Daily English Quiz – 28 January 2026

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.

Pugilistic

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.

Piquant

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.

Rapport

Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.

Primordial

Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Tempestuous

Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Mercantile

Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Epigram

Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Timorous

Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

A strict disciplinarian, especially in the military.

Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

A close and harmonious relationship; mutual understanding.

Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

Related to trade or commercial business.

Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

The use of help, support, or a way to solve a problem.

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.

Sana! Please........ tea.

Explanation: When talking about a specific meal or food, the verbs 'eat' and 'have' are often interchangeable. That means either word can be used.

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.

Neither you nor your sister should........ to them.

Explanation: The appropriate verb form to be applied in the given sentence is talk. <br> As the sentence is in simple future tense the participle used is a simple form. <br> The options C and D cannot be applied as the tense of the verb is different from that of the sentence given. Talked is in past tense and Talking is in continuous tense. <br> Option B is inappropriate as there are two subjects in the sentence and so the verb is plural, talk.

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 wish she........ reach here soon.

Explanation: We often use would (or the contracted form 'd) in the main clause of a conditional sentence when we talk about imagined situations. <br> Example: If we had left earlier, we would have been able to stop off for a coffee on the way.

Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.

To all intent and purposes he is a good man.

Explanation: To all intent and purposes: in all important respects.

Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.

Don't stick your neck out.

Explanation: stick your neck out: to take a risk.

Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.

At a party, he is always in high spirits.

Explanation: in high spirits: extremely happy and having a good time.

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.

Each new leader however strongly he might favour change (a)/ have found that having risen by following the rules of the system (b)/ he becomes captive (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 am sure being young, pretty and intelligent (a)/ she is bound to make her remark some day (b)/ in the world of theatre (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.

The men were lying idly in the sun (a)/ and enjoying the wonderful weather (b)/ around them (c)/ No error (d)

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions. <br><br><br> Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or nonpartner sexual violence in their lifetime. <br><br> Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What makes this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. <br><br> As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region. <br><br> Violence against women — particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence — is a major public health problem and a violation of women’s human rights. WHO together with UN Women and other partners has developed a framework for prevention of violence against women called Respect which can be used by governments to counter this menace, noted WHO. <br><br> Meanwhile, healthcare professionals cautioned that violence can negatively affect a woman’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, and may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings. <br><br> Explaining how gender-based violence is perpetrated, the global health organisation said that men are more likely to perpetrate violence if they have low education, a history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence against their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norms, including attitudes accepting of violence, and a sense of entitlement over women. <br><br> Women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence if they have low education, exposure to mothers being abused by a partner, abuse during childhood, and attitudes accepting violence, male privilege and women’s subordinate status. <br><br> Warning that intimate partner violence cause serious short-and long-term problems for women and adversely affect their children besides leading to high social and economic costs for women, their families and societies, WHO said: There is now evidence that advocacy and empowerment counselling interventions, as well as home visitation are promising in preventing or reducing intimate partner violence against women.’’

Which among the following is the main issue for women as highlighted in the information given in the passage?

Explanation: If we go through the whole passage it is clear that the author is mainly concerned regarding the violence towards women by their intimate partners and they are attracted to doing so because of their socio-economic status and upbringing. <br> Among the given options, A, B and C do not follow from the passage whereas Option D underlines the main issue among women and that also in the countries such as India. <br> Therefore, Option D is the correct choice among the given options.

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions. <br><br><br> Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or nonpartner sexual violence in their lifetime. <br><br> Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What makes this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. <br><br> As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region. <br><br> Violence against women — particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence — is a major public health problem and a violation of women’s human rights. WHO together with UN Women and other partners has developed a framework for prevention of violence against women called Respect which can be used by governments to counter this menace, noted WHO. <br><br> Meanwhile, healthcare professionals cautioned that violence can negatively affect a woman’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, and may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings. <br><br> Explaining how gender-based violence is perpetrated, the global health organisation said that men are more likely to perpetrate violence if they have low education, a history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence against their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norms, including attitudes accepting of violence, and a sense of entitlement over women. <br><br> Women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence if they have low education, exposure to mothers being abused by a partner, abuse during childhood, and attitudes accepting violence, male privilege and women’s subordinate status. <br><br> Warning that intimate partner violence cause serious short-and long-term problems for women and adversely affect their children besides leading to high social and economic costs for women, their families and societies, WHO said: There is now evidence that advocacy and empowerment counselling interventions, as well as home visitation are promising in preventing or reducing intimate partner violence against women.’’

Which among the following correctly defines the position of India in the context of violence against women, as stated in the passage?

Explanation: Refer to, Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What makes this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. <br> It is clear from the above lines that the incidents of violence against women are more in India as compared to the other areas of the world, be it developed or otherwise and that is why the option that states this will be our pick for the correct answer. <br> Among the given options, only Option C is there that underlines the actual condition of India and the problems that women face in India whereas other options do not follow from the passage and can be ruled out from consideration. <br> This makes Option C the correct choice among the given options.

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions. <br><br><br> Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or nonpartner sexual violence in their lifetime. <br><br> Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What makes this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. <br><br> As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region. <br><br> Violence against women — particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence — is a major public health problem and a violation of women’s human rights. WHO together with UN Women and other partners has developed a framework for prevention of violence against women called Respect which can be used by governments to counter this menace, noted WHO. <br><br> Meanwhile, healthcare professionals cautioned that violence can negatively affect a woman’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, and may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings. <br><br> Explaining how gender-based violence is perpetrated, the global health organisation said that men are more likely to perpetrate violence if they have low education, a history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence against their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norms, including attitudes accepting of violence, and a sense of entitlement over women. <br><br> Women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence if they have low education, exposure to mothers being abused by a partner, abuse during childhood, and attitudes accepting violence, male privilege and women’s subordinate status. <br><br> Warning that intimate partner violence cause serious short-and long-term problems for women and adversely affect their children besides leading to high social and economic costs for women, their families and societies, WHO said: There is now evidence that advocacy and empowerment counselling interventions, as well as home visitation are promising in preventing or reducing intimate partner violence against women.’’

Which among the following cannot be considered as an adverse effect of the violence against women, as described in the given passage? <br><br> I. The children of such couples suffer a lot due to such incidents of violence. <br> II. The families of the women suffer a lot due to the attacks on their children by their partners. <br> III. The society, as a whole, suffers a lot due to such incidents of violence against women.

Explanation: Refer to, Warning that intimate partner violence cause serious short-and long-term problems for women and adversely affect their children besides leading to high social and economic costs for women, their families and societies. <br> It is clear from the above lines that the children of the couples where the women are tortured by their partners, the families of such women and the society, as a whole, suffer due to the attacks on women. <br> Therefore all of these are adverse effects of the violence against women. <br> This makes Option E the correct choice among the given options.

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions. <br><br><br> Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or nonpartner sexual violence in their lifetime. <br><br> Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What makes this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. <br><br> As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region. <br><br> Violence against women — particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence — is a major public health problem and a violation of women’s human rights. WHO together with UN Women and other partners has developed a framework for prevention of violence against women called Respect which can be used by governments to counter this menace, noted WHO. <br><br> Meanwhile, healthcare professionals cautioned that violence can negatively affect a woman’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, and may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings. <br><br> Explaining how gender-based violence is perpetrated, the global health organisation said that men are more likely to perpetrate violence if they have low education, a history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence against their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norms, including attitudes accepting of violence, and a sense of entitlement over women. <br><br> Women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence if they have low education, exposure to mothers being abused by a partner, abuse during childhood, and attitudes accepting violence, male privilege and women’s subordinate status. <br><br> Warning that intimate partner violence cause serious short-and long-term problems for women and adversely affect their children besides leading to high social and economic costs for women, their families and societies, WHO said: There is now evidence that advocacy and empowerment counselling interventions, as well as home visitation are promising in preventing or reducing intimate partner violence against women.’’

Which among the following can be considered as a reason why men indulge in violence against women, as described in the passage? <br><br> I. The men have such upbringing where they must have observed their family members doing so. <br> II. The men who do such things are not educated enough to understand the adverse effects of such actions. <br> III. The men who do such things may have been treated badly during their own childhood.

Explanation: Refer to, Explaining how gender-based violence is perpetrated, the global health organisation said that men are more likely to perpetrate violence if they have low education, a history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence against their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norms, including attitudes accepting of violence, and a sense of entitlement over women. <br> It is clear from the above lines that men who may not have been properly educated or have seen the history of violence at their own homes may indulge in violence against women during their own internal lives. On the other hand, troubled childhood for men can also be a reason why they may indulge in violence against women. Therefore all the given reasons are correct in this context. <br> This makes Option E the correct choice among the given options

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions. <br><br><br> Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or nonpartner sexual violence in their lifetime. <br><br> Worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner. What makes this worse for countries like India is the fact that intimate partner violence is the highest at 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region. <br><br> As per figures released by WHO, the violence ranges from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region. <br><br> Violence against women — particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence — is a major public health problem and a violation of women’s human rights. WHO together with UN Women and other partners has developed a framework for prevention of violence against women called Respect which can be used by governments to counter this menace, noted WHO. <br><br> Meanwhile, healthcare professionals cautioned that violence can negatively affect a woman’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health, and may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings. <br><br> Explaining how gender-based violence is perpetrated, the global health organisation said that men are more likely to perpetrate violence if they have low education, a history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic violence against their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norms, including attitudes accepting of violence, and a sense of entitlement over women. <br><br> Women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence if they have low education, exposure to mothers being abused by a partner, abuse during childhood, and attitudes accepting violence, male privilege and women’s subordinate status. <br><br> Warning that intimate partner violence cause serious short-and long-term problems for women and adversely affect their children besides leading to high social and economic costs for women, their families and societies, WHO said: There is now evidence that advocacy and empowerment counselling interventions, as well as home visitation are promising in preventing or reducing intimate partner violence against women.’’

Which among the following is correct regarding the action taken by WHO to address the violence against women in various countries?

Explanation: Refer to, WHO together with UN Women and other partners has developed a framework for prevention of violence against women called Respect which can be used by governments to counter this menace, noted WHO. <br> It is clear from the above lines that WHO has tied up with UN Women and other agencies so that they all together can do something regarding the issue of violence against women all around the world. It is correct that the menace is more prevalent in the developing nations but it is there in the developed countries also. <br> Among the given options, we can see that only Option E explains this directly and therefore all the other options may be ruled out from consideration. <br> This makes Option E the correct choice among the given options.