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Best Marching Contingents & Tableaux of Republic Day Parade 2025

Best Marching Contingent among Services - Jammu & Kashmir Rifles Contingent

Best Marching Contingent among CAPFs/other Auxiliary Forces - Delhi Police Marching Contingent

Top three Tableaux (States/UTs)

1st - Uttar Pradesh (Mahakumbh 2025 - Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas)
2nd - Tripura (Eternal Reverence: The worship of 14 Deities in Tripura - Kharchi Puja)
3rd - Andhra Pradesh (Etikoppaka Bommalu - Eco-Friendly Wooden Toys)

Best Tableau from Central Ministries/Departments - Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh)

Special Prize :-
i. Central Public Works Department (75 years of Constitution of India)
ii. "Jayati Jai Mamah Bharatam" Dance Group
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 29.01.2025             

1. SLAM (VERB): (आलोचना करना): criticize
Synonyms: find fault with, censure
Antonyms: praise
Example Sentence:The new TV soap was slammed as being cynical and irresponsible.


2. UPHOLD (VERB): (सही ठहराना): confirm
Synonyms: endorse sustain
Antonyms: overturn
Example Sentence:The court upheld his claim for damages.


3. RESUMPTION (NOUN): (पुनःआरंभ): restart
Synonyms: restarting, reopening
Antonyms: suspension
Example Sentence:With peace came the resumption of foreign imports.


4. ARTICULATE (VERB): (व्यक्त करना): express
Synonyms: voice, give voice to
Antonyms: bottle up
Example Sentence:They were unable to articulate their emotions.


5. ABROGATE (VERB): (अभिनिषेध करना): repudiate
Synonyms: revoke, repeal
Antonyms: institute
Example Sentence:Investments banks won't abrogate any condition for profit.


6. DESPERATE (ADJECTIVE): (आशाहीन): despairing
Synonyms: hopeless, anguished
Antonyms: cheerful
Example Sentence:A desperate sadness enveloped him.


7. DISCERN (VERB): (पहचानना): perceive
Synonyms: make out, pick out
Antonyms: overlook
Example Sentence:She could faintly discern the shape of a skull.


8. SPIRAL (VERB): (वृद्धि होना): soar
Synonyms: shoot up, rocket
Antonyms: fall
Example Sentence:Inflation continued to spiral.


9 REPROACH (NOUN): (फटकार): rebuke
Synonyms: reproof, reproval
Antonyms: commendation
Example Sentence:She gave her a look of reproach.


10. MOMENTOUS (ADJECTIVE): (महत्वपूर्ण): important
Synonyms: significant, epoch-making
Antonyms: unimportant
Example Sentence:A period of momentous changes in East–West relations.
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given one word.

A short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part.
Anonymous Quiz
20%
Paraphrase
39%
Conclusion
25%
Foreword
16%
Postscript
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given word.

An instrument for viewing distant objects in space.
Anonymous Quiz
72%
Telescope
13%
Spectrograph
11%
Binoculars
5%
Microscope
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Nobody's fool
Anonymous Quiz
57%
Not easily deceived
30%
The wisest person
9%
A complete fool
4%
All are fools
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Pull someone up
Anonymous Quiz
25%
Agree with someone
8%
Drag someone
44%
Criticise someone
24%
Help someone
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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.
Anonymous Quiz
6%
In the parking slot
8%
I am not sure
32%
If the red colour
54%
Is your
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

My boss keeps telling me / all the time / that money / doesn't grows on trees.
Anonymous Quiz
32%
My boss keeps telling me
6%
All the time
4%
That money
58%
Doesn’t grows on trees
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Synonym of Adversity
(SSC GD 2023, CGL 2024)
Anonymous Quiz
59%
Misfortune
19%
Allegiance
11%
Anxiety
11%
Progress
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Synonym of Juvenile
(SSC CGL 2020, 2024)
Anonymous Quiz
9%
Wise
21%
Mature
63%
Childish
7%
Insane
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Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 30.01.2025


1. UNDERSCORE (VERB): (जोर देना): underline
Synonyms: emphasize, stress
Antonyms: understate
Example Sentence:The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells.


2. CONCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (निर्णायक): incontrovertible
Synonyms: incontestable, irrefutable
Antonyms: inconclusive
Example Sentence:They produced some fairly conclusive evidence.


3. CONVENE (VERB): (बुलवाना): summon
Synonyms: call, order
Antonyms: disperse
Example Sentence:He had convened a secret meeting of military personnel.


4. EXEMPLARY (ADJECTIVE): (उदाहरणात्मक): perfect
Synonyms: ideal, model
Antonyms: deplorable
Example Sentence:His behavior has always been exemplary.


5. UNDERPIN (VERB): (बढ़ावा देना): promote
Synonyms: nurture, encourage
Antonyms: hinder
Example Sentence:The two books underpinned the theme of honour.


6. STIFLE (VERB): (बाधा डालना): hinder
Synonyms: hamper, constrain
Antonyms: encourage
Example Sentence:High taxes stifled private enterprises.


7. PERFUNCTORY (ADJECTIVE): (सरसरी): cursory
Synonyms: desultory, quick
Antonyms: careful
Example Sentence:He gave a perfunctory nod.


8. IRONIC (ADJECTIVE): (व्यंग्यपूर्ण): sarcastic
Synonyms: sardonic, dry
Antonyms: sincere
Example Sentence:His mouth curved into an ironic smile.


9. RAGING (ADJECTIVE): (तूफ़ानी): stormy
Synonyms: violent, strong
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence:The stream could become a raging torrent in wet weather.


10. VINDICATE (VERB): (साबित करना): justify
Synonyms: warrant, substantiate
Antonyms: attack
Example Sentence:More sober views were vindicated by events.
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Today's Word

🔍intimate (adj)

Meaning: having, or being likely to cause, a very close relationship

Synonyms: close, familiar

Example: Intimate atmosphere of the restaurant gave them indescribable memory of their first date.
30 January, 2025

🕊 Martyr's Day - शहीद दिवस (77th)
🌷 23 March also observed as Shaheed Diwas

💠MAHATMA GANDHI
Birth - 2 October 1869, Porbandar
Full Name - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Assassinated - 30 January 1948, New Delhi
Spouse - Kasturba Gandhi (1883–1944)

💠 To honour the martyr's of the Nation, several other days at the National level also declared as Sarvodaya or Shaheed Diwas

🔶 January 30, 1948, 'Father of Nation' Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by Nathuram Godse in the Birla House

🔶Since,1948 GOI celebrates as Shaheed diwas

🟢 BOOKS
▪️The Story of My Experiments with Truth
▪️Inspirational Thoughts
▪️Hind Swaraj

🟢 NEWS
🔶President To Inaugurate 12-Foot Mahatma Gandhi Statue ‘Gandhi Vatika’ Near Rajghat

🔷Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Ganga River in Bihar, India.

🔶‘Mahatma Gandhi Green Triangle’ Unveiled In Madagascar

🔷Mahatma Gandhi Bust Unveiled By Prime Minister In Hiroshima
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Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

(A) It was the advertisement for a metal detector called Wonder Sweeper 5000.

(B) Jacob believed he could find the buried treasure of the pirates if he had that detector.

(C) Jacob was reading one of his comic books when he came upon something interesting.

(D) So, he decided to save every penny till he had enough money to buy one.
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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The mob / is believing / every word / the leader says.
Anonymous Quiz
61%
Is believing
23%
The leader says
11%
Every word
4%
The mob
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Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

We has travelled / to many states / of India to get / an essence of its diversity.
Anonymous Quiz
13%
An essence of its diversity
71%
We has travelled
12%
To many states
4%
Of India to get
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.

In my new office, all employees were different, so I felt like (a fish out of water).
Anonymous Quiz
81%
Uncomfortable
12%
Homeless
4%
Frustrated
3%
Disappointed
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
Anand personally believes in the motto, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
Anonymous Quiz
7%
Earn the maximum out of business
4%
Nourish health
36%
Enjoy the most when the season is favourable
53%
Make the best out of difficult situations
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