This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 22 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.
Formulation
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Expanded
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Levy
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Dominance
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Maintained
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Reciprocal
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Scramble
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Bolstered
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Create or prepare methodically.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Having power and influence over others.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The practice of exchanging things, actions, or services for mutual benefit, often based on the principle of fairness and balance
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To support or improve something or make it stronger.
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.
Yesterday my brother ____ a car.
Explanation: 'yesterday' means past tense hence 'purchased' is the right answer.
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.
My mother up early in the morning.
Explanation: The simple present tense form of the verb 'get' is used in the above sentence. <br><br> A simple Present Tense is a form of the verb used when an action is taking place in the present time or happens regularly.
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.
The poet composed a poem while ____ under a tree.
Explanation: Gerunds can be used after certain verbs including enjoy, fancy, discuss, dislike, finish, mind, suggest, recommend, keep, and avoid. After prepositions of place and time. <br><br> Example: I made dinner before getting home.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To show the white feather
Explanation: To show the white feather: a symbol of cowardice.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
A sop to cerberus
Explanation: A sop to cerberus: a concession or bribe to conciliate a person otherwise liable to be troublesome.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To look down one's nose at
Explanation: To look down one's nose at: to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect.
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.
She inquired whether (a)/ anyone (b) / has seen her baby. (c) / No error (d).
Explanation: had seen
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.
These are (a) / his (b) / conclusion remarks (c) / No error (d)
Explanation: concluding
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.
The shopkeepers either offered to exchange (a) / the goods (b) / or refund the money. (c) / No error (d)
Explanation: either offer
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> I was very fond of the old soldier in our little town. He had only one leg, having lost the other somewhere in Assam in 1942. He used to tell me about his adventures. He told me that he had run away from home to join the army. He had experienced his first battle in the Libyan desert. Out of his dozens of war stories, the one I liked best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp in Burma. He told me again and again how he walked two hundred miles in two weeks. On the way he was bitten on the toe by a poisonous snake and he had to cut off part of the toe in order to survive. But by the time he got to an Indian camp the wound had turned septic and the leg had to be amputated. He is, however, quite contented with his lot.
The author was very fond of the old soldier because
Explanation: He was contented with his lot.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> I was very fond of the old soldier in our little town. He had only one leg, having lost the other somewhere in Assam in 1942. He used to tell me about his adventures. He told me that he had run away from home to join the army. He had experienced his first battle in the Libyan desert. Out of his dozens of war stories, the one I liked best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp in Burma. He told me again and again how he walked two hundred miles in two weeks. On the way he was bitten on the toe by a poisonous snake and he had to cut off part of the toe in order to survive. But by the time he got to an Indian camp the wound had turned septic and the leg had to be amputated. He is, however, quite contented with his lot.
Why did the old soldier repeatedly tell that he walked two hundred miles?
Explanation: He was a strong soldier.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> I was very fond of the old soldier in our little town. He had only one leg, having lost the other somewhere in Assam in 1942. He used to tell me about his adventures. He told me that he had run away from home to join the army. He had experienced his first battle in the Libyan desert. Out of his dozens of war stories, the one I liked best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp in Burma. He told me again and again how he walked two hundred miles in two weeks. On the way he was bitten on the toe by a poisonous snake and he had to cut off part of the toe in order to survive. But by the time he got to an Indian camp the wound had turned septic and the leg had to be amputated. He is, however, quite contented with his lot.
The story of the old soldier that the author liked most was that about
Explanation: His escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> I was very fond of the old soldier in our little town. He had only one leg, having lost the other somewhere in Assam in 1942. He used to tell me about his adventures. He told me that he had run away from home to join the army. He had experienced his first battle in the Libyan desert. Out of his dozens of war stories, the one I liked best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp in Burma. He told me again and again how he walked two hundred miles in two weeks. On the way he was bitten on the toe by a poisonous snake and he had to cut off part of the toe in order to survive. But by the time he got to an Indian camp the wound had turned septic and the leg had to be amputated. He is, however, quite contented with his lot.
The old soldier, according to the author, was
Explanation: Satisfied with his lot.
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage. <br><br> I was very fond of the old soldier in our little town. He had only one leg, having lost the other somewhere in Assam in 1942. He used to tell me about his adventures. He told me that he had run away from home to join the army. He had experienced his first battle in the Libyan desert. Out of his dozens of war stories, the one I liked best was the one of his escape from a Japanese prison-of-war camp in Burma. He told me again and again how he walked two hundred miles in two weeks. On the way he was bitten on the toe by a poisonous snake and he had to cut off part of the toe in order to survive. But by the time he got to an Indian camp the wound had turned septic and the leg had to be amputated. He is, however, quite contented with his lot.
The soldier's leg had to be amputated because
Explanation: The wounded toe turned septic.
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