This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 12 August 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.
Infuriated
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Seemed
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Resilient
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Concessions
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Stemming
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Hostile
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Preserve
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Scrambling
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To make somebody very angry
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
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.
This is the doctor ____ wife is suffering from cancer.
Explanation: Whose --- of whom or which (used to indicate that the following noun belongs to or is associated with the person or thing mentioned in the previous clause). This is the doctor whose wife is suffering from cancer.
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.
____ Sagar Samrat is ____ big ship.
Explanation: 'The' is a definite article which is used before a noun that is fixed, special or discussed earlier. 'A/An' is used before an indefinite singular noun. 'Sagar Samrat' is a fixed noun. Hence 'the' will be used. 'big ship' is indefinite singular noun. <br> The Sagar Samrat is a big ship.
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.
I have never gone to Japan. I know ____ people there.
Explanation: Few is a quantifier used with plural countable nouns. Little is used with singular uncountable nouns. People are plural countable nouns. Option A is correct. <br> I have never gone to Japan. I know few people there.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Rejesh and Vikas have remained friends through thick and thin.
Explanation: Through thick and thin: under all circumstances, no matter how difficult.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
In life, we have to <u>take the rough with the smooth</u>.
Explanation: take the rough with the smooth: accept the unpleasant aspects of life as well as the good.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
The arrival of the mother-in-law in the family proved <u>a rift in the lute.</u>
Explanation: A rift in the lute: A small problem or flaw in something that jeopardizes the whole.
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.
Imagine a town which lacks (a)/ not only planned growth (b)/ but is burdened with unauthorised colonies (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: but also is burdened with
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.
I had hardly finished (a)/ my homework (b)/ than he called me (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: when he called me
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.
I wish I could consent with your proposal (a)/ but my opinion of its utility (b)/ is contrary to yours (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: I wish I would consent with your proposal
Directions: Please read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> Employment by a big company is, perhaps, the best job a young educated aspirant would look forward to. Government jobs are preferred, in general, to private sector jobs. Large companies are usually considered to be the best employers. A proxy for growth in headcount would be the growth in what the companies spend on compensation to employees. Growth in this would reflect a growth in the headcount and the growth in wages paid. We find that this growth rate has been falling. CMIE's Prowess database shows a steady fall in the rate of growth of compensation paid by companies to employees since 2013-14. The database includes performance information on a large sample of listed and unlisted companies of all sizes and industries. Compensation to employees grew by 25 per cent in 2013-14. The growth rate halved to 12 per cent in 2014-15 and then it fell further to 11 per cent in 2016-17. In 2017- 18, the growth rate fell to 8.4 per cent. From this, it wouldn't be entirely wrong to infer that the corporate sector's appetite for new hiring has been declining quite sharply. 2017-18 saw the slowest growth in the past eight years, or since the year after the Lehman crisis of 2008 when the compensation to employees grew by only 7.7 per cent. The Prowess database also shows that the corporate sector registered a fall in growth in fixed assets to 6.9 per cent in 2017-18. <br><br> Growth of investments into the job-creating plant and machinery part of fixed assets was even lower at 5.9 per cent. Both were the lowest since 2004- 05. Evidently, the two declines in growth rates - plant and machinery and wages go hand-in-hand. The lack of investments into fresh capacities is hurting growth in employment. We see the same fall in investments in another dataset - capex and the same fall in employment in yet another dataset - the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey. The evidence of falling growth in investments and employment during the recent past is therefore overwhelming. Some of the growth in compensation to employees can be explained as a consequence of inflation and given that inflation has been much lower in recent years compared to the past, it would be good to correct the growth numbers for inflation. We do this using the consumer price index for recent years and the consumer price index for industrial workers for earlier years. Now we see inflation-adjusted compensation to employees grow by only 4.6 per cent in 2017-18. This is lower than the already-low average growth of 5.5 per cent seen in the preceding three years. The average real compensation to employees grew at the rate of 5.3 per cent per annum in the four years between 2014-15 and 2017-18. The industry-wise distribution of this growth in inflation-adjusted compensation to employees shows some sharp variations between major sectors. The services sector has seen a very small growth in compensation to employees in 2017-18. Compared to the overall growth of 4.6 per cent, the services sector saw a growth of only 2.2 per cent.
Which of the following statements is/are true according to the CMIE Prowess dataset?
Explanation: Refer to: <br><br> CMIE's Prowess database shows a steady fall in the rate of growth of compensation paid by companies to employees since 2013-14. <br><br> The sentence above echos what's been stated in the statement given as option A. <br><br> Now, we need not check the other statements as we have already got the correct option. However, if you go through the 1st paragraph of the passage, you can infer that whatever has been said in the statement given in option B, C or D, is distorted and not true. <br><br> Option B. Compensation to employees grew by 35 per cent in 2017-18. <br><br> The correct percentage is 25 per cent. <br><br> Option C. Corporate sector's appetite for new hiring has been enhancing. <br><br> Exactly opposite has been said here. <br><br> Option D. Year 2014-15 witnessed the slowest growth rate in compensation to employees since the Lehman crisis of 2008. <br><br> It was actually 2017-18 that witnessed the slowest growth. <br><br> Evidently, option A is the correct answer.
Directions: Please read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> Employment by a big company is, perhaps, the best job a young educated aspirant would look forward to. Government jobs are preferred, in general, to private sector jobs. Large companies are usually considered to be the best employers. A proxy for growth in headcount would be the growth in what the companies spend on compensation to employees. Growth in this would reflect a growth in the headcount and the growth in wages paid. We find that this growth rate has been falling. CMIE's Prowess database shows a steady fall in the rate of growth of compensation paid by companies to employees since 2013-14. The database includes performance information on a large sample of listed and unlisted companies of all sizes and industries. Compensation to employees grew by 25 per cent in 2013-14. The growth rate halved to 12 per cent in 2014-15 and then it fell further to 11 per cent in 2016-17. In 2017- 18, the growth rate fell to 8.4 per cent. From this, it wouldn't be entirely wrong to infer that the corporate sector's appetite for new hiring has been declining quite sharply. 2017-18 saw the slowest growth in the past eight years, or since the year after the Lehman crisis of 2008 when the compensation to employees grew by only 7.7 per cent. The Prowess database also shows that the corporate sector registered a fall in growth in fixed assets to 6.9 per cent in 2017-18. <br><br> Growth of investments into the job-creating plant and machinery part of fixed assets was even lower at 5.9 per cent. Both were the lowest since 2004- 05. Evidently, the two declines in growth rates - plant and machinery and wages go hand-in-hand. The lack of investments into fresh capacities is hurting growth in employment. We see the same fall in investments in another dataset - capex and the same fall in employment in yet another dataset - the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey. The evidence of falling growth in investments and employment during the recent past is therefore overwhelming. Some of the growth in compensation to employees can be explained as a consequence of inflation and given that inflation has been much lower in recent years compared to the past, it would be good to correct the growth numbers for inflation. We do this using the consumer price index for recent years and the consumer price index for industrial workers for earlier years. Now we see inflation-adjusted compensation to employees grow by only 4.6 per cent in 2017-18. This is lower than the already-low average growth of 5.5 per cent seen in the preceding three years. The average real compensation to employees grew at the rate of 5.3 per cent per annum in the four years between 2014-15 and 2017-18. The industry-wise distribution of this growth in inflation-adjusted compensation to employees shows some sharp variations between major sectors. The services sector has seen a very small growth in compensation to employees in 2017-18. Compared to the overall growth of 4.6 per cent, the services sector saw a growth of only 2.2 per cent.
Which of the following words is nearly similar in meaning to 'proxy' as written in bold?
Explanation: Subsdiary means 'less important than but related or supplementary to something'. <br><br> Proxy means 'a figure that can be used to represent the value of something in a calculation'. <br><br> Proximity means 'nearness in space, time, or relationship'. <br><br> Prowl means 'moving quietly and carefully while hunting'. <br><br> Clearly, option B is the correct answer.
Directions: Please read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> Employment by a big company is, perhaps, the best job a young educated aspirant would look forward to. Government jobs are preferred, in general, to private sector jobs. Large companies are usually considered to be the best employers. A proxy for growth in headcount would be the growth in what the companies spend on compensation to employees. Growth in this would reflect a growth in the headcount and the growth in wages paid. We find that this growth rate has been falling. CMIE's Prowess database shows a steady fall in the rate of growth of compensation paid by companies to employees since 2013-14. The database includes performance information on a large sample of listed and unlisted companies of all sizes and industries. Compensation to employees grew by 25 per cent in 2013-14. The growth rate halved to 12 per cent in 2014-15 and then it fell further to 11 per cent in 2016-17. In 2017- 18, the growth rate fell to 8.4 per cent. From this, it wouldn't be entirely wrong to infer that the corporate sector's appetite for new hiring has been declining quite sharply. 2017-18 saw the slowest growth in the past eight years, or since the year after the Lehman crisis of 2008 when the compensation to employees grew by only 7.7 per cent. The Prowess database also shows that the corporate sector registered a fall in growth in fixed assets to 6.9 per cent in 2017-18. <br><br> Growth of investments into the job-creating plant and machinery part of fixed assets was even lower at 5.9 per cent. Both were the lowest since 2004- 05. Evidently, the two declines in growth rates - plant and machinery and wages go hand-in-hand. The lack of investments into fresh capacities is hurting growth in employment. We see the same fall in investments in another dataset - capex and the same fall in employment in yet another dataset - the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey. The evidence of falling growth in investments and employment during the recent past is therefore overwhelming. Some of the growth in compensation to employees can be explained as a consequence of inflation and given that inflation has been much lower in recent years compared to the past, it would be good to correct the growth numbers for inflation. We do this using the consumer price index for recent years and the consumer price index for industrial workers for earlier years. Now we see inflation-adjusted compensation to employees grow by only 4.6 per cent in 2017-18. This is lower than the already-low average growth of 5.5 per cent seen in the preceding three years. The average real compensation to employees grew at the rate of 5.3 per cent per annum in the four years between 2014-15 and 2017-18. The industry-wise distribution of this growth in inflation-adjusted compensation to employees shows some sharp variations between major sectors. The services sector has seen a very small growth in compensation to employees in 2017-18. Compared to the overall growth of 4.6 per cent, the services sector saw a growth of only 2.2 per cent.
Which part of speech is the word 'Sharp' given in bold in the passage?
Explanation: Refer to: <br><br> ... some sharp variations ... <br><br> As we can observe that 'variations' is a plural case of the noun 'variation', so the word coming right before it has to be an adjective. <br><br> Option D is hence the correct answer.
Directions: Please read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> Employment by a big company is, perhaps, the best job a young educated aspirant would look forward to. Government jobs are preferred, in general, to private sector jobs. Large companies are usually considered to be the best employers. A proxy for growth in headcount would be the growth in what the companies spend on compensation to employees. Growth in this would reflect a growth in the headcount and the growth in wages paid. We find that this growth rate has been falling. CMIE's Prowess database shows a steady fall in the rate of growth of compensation paid by companies to employees since 2013-14. The database includes performance information on a large sample of listed and unlisted companies of all sizes and industries. Compensation to employees grew by 25 per cent in 2013-14. The growth rate halved to 12 per cent in 2014-15 and then it fell further to 11 per cent in 2016-17. In 2017- 18, the growth rate fell to 8.4 per cent. From this, it wouldn't be entirely wrong to infer that the corporate sector's appetite for new hiring has been declining quite sharply. 2017-18 saw the slowest growth in the past eight years, or since the year after the Lehman crisis of 2008 when the compensation to employees grew by only 7.7 per cent. The Prowess database also shows that the corporate sector registered a fall in growth in fixed assets to 6.9 per cent in 2017-18. <br><br> Growth of investments into the job-creating plant and machinery part of fixed assets was even lower at 5.9 per cent. Both were the lowest since 2004- 05. Evidently, the two declines in growth rates - plant and machinery and wages go hand-in-hand. The lack of investments into fresh capacities is hurting growth in employment. We see the same fall in investments in another dataset - capex and the same fall in employment in yet another dataset - the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey. The evidence of falling growth in investments and employment during the recent past is therefore overwhelming. Some of the growth in compensation to employees can be explained as a consequence of inflation and given that inflation has been much lower in recent years compared to the past, it would be good to correct the growth numbers for inflation. We do this using the consumer price index for recent years and the consumer price index for industrial workers for earlier years. Now we see inflation-adjusted compensation to employees grow by only 4.6 per cent in 2017-18. This is lower than the already-low average growth of 5.5 per cent seen in the preceding three years. The average real compensation to employees grew at the rate of 5.3 per cent per annum in the four years between 2014-15 and 2017-18. The industry-wise distribution of this growth in inflation-adjusted compensation to employees shows some sharp variations between major sectors. The services sector has seen a very small growth in compensation to employees in 2017-18. Compared to the overall growth of 4.6 per cent, the services sector saw a growth of only 2.2 per cent.
What does the sentence 'the two declines in growth rates - plant and machinery and wages go hand-in-hand' indicate?
Explanation: Refer to: <br><br> The lack of investments into fresh capacities is hurting growth in employment. This part shows the crux how lower investments in fixed assets and plant and machinery chokes fresh employment opportunities. So rates of plant and machinery investments and wages growth rates coincide. <br><br> Options B, C & D are not the correct answers. <br><br> Hence, option A is the correct answer.
Directions: Please read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> Employment by a big company is, perhaps, the best job a young educated aspirant would look forward to. Government jobs are preferred, in general, to private sector jobs. Large companies are usually considered to be the best employers. A proxy for growth in headcount would be the growth in what the companies spend on compensation to employees. Growth in this would reflect a growth in the headcount and the growth in wages paid. We find that this growth rate has been falling. CMIE's Prowess database shows a steady fall in the rate of growth of compensation paid by companies to employees since 2013-14. The database includes performance information on a large sample of listed and unlisted companies of all sizes and industries. Compensation to employees grew by 25 per cent in 2013-14. The growth rate halved to 12 per cent in 2014-15 and then it fell further to 11 per cent in 2016-17. In 2017- 18, the growth rate fell to 8.4 per cent. From this, it wouldn't be entirely wrong to infer that the corporate sector's appetite for new hiring has been declining quite sharply. 2017-18 saw the slowest growth in the past eight years, or since the year after the Lehman crisis of 2008 when the compensation to employees grew by only 7.7 per cent. The Prowess database also shows that the corporate sector registered a fall in growth in fixed assets to 6.9 per cent in 2017-18. <br><br> Growth of investments into the job-creating plant and machinery part of fixed assets was even lower at 5.9 per cent. Both were the lowest since 2004- 05. Evidently, the two declines in growth rates - plant and machinery and wages go hand-in-hand. The lack of investments into fresh capacities is hurting growth in employment. We see the same fall in investments in another dataset - capex and the same fall in employment in yet another dataset - the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey. The evidence of falling growth in investments and employment during the recent past is therefore overwhelming. Some of the growth in compensation to employees can be explained as a consequence of inflation and given that inflation has been much lower in recent years compared to the past, it would be good to correct the growth numbers for inflation. We do this using the consumer price index for recent years and the consumer price index for industrial workers for earlier years. Now we see inflation-adjusted compensation to employees grow by only 4.6 per cent in 2017-18. This is lower than the already-low average growth of 5.5 per cent seen in the preceding three years. The average real compensation to employees grew at the rate of 5.3 per cent per annum in the four years between 2014-15 and 2017-18. The industry-wise distribution of this growth in inflation-adjusted compensation to employees shows some sharp variations between major sectors. The services sector has seen a very small growth in compensation to employees in 2017-18. Compared to the overall growth of 4.6 per cent, the services sector saw a growth of only 2.2 per cent.
If the term 'Inflation adjusted compensation' as used in the passage implies 'compensation adjusted as per inflation', which of the following statements best refers to the term in the intended context?
Explanation: Inflation-adjusted compensation: <br><br> Inflation-adjusted compensation refers to the compensation of an individual or group after taking into consideration the effects of inflation on purchasing power. <br><br> For example, if prices in the economy double over the course of five years, wages must also double or employees will not be able to buy as many goods and services with their wages. <br><br> We can observe that only the statement given as option C refers to the term in the intended context. <br><br> Option C is hence the correct answer.
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