This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 19 April 2025, the same 30 questions the app served that day, on the day's vocabulary and editorial. One mark for a right answer, minus 0.25 for a wrong one; the explanation opens as soon as you tap.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Imperative
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Rapidly
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Hosting
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Compelling
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Eliminate
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Pursuing
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Circumstances
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Relies
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The act of providing space, services, or resources for an event, activity, or digital presence.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To remove or take away someone or something.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Depend on with full trust or confidence.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Kites........ the plural form of kite.
Explanation: In this sentence, 'Kites' refers to the name of a singular grammatical entity-the plural form of 'kite.' Even though 'kites' typically refers to multiple objects, here it is being treated as a singular concept, similar to how words like 'mathematics' or 'news' are singular despite ending in 's.' <br> Correct Answer: <br> The correct option is Option A: is. <br> Explanation: <br> - The sentence defines a grammatical rule rather than referring to multiple physical kites. <br> - In English, when referring to the plural form of a word as a singular concept, we treat it as a singular noun. <br> - The correct verb to use with singular subjects in the present tense is 'is.' <br> - Therefore, the correct sentence is: Kites is the plural form of kite. <br> Why Other Options Are Incorrect: <br> - Option B: are → Incorrect because 'are' is used for plural subjects, but here 'Kites' is treated as a singular grammatical term. <br> - Option C: do → Incorrect because 'do' is used as an auxiliary verb and does not fit the sentence structure. <br> - Option D: have → Incorrect because 'have' is used for possession, not for defining a grammatical term. <br> Final Answer: Option A: is.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
No doubt, Ammu ____ her mother.
Explanation: 'takes after' somebody [no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses) means to look or behave like an older member of your family, especially your mother or father.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
He ____ for you all day. He's still waiting now.
Explanation: Definition: The sentence describes an action that started in the past and is still continuing in the present. This situation requires the use of the present perfect continuous tense, which is formed using 'has/have been + verb-ing'. Correct Answer: <br> The correct option is Option C: has been waiting. Explanation: <br> - The phrase 'He's still waiting now' indicates that the action is ongoing. <br> - The present perfect continuous tense is used for actions that started in the past and are still happening in the present. <br> - The correct structure is: Subject + has been + verb-ing. <br> - Therefore, the correct sentence is: He has been waiting for you all day. He's still waiting now. <br> Why Other Options Are Incorrect: <br> - Option A: waited → Incorrect because 'waited' is in the past simple tense, which suggests the action is completed. However, the sentence indicates that the action is still ongoing. <br> - Option B: has waited → Incorrect because the present perfect tense ('has waited') is used for completed actions that have relevance to the present, but it does not emphasize the continuous nature of the action. <br> - Option D: had waited → Incorrect because 'had waited' is in the past perfect tense, which is used when referring to an action that was completed before another past action. However, this sentence refers to an action that is still ongoing. <br> Final Answer: Option C: has been waiting.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Get down to brass tacks
Explanation: Get down to brass tacks: start to consider the basic facts or practical details.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
The pros and cons
Explanation: The pros and cons: advantages and disadvantages.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
By fair means or foul
Explanation: By fair means or foul: using whatever means are necessary.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Out of given alternatives select the word which is correctly spelt.
Choose the Correct Spelling.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
(a) If I would have realised/ (b) what a bad shape our library is in/ (c) I would have done something/ (d) to arrest the deterioration.
Explanation: Had I realised
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
(a) May I/ (b) know who you want/ (c) to see please./ (d) No error
Explanation: whom
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
(a) It is not difficult to believe that a man/ (b) who has lived in this city for a long time/ (c) he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world./ (d) No error
Explanation: will never
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. It was necessary, therefore to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices were quite simple. One, for instance, consisted of rods of various lengths and thicknesses which would stand up on end like ninepins. When a shock came it shook the rigid table upon which these stood. If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell. If it were severe, they all fell. Thus, the rods by falling and by the direction in which they fell, recorded for the slumbering scientist, the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him and the direction from which it came. But, instruments far more delicate than that were needed if any really serious advance was to be made. <br><br> The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper the movements, of the ground or of the table, as the quake passed by. While I write my pen moves but the paper keeps still. With practice, no doubt, I could, in time, learn to write by holding the pen still while the paper moved. That sounds a silly suggestion, but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves. But when table, penholder and paper are all moving how is it possible to write legibly ? The key to a solution of that problem lay in an everyday observation. Why does a person standing in a bus or train tend to fall when a sudden start is made ? It is because his feet move on, but his head stays still.
This passage says that early instruments for measuring earthquakes were
Explanation: Option D is the correct option. The first line of the second paragraph makes it clear
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. It was necessary, therefore to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices were quite simple. One, for instance, consisted of rods of various lengths and thicknesses which would stand up on end like ninepins. When a shock came it shook the rigid table upon which these stood. If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell. If it were severe, they all fell. Thus, the rods by falling and by the direction in which they fell, recorded for the slumbering scientist, the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him and the direction from which it came. But, instruments far more delicate than that were needed if any really serious advance was to be made. <br><br> The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper the movements, of the ground or of the table, as the quake passed by. While I write my pen moves but the paper keeps still. With practice, no doubt, I could, in time, learn to write by holding the pen still while the paper moved. That sounds a silly suggestion, but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves. But when table, penholder and paper are all moving how is it possible to write legibly ? The key to a solution of that problem lay in an everyday observation. Why does a person standing in a bus or train tend to fall when a sudden start is made ? It is because his feet move on, but his head stays still.
Why was it necessary to invent instruments to observe an earthquake?
Explanation: Option A is the correct answer.
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. It was necessary, therefore to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices were quite simple. One, for instance, consisted of rods of various lengths and thicknesses which would stand up on end like ninepins. When a shock came it shook the rigid table upon which these stood. If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell. If it were severe, they all fell. Thus, the rods by falling and by the direction in which they fell, recorded for the slumbering scientist, the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him and the direction from which it came. But, instruments far more delicate than that were needed if any really serious advance was to be made. <br><br> The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper the movements, of the ground or of the table, as the quake passed by. While I write my pen moves but the paper keeps still. With practice, no doubt, I could, in time, learn to write by holding the pen still while the paper moved. That sounds a silly suggestion, but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves. But when table, penholder and paper are all moving how is it possible to write legibly ? The key to a solution of that problem lay in an everyday observation. Why does a person standing in a bus or train tend to fall when a sudden start is made ? It is because his feet move on, but his head stays still.
A simple device which consisted of rods that stood up on end like ninepins was replaced by a more sophisticated one because it failed
Explanation: Option D is the correct choice. The first and second line of the second paragraph.
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. It was necessary, therefore to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices were quite simple. One, for instance, consisted of rods of various lengths and thicknesses which would stand up on end like ninepins. When a shock came it shook the rigid table upon which these stood. If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell. If it were severe, they all fell. Thus, the rods by falling and by the direction in which they fell, recorded for the slumbering scientist, the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him and the direction from which it came. But, instruments far more delicate than that were needed if any really serious advance was to be made. <br><br> The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper the movements, of the ground or of the table, as the quake passed by. While I write my pen moves but the paper keeps still. With practice, no doubt, I could, in time, learn to write by holding the pen still while the paper moved. That sounds a silly suggestion, but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves. But when table, penholder and paper are all moving how is it possible to write legibly ? The key to a solution of that problem lay in an everyday observation. Why does a person standing in a bus or train tend to fall when a sudden start is made ? It is because his feet move on, but his head stays still.
The everyday observation referred to in the passage relates to
Explanation: Option C is the right answer. The last three lines of the passage.
Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. It was necessary, therefore to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices were quite simple. One, for instance, consisted of rods of various lengths and thicknesses which would stand up on end like ninepins. When a shock came it shook the rigid table upon which these stood. If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell. If it were severe, they all fell. Thus, the rods by falling and by the direction in which they fell, recorded for the slumbering scientist, the strength of a shock that was too weak to waken him and the direction from which it came. But, instruments far more delicate than that were needed if any really serious advance was to be made. <br><br> The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper the movements, of the ground or of the table, as the quake passed by. While I write my pen moves but the paper keeps still. With practice, no doubt, I could, in time, learn to write by holding the pen still while the paper moved. That sounds a silly suggestion, but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves. But when table, penholder and paper are all moving how is it possible to write legibly ? The key to a solution of that problem lay in an everyday observation. Why does a person standing in a bus or train tend to fall when a sudden start is made ? It is because his feet move on, but his head stays still.
The early seismometers adopted the idea that in order to record the earthquake, it is
Explanation: Option B is the correct option. The line 'While I write "¦"¦"¦ earthquake waves' makes it clear.
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