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✅️ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 24 April 2025

1. FLAK (NOUN): (आलोचना): Criticism
Synonyms: Censure, Disapproval
Antonyms: Approval
Example Sentence:
You must be strong enough to take the flak if things go wrong.

2. QUASH (VERB): (खत्म करना): Suppress
Synonyms: Put an end to, Finish
Antonyms: Prompt
Example Sentence:
A hospital executive quashed rumours that nursing staff will lose jobs.

3. EVACUATE (VERB): (ख़ाली करना): Remove
Synonyms: Clear, Move out
Antonyms: Hold
Example Sentence:
Several families were evacuated from their home.

4. MAVERICK (NOUN): (व्यक्तिवादी): Individualist
Synonyms: Nonconformist, Free spirit
Antonyms: Conformist
Example Sentence:
He's the maverick of the senate.

5. PROLIFIC (ADJECTIVE): (उर्वर):Productive
Synonyms: Fertile, Inventive
Antonyms: Non-productive
Example Sentence:
In captivity tigers are prolific breeders.

6. GRACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विनीत): Courteous
Synonyms: Polite, Civil
Antonyms: Ungracious
Example Sentence:
The hostess of the party was gracious.

7. INDELIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (अमिट): Ineradicable
Synonyms: Ineffaceable, Indestructible
Antonyms: Erasable
Example Sentence:
He has an indelible impression on me.

8. INCREDIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (अविश्वसनीय): Unbelievable
Synonyms: Beyond-Belief, Unconvincing
Antonyms: Believable
Example Sentence:
Hers is an incredible tale of triumph.

9. DESPICABLE (ADJECTIVE): (घृणित): Contemptible
Synonyms: Loathsome,Hateful
Antonyms: Admirable
Example Sentence:
What he did was a despicable crime.

10. ENRICH (VERB): (संपन्न बनाना): Enhance
Synonyms: Improve, Augment
Antonyms: Spoil
Example Sentence:
Her exposure to museums enriched her life in France.
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Synonym of Titanic

Deep
Huge
Disastrous
Attractive
(SSC CHSL 2024)
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5%
A
72%
B
16%
C
7%
D
Synonym of Fasten

Undo
Loosen
Bolt
Detach
(SSC CHSL 2024)
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7%
A
21%
B
60%
C
12%
D
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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41%
Rumble
13%
Treple
30%
Stummble
15%
Jumbble
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Find the correctly spelt word.
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10%
Advesary
24%
Adultary
57%
Advisory
9%
Arbitary
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♦️24 April 2025 Current Affairs in English & Hindi


  ➼  Recently, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched 'AI Careers for Women' in collaboration with Microsoft.
हाल ही में कौशल विकास एवं उद्यमिता मंत्रालय ने माइक्रोसॉफ्ट के साथ मिलकर 'महिलाओं के लिए एआई करियर' शुरू किया है।

  ➼  Recently Punjab state government has launched a Rs. 500 crore scheme to curb stubble burning.
हाल ही में पंजाब राज्य सरकार ने पराली जलाने पर रोक लगाने के लिए 500 करोड़ रुपये की योजना शुरू की है।

  ➼  Recently, the international steel event India Steel-2025 was organized in Mumbai.
हाल ही में मुंबई में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्टील कार्यक्रम इंडिया स्टील-2025 का आयोजन हुआ है।

  ➼  Recently Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated the operation of India's largest cruise terminal in Mumbai.
हाल ही में केंद्रीय मंत्री सर्बानंद सोनोवाल ने मुंबई में भारत के सबसे बड़े क्रूज़ टर्मिनल का परिचालन शुरू किया है।

  ➼  Recently, the Income Tax Department has made 1% TCS mandatory on the sale of luxury goods worth more than Rs 10 lakh.
हाल ही में आयकर विभाग ने 10 लाख से ज़्यादा कीमत वाले लग्जरी सामानों की बिक्री पर 1% TCS अनिवार्य कर दिया है।

  ➼  'English Language Day' is celebrated every year on 23 April.
प्रतिवर्ष 23 अप्रैल को 'अंग्रेजी भाषा दिवस' मनाया जाता है।

  ➼  Recently, for the first time, a human-like robot has participated in China's half-marathon.
हाल ही में चीन के हाफ-मैराथन में पहली बार मानवरूपी रोबोट शामिल हुआ है।

  ➼  Recently, Telangana has partnered with Japanese companies to set up an 'Eco Town' in Hyderabad.
हाल ही में तेलंगाना ने हैदराबाद में 'इको टाउन' स्थापित करने के लिए जापानी कंपनियों के साथ साझेदारी की है।

  ➼  'National Panchayati Raj Day' is celebrated on 24 April.
24 अप्रैल को 'राष्ट्रीय पंचायती राज दिवस' मनाया जाता है।

  ➼  Recently the Ministry of Health has started 'Fire Safety Week'.
हाल ही में स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय ने 'अग्नि सुरक्षा सप्ताह' की शुरुआत की है।

  ➼  Recently the Tripura State Government has inaugurated 'Garia and Borsho Boron Festival' 2025.
हाल ही में त्रिपुरा राज्य सरकार ने 'गरिया और बोरशो बोरोन उत्सव' 2025 का उद्धाटन किया है।

  ➼  In April 2025, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has been appointed as the Chairman of the 23rd Law Commission of India.
अप्रैल 2025 में, न्यायमूर्ति दिनेश माहेश्वरी को भारत के 23वें विधि आयोग का अध्यक्ष नियुक्त किया गया है।

  ➼  Recently 'Pink E-Rickshaw' scheme has been launched by the Maharashtra State Government.
हाल ही में महाराष्ट्र राज्य सरकार द्वारा 'पिंक ई-रिक्शा' योजना शुरू की गई है।
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Today's Vocab Word

Word - SPARSE adj.

Meaning - existing only in small amounts

Sentence - Rob spent Saturday in his garden, clearing out the sparse weeds.

Today's Idiom

Idiom - "A means to an end"

Meaning - something that is not joyful or important but is done in order to achieve something else

Sentence - His part time job was just a means to an end. He wanted to collect money for his coaching fees.
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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Wild goose chase

1. To do something pointless

2. To hunt wild animals

3. Going on world tour

4. Competing fiercely
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75%
A
10%
B
3%
C
12%
D
In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

To work like a dog

1. To work very slowly

2. Very moody

3. To work very hard

4. To work untimely
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7%
A
15%
B
55%
C
22%
D
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In the question given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.

A religious discourse

1. Preach

2. Stanza

3. Sanctum Sanctorum

4. Sermon
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17%
A
8%
B
46%
C
29%
D
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Directions Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Violation of the sanctity of the Church.

1. Infringement

2. Irreverence

3. Sacrilege

4. Ignorance
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21%
A
12%
B
66%
C
1%
D
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error.

Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Handicrafts are / export from India / to several / European countries.

A. export from India

B. to several

C. Handicrafts are

D. European countries
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