This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 5 October 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.
Indolent
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Prevaricate
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Obdurate
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Perfidy
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Unctuous
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Turgid
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Invidious
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Austere
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
To avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question; to speak or act in an evasive way.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Deceitfulness; deliberate breach of faith or trust.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Swollen or bloated; (of language or style) pompous and overblown.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; plain and simple without luxury.
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.
Emma is getting ____ the car.
Explanation: We use 'out of' as a preposition to talk about movement from within somewhere or something, usually with a verb that expresses movement. It shows where something is or was going. <br> Example: <br> You go out of the building and turn right. <br> He pulled a letter out of his shirt pocket, opened it and handed it to her to read.
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 will meet him ____ Saturday afternoon.
Explanation: Prepositions are words that are used to express temporal or spatial relations between people, objects, concepts, etc. <br> On is a preposition that is used as a function word to indicate contact or support with a surface. <br> It can also refer to attachment, dependence, possession or conveyance. <br> Here, on is used to indicate a space of time when something will take place. <br> In addition to being a preposition, on can also function as an adverb or adjective.
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.
On leaving the shopping plaza, Kate was robbed ____ purse.
Explanation: If someone is robbed, they have money or property stolen from them. If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them. The correct preposition to follow after 'robbed' is 'of'.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
The autographed bat from the famous cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is worth a jew's eye.
Explanation: Worth a jew's eye: very valuable.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
The speaker gave a bird's eye view of the political conditions in the country.
Explanation: Bird's eye view: an overall look at something.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
He resigned the post of his own accord.
Explanation: Of his own accord: used to indicate that someone does something because he or she wants to, not because someone has asked the person or forced him or her to do it.
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.
They sit (a) / at the window (b) / and watch the traffic (c) / No error (d)
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 wanted to see (a) / that wheather they (b) / hat actually read the notes (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: omit that
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.
They made him treasurer (a)/ because they considered (b) / him as honest and efficient. (c). / No error (d)
Explanation: him honest
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers. <br><br> Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the 'judicious' use of discretionary powers. <br><br> Citing the use of the so-called privileges as 'prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust', HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister's intervention to 'stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.' <br><br> In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM's attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.
The tone of the speaker in the passage is that of
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers. <br><br> Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the 'judicious' use of discretionary powers. <br><br> Citing the use of the so-called privileges as 'prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust', HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister's intervention to 'stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.' <br><br> In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM's attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.
'... he has drawn the PM's attention "¦"¦' In this line 'He' refers to
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers. <br><br> Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the 'judicious' use of discretionary powers. <br><br> Citing the use of the so-called privileges as 'prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust', HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister's intervention to 'stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.' <br><br> In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM's attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.
A Union minister has not got the power of
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers. <br><br> Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the 'judicious' use of discretionary powers. <br><br> Citing the use of the so-called privileges as 'prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust', HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister's intervention to 'stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.' <br><br> In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM's attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.
What did the Supreme Court suggest?
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: <br><br> With Lok Sabha speaker Purno Sangma abolishing the discretionary quota for gas and telephone connections enjoyed by members of parliament last week, demands are being made for doing away with the same privilege for Union ministers. <br><br> Imposing a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on former petroleum minister Satish Sharma for arbitrarily allotting petrol pumps, the Supreme Court had said last year that absolute discretion was an anathema to the Constitution and advised the 'judicious' use of discretionary powers. <br><br> Citing the use of the so-called privileges as 'prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust', HD Shourie of Common Cause has sought the prime minister's intervention to 'stop this practice of discretionary quota for ministers to present to the public an image of clean functioning of the government.' <br><br> In a letter written to the Cabinet Secretary, he has drawn the PM's attention to the misuse of this privilege by more than a dozen ministers. In the railways, discretionary quota covers platform stalls, passes, tickets and berths on trains. In civil aviation and tourism, the largesse includes free international air tickets, out-of-turn seats and stalls in ITDC hotels.
'Prejudicial to public interest and a breach of trust' - in this quote prejudicial means
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