passive voice.

We expect good news.
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Good news was 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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Today's Vocab Word

💕Preced
📖 to go or come before

📌🎧 The hurricane was preceded by a moment of still wind and clear sky.
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06 April 2025 Current Affairs in English & Hindi

  ➼  In the financial year 2025, the Central Government has achieved a significant milestone by constructing a total of 5,614 km of National Highways (NH).
वित्त वर्ष 2025 में केंद्र सरकार ने कुल 5,614 किलोमीटर राष्ट्रीय राजमार्गों(NH) का निर्माण कर एक महत्वपूर्ण उपलब्धि हासिल की है।

  ➼  Recently, astronomers of Taiwan country have discovered 128 new satellites of Saturn.
हाल ही में ताइवान के खगोलविदों ने शनि ग्रह के 128 नए उपग्रह खोजें हैं।

  ➼  Recently N. Chandrasekaran has been appointed to the IMF Managing Director's Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Development.
हाल ही में एन. चंद्रशेखरन को उद्यमिता और विकास पर आईएमएफ के प्रबंध निदेशक की सलाहकार परिषद में नियुक्त किया गया है।

  ➼  The European Space Agency has announced the closure of the space observatory mission named 'Gaia'.
यूरोपीय अंतरिक्ष एजेंसी ने 'Gaia' नामक अंतरिक्ष वेधशाला मिशन बंद करने की घोषणा की है।

  ➼  Recently, in Haryana state, for the first time, MNREGA wages have reached ₹400 per day.
हाल ही में पहली बार हरियाणा राज्य में  मनरेगा मजदूरी ₹400 प्रति दिन तक पहुंच गई है।

  ➼  Every year on 4th April ‘International Mine Awareness Day’ is celebrated across the world.
प्रतिवर्ष 04 अप्रैल को दुनियाभर में ‘अंतर्राष्ट्रीय खदान जागरूकता दिवस’ मनाया जाता है।

  ➼  The recently organized "Hamari Parampara Hamari Virasat" program is related to Scheduled Tribes category.
हाल ही में आयोजित "हमारी परंपरा हमारी विरासत" कार्यक्रम अनुसूचित जनजातियों वर्ग से संबंधित है।

  ➼  Recently Hungary has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
हाल ही में हंगरी ने अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अपराध न्यायालय (ICC) से हटने का निर्णय लिया है।

  ➼  Recently India and Thailand have signed a total of 06 agreements including in maritime, handicrafts and handloom sectors.
हाल ही में भारत और थाईलैंड ने समुद्री, हस्तशिल्प और हथकरघा क्षेत्रों सहित कुल 06 समझौतों पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं।

  ➼  Recently SpaceX agency has launched Fram 2 mission with four astronauts.
हाल ही में स्पेस एक्स एजेंसी ने चार अंतरिक्ष यात्रियों के साथ Fram 2 मिशन लांच किया है।

  ➼  Recently, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has launched joint expeditions of Indian and Nepali Army to Mount Everest and Mount Kanchenjunga.
हाल ही में रक्षामंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने माउंट एवरेस्ट और माउंट कंचनजंगा के लिए भारतीय और नेपाली सेना  के संयुक्त अभियानों का शुभारंभ किया है।

  ➼  Recently Army Commanders' Conference 2025 was held in New Delhi.
हाल ही में नई दिल्ली में सेना कमांडरों का सम्मेलन 2025 आयोजित हुआ है।

  ➼  India's share in global drone imports is 22%.
वैश्विक ड्रोन आयात में भारत की हिस्सेदारी 22% प्रतिशत है।

  ➼  The contribution of India's services sector to the economy is projected to increase to around 55% by FY 2025.
भारत के सेवा क्षेत्र का अर्थव्यवस्था में योगदान वित्त वर्ष 2025 में बढ़कर लगभग 55% प्रतिशत हो गया है।

  ➼  According to the United Nations, by the year 2047, more than 50% of India's population will reside in cities.
संयुक्त राष्ट्र के अनुसार, वर्ष 2047 तक भारत की 50% से अधिक आबादी नगरों में निवास करेगी।
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A word in the following sentence is INCORRECTLY spelt. Select that word from the given options.

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer, space transportation services and communications corporation headquartared in Hawthorne, California.
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A word in the following sentence is INCORRECTLY spelt. Select that word from the given options.

Mesing up your laundry or being late for work is not very important when you consider your entire life.
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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A shortened version of a larger work

1. Summary

2. Precis

3. Shorts

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

Feeling or showing extreme tiredness

1. Vitalised

2. Nervous

3. Weary

4. Drowsy
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Break the ice

1. Make people meeting first time feel uncomfortable

2. Make people meeting first time feel sad

3. Make people meeting first time feel more detached

4. Make people meeting the first time feel more comfortable
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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the highlighted segment in the following sentence.

With the harsh words of the boss, Srujan felt sad, but his colleague’s words (created insult to injury).

1. attached insult to injury

2. provoked insult to injury

3. added injury to insult

4. added insult to injury
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

One can never imagine / how hot it gets in Delhi / unless one doesn’t go / there in person.

1. One can never imagine

2. unless one doesn’t go

3. how hot it gets in Delhi

4. there in person.
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The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical 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.

Mrs. Verma refused / the second helping / of ice cream.

1. the second helping

2. of ice cream

3. Mrs. Verma refused

4. No error
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