Daily Vocabulary Test – 11 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 global security, what does a “data retreat” refer to?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. A decline or reduction in recorded statistical data
💡 Explanation: A “data retreat” denotes a numerical drop, statistical decline, or quantitative reduction in recorded incidents.
2. How is a “wicked” problem defined in the context of the social media regulation editorial?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Highly complex, intractable, and involving interconnected factors
💡 Explanation: A “wicked” problem in policy terms means something thorny, highly complex, and difficult to solve.
3. What does “gender parity” mean in the educational framework?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Equal access, representation, and treatment for both men and women
💡 Explanation: Gender parity refers to equality of the sexes, gender balance, and equal representation.
4. What characterizes an “echo-chamber” in digital literacy discussions?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. An environment where a person only encounters information reflecting their own opinions
💡 Explanation: An echo-chamber is a silo, bubble, or closed network that reinforces a user’s pre-existing views.
5. What does the term “STEM” stand for?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
💡 Explanation: STEM is the widely used educational acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
6. If a threat is “asymmetric”, it means the conflict is:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Uneven, unequal, or disproportionate between the parties involved
💡 Explanation: Asymmetric warfare refers to a conflict where the military power, strategy, or tactics of the opponents are fundamentally unequal.
7. A “patriarchal” society is one that is:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Controlled or populated mainly by men
💡 Explanation: Patriarchal relates to a society or system heavily controlled or dominated by men.
8. What does “content moderation” refer to on social media?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The process of reviewing user-generated content to ensure it complies with platform rules
💡 Explanation: Content moderation is the regulation, filtering, and screening of online posts.
9. What does the acronym “PLFS” stand for in the context of employment statistics?
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Periodic Labour Force Survey
💡 Explanation: The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) estimates employment and unemployment indicators in India.
10. An adversary that is “adaptive” is:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Flexible, versatile, and accommodating
💡 Explanation: Adaptive describes something capable of adjusting to new conditions or environments.
11. A “vulnerability” is best described as:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. A state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed
💡 Explanation: Vulnerability means susceptibility, weakness, or defenselessness.
12. What does “subconsciously” imply about an action or belief?
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✓ Correct Answer: B. It is influenced by the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware
💡 Explanation: To act subconsciously means acting unthinkingly, instinctively, or unintentionally.
13. The “Sahel region” is specifically known as:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. The transitional African realm between the Sahara and Sudanian savanna, noted for extremist violence
💡 Explanation: The Sahel region is a distinct biogeographic transition zone in Africa known for geopolitical volatility.
14. What does it mean if a terror organization is “transnational”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. It extends or operates across national boundaries
💡 Explanation: Transnational means operating globally, crossing national borders, or acting internationally.
15. “Cyber-bullying” is defined as:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Using electronic communication to send intimidating or threatening messages
💡 Explanation: Cyber-bullying refers to online harassment, digital bullying, or internet trolling.
SECTION B/10: SYNONYMS
16. Choose the closest synonym for “stoke”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Incite
💡 Explanation: To stoke means to fuel, encourage, provoke, or incite an emotion or action.
17. Choose the closest synonym for “surpass”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Exceed
💡 Explanation: Surpass means to outdo, outstrip, transcend, or exceed.
18. Choose the closest synonym for “confront”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Tackle
💡 Explanation: To confront means to face, deal with, encounter, challenge, or tackle.
19. Choose the closest synonym for “augur”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Portend
💡 Explanation: To augur means to bode, herald, signal, or portend something in the future.
20. Choose the closest synonym for “eradicate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Obliterate
💡 Explanation: Eradicate means to destroy completely, eliminate, wipe out, or obliterate.
21. Choose the closest synonym for “profound”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Intense
💡 Explanation: Profound means very great, severe, deep, or intense.
22. Choose the closest synonym for “advocacy”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Championing
💡 Explanation: Advocacy refers to public support, backing, promotion, or championing a cause.
23. Choose the closest synonym for “cluster”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Assemble
💡 Explanation: To cluster means to group together, gather, collect, or assemble.
24. Choose the closest synonym for “thrive”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Flourish
💡 Explanation: Thrive means to prosper, bloom, burgeon, or flourish.
25. Choose the closest synonym for “mull”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Deliberate
💡 Explanation: To mull means to think deeply about something; consider, contemplate, ponder, or deliberate.
SECTION C/10: ANTONYMS
26. Choose the antonym for “narrow” (verb).
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Widen
💡 Explanation: To narrow means to become smaller or reduce. To widen or expand is the exact opposite.
27. Choose the antonym for “superficial”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Profound
💡 Explanation: Superficial refers to surface-level or cosmetic. Profound means deep, intense, or thorough.
28. Choose the antonym for “passive”.
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Active
💡 Explanation: Passive means accepting without resistance or being uninvolved. Active means engaged or participatory.
29. Choose the antonym for “resilient”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Fragile
💡 Explanation: Resilient implies strength and adaptability. Fragile (or vulnerable) means easily broken or harmed.
30. Choose the antonym for “hostile”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Supportive
💡 Explanation: Hostile means unfriendly or antagonistic. Supportive or friendly is the direct antonym.
31. Choose the antonym for “decentralised”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Centralized
💡 Explanation: Decentralised distributes power locally, whereas centralized retains power in a single authority.
32. Choose the antonym for “cautious”.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Reckless
💡 Explanation: Cautious means careful to avoid danger. Reckless implies acting without care or thought for consequences.
33. Choose the antonym for “isolated”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Integrated
💡 Explanation: Isolated means separated or excluded. Integrated means included and joined together.
34. Choose the antonym for “flawlessly”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Imperfectly
💡 Explanation: Flawlessly means without defects. Imperfectly means having faults or errors.
35. Choose the antonym for “vague”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Definite
💡 Explanation: Vague means unclear or ambiguous. Definite means exact, clear, or clearly stated.
SECTION D/10: IDIOMS & PHRASES
36. What is the metaphorical meaning of the phrase “fix the house”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. To repair, reform, or overhaul the underlying structure or system itself
💡 Explanation: It metaphorically means setting things right at a systemic or structural level rather than restricting the individuals involved.
37. If an action manages to “turn the tide,” it:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Causes a complete reversal of the circumstances
💡 Explanation: Turning the tide means changing the course or altering the outcome of an ongoing situation.
38. The phrase “over and above” is used to indicate:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. In addition to, besides, or on top of
💡 Explanation: It means an extra factor or condition existing besides what has already been mentioned.
39. If people “yearn for” a simpler solution, they:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Have an intense feeling of longing or craving for it
💡 Explanation: To yearn for means to pine for, intensely desire, or long for something.
40. To generate an outcome “in a vacuum” means it happens:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. In isolation, without any context or connection to other things
💡 Explanation: A phenomenon generated in a vacuum occurs independently, separate from surrounding contexts or influences.
SECTION E/10: ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION
41. A decline or reduction in recorded statistical data is referred to as a:
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Data retreat
💡 Explanation: A data retreat implies a statistical decline or numerical drop in official records.
42. A system or society in which two or more states, groups, or sources of authority coexist is:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Pluralistic
💡 Explanation: A pluralistic environment is diverse, multicultural, and allows various groups to coexist.
43. The educational acronym representing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics is:
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✓ Correct Answer: C. STEM
💡 Explanation: STEM refers strictly to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
44. The ability to navigate, evaluate, and communicate information online or in a tech format is:
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✓ Correct Answer: D. Digital literacy
💡 Explanation: Digital literacy signifies tech savviness and competence in the online world.
45. A person’s inner moral sense of right and wrong is called their:
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Conscience
💡 Explanation: Conscience refers to one’s moral compass, principles, and ethics.
SECTION F/10: FILL IN THE BLANKS
46. The more ______ the problem, the more the people yearn for a simpler solution.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. wicked
💡 Explanation: A “wicked” problem is complex and intractable, driving people to yearn for simple fixes.
47. Women must find support to ______ jobs that match their degrees.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. stay in
💡 Explanation: The phrase “stay in” means to remain in or continue in employment corresponding to their education.
48. While the world may be recording fewer attacks, it is confronting a far more ______ adversary.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. resilient
💡 Explanation: Despite data retreats, adversaries are “resilient” (tough/adaptable) and dangerous.
49. With more Indian women entering university campuses, the gender gap in college classrooms has ______.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. narrowed
💡 Explanation: As more women enroll, the disparity or gender gap has logically “narrowed” (decreased).
50. High enrolment numbers are a ______ veneer if the pipeline of employment opportunities remains broken.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. superficial
💡 Explanation: A “superficial” veneer means an outward appearance that hides deeper, underlying problems.
51. The international community is confronting a far more resilient and ______ adversary.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. adaptive
💡 Explanation: “Adaptive” pairs with resilient to describe an enemy that flexibly adjusts to constraints.
52. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements ______ a similar ban in India regarding social media for minors.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. augur
💡 Explanation: “Augur” means to be a sign of, bode, or portend something happening in the future.
53. A superficial reading of the data might suggest that the international community is finally ______ against terror.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. turning the tide
💡 Explanation: “Turning the tide” means causing a complete reversal of the situation in their favor.
54. By ______ in traditional sciences, women are isolated from future-proof economic drivers like artificial intelligence.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. clustering
💡 Explanation: “Clustering” means grouping or gathering together in specific fields, leading to isolation from others.
55. When methodology shifts from massive operations to low-tech individual strikes, the threat becomes an ______, ambient hazard.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. internalised
💡 Explanation: An “internalised” hazard means it has become an integrated, deeply ingrained risk within the society itself.
SECTION G/10: WORD FORMATION
56. What is the noun form of the verb “regulate”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Regulation
💡 Explanation: “Regulation” is the noun form indicating the rule or process of controlling something.
57. Which of the following is the noun form of the adjective “cautious”?
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✓ Correct Answer: A. Caution
💡 Explanation: “Caution” acts as the noun signifying care or wariness.
58. Select the adverb form of the word “favourable”.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Favourably
💡 Explanation: “Favourably” is the adverb form meaning positively or with approval.
59. What is the noun form of the adjective “resilient”?
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✓ Correct Answer: C. Resilience
💡 Explanation: “Resilience” is the noun signifying the capacity to withstand difficulties.
60. Identify the noun form derived from the verb “participate”.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. Participation
💡 Explanation: “Participation” is the noun form denoting the action of taking part in something.
SECTION H/10: SPOTTING THE ERROR
61. Spot the error in the sentence: “The government aims to regulating social media platforms, not users.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. to regulating
💡 Explanation: The infinitive form “to regulate” must be used rather than the gerund “regulating”.
62. Spot the error in the sentence: “Women must find support to stay in jobs that matches their degrees.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. that matches their
💡 Explanation: The antecedent “jobs” is plural, so the verb should be “match” without the ‘es’.
63. Spot the error in the sentence: “The gender gap in college classrooms have narrowed significantly.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. have narrowed
💡 Explanation: The subject “gender gap” is singular, so the verb must be “has narrowed”.
64. Spot the error in the sentence: “The world is becoming uneven unsafe as terror networks metastasise.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. becoming uneven unsafe
💡 Explanation: An adverb is required to modify the adjective “unsafe”. It should be “unevenly unsafe”.
65. Spot the error in the sentence: “A superficial reading of the data might suggests that the tide is turning.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. suggests that the tide
💡 Explanation: Modal verbs like “might” must be followed by the base form of the verb: “suggest”, not “suggests”.
66. Spot the error in the sentence: “Many experts believe that the state should drops the ban.”
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✓ Correct Answer: C. should drops
💡 Explanation: The modal “should” requires the base verb “drop”.
67. Spot the error in the sentence: “The influx of students have coincided with an explosion of private colleges.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. students have coincided
💡 Explanation: The actual subject is “influx” (singular), so the verb should be “has coincided”.
68. Spot the error in the sentence: “There is an insidious trap in treat aggregate declines as a triumph.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. trap in treat
💡 Explanation: The preposition “in” must be followed by the gerund form “treating”.
69. Spot the error in the sentence: “Average monthly earnings stands at ₹24,217 for men in the formal job market.”
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✓ Correct Answer: B. earnings stands at
💡 Explanation: The plural subject “earnings” requires the plural verb “stand”, not “stands”.
70. Spot the error in the sentence: “The ultimate lesson is that terrorism is not recede.”
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✓ Correct Answer: D. not recede.
💡 Explanation: The present continuous tense requires the “-ing” form: “receding”.
SECTION I/10: SPELLING TEST
71. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: A. disproportionately
💡 Explanation: Disproportionately means excessively or unequally.
72. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. resilient
💡 Explanation: Resilient implies the ability to withstand and recover from difficult conditions.
73. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. chronological
💡 Explanation: Chronological relates to the establishment of dates and time sequences.
74. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: C. patriarchal
💡 Explanation: Patriarchal relates to a society or system controlled primarily by men.
75. Choose the correctly spelled word.
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✓ Correct Answer: B. susceptible
💡 Explanation: Susceptible means likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by something.
SECTION J/10: CLOZE TEST
Directions: Read the passage below and fill in the blanks (76-80) with the most appropriate words based on the supplied editorials.
To prevent terrorism from (76) ______ further, counter-terrorism (77) ______ must move away from reactive responses and toward (78) ______ the structural (79) ______ of extremist violence. There are two critical (80) ______ where this intervention must take place.
76. Choose the correct word for blank (76).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. metastasising
💡 Explanation: “Metastasising” refers to the threat spreading and becoming more dangerous, like a disease.
77. Choose the correct word for blank (77).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. strategy
💡 Explanation: “Strategy” implies a plan of action designed to achieve the long-term aim against terror.
78. Choose the correct word for blank (78).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. addressing
💡 Explanation: “Addressing” means to think about and begin to deal with the root issues.
79. Choose the correct word for blank (79).
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✓ Correct Answer: A. ecology
💡 Explanation: The “ecology” of extremist violence refers to the complex environment and relationships where it exists.
80. Choose the correct word for blank (80).
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✓ Correct Answer: B. arenas
💡 Explanation: “Arenas” denotes the specific domains or spheres of activity where the intervention is needed.
Test Completed
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