English Language

Vocabulary and Synonyms

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Vocabulary and synonyms are essential components of English language sections across competitive exams. This topic tests word associations, context meanings, and precise vocabulary skills. Regular practice helps test takers score higher in SSC, banking, and railway recruitment tests.

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Vocabulary and Synonyms Questions

Multiple choice

He was cleverer than diligent; his will was strong; his activities were marked with a reckless audacity.

  1. He was cleverer than diligent; his will was strong

  2. He was cleverer than diligent; his will was stronger

  3. He was more clever than diligent; his will was strong

  4. He was more clever than diligent; his will was stronger

  5. He was cleverer than he was diligent; his will was strong
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When we compare two qualities of the same person, we have to use the comparative 'more' rather than the comparative form of the adjective.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence or a paragraph with one italicized and underlined word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the sentence/ paragraph.

They damned themselves to the chronic anxiety of a mountie, fearing exposure, when they took upon themselves the roles of enlightened leaders, knowing fully well that their knowledge rested on nothing but haze.

  1. sophist

  2. recluse

  3. con man

  4. cynic
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The hint for the answer rests in the latter part of the sentence. “They took themselves the role ………haze”. 'Sophist' refers to philosopher and is not related to the context, hence eliminated. Recluse' refers to a 'monk', and cynic does not fit. 'Beatniks' refers to hippies, also eliminated.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence or a paragraph with one italicized and underlined word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the sentence/ paragraph.

To live by the work of intellect, to stand on nothing but the merit of one's ideas and to rely on nothing but objective pother, is a task that only a man on the conceptual level of psycho-epistemology can fulfill.

  1. hypothesis

  2. deceit

  3. appraisal

  4. axioms

  5. truth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Let’s relate each option with the given blank. Which task is impossible to be fulfilled? Hypothesis, deceit, appraisal? No, they are very easy, so eliminated. Axioms are not related as axioms refer to pithy sayings. Speaking the objective truth eminently fits in with the positive ‘intellect’ and ‘merit’

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question has a sentence or a paragraph with one italicized and underlined word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the sentence/ paragraph.

They could not tell why dread seemed to be vanishing from people's voices and from the streets, nor why an enormous barmy was suddenly sweeping the world.

  1. philosophy

  2. exultation

  3. global perspective

  4. piety

  5. fear psychosis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Dread' was vanishing, so 'fear' would not sweep the world, 'Piety' refers to holy devotions, which is also not related.  (4) and (5) are eliminated. Is this philosophy? No, (1) is also eliminated. 'Exultation' refers to 'Jubilation' and that is exactly what would sweep the world after 'fear' vanishes.