This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 6 November 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.
Urbane
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Hardy
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Stalwart
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Dutiful
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Pleasant
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Tmesis
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Epistolary
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Concatenation
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Courteous, refined, and sophisticated in manner.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Conscientiously or obediently fulfilling one's duty.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Relating to the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Of or concerning priests or the priesthood; also, highly formal or stylized in appearance.
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.
Fatima is not at home at the moment, She ____ work.
Explanation: The preposition 'at' can be used in multiple contexts, such as telling time or location (e.g., telling someone to meet 'at midnight' or 'at the coffee shop'). However, 'at' can also be used to introduce prepositional phrases that identify the object of a sentence. <br> Example: He was looking at all the different options.
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.
They ____ really supportive.
Explanation: If the noun is singular, use 'is'. If it is plural or there is more than one noun, use 'are'.'They' is a plural noun.
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.
Once she told me ____ she lived.
Explanation: 'where' means in or to what place or position. Hence, 'where' is the correct answer.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To give up the ghost
Explanation: To give up the ghost: to expire or die.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To cast pearls before a swine
Explanation: To cast pearls before a swine: Offer or show something valuable, good, or beautiful to someone who does not understand its value.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To bring one's eggs to a bad market
Explanation: To bring one's eggs to a bad market: To fail in one's plan because one goes to the wrong people for help.
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.
His clothing laid (a)/ on the floor (b)/ until his mother picked it up (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: clothing lay
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.
When the coach makes the decision as to (a)/ which of the two boys will play (b)/ you may be sure that he will choose the best one (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: better one
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.
He would have been more successful (a)/ if he would have had the training (b) all of us received (c)/ No error (d)
Explanation: if he had the training
Directions: Kindly read the passage carefully and answer the questions given beside. <br><br> India has a major child malnutrition problem. The Rapid Survey on Children (2012-13) found that about 4 in 10 children are stunted. On average, children who are stunted do less well in school, earn less, and die sooner than children who are not. There are many causes of child stunting. Addressing poverty and improving education would help, but development is not the only factor. Research shows that poor sanitation spreads diseases that sap children's energy and stunts their growth. Also, the health of a child's mother matters critically for whether or not the child is stunted. <br><br> The first two years of life are the most important time for a child's physical and cognitive growth. During this time, she depends heavily on her mother for nutrition. As a growing foetus, she gets all her food from her mother's bloodstream, and after birth, is ideally breastfed for at least six months. Unfortunately, research shows that many Indian women start pregnancy underweight and gain little weight during pregnancy. This leads to low birth weight babies, high rates of neonatal mortality, and less successful breastfeeding. Women's undernourishment contributes substantially to India's unacceptably high rates of child stunting. <br><br> Why are Indian women so malnourished? Here, too, poverty and sanitation play a role. But a recent survey that I conducted with a team of economics and sociology researchers suggests that widespread discrimination against women in their own homes likely plays an important role too. Social Attitudes Research for India (SARI) is a new phone survey that seeks to interview representative samples of 18-65-year-olds. Recently, we interviewed 1,270 adults in Delhi and 1,470 adults in Uttar Pradesh. One of the things SARI measures is discrimination against women. <br><br> In India, girls are less likely to survive infancy than boys, and if they do, parents invest less in their education. Women are far less likely to work outside the home and have their own bank accounts than men. Many report little decision-making power over their own lives. One aspect of discrimination against women that matters for health is whether women eat less or worse quality food than men. In order to measure discrimination in women's food intake, SARI used a question that was previously tested and used by the India Human Development Survey (2011): 'When your family eats lunch or dinner, do the women usually eat with the men? Or do the women usually eat first? Or do the men usually eat first?' Answers to these questions have implications for nutrition because in households with a limited food budget, or where there is no refrigerator to store leftover food, the person who eats last very often gets less or lower quality food than people who eat before her. <br><br> The IHDS 2011 survey interviewed married women aged 15-49 and found that one in five women in Delhi and half of the women in Uttar Pradesh said they ate after men did. When we decided to include the same question in the SARI survey five years later, we found even higher numbers. One in three adults in Delhi, and six in ten adults in U.P. said they lived in households where men eat first. Why are these numbers even higher than what the IHDS found in 2011? <br><br> Part of the reason is that SARI and the IHDS asked different people. The IHDS asked only women, while SARI asked both women and men. In U.P. (but not in Delhi) men were significantly more likely to say that they eat first. We do not know why men in U.P. reported more often than women that women eat last. Studies of discrimination in other contexts suggest that where discrimination is severe, it is often easier to get people to admit to engaging in acts of discrimination than to experiencing it. <br><br> Nor do we know for sure why even among women, the SARI figures are higher than the IHDS figures. It may have to do with how respondents react to a phone survey versus a face-to-face survey. The women surveyors who conducted IHDS interviews may have been seen by respondents as progressive women having jobs and moving around without their family members. For a respondent in a conservative household, it may be easier to admit discrimination to a stranger on the phone than to a progressive woman sitting in front of her. <br><br> No matter what the exact figures, it is clear that the practice of making women eat last is widespread in Delhi and U.P., and that it has important implications for a child's health. What is unclear is how to address the problem.
Which of the following assumptions is implicit in the context of the passage? <br> I. Survey results regarding an issue may or may not depict a clear picture of the problem. <br> II. Sampling is crucial while conducting a research. <br> III. Results of two different researches on the same topic will always vary.
Explanation: Reference<br> 7th paragraph, 1st sentence<br> Nor do we know for sure why even among women, the SARI figures are higher than the IHDS figures. ... <br> 6th paragraph, 1st and 2nd sentences<br> Part of the reason is that SARI and the IHDS asked different people. The IHDS asked only women, while SARI asked both women and men. <br> The sentences above taken as reference implies the statement I and II respectively. However, statement III is not implied in the passage. <br> Option D is hence the correct answer.
Directions: Kindly read the passage carefully and answer the questions given beside. <br><br> India has a major child malnutrition problem. The Rapid Survey on Children (2012-13) found that about 4 in 10 children are stunted. On average, children who are stunted do less well in school, earn less, and die sooner than children who are not. There are many causes of child stunting. Addressing poverty and improving education would help, but development is not the only factor. Research shows that poor sanitation spreads diseases that sap children's energy and stunts their growth. Also, the health of a child's mother matters critically for whether or not the child is stunted. <br><br> The first two years of life are the most important time for a child's physical and cognitive growth. During this time, she depends heavily on her mother for nutrition. As a growing foetus, she gets all her food from her mother's bloodstream, and after birth, is ideally breastfed for at least six months. Unfortunately, research shows that many Indian women start pregnancy underweight and gain little weight during pregnancy. This leads to low birth weight babies, high rates of neonatal mortality, and less successful breastfeeding. Women's undernourishment contributes substantially to India's unacceptably high rates of child stunting. <br><br> Why are Indian women so malnourished? Here, too, poverty and sanitation play a role. But a recent survey that I conducted with a team of economics and sociology researchers suggests that widespread discrimination against women in their own homes likely plays an important role too. Social Attitudes Research for India (SARI) is a new phone survey that seeks to interview representative samples of 18-65-year-olds. Recently, we interviewed 1,270 adults in Delhi and 1,470 adults in Uttar Pradesh. One of the things SARI measures is discrimination against women. <br><br> In India, girls are less likely to survive infancy than boys, and if they do, parents invest less in their education. Women are far less likely to work outside the home and have their own bank accounts than men. Many report little decision-making power over their own lives. One aspect of discrimination against women that matters for health is whether women eat less or worse quality food than men. In order to measure discrimination in women's food intake, SARI used a question that was previously tested and used by the India Human Development Survey (2011): 'When your family eats lunch or dinner, do the women usually eat with the men? Or do the women usually eat first? Or do the men usually eat first?' Answers to these questions have implications for nutrition because in households with a limited food budget, or where there is no refrigerator to store leftover food, the person who eats last very often gets less or lower quality food than people who eat before her. <br><br> The IHDS 2011 survey interviewed married women aged 15-49 and found that one in five women in Delhi and half of the women in Uttar Pradesh said they ate after men did. When we decided to include the same question in the SARI survey five years later, we found even higher numbers. One in three adults in Delhi, and six in ten adults in U.P. said they lived in households where men eat first. Why are these numbers even higher than what the IHDS found in 2011? <br><br> Part of the reason is that SARI and the IHDS asked different people. The IHDS asked only women, while SARI asked both women and men. In U.P. (but not in Delhi) men were significantly more likely to say that they eat first. We do not know why men in U.P. reported more often than women that women eat last. Studies of discrimination in other contexts suggest that where discrimination is severe, it is often easier to get people to admit to engaging in acts of discrimination than to experiencing it. <br><br> Nor do we know for sure why even among women, the SARI figures are higher than the IHDS figures. It may have to do with how respondents react to a phone survey versus a face-to-face survey. The women surveyors who conducted IHDS interviews may have been seen by respondents as progressive women having jobs and moving around without their family members. For a respondent in a conservative household, it may be easier to admit discrimination to a stranger on the phone than to a progressive woman sitting in front of her. <br><br> No matter what the exact figures, it is clear that the practice of making women eat last is widespread in Delhi and U.P., and that it has important implications for a child's health. What is unclear is how to address the problem.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
Explanation: Reference<br> 2nd paragraph, last sentence<br> "¦ Women's undernourishment contributes substantially to India's unacceptably high rates of child stunting. <br> From the sentence above taken as reference, we can clearly infer that it is an undernourished mother that is not able to feed her baby with all the required nutrients and which further causes malnutrition in the baby. <br> Sentence A and B can't be inferred from the passage. <br> Option B is hence the correct answer.
Directions: Kindly read the passage carefully and answer the questions given beside. <br><br> India has a major child malnutrition problem. The Rapid Survey on Children (2012-13) found that about 4 in 10 children are stunted. On average, children who are stunted do less well in school, earn less, and die sooner than children who are not. There are many causes of child stunting. Addressing poverty and improving education would help, but development is not the only factor. Research shows that poor sanitation spreads diseases that sap children's energy and stunts their growth. Also, the health of a child's mother matters critically for whether or not the child is stunted. <br><br> The first two years of life are the most important time for a child's physical and cognitive growth. During this time, she depends heavily on her mother for nutrition. As a growing foetus, she gets all her food from her mother's bloodstream, and after birth, is ideally breastfed for at least six months. Unfortunately, research shows that many Indian women start pregnancy underweight and gain little weight during pregnancy. This leads to low birth weight babies, high rates of neonatal mortality, and less successful breastfeeding. Women's undernourishment contributes substantially to India's unacceptably high rates of child stunting. <br><br> Why are Indian women so malnourished? Here, too, poverty and sanitation play a role. But a recent survey that I conducted with a team of economics and sociology researchers suggests that widespread discrimination against women in their own homes likely plays an important role too. Social Attitudes Research for India (SARI) is a new phone survey that seeks to interview representative samples of 18-65-year-olds. Recently, we interviewed 1,270 adults in Delhi and 1,470 adults in Uttar Pradesh. One of the things SARI measures is discrimination against women. <br><br> In India, girls are less likely to survive infancy than boys, and if they do, parents invest less in their education. Women are far less likely to work outside the home and have their own bank accounts than men. Many report little decision-making power over their own lives. One aspect of discrimination against women that matters for health is whether women eat less or worse quality food than men. In order to measure discrimination in women's food intake, SARI used a question that was previously tested and used by the India Human Development Survey (2011): 'When your family eats lunch or dinner, do the women usually eat with the men? Or do the women usually eat first? Or do the men usually eat first?' Answers to these questions have implications for nutrition because in households with a limited food budget, or where there is no refrigerator to store leftover food, the person who eats last very often gets less or lower quality food than people who eat before her. <br><br> The IHDS 2011 survey interviewed married women aged 15-49 and found that one in five women in Delhi and half of the women in Uttar Pradesh said they ate after men did. When we decided to include the same question in the SARI survey five years later, we found even higher numbers. One in three adults in Delhi, and six in ten adults in U.P. said they lived in households where men eat first. Why are these numbers even higher than what the IHDS found in 2011? <br><br> Part of the reason is that SARI and the IHDS asked different people. The IHDS asked only women, while SARI asked both women and men. In U.P. (but not in Delhi) men were significantly more likely to say that they eat first. We do not know why men in U.P. reported more often than women that women eat last. Studies of discrimination in other contexts suggest that where discrimination is severe, it is often easier to get people to admit to engaging in acts of discrimination than to experiencing it. <br><br> Nor do we know for sure why even among women, the SARI figures are higher than the IHDS figures. It may have to do with how respondents react to a phone survey versus a face-to-face survey. The women surveyors who conducted IHDS interviews may have been seen by respondents as progressive women having jobs and moving around without their family members. For a respondent in a conservative household, it may be easier to admit discrimination to a stranger on the phone than to a progressive woman sitting in front of her. <br><br> No matter what the exact figures, it is clear that the practice of making women eat last is widespread in Delhi and U.P., and that it has important implications for a child's health. What is unclear is how to address the problem.
Which of the following is/are the reason/reasons of malnutrition among women in India? <br> I. Lack of sanitation<br> II. Poverty<br> III. Discrimination
Explanation: Reference<br> 3rd paragraph, 2nd and 3rd sentences<br> "¦ Here, too, poverty and sanitation play a role. But a recent survey that I conducted with a team of economics and sociology researchers suggests that widespread discrimination against women in their own homes likely plays an important role too. "¦<br> The sentences taken above as reference clearly validates all the three reasons mentioned here. <br> Option D is hence the correct answer.
Directions: Kindly read the passage carefully and answer the questions given beside. <br><br> India has a major child malnutrition problem. The Rapid Survey on Children (2012-13) found that about 4 in 10 children are stunted. On average, children who are stunted do less well in school, earn less, and die sooner than children who are not. There are many causes of child stunting. Addressing poverty and improving education would help, but development is not the only factor. Research shows that poor sanitation spreads diseases that sap children's energy and stunts their growth. Also, the health of a child's mother matters critically for whether or not the child is stunted. <br><br> The first two years of life are the most important time for a child's physical and cognitive growth. During this time, she depends heavily on her mother for nutrition. As a growing foetus, she gets all her food from her mother's bloodstream, and after birth, is ideally breastfed for at least six months. Unfortunately, research shows that many Indian women start pregnancy underweight and gain little weight during pregnancy. This leads to low birth weight babies, high rates of neonatal mortality, and less successful breastfeeding. Women's undernourishment contributes substantially to India's unacceptably high rates of child stunting. <br><br> Why are Indian women so malnourished? Here, too, poverty and sanitation play a role. But a recent survey that I conducted with a team of economics and sociology researchers suggests that widespread discrimination against women in their own homes likely plays an important role too. Social Attitudes Research for India (SARI) is a new phone survey that seeks to interview representative samples of 18-65-year-olds. Recently, we interviewed 1,270 adults in Delhi and 1,470 adults in Uttar Pradesh. One of the things SARI measures is discrimination against women. <br><br> In India, girls are less likely to survive infancy than boys, and if they do, parents invest less in their education. Women are far less likely to work outside the home and have their own bank accounts than men. Many report little decision-making power over their own lives. One aspect of discrimination against women that matters for health is whether women eat less or worse quality food than men. In order to measure discrimination in women's food intake, SARI used a question that was previously tested and used by the India Human Development Survey (2011): 'When your family eats lunch or dinner, do the women usually eat with the men? Or do the women usually eat first? Or do the men usually eat first?' Answers to these questions have implications for nutrition because in households with a limited food budget, or where there is no refrigerator to store leftover food, the person who eats last very often gets less or lower quality food than people who eat before her. <br><br> The IHDS 2011 survey interviewed married women aged 15-49 and found that one in five women in Delhi and half of the women in Uttar Pradesh said they ate after men did. When we decided to include the same question in the SARI survey five years later, we found even higher numbers. One in three adults in Delhi, and six in ten adults in U.P. said they lived in households where men eat first. Why are these numbers even higher than what the IHDS found in 2011? <br><br> Part of the reason is that SARI and the IHDS asked different people. The IHDS asked only women, while SARI asked both women and men. In U.P. (but not in Delhi) men were significantly more likely to say that they eat first. We do not know why men in U.P. reported more often than women that women eat last. Studies of discrimination in other contexts suggest that where discrimination is severe, it is often easier to get people to admit to engaging in acts of discrimination than to experiencing it. <br><br> Nor do we know for sure why even among women, the SARI figures are higher than the IHDS figures. It may have to do with how respondents react to a phone survey versus a face-to-face survey. The women surveyors who conducted IHDS interviews may have been seen by respondents as progressive women having jobs and moving around without their family members. For a respondent in a conservative household, it may be easier to admit discrimination to a stranger on the phone than to a progressive woman sitting in front of her. <br><br> No matter what the exact figures, it is clear that the practice of making women eat last is widespread in Delhi and U.P., and that it has important implications for a child's health. What is unclear is how to address the problem.
Which of the following reasons has specifically been mentioned in the passage for lower rate of survival of female infants in India?
Explanation: If we read the passage, we can infer (and cannot conclude) that it is the discrimination against Indian women that prevails and is the root cause of lower rate of survival of girl infants in comparison to that of the boy infants but it's not specifically been mentioned in the passage. Option E is hence the correct answer.
Directions: Kindly read the passage carefully and answer the questions given beside. <br><br> India has a major child malnutrition problem. The Rapid Survey on Children (2012-13) found that about 4 in 10 children are stunted. On average, children who are stunted do less well in school, earn less, and die sooner than children who are not. There are many causes of child stunting. Addressing poverty and improving education would help, but development is not the only factor. Research shows that poor sanitation spreads diseases that sap children's energy and stunts their growth. Also, the health of a child's mother matters critically for whether or not the child is stunted. <br><br> The first two years of life are the most important time for a child's physical and cognitive growth. During this time, she depends heavily on her mother for nutrition. As a growing foetus, she gets all her food from her mother's bloodstream, and after birth, is ideally breastfed for at least six months. Unfortunately, research shows that many Indian women start pregnancy underweight and gain little weight during pregnancy. This leads to low birth weight babies, high rates of neonatal mortality, and less successful breastfeeding. Women's undernourishment contributes substantially to India's unacceptably high rates of child stunting. <br><br> Why are Indian women so malnourished? Here, too, poverty and sanitation play a role. But a recent survey that I conducted with a team of economics and sociology researchers suggests that widespread discrimination against women in their own homes likely plays an important role too. Social Attitudes Research for India (SARI) is a new phone survey that seeks to interview representative samples of 18-65-year-olds. Recently, we interviewed 1,270 adults in Delhi and 1,470 adults in Uttar Pradesh. One of the things SARI measures is discrimination against women. <br><br> In India, girls are less likely to survive infancy than boys, and if they do, parents invest less in their education. Women are far less likely to work outside the home and have their own bank accounts than men. Many report little decision-making power over their own lives. One aspect of discrimination against women that matters for health is whether women eat less or worse quality food than men. In order to measure discrimination in women's food intake, SARI used a question that was previously tested and used by the India Human Development Survey (2011): 'When your family eats lunch or dinner, do the women usually eat with the men? Or do the women usually eat first? Or do the men usually eat first?' Answers to these questions have implications for nutrition because in households with a limited food budget, or where there is no refrigerator to store leftover food, the person who eats last very often gets less or lower quality food than people who eat before her. <br><br> The IHDS 2011 survey interviewed married women aged 15-49 and found that one in five women in Delhi and half of the women in Uttar Pradesh said they ate after men did. When we decided to include the same question in the SARI survey five years later, we found even higher numbers. One in three adults in Delhi, and six in ten adults in U.P. said they lived in households where men eat first. Why are these numbers even higher than what the IHDS found in 2011? <br><br> Part of the reason is that SARI and the IHDS asked different people. The IHDS asked only women, while SARI asked both women and men. In U.P. (but not in Delhi) men were significantly more likely to say that they eat first. We do not know why men in U.P. reported more often than women that women eat last. Studies of discrimination in other contexts suggest that where discrimination is severe, it is often easier to get people to admit to engaging in acts of discrimination than to experiencing it. <br><br> Nor do we know for sure why even among women, the SARI figures are higher than the IHDS figures. It may have to do with how respondents react to a phone survey versus a face-to-face survey. The women surveyors who conducted IHDS interviews may have been seen by respondents as progressive women having jobs and moving around without their family members. For a respondent in a conservative household, it may be easier to admit discrimination to a stranger on the phone than to a progressive woman sitting in front of her. <br><br> No matter what the exact figures, it is clear that the practice of making women eat last is widespread in Delhi and U.P., and that it has important implications for a child's health. What is unclear is how to address the problem.
Which of the following behavioural pattern is causing malnutrition among Indian women?
Explanation: Reference<br> 4th paragraph, last sentence<br> "¦ Answers to these questions have implications for nutrition because in households with a limited food budget, or where there is no refrigerator to store leftover food, the person who eats last very often gets less or lower quality food than people who eat before her. <br> The sentence above taken as reference clearly supports what is stated in the statement given as option C. <br> Option C is hence the correct answer.
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