This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 9 September 2025, the same 29 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.
Grievance
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Abducted
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Extorts
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Effective
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Sought
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Influence
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Sovereignty
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Ambition
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The action of forcibly taking someone away against their will, typically to hold them captive.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Successful in producing a desired or intended result.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.
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.
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ____ Selves (own).
Explanation: 'Ourselves' is used as the object of a verb or preposition when this is the same as the subject of the clause and the subject is the speaker and one or more other people considered together.
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.
You should not ____ back with your teacher.
Explanation: 'talk back' is a phrasal verb of talk which means reply defiantly or insolently.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining his life.
Explanation: burning the candle at both ends: go to bed late and get up early.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
The university will have to shelve its plans for expansion in view of present situation
Explanation: shelve: decide not to proceed with.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Do no trust a man who blows his own trumpet
Explanation: blows his own trumpet: to talk about oneself or one's achievements especially in a way that shows that one is proud or too proud.
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) Last week's sharp hike in the wholesale price of wheat/ (b) is a strong indication for/ (c) higher Atta costs to come. / (d) No error.
Explanation: was a strong
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) After doing,/ (b) his home work,/ (c) he went for walk./ (d) No error.
Explanation: went for a walk
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) This town isn't very well know/ (b) and there isn't much to see,/ (c) so a few tourists come here./ (d) No error.
Explanation: very well known
Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. <br><br> We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do citizens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But they doesn't men that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing through government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well not transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental relationship between governments and citizens. Not surprisingly, it is the internet that behind it. After e-commerce and e-business, the next revolution may be e-governance. <br><br> Examples abound. The municipality of phoenix, Arizona, allows its citizens to renew their car registrations, pay traffic fines, replace lost identities cards, etc, online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby munipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transaction. It costs only $ 1.60 to process an online transaction versus $ 6.60 to do it across the counter. In Chile, people routinely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, and drastically reduced the time taken and the number of errors and litigation with the tax departments. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier. <br><br> The furthest ahead, not surprisingly, is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil services of Singapore, which allows citizens to do more functions online than any other. As in many private companies, the purchasing and buying of Singapore's government departments is own on the Web, and cost benefits come through more competitive bidding, easy access to global suppliers and time saved by online processing of orders. They can post their catalogs on their site, bid for contracts, submit invoices and check their payment status over the Net. <br><br> The most useful idea for Indian municipalities is gave works, a private sector-run site that collect local taxes, fines and utility bills for 3600 municipalities across the United states. It is a citizens site, which also provide information on government jobs, tenders, etc. The most ambitious is the British government, which has target to convert 100 per cent of his transactions with its citizens to the Internet by 2005. <br><br> Cynics in India will say, 'Oh e-governance will never work n India. We are so poor and we don't have computers. 'But they are wrong! They are many experiments afoot in India as well. Citizens in Andhra Pradesh can download government forms and submit applications on the net without having to bribe clerks. In many district land records are online and this has created transparency. Similarly in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, villagers have begun to fie applications for land transfers and follow heir progress on Net. In seventy villages in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra, Internet booth have come-up where farmers can daily check the market rates of agricultural commodities in Marathi, along with data on agricultural schemes, information on crop technology, when to spray and plan their crops and bus and railway time tables. hey also find vocational guidance on jobs, applications for rations cards, Kerosene/ gas burners and land record extracts with details of land ownership. <br><br> Sam pritoda's WorldTel, Reliance Industries and the Tamil Nadu government are jointly laying 3000 km to optic fiber cables to create a Tamil Network which will offer rat on cards, school, college and hospital admission forms, land records, and pensions records. If successful, worldTel will expand the network to Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal. In Kerala, all the villages are getting linked online to the district headquarters, allowing citizens to compare the development priorities of their villages with other villages in the state. <br><br> Many are still skeptical of the real impact because so few Indians have computers. The answers in interactive cable TV and in Internet Kiosks. Although India has only five million computers and thirty-eight millions telephones, it has thirty-four millions homes with cable TV and these are growing eight per cent a year. By 2005 most cable homes will have access to the Internet from many of the 700000 local STD/PCO booths. Internet uses may be low today, but it is bound to grow rapidly in the future, and e-governance in India may not be a dream.
According to the passage, which country has the most ambitious plan for e-governance?
Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. <br><br> We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do citizens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But they doesn't men that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing through government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well not transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental relationship between governments and citizens. Not surprisingly, it is the internet that behind it. After e-commerce and e-business, the next revolution may be e-governance. <br><br> Examples abound. The municipality of phoenix, Arizona, allows its citizens to renew their car registrations, pay traffic fines, replace lost identities cards, etc, online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby munipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transaction. It costs only $ 1.60 to process an online transaction versus $ 6.60 to do it across the counter. In Chile, people routinely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, and drastically reduced the time taken and the number of errors and litigation with the tax departments. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier. <br><br> The furthest ahead, not surprisingly, is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil services of Singapore, which allows citizens to do more functions online than any other. As in many private companies, the purchasing and buying of Singapore's government departments is own on the Web, and cost benefits come through more competitive bidding, easy access to global suppliers and time saved by online processing of orders. They can post their catalogs on their site, bid for contracts, submit invoices and check their payment status over the Net. <br><br> The most useful idea for Indian municipalities is gave works, a private sector-run site that collect local taxes, fines and utility bills for 3600 municipalities across the United states. It is a citizens site, which also provide information on government jobs, tenders, etc. The most ambitious is the British government, which has target to convert 100 per cent of his transactions with its citizens to the Internet by 2005. <br><br> Cynics in India will say, 'Oh e-governance will never work n India. We are so poor and we don't have computers. 'But they are wrong! They are many experiments afoot in India as well. Citizens in Andhra Pradesh can download government forms and submit applications on the net without having to bribe clerks. In many district land records are online and this has created transparency. Similarly in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, villagers have begun to fie applications for land transfers and follow heir progress on Net. In seventy villages in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra, Internet booth have come-up where farmers can daily check the market rates of agricultural commodities in Marathi, along with data on agricultural schemes, information on crop technology, when to spray and plan their crops and bus and railway time tables. hey also find vocational guidance on jobs, applications for rations cards, Kerosene/ gas burners and land record extracts with details of land ownership. <br><br> Sam pritoda's WorldTel, Reliance Industries and the Tamil Nadu government are jointly laying 3000 km to optic fiber cables to create a Tamil Network which will offer rat on cards, school, college and hospital admission forms, land records, and pensions records. If successful, worldTel will expand the network to Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal. In Kerala, all the villages are getting linked online to the district headquarters, allowing citizens to compare the development priorities of their villages with other villages in the state. <br><br> Many are still skeptical of the real impact because so few Indians have computers. The answers in interactive cable TV and in Internet Kiosks. Although India has only five million computers and thirty-eight millions telephones, it has thirty-four millions homes with cable TV and these are growing eight per cent a year. By 2005 most cable homes will have access to the Internet from many of the 700000 local STD/PCO booths. Internet uses may be low today, but it is bound to grow rapidly in the future, and e-governance in India may not be a dream.
GovWorks is working in which of the following countries?
Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. <br><br> We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do citizens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But they doesn't men that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing through government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well not transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental relationship between governments and citizens. Not surprisingly, it is the internet that behind it. After e-commerce and e-business, the next revolution may be e-governance. <br><br> Examples abound. The municipality of phoenix, Arizona, allows its citizens to renew their car registrations, pay traffic fines, replace lost identities cards, etc, online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby munipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transaction. It costs only $ 1.60 to process an online transaction versus $ 6.60 to do it across the counter. In Chile, people routinely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, and drastically reduced the time taken and the number of errors and litigation with the tax departments. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier. <br><br> The furthest ahead, not surprisingly, is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil services of Singapore, which allows citizens to do more functions online than any other. As in many private companies, the purchasing and buying of Singapore's government departments is own on the Web, and cost benefits come through more competitive bidding, easy access to global suppliers and time saved by online processing of orders. They can post their catalogs on their site, bid for contracts, submit invoices and check their payment status over the Net. <br><br> The most useful idea for Indian municipalities is gave works, a private sector-run site that collect local taxes, fines and utility bills for 3600 municipalities across the United states. It is a citizens site, which also provide information on government jobs, tenders, etc. The most ambitious is the British government, which has target to convert 100 per cent of his transactions with its citizens to the Internet by 2005. <br><br> Cynics in India will say, 'Oh e-governance will never work n India. We are so poor and we don't have computers. 'But they are wrong! They are many experiments afoot in India as well. Citizens in Andhra Pradesh can download government forms and submit applications on the net without having to bribe clerks. In many district land records are online and this has created transparency. Similarly in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, villagers have begun to fie applications for land transfers and follow heir progress on Net. In seventy villages in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra, Internet booth have come-up where farmers can daily check the market rates of agricultural commodities in Marathi, along with data on agricultural schemes, information on crop technology, when to spray and plan their crops and bus and railway time tables. hey also find vocational guidance on jobs, applications for rations cards, Kerosene/ gas burners and land record extracts with details of land ownership. <br><br> Sam pritoda's WorldTel, Reliance Industries and the Tamil Nadu government are jointly laying 3000 km to optic fiber cables to create a Tamil Network which will offer rat on cards, school, college and hospital admission forms, land records, and pensions records. If successful, worldTel will expand the network to Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal. In Kerala, all the villages are getting linked online to the district headquarters, allowing citizens to compare the development priorities of their villages with other villages in the state. <br><br> Many are still skeptical of the real impact because so few Indians have computers. The answers in interactive cable TV and in Internet Kiosks. Although India has only five million computers and thirty-eight millions telephones, it has thirty-four millions homes with cable TV and these are growing eight per cent a year. By 2005 most cable homes will have access to the Internet from many of the 700000 local STD/PCO booths. Internet uses may be low today, but it is bound to grow rapidly in the future, and e-governance in India may not be a dream.
Choose the word that is opposite in meaning of the word 'dismal' as used in the passage.
Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. <br><br> We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do citizens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But they doesn't men that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing through government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well not transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental relationship between governments and citizens. Not surprisingly, it is the internet that behind it. After e-commerce and e-business, the next revolution may be e-governance. <br><br> Examples abound. The municipality of phoenix, Arizona, allows its citizens to renew their car registrations, pay traffic fines, replace lost identities cards, etc, online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby munipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transaction. It costs only $ 1.60 to process an online transaction versus $ 6.60 to do it across the counter. In Chile, people routinely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, and drastically reduced the time taken and the number of errors and litigation with the tax departments. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier. <br><br> The furthest ahead, not surprisingly, is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil services of Singapore, which allows citizens to do more functions online than any other. As in many private companies, the purchasing and buying of Singapore's government departments is own on the Web, and cost benefits come through more competitive bidding, easy access to global suppliers and time saved by online processing of orders. They can post their catalogs on their site, bid for contracts, submit invoices and check their payment status over the Net. <br><br> The most useful idea for Indian municipalities is gave works, a private sector-run site that collect local taxes, fines and utility bills for 3600 municipalities across the United states. It is a citizens site, which also provide information on government jobs, tenders, etc. The most ambitious is the British government, which has target to convert 100 per cent of his transactions with its citizens to the Internet by 2005. <br><br> Cynics in India will say, 'Oh e-governance will never work n India. We are so poor and we don't have computers. 'But they are wrong! They are many experiments afoot in India as well. Citizens in Andhra Pradesh can download government forms and submit applications on the net without having to bribe clerks. In many district land records are online and this has created transparency. Similarly in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, villagers have begun to fie applications for land transfers and follow heir progress on Net. In seventy villages in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra, Internet booth have come-up where farmers can daily check the market rates of agricultural commodities in Marathi, along with data on agricultural schemes, information on crop technology, when to spray and plan their crops and bus and railway time tables. hey also find vocational guidance on jobs, applications for rations cards, Kerosene/ gas burners and land record extracts with details of land ownership. <br><br> Sam pritoda's WorldTel, Reliance Industries and the Tamil Nadu government are jointly laying 3000 km to optic fiber cables to create a Tamil Network which will offer rat on cards, school, college and hospital admission forms, land records, and pensions records. If successful, worldTel will expand the network to Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal. In Kerala, all the villages are getting linked online to the district headquarters, allowing citizens to compare the development priorities of their villages with other villages in the state. <br><br> Many are still skeptical of the real impact because so few Indians have computers. The answers in interactive cable TV and in Internet Kiosks. Although India has only five million computers and thirty-eight millions telephones, it has thirty-four millions homes with cable TV and these are growing eight per cent a year. By 2005 most cable homes will have access to the Internet from many of the 700000 local STD/PCO booths. Internet uses may be low today, but it is bound to grow rapidly in the future, and e-governance in India may not be a dream.
How can India overcome low penetration of computers for egovernance?
Read the following passage to answer the given questions based on it. <br><br> We tend to be harsh on our bureaucracy, but nowhere do citizens enjoy dealing with their government. They do it because they have to. But they doesn't men that the experience has to be dismal. Now there is a new wind blowing through government departments around the world, which could take some of this pain away. In the next five years it may well not transform not only the way public services are delivered but also the fundamental relationship between governments and citizens. Not surprisingly, it is the internet that behind it. After e-commerce and e-business, the next revolution may be e-governance. <br><br> Examples abound. The municipality of phoenix, Arizona, allows its citizens to renew their car registrations, pay traffic fines, replace lost identities cards, etc, online without having to stand in endless queues in a grubby munipal office. The municipality is happy because it saves $5 a transaction. It costs only $ 1.60 to process an online transaction versus $ 6.60 to do it across the counter. In Chile, people routinely submit their income tax returns over the Internet, which has increased transparency, and drastically reduced the time taken and the number of errors and litigation with the tax departments. Both tax payers and the revenue department are happier. <br><br> The furthest ahead, not surprisingly, is the small, rich and entrepreneurial civil services of Singapore, which allows citizens to do more functions online than any other. As in many private companies, the purchasing and buying of Singapore's government departments is own on the Web, and cost benefits come through more competitive bidding, easy access to global suppliers and time saved by online processing of orders. They can post their catalogs on their site, bid for contracts, submit invoices and check their payment status over the Net. <br><br> The most useful idea for Indian municipalities is gave works, a private sector-run site that collect local taxes, fines and utility bills for 3600 municipalities across the United states. It is a citizens site, which also provide information on government jobs, tenders, etc. The most ambitious is the British government, which has target to convert 100 per cent of his transactions with its citizens to the Internet by 2005. <br><br> Cynics in India will say, 'Oh e-governance will never work n India. We are so poor and we don't have computers. 'But they are wrong! They are many experiments afoot in India as well. Citizens in Andhra Pradesh can download government forms and submit applications on the net without having to bribe clerks. In many district land records are online and this has created transparency. Similarly in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, villagers have begun to fie applications for land transfers and follow heir progress on Net. In seventy villages in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra, Internet booth have come-up where farmers can daily check the market rates of agricultural commodities in Marathi, along with data on agricultural schemes, information on crop technology, when to spray and plan their crops and bus and railway time tables. hey also find vocational guidance on jobs, applications for rations cards, Kerosene/ gas burners and land record extracts with details of land ownership. <br><br> Sam pritoda's WorldTel, Reliance Industries and the Tamil Nadu government are jointly laying 3000 km to optic fiber cables to create a Tamil Network which will offer rat on cards, school, college and hospital admission forms, land records, and pensions records. If successful, worldTel will expand the network to Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal. In Kerala, all the villages are getting linked online to the district headquarters, allowing citizens to compare the development priorities of their villages with other villages in the state. <br><br> Many are still skeptical of the real impact because so few Indians have computers. The answers in interactive cable TV and in Internet Kiosks. Although India has only five million computers and thirty-eight millions telephones, it has thirty-four millions homes with cable TV and these are growing eight per cent a year. By 2005 most cable homes will have access to the Internet from many of the 700000 local STD/PCO booths. Internet uses may be low today, but it is bound to grow rapidly in the future, and e-governance in India may not be a dream.
Which of the following has not been one of the effects of submitting income tax returns over the internet in Chile?
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