Daily Vocabulary Test – 07 July 2026
✓ Editorials Covered: 3
✓ Total Questions: 80
✓ Difficulty: Moderate–Advanced
✓ Estimated Time: 45 Minutes
Covers:
✓ Vocabulary MCQs
✓ Synonyms
✓ Antonyms
✓ Idioms & Phrases
✓ One Word Substitution
✓ Fill in the Blanks
✓ Word Formation
✓ Spotting the Error
✓ Spelling Test
✓ Cloze Test
Start Test ↓
SECTION A/10: VOCABULARY MASTERY
1. Based on the article, what is the meaning of the word “statutory right”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. A legal right granted by a local or national government through a law
💡 Explanation: The list defines statutory right as a legal right granted by a government through a statute or law.
2. In the context of the editorials, what does “jurisprudence” refer to?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Legal philosophy and the body of laws
💡 Explanation: Jurisprudence is defined as legal philosophy, legal theory, body of laws, and legal principles.
3. Choose the most appropriate definition for the word “urbanisation”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The process of making an area more urban
💡 Explanation: Urbanisation refers to the process of making an area more urban, town planning, or city development.
4. What does the word “infrastructure” denote in the context of the provided text?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The basic physical and organizational structures needed for society
💡 Explanation: Infrastructure refers to the basic physical structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society.
5. Which of the following best describes the word “erraticity”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Unpredictability and irregularity
💡 Explanation: Erraticity means unpredictability, instability, irregularity, or inconsistency.
6. Select the correct meaning for the word “concession”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Compromise, adjustment, or yielding
💡 Explanation: Concession refers to a compromise, adjustment, acceptance, or yielding.
7. In the given text, what does an “invasion” refer to?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. A military attack by one country’s forces entering another’s territory
💡 Explanation: Invasion is defined as a military attack, incursion, offensive, or onslaught into another country’s territory.
8. What is the meaning of “blockade”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. The isolation of a place by blocking access
💡 Explanation: Blockade means the isolation of a place by blocking access, especially militarily.
9. Which option correctly defines “antecedent”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. History, background, or past record
💡 Explanation: Antecedent refers to history, background, record, or past.
10. According to the list, what does “vulnerability” mean?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Weakness, susceptibility, and defenselessness
💡 Explanation: Vulnerability is defined as weakness, susceptibility, defenselessness, frailty, or exposure.
11. What is the definition of “casualty” as used in the article?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. People killed or injured in a war or accident
💡 Explanation: Casualty refers to people killed or injured in a war or accident; loss, fatality, or victim.
12. How is “redundancy” defined in the provided vocabulary?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. The inclusion of extra components as a backup
💡 Explanation: Redundancy refers to including extra components that are not strictly necessary but act as a backup in case of failure.
13. The word “sovereignty” implies:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Supremacy, supreme power, and autonomy
💡 Explanation: Sovereignty refers to supremacy, supreme power, authority, and autonomy.
14. What does “merely” signify in the context of the editorials?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Only, simply, just
💡 Explanation: Merely is used as an adverb meaning only, simply, just, or purely.
15. What does the word “paradoxically” mean?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. In a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory way
💡 Explanation: Paradoxically means acting in a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory way; surprisingly or ironically.
SECTION B/10: SYNONYMS
16. Choose the synonym for “reconcile”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Harmonize
💡 Explanation: Reconcile means to harmonize, resolve, settle, or balance.
17. Choose the synonym for “transform”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Alter
💡 Explanation: Transform means to change, alter, modify, or convert.
18. Choose the synonym for “overwhelm”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Inundate
💡 Explanation: Overwhelm means to overload, swamp, engulf, inundate, flood, or overrun.
19. Choose the synonym for “disruptive”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Unsettling
💡 Explanation: Disruptive means causing problems, interrupting, disturbing, troublesome, or unsettling.
20. Choose the synonym for “mobilise”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Rally
💡 Explanation: Mobilise means to assemble, marshal, organize, or rally.
21. Choose the synonym for “reinforce”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Fortify
💡 Explanation: Reinforce means to strengthen, fortify, bolster, or toughen.
22. Choose the synonym for “indispensable”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Crucial
💡 Explanation: Indispensable means essential, crucial, necessary, or vital.
23. Choose the synonym for “legitimacy”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Authenticity
💡 Explanation: Legitimacy refers to validity, lawfulness, legality, or authenticity.
24. Choose the synonym for “volatile”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Explosive
💡 Explanation: Volatile means unpredictable, unstable, explosive, or tense.
25. Choose the synonym for “accommodative”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Conciliatory
💡 Explanation: Accommodative means willing to adjust or compromise; conciliatory or flexible.
SECTION C/10: ANTONYMS
26. Choose the antonym for “passive”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Active
💡 Explanation: Passive means inactive or non-participatory. Its antonym is active (engaging, operative).
27. Choose the antonym for “defensive”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Offensive
💡 Explanation: Defensive means protecting. Its antonym is offensive (attacking, aggressive).
28. Choose the antonym for “gradually”.
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Immediate
💡 Explanation: Gradually means slowly or step by step. Immediate means instant or prompt.
29. Choose the antonym for “incomplete”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Absolute
💡 Explanation: Incomplete means unfinished. Absolute means complete, total, unconditional.
30. Choose the antonym for “worsen”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Upgrade
💡 Explanation: Worsen means to decline or deteriorate. Upgrade means an improvement or enhancement.
31. Choose the antonym for “suspend”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Launch
💡 Explanation: Suspend means to stop or pause. Launch means to begin, start, or initiate.
32. Choose the antonym for “concede”.
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Resist
💡 Explanation: Concede means surrender or give up. Resist means to withstand, combat, or oppose.
33. Choose the antonym for “narrow”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Sweeping
💡 Explanation: Narrow means limited or restricted. Sweeping means comprehensive, extensive, and broad.
34. Choose the antonym for “orderly”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Haphazard
💡 Explanation: Orderly means organized and systematic. Haphazard means random, chaotic, and unsystematic.
35. Choose the antonym for “lack”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Redundancy
💡 Explanation: Lack implies an absence or shortage. Redundancy signifies an excess or inclusion of extra components.
SECTION D/10: IDIOMS & PHRASES
36. What is the meaning of the phrase “take the lives of”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Kill, result in death, cause to die
💡 Explanation: “Take the lives of” means to kill, result in death, or cause to die.
37. What does the phrase “find ways” mean?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Discover methods, figure out, contrive
💡 Explanation: “Find ways” means to discover methods, figure out, contrive, or come up with solutions.
38. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb “drag on”?
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Persist, continue, linger, stretch out
💡 Explanation: “Drag on” means to persist, continue, linger, or stretch out over time.
39. What does the phrasal verb “knock out” mean?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Destroy, disable, eliminate, wipe out
💡 Explanation: “Knock out” means to destroy, disable, eliminate, or wipe out.
40. What is the meaning of the phrase “lose ground”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Retreat, fall back, suffer defeat, lose advantage
💡 Explanation: “Lose ground” means to retreat, fall back, suffer defeat, or lose advantage.
SECTION E/10: ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
41. A right or protection explicitly provided and secured by the Constitution is known as:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Constitutional guarantee
💡 Explanation: A constitutional guarantee is a right or protection explicitly provided and secured by the Constitution.
42. The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land is termed as:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Run-off
💡 Explanation: Run-off refers to the draining away of water from the surface of an area of land; overflow.
43. The maximum amount or load that an infrastructure framework can safely handle is called:
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✓ Correct Answer: D. System capacity
💡 Explanation: System capacity is the maximum amount or load that an infrastructure framework can safely handle.
44. A situation of national danger or disaster in which a government suspends normal constitutional procedures is a:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. State of emergency
💡 Explanation: A state of emergency occurs when a government suspends normal procedures due to national danger or disaster.
45. A setting or forum where formal discussions and compromises take place to resolve a conflict is a:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Negotiating table
💡 Explanation: A negotiating table is a forum where formal discussions and compromises take place to resolve a conflict.
SECTION F/10: FILL IN THE BLANKS
46. “In India, voting cannot remain merely a __________ right.”
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✓ Correct Answer: A. statutory
💡 Explanation: As per the editorial title, voting cannot remain merely a statutory right.
47. “The result is a curious __________ : while the act of voting itself continues to be described as statutory, many of its essential facets have already acquired constitutional protection.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. paradox
💡 Explanation: The context discusses a contradiction, which is described as a “curious paradox” in the text.
48. “Urbanisation in Mumbai is __________ faster than its infrastructure upgrades.”
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✓ Correct Answer: A. evolving
💡 Explanation: The article explicitly states that urbanisation is “evolving” faster than infrastructure upgrades.
49. “Heavy rainfall also __________ river catchments in parts of Maharashtra, including around Nashik…”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. overwhelmed
💡 Explanation: Heavy rainfall caused rivers to flood, which is contextually defined as having “overwhelmed” the catchments.
50. “Russia and Ukraine must end the war and __________ mutual concessions.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. concede
💡 Explanation: From the editorial title: they must end the war and “concede” mutual concessions.
51. “More than four years into Russia’s __________ , Ukraine has found ways to raise the cost of the war for the Kremlin.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. invasion
💡 Explanation: The military attack by Russia is referred to as an “invasion” in the passage.
52. “Parliament, therefore, enjoys considerable __________ in prescribing qualifications, disqualifications and procedures governing elections.”
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✓ Correct Answer: A. latitude
💡 Explanation: Latitude means freedom or leeway, which Parliament enjoys in this context.
53. “This produces an extraordinary constitutional __________ . The Court has effectively held that the right to know is fundamental…”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. anomaly
💡 Explanation: Anomaly means irregularity or oddity, which perfectly describes the extraordinary constitutional situation.
54. “Ukraine’s economy has become heavily __________ on western aid.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. dependent
💡 Explanation: The phrase “dependent on” means conditional upon or sustained by western aid.
55. “Neither side has a __________ military path to achieving its objectives.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. viable
💡 Explanation: Viable means feasible, workable, or practical military path.
SECTION G/10: WORD FORMATION
56. What is the noun form of the verb “recognise”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Recognition
💡 Explanation: “Recognition” is the noun form indicating acknowledgment or acceptance.
57. Which of the following is the adjective form of “democracy”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Democratic
💡 Explanation: “Democratic” is the adjective form of democracy.
58. Choose the correct noun form of the word “vulnerable”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Vulnerability
💡 Explanation: “Vulnerability” is the noun signifying weakness or defenselessness, as found in the word list.
59. What is the adjective form of the verb “defend” used in the text?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Defensive
💡 Explanation: “Defensive” is the adjective meaning protecting or safeguarding, included in the list.
60. Select the noun form of the word “legitimate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Legitimacy
💡 Explanation: “Legitimacy” is the noun form indicating validity or lawfulness.
SECTION H/10: SPOTTING THE ERROR
61. Spot the error in the sentence: “The southwest monsoon has been highly active over western India, with southwesterly winds loaded by moisture sweeping over the Western Ghats.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. loaded by moisture sweeping
💡 Explanation: It should be “loaded with” moisture instead of “loaded by”.
62. Spot the error in the sentence: “In a democracy, what could be more fundamental then a citizen’s right to choose those who govern?”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. more fundamental then
💡 Explanation: The comparative word should be “than”, not “then”.
63. Spot the error in the sentence: “Many of these works remains incomplete while some completed upgrades are based on assumptions.”
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Many of these works remains
💡 Explanation: “Works” is plural, so the verb must be plural: “remain” instead of “remains”.
64. Spot the error in the sentence: “Russia have repeatedly accused NATO countries of enabling Ukraine to strike deep inside its territory.”
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Russia have repeatedly accused
💡 Explanation: “Russia” is a singular subject and requires a singular verb: “has”, not “have”.
65. Spot the error in the sentence: “Mr. Putin is already under pressures over his inability to secure a decisive victory.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. under pressures over his inability
💡 Explanation: The correct idiom is “under pressure”, not plural “pressures”.
66. Spot the error in the sentence: “The right not to vote enjoy constitutional protection.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. to vote enjoy
💡 Explanation: The singular subject “right” takes the singular verb “enjoys”.
67. Spot the error in the sentence: “The traditional position date back to N.P. Ponnuswami vs Returning Officer (1952).”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. date back to
💡 Explanation: “position” is singular; the verb should be “dates back”.
68. Spot the error in the sentence: “While democracy form part of the basic structure, the individual right to vote flows from legislation.”
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✓ Correct Answer: A. While democracy form part
💡 Explanation: “Democracy” is singular; the verb should be “forms”, not “form”.
69. Spot the error in the sentence: “Both sides has suffered tens of thousands of casualties.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. has suffered tens of
💡 Explanation: “Both sides” is plural, so it should be “have suffered”, not “has”.
70. Spot the error in the sentence: “Mr. Zelenskyy wants to use this offensive pressure to forced Mr. Putin to the negotiating table.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. to forced Mr. Putin
💡 Explanation: The infinitive form is “to force” (base verb), not “to forced”.
SECTION I/10: SPELLING TEST
71. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. jurisprudence
💡 Explanation: Jurisprudence refers to legal philosophy or the body of laws.
72. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. inconceivable
💡 Explanation: Inconceivable means unbelievable, unimaginable, or impossible.
73. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. vulnerability
💡 Explanation: Vulnerability is the correct spelling, meaning weakness or susceptibility.
74. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. accommodative
💡 Explanation: Accommodative is the correct spelling, meaning willing to adjust or compromise.
75. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. sovereignty
💡 Explanation: Sovereignty is the correct spelling, meaning supremacy or supreme power.
SECTION J/10: CLOZE TEST
Directions: Read the passage below and fill in the blanks (76-80) with the correct words from the options provided.
Beginning in the early years of this century, the Court (76) _____ upon a process of constitutionalising the electoral process. In Union of India vs Association for Democratic Reforms (2002), the Court held that voters have a right to know the criminal (77) _____, educational qualifications and financial assets of candidates. This right was located (78) _____ in Article 19(1)(a), the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression. The Court (79) _____ that meaningful (80) _____ in democracy is impossible unless voters are adequately informed.
76. Choose the correct word for blank (76).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. embarked
💡 Explanation: The phrase is “embarked upon”, meaning to begin or commence.
77. Choose the correct word for blank (77).
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✓ Correct Answer: C. antecedents
💡 Explanation: Antecedents refers to a person’s history or background record.
78. Choose the correct word for blank (78).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. squarely
💡 Explanation: Squarely means exactly, precisely, or directly.
79. Choose the correct word for blank (79).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. reasoned
💡 Explanation: Reasoned means to conclude, deduce, or argue logically.
80. Choose the correct word for blank (80).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. participation
💡 Explanation: Participation means involvement, engagement, or taking part.
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