Daily Vocabulary Test – 08 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. In the context of the Taj Mahal dispute, what does the word “figment” refer to?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. A thing that exists only in one’s imagination
💡 Explanation: A figment is defined as a thing someone believes to be real but exists only in their imagination.
2. If a civil suit is described as “vexatious”, it means it is:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Instituted without sufficient grounds and serves only to cause annoyance
💡 Explanation: “Vexatious” means lacking sufficient grounds and causing frustration or worry.
3. What is the defining characteristic of “hypercapitalism”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. An extreme form of capitalism with unfettered markets and disproportionate corporate power
💡 Explanation: Hypercapitalism is characterized by intense commodification and unrestrained free markets.
4. The term “stewardship” in relation to monuments implies:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The job of supervising or taking care of the property
💡 Explanation: Stewardship refers to the management, care, or administration of an organization or property.
5. If falling energy intensity “augurs well for” the economy, it means it:
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Is a sign of good things to come
💡 Explanation: “Augur well for” means to be a sign of good things to come; to promise well.
6. To “re-litigate” a claim means to:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Litigate a legal case or dispute again
💡 Explanation: Re-litigate means to reopen a settled legal matter or dispute again.
7. Finding the “sweet spot” in India’s cooperative sector implies finding:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. An optimum point or perfect balance
💡 Explanation: A sweet spot represents an ideal situation or optimal position of balance.
8. Transforming cooperative societies into “multifaceted” institutions means they become:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Complex, intricate, and all-round
💡 Explanation: Multifaceted describes something that has many sides or is complex and all-round.
9. “Ostensibly” objective surveys refers to surveys that are:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Apparently or seemingly objective
💡 Explanation: Ostensibly means apparently, seemingly, or outwardly, but perhaps not actually.
10. “Provisional” estimates of GDP refer to estimates that are:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Temporary, interim, or short-term
💡 Explanation: Provisional means arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.
11. A “hyper-scaler” in the global economy is typically:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. A massive company like a large cloud service provider or tech giant
💡 Explanation: Hyper-scalers are massive tech entities that dominate markets through immense scale.
12. What does “capacity building” entail?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The development and strengthening of human and institutional resources
💡 Explanation: It refers to skill development and capability enhancement within organizations or communities.
13. Claims rooted in “pseudohistory” attempt to:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Distort or misrepresent the historical record
💡 Explanation: Pseudohistory employs methods resembling legitimate research to misrepresent the past.
14. What is the function of a GDP “deflator”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. To remove the effect of inflation for a measure of real changes
💡 Explanation: A deflator is a statistical factor used to adjust economic output by removing inflation effects.
15. The term “frivolous” when applied to legal claims means they are:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Having no legal basis and lacking in seriousness
💡 Explanation: A frivolous claim is pointless, senseless, and lacks any solid legal basis.
SECTION B/10: SYNONYMS
16. Choose the closest synonym for “mitigate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Alleviate
💡 Explanation: Mitigate means to alleviate, reduce, diminish, or lessen the severity of something.
17. Choose the closest synonym for “harness”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Utilize
💡 Explanation: To harness means to utilize, use, or make use of a potential resource.
18. Choose the closest synonym for “conceal”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Obscure
💡 Explanation: Conceal means to hide, keep secret, cover up, or obscure.
19. Choose the closest synonym for “disproportionately”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Unequally
💡 Explanation: Disproportionately means excessively, unreasonably, unequally, or unevenly.
20. Choose the closest synonym for “deterioration”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Degradation
💡 Explanation: Deterioration refers to decline, collapse, worsening, or degradation.
21. Choose the closest synonym for “allege”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Assert
💡 Explanation: Allege means to claim, assert, state, or charge.
22. Choose the closest synonym for “consolidation”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Unification
💡 Explanation: Consolidation means merging, combination, integration, or unification.
23. Choose the closest synonym for “speculative”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Unproven
💡 Explanation: Speculative implies being based on conjecture rather than knowledge; theoretical, hypothetical, unproven.
24. Choose the closest synonym for “augment”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Expand
💡 Explanation: Augment means to increase, add to, expand, or boost.
25. Choose the closest synonym for “coherence”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Consistency
💡 Explanation: Coherence refers to consistency, logic, clarity, or unity.
SECTION C/10: ANTONYMS
26. Choose the opposite of “undesirable”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Pleasant
💡 Explanation: Undesirable means unpleasant or unwanted. Pleasant is its direct opposite.
27. Choose the opposite of “fragmented”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Unified
💡 Explanation: Fragmented means divided or broken. Unified is the exact opposite.
28. Choose the opposite of “sustain”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Discontinue
💡 Explanation: Sustain means to maintain or continue. Discontinue means to stop.
29. Choose the opposite of “frivolous”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Serious
💡 Explanation: Frivolous implies lacking in seriousness or sense. Serious is the antonym.
30. Choose the opposite of “vulnerable”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Secure
💡 Explanation: Vulnerable means at risk or exposed. Secure implies protection and safety.
31. Choose the opposite of “decentralisation”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Centralization
💡 Explanation: Decentralisation distributes power locally; centralization brings power to a single authority.
32. Choose the opposite of “deficit”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Surplus
💡 Explanation: A deficit is a shortfall in amount; surplus denotes an excess or abundance.
33. Choose the opposite of “adverse”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Favorable
💡 Explanation: Adverse means harmful or bad. Favorable means beneficial or positive.
34. Choose the opposite of “outright”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Partially
💡 Explanation: Outright means completely or wholly. Partially means to a limited extent.
35. Choose the opposite of “objective”.
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Biased
💡 Explanation: Objective means impartial or neutral. Biased refers to prejudice or subjectivity.
SECTION D/10: IDIOMS & PHRASES
36. What does it mean to “draw a line”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. To set a limit or distinguish between two things
💡 Explanation: To draw a line means to set a clear boundary or limit between concepts.
37. If you “waste one’s time”, you are:
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Doing something useless or squandering time
💡 Explanation: Wasting one’s time means idling away time on unnecessary activities.
38. A policy that is “in the making” is:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. In the process of being created or developing
💡 Explanation: The phrase denotes something that is emerging, budding, or currently developing.
39. To “bank on” something means to:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Rely on, depend on, or trust in it
💡 Explanation: “Bank on” is a phrasal verb meaning to count on or trust in.
40. What is the meaning of the phrase “put in place”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. To establish, set up, or institute
💡 Explanation: “Put in place” means to create, set up, or formally establish infrastructure or rules.
SECTION E/10: ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
41. A lawsuit filed by a private person or entity to protect private rights or resolve disputes:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Civil suit
💡 Explanation: A civil suit is a legal action involving private disputes rather than criminal charges.
42. The transfer of control of an activity or organization to several local offices or authorities rather than one single one:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Decentralisation
💡 Explanation: Decentralisation is the devolution or distribution of power away from a central body.
43. The worldwide spread of a new disease affecting a large number of people across a wide area:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Pandemic
💡 Explanation: A pandemic occurs when an illness spreads globally across a wide area.
44. A temporary agreement to stop fighting:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Truce
💡 Explanation: A truce is a ceasefire, armistice, or suspension of hostilities.
45. A measure of the energy inefficiency of an economy, calculated as units of energy per unit of GDP:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Energy intensity
💡 Explanation: Energy intensity serves as an economic metric for measuring energy use relative to GDP.
SECTION F/10: FILL IN THE BLANKS
46. Courts should not waste their time in examining ______.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. figments
💡 Explanation: According to the editorial title/subtitle, courts shouldn’t examine figments (illusions/inventions).
47. India’s cooperative sector can ______ a worker-centric model of development.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. serve as
💡 Explanation: “Serve as” implies functioning or working as a worker-centric model.
48. The legal position aside, the matter is both frivolous and ______.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. vexatious
💡 Explanation: The article explicitly notes the legal matter is considered frivolous and vexatious.
49. Changing ______ present opportunities and challenges for the economy.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. dynamics
💡 Explanation: Changing dynamics (forces or mechanisms) presents new economic challenges and opportunities.
50. The idea today that the Taj Mahal was ‘originally’ a Hindu temple is ______ with the late 20th century writings.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. associated
💡 Explanation: The concept is “associated” (linked) with the writings of a specific pseudohistorian.
51. Corruption and inefficiency ______ the potential of India’s cooperative sector.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. eroded
💡 Explanation: Inefficiency and corruption undermine or “erode” the cooperative sector’s potential.
52. There is a need to further ______ sources of imported crude.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. diversify
💡 Explanation: To reduce reliance, the strategy relies on diversifying (varying) crude oil sources.
53. Courts are ______ to reject pleadings that disclose no sustainable cause of action.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. empowered
💡 Explanation: Courts hold the authority or are “empowered” to dismiss baseless cases.
54. No archaeological study has produced evidence of a medieval Hindu temple ______ the Taj.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. beneath
💡 Explanation: The sentence directly asserts that no evidence exists “beneath” (underneath) the monument.
55. The government should ______ its fertilizer reserves and reserves for other critical primary commodities.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. shore up
💡 Explanation: “Shore up” is a phrasal verb meaning to support, assist, or bolster reserves.
SECTION G/10: WORD FORMATION
56. What is the noun form of the verb “stabilise”?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Stabilisation
💡 Explanation: Stabilisation (or stabilization) refers to the process of becoming stable or secure.
57. Which of the following is the adjective form of the noun “coherence”?
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Coherent
💡 Explanation: Coherent is the adjective representing consistency, logic, or clarity.
58. Select the correct noun form for the verb “transform”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Transformation
💡 Explanation: Transformation is the noun denoting a thorough or dramatic change.
59. Identify the adjective form of the word “speculate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Speculative
💡 Explanation: Speculative is an adjective meaning based on conjecture rather than knowledge.
60. What is the adverb form associated with “proportionate”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Disproportionately
💡 Explanation: Disproportionately is the adverb form indicating an excessive or unequal manner.
SECTION H/10: SPOTTING THE ERROR
61. Spot the error in the sentence: “Professional historians and archaeologists have repeatedly reject his claims because they bank on speculative arguments.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. have repeatedly reject his claims
💡 Explanation: The present perfect tense requires the past participle “rejected” instead of the base form “reject”.
62. Spot the error in the sentence: “The government should be able to realise its budgeted estimate absorbing the adversely revenue impact of excise duty cuts.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. absorbing the adversely revenue impact
💡 Explanation: The word “revenue impact” requires an adjective modifier, making “adverse” correct, not the adverb “adversely”.
63. Spot the error in the sentence: “Cooperatives, by their very characters, are relatively small-scale and fragmented.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. very characters, are
💡 Explanation: The correct fixed phrasing is “by their very character”, referring to inherent nature in the singular.
64. Spot the error in the sentence: “The combination of El Niño and fertilizer shortages poses an potential risk to India’s agricultural output.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. poses an potential risk
💡 Explanation: The article “a” must precede a consonant sound. It should be “a potential risk”.
65. Spot the error in the sentence: “Equally, civil procedure should not tolerating re-litigating claims lacking any real evidentiary foundation.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. should not tolerating
💡 Explanation: Modal auxiliary “should” is followed by the base verb form, “tolerate”, not the gerund “tolerating”.
66. Spot the error in the sentence: “The Ministry aims to transforming the cooperative landscape by bringing policy coherence.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. to transforming the
💡 Explanation: The infinitive form “to transform” must be used, not “to transforming”.
67. Spot the error in the sentence: “The volume of domestic production of crude oil has fall over time to 26 million metric tons.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. has fall over time
💡 Explanation: The present perfect requires the past participle “fallen” rather than the present tense “fall”.
68. Spot the error in the sentence: “Repeated attempts to redefine its identity can also muddles international perceptions of India’s stewardship.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. muddles international perceptions
💡 Explanation: The modal “can” must be followed by a base verb. It should be “muddle”, not “muddles”.
69. Spot the error in the sentence: “All major monuments accumulates materials of additions and alterations over time.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. accumulates materials of
💡 Explanation: The plural subject “monuments” takes the plural verb “accumulate”, without the ‘s’.
70. Spot the error in the sentence: “India can develop its cooperative sector as a globally model.”
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✓ Correct Answer: D. as a globally model.
💡 Explanation: The noun “model” should be modified by the adjective “global”, not the adverb “globally”.
SECTION I/10: SPELLING TEST
71. Identify the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. pseudohistory
💡 Explanation: Pseudohistory refers to distorted historical records masquerading as legitimate research.
72. Identify the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. archaeologist
💡 Explanation: Archaeologist is the correct spelling for a person who studies prehistory via excavation.
73. Identify the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. multifaceted
💡 Explanation: Multifaceted correctly describes something intricate, complex, or all-round.
74. Identify the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. hypercompetitive
💡 Explanation: Hypercompetitive implies being extremely or fiercely contested.
75. Identify the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. inefficiency
💡 Explanation: Inefficiency correctly describes incompetence or unproductiveness.
SECTION J/10: CLOZE TEST
Directions: Read the passage based on the supplied editorials and fill in the blanks with the correct options.
The Ministry has (76) ______ new national-level multi-State cooperative societies, (77) ______ market access for members and (78) ______ cooperative value chains from production to global markets. Cooperative (79) ______ are being encouraged to grow and compete, and a National Cooperation Policy is (80) ______.
76. Choose the correct word for blank (76).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. facilitated
💡 Explanation: “Facilitated” matches the context of enabling or assisting the setup of new societies.
77. Choose the correct word for blank (77).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. expanding
💡 Explanation: The sentence discusses broadening opportunities, making “expanding” the appropriate verb for market access.
78. Choose the correct word for blank (78).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. strengthening
💡 Explanation: “Strengthening” means fortifying or consolidating cooperative value chains.
79. Choose the correct word for blank (79).
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✓ Correct Answer: C. enterprises
💡 Explanation: “Enterprises” refers to businesses or ventures being encouraged to grow.
80. Choose the correct phrase for blank (80).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. in the making
💡 Explanation: “In the making” is a phrase indicating the policy is currently in the process of being developed.
Test Completed
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