Contextual Vocabulary from News

Determine the contextual meaning of highlighted words in news passages (Easy)

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Implication

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Outgrowth
  2. Impression
  3. After-effects
  4. Depression
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Recession

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Price rise
  2. Break
  3. Slowdown
  4. Strike
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Prolonged

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Delayed
  2. Organized
  3. Immediate
  4. Extended
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Accomplishing

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Achieving
  2. Performing
  3. Abandoning
  4. Restricting
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ambitious

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Aggressive
  2. Demanding
  3. Scheming
  4. Aspiring
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Threatening

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Warning
  2. Harming
  3. Stressing
  4. Helping
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Target

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Goal
  2. Estimate
  3. Prediction
  4. Intention
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Trend

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Instruction
  2. Objective
  3. Opinion
  4. Tendency
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Automotive

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Mobike
  2. Car
  3. Vehicle
  4. Truck
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Clergy

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The apex clergy of the Sikh community and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) appeared to have stirred up another controversy on Wednesday as they once again honoured the assassins of the former Army Chief, General A.S. Vaidya, at Akal Takht in Amritsar.

  1. Clerics
  2. Administrators
  3. Saints
  4. Bureaucrats
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Stirred

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The apex clergy of the Sikh community and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) appeared to have stirred up another controversy on Wednesday as they once again honoured the assassins of the former Army Chief, General A.S. Vaidya, at Akal Takht in Amritsar.

  1. Roused
  2. Changed
  3. Settled
  4. Mixed
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Controversy

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The apex clergy of the Sikh community and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) appeared to have stirred up another controversy on Wednesday as they once again honoured the assassins of the former Army Chief, General A.S. Vaidya, at Akal Takht in Amritsar.

  1. Dispute
  2. Evidence
  3. Defence
  4. Coordination
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Apex

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The apex clergy of the Sikh community and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) appeared to have stirred up another controversy on Wednesday as they once again honoured the assassins of the former Army Chief, General A.S. Vaidya, at Akal Takht in Amritsar.

  1. Reporting
  2. Supreme
  3. Spiritual
  4. Permanent
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assassins

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The apex clergy of the Sikh community and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) appeared to have stirred up another controversy on Wednesday as they once again honoured the assassins of the former Army Chief, General A.S. Vaidya, at Akal Takht in Amritsar.

  1. Relatives
  2. Killers
  3. Enemies
  4. Friends
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Turnover

Directions: Some words in the news item below have been highlighted. Select the best contextual meaning of the related words.

The prolonged recession in the automotive market is threatening to have a long-term implication on the automotive industry’s ambitious target of achieving a turnover of $145 billion by 2016 under the Automotive Mission Plan.
Revising its sales target for FY-13 downwards to 1-3% from 9-11% earlier, the automotive industry body Society of Automobile Manufacturers Association (SIAM) on Wednesday said, that the target of $145 billion may be missed by 20-25% at the current growth rate levels. “if this current trend continues, then we will miss the AMP target of accomplishing an annual turnover of USD 145 billion from auto and auto-component manufacturers by 2016,” said SIAM president S Sandilya.

  1. Turning of events
  2. Starting a new business
  3. Revenue generated in business
  4. Turning to the other side