This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 12 March 2026, the same 26 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.
Framework
Explanation: A framework means the basic structure, plan, or skeletal form on which something is built. Among the given options, outline is the closest in meaning because it also refers to the general structure or main shape of an idea, system, or text.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Ecosystem
Explanation: An ecosystem refers to a community of living organisms interacting with one another and with their physical environment. Though habitat is not exactly the same, it is the closest option because both are connected with the natural environment in which organisms live and function.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Demographic
Explanation: The word demographic relates to population data such as age, sex, birth rate, literacy, and distribution. Since these are usually studied through numbers and data patterns, statistical is the best available meaning among the given choices.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Metropolitan
Explanation: Metropolitan refers to a large city or something related to a major urban area. Municipal also relates to a city or town and its administration, so it is the nearest meaning among the given options. The other options point more toward rural or non-urban settings.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Ideological
Explanation: Ideological refers to something based strongly on ideas, beliefs, or doctrine. Its opposite is something practical and realistic rather than theory-driven. Therefore, pragmatic is the best antonym because it emphasizes practical action over ideology.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Optimistic
Explanation: Optimistic means hopeful and confident about the future. Doubtful suggests uncertainty and lack of confidence, so it is the closest opposite among the options. Though pessimistic would have been a more exact antonym, it is not given here.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Pessimistic
Explanation: Pessimistic means expecting bad results or having a gloomy outlook. Positive expresses confidence, hope, and a favorable attitude, so it is the best opposite from the given alternatives.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Quantitative
Explanation: Quantitative relates to quantity, number, or measurement. Its natural opposite is qualitative, but since that is not given, descriptive is the best choice because it suggests explanation in words rather than numerical measurement.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text.
Explanation: The phrase clearly defines framework, which means the supporting structure or conceptual base of an idea, institution, or written work. Hence, framework is the correct one-word substitute.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The quality of being lawful, acceptable, or justified.
Explanation: This definition directly matches legitimacy, which refers to legal validity, moral justification, or accepted authority. Therefore, it is the correct substitute.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something.
Explanation: A person who expects good outcomes and remains hopeful is called optimistic. This word exactly fits the given sentence, so it is the correct answer.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Relating to quantity or the amount of something rather than its quality.
Explanation: The adjective quantitative is used for things expressed in terms of number, amount, or measurement instead of descriptive quality. Hence, it is the exact one-word substitute.
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.
She hadn’t eaten all day, and by the time she got home she was ______.
Explanation: Ravenous means extremely hungry, which perfectly fits the context of not having eaten all day. The other options do not match the meaning of physical hunger.
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.
Smallpox has been eradicated ________ India
Explanation: The correct preposition with eradicated is from when we refer to removing a disease from a country, region, or place. Therefore, eradicated from India is the correct usage.
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.
Gopal cleverly ________ all the questions posed to him.
Explanation: To parry means to avoid, dodge, or ward off, especially in speech or argument. Since the sentence suggests that Gopal cleverly avoided answering difficult questions directly, parried is the best choice.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
A moot point
Explanation: A moot point is an issue that is debatable, uncertain, or open to argument. Therefore, disputed is the best meaning among the given options.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
To face the music
Explanation: This idiom means to accept the unpleasant results of one’s actions or mistakes. Hence, to bear the consequences is the correct meaning.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Get the message
Explanation: This phrase means to understand an indirect hint, warning, or implied meaning without it being stated openly. So option (c) is correct.
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 job for drawing water (1)/ from the village well is usually (2)/ carried out by the women and young girls. (3)/ No error (4)
Explanation: The phrase the job for drawing water is incorrect. In English, we say the job of drawing water because the noun job is followed by of to show purpose or function. Therefore, the error lies in part (1).
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 large balloons (1)/ I bought for Christmas (2)/ is very nice. (3)/ No error (4)
Explanation: The subject balloons is plural, so the verb must also be plural. Therefore, is very nice should be changed to are very nice. This makes part (3) the incorrect segment.
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 ought not (A)/ have done such a (B)/ filthy thing. (C)/ No error (D)
Explanation: This sentence needs to after ought not. The correct expression is ought not to have done.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> A few weeks ago I ran into an old friend who is currently one of the mandarins deciding India's economic and financial policies. He asked, And so, how is IIT doing? As one can only indulge in friendly banter at such gatherings, I responded with, Not so well actually. Your market-friendly policies have forced us to raise the fee, so we have 50% fewer PhD applicants this year. Not batting an eyelid, he shot back: Obviously. Your PhD students don't have any market value. Taken aback, I shifted to a more serious tone and tried to start a discussion on the need for research in these globalised times. But he had already walked away. The last word on the imperatives of the 'market' had been spoken. Actually, this view of higher education should not have surprised me. Worthies who look at everything as consumer products classify higher education as a 'non-merit' good. Non-merit goods are those where only the individual benefits from acquiring them and not the society as a whole. Multilateral agencies like The World Bank have too been pushing countries like India to stop subsidies to higher education. <br><br> When Ron Brown, former US commerce secretary visited India, a public meeting was organized at IIT Delhi. At that meeting I asked him : I understand that since the 19th century all the way up to the 1970s, most land grant and state universities in the US virtually provided free education to state citizens. Was that good for the economy, or should they have charged high fees in the early 20th century? He replied, It was great for the economy. It was one of the best things that the US government did at that particular time in American history - building institutions of higher education which were accessible to the masses of the people. I think it is one of the reasons why our economy grew and prospered, one of the ways in which the US was able to close some of its social gaps. So people who lived in rural areas would have the same kind of access to higher education as people living in other parts of the country. It was one of the reasons for making America strong. <br><br> Our policy-makers seem unaware that their mentors in the US did not follow policies at home which they now prescribe for other countries. Ron Brown's remarks summarise the importance of policymakers in the US place on higher education as a vehicle for upward mobility, for the poorer sectors of their population. Even today, a majority of Americans study in state-run institutions. Some of these institutions, like Berkeley and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Texas, are among the best in world. The annual tuition charged from state residents (about $ 5000 a year) is about a month's salary paid to a lecturer. Even this fee is waived for most students. In addition, students receive stipends for books, food and hostel charges. The basic principle is that no student who gets admission to a university should have to depend on parental support if it is not available. <br><br> Ron Brown's remarks went unnoticed in India. Every other day some luminary or the other opines that universities and technical education institutions should increase their charges and that such education should not be subsidized. Most editorials echo these sentiments. Eminent industrialists pontificate that we should run educational institutions like business houses. Visiting experts from the Bank and the IMF, in their newly emerging concern for the poor, advise us to divert funds from higher education to primary education.
The author of the passage seems to be a/an
Explanation: The author speaks from personal experience about IIT fees, PhD applicants, and a public meeting at IIT Delhi. This shows that he is closely connected with a higher educational institution, most likely as an educationist or academic.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> A few weeks ago I ran into an old friend who is currently one of the mandarins deciding India's economic and financial policies. He asked, And so, how is IIT doing? As one can only indulge in friendly banter at such gatherings, I responded with, Not so well actually. Your market-friendly policies have forced us to raise the fee, so we have 50% fewer PhD applicants this year. Not batting an eyelid, he shot back: Obviously. Your PhD students don't have any market value. Taken aback, I shifted to a more serious tone and tried to start a discussion on the need for research in these globalised times. But he had already walked away. The last word on the imperatives of the 'market' had been spoken. Actually, this view of higher education should not have surprised me. Worthies who look at everything as consumer products classify higher education as a 'non-merit' good. Non-merit goods are those where only the individual benefits from acquiring them and not the society as a whole. Multilateral agencies like The World Bank have too been pushing countries like India to stop subsidies to higher education. <br><br> When Ron Brown, former US commerce secretary visited India, a public meeting was organized at IIT Delhi. At that meeting I asked him : I understand that since the 19th century all the way up to the 1970s, most land grant and state universities in the US virtually provided free education to state citizens. Was that good for the economy, or should they have charged high fees in the early 20th century? He replied, It was great for the economy. It was one of the best things that the US government did at that particular time in American history - building institutions of higher education which were accessible to the masses of the people. I think it is one of the reasons why our economy grew and prospered, one of the ways in which the US was able to close some of its social gaps. So people who lived in rural areas would have the same kind of access to higher education as people living in other parts of the country. It was one of the reasons for making America strong. <br><br> Our policy-makers seem unaware that their mentors in the US did not follow policies at home which they now prescribe for other countries. Ron Brown's remarks summarise the importance of policymakers in the US place on higher education as a vehicle for upward mobility, for the poorer sectors of their population. Even today, a majority of Americans study in state-run institutions. Some of these institutions, like Berkeley and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Texas, are among the best in world. The annual tuition charged from state residents (about $ 5000 a year) is about a month's salary paid to a lecturer. Even this fee is waived for most students. In addition, students receive stipends for books, food and hostel charges. The basic principle is that no student who gets admission to a university should have to depend on parental support if it is not available. <br><br> Ron Brown's remarks went unnoticed in India. Every other day some luminary or the other opines that universities and technical education institutions should increase their charges and that such education should not be subsidized. Most editorials echo these sentiments. Eminent industrialists pontificate that we should run educational institutions like business houses. Visiting experts from the Bank and the IMF, in their newly emerging concern for the poor, advise us to divert funds from higher education to primary education.
What was the net tangible impact of raising fees on the higher level of technological research?
Explanation: The passage clearly states that after the fee increase, there were 50% fewer PhD applicants. This directly shows that the rise in fees reduced the number of students willing or able to pursue research.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> A few weeks ago I ran into an old friend who is currently one of the mandarins deciding India's economic and financial policies. He asked, And so, how is IIT doing? As one can only indulge in friendly banter at such gatherings, I responded with, Not so well actually. Your market-friendly policies have forced us to raise the fee, so we have 50% fewer PhD applicants this year. Not batting an eyelid, he shot back: Obviously. Your PhD students don't have any market value. Taken aback, I shifted to a more serious tone and tried to start a discussion on the need for research in these globalised times. But he had already walked away. The last word on the imperatives of the 'market' had been spoken. Actually, this view of higher education should not have surprised me. Worthies who look at everything as consumer products classify higher education as a 'non-merit' good. Non-merit goods are those where only the individual benefits from acquiring them and not the society as a whole. Multilateral agencies like The World Bank have too been pushing countries like India to stop subsidies to higher education. <br><br> When Ron Brown, former US commerce secretary visited India, a public meeting was organized at IIT Delhi. At that meeting I asked him : I understand that since the 19th century all the way up to the 1970s, most land grant and state universities in the US virtually provided free education to state citizens. Was that good for the economy, or should they have charged high fees in the early 20th century? He replied, It was great for the economy. It was one of the best things that the US government did at that particular time in American history - building institutions of higher education which were accessible to the masses of the people. I think it is one of the reasons why our economy grew and prospered, one of the ways in which the US was able to close some of its social gaps. So people who lived in rural areas would have the same kind of access to higher education as people living in other parts of the country. It was one of the reasons for making America strong. <br><br> Our policy-makers seem unaware that their mentors in the US did not follow policies at home which they now prescribe for other countries. Ron Brown's remarks summarise the importance of policymakers in the US place on higher education as a vehicle for upward mobility, for the poorer sectors of their population. Even today, a majority of Americans study in state-run institutions. Some of these institutions, like Berkeley and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Texas, are among the best in world. The annual tuition charged from state residents (about $ 5000 a year) is about a month's salary paid to a lecturer. Even this fee is waived for most students. In addition, students receive stipends for books, food and hostel charges. The basic principle is that no student who gets admission to a university should have to depend on parental support if it is not available. <br><br> Ron Brown's remarks went unnoticed in India. Every other day some luminary or the other opines that universities and technical education institutions should increase their charges and that such education should not be subsidized. Most editorials echo these sentiments. Eminent industrialists pontificate that we should run educational institutions like business houses. Visiting experts from the Bank and the IMF, in their newly emerging concern for the poor, advise us to divert funds from higher education to primary education.
According to the author, the US policy-makers consider education as a
Explanation: The passage explains that accessible higher education in the US helped reduce social gaps and allowed rural and poor populations to rise socially and economically. So the author sees US policy-makers as treating education as a tool of upward mobility.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> A few weeks ago I ran into an old friend who is currently one of the mandarins deciding India's economic and financial policies. He asked, And so, how is IIT doing? As one can only indulge in friendly banter at such gatherings, I responded with, Not so well actually. Your market-friendly policies have forced us to raise the fee, so we have 50% fewer PhD applicants this year. Not batting an eyelid, he shot back: Obviously. Your PhD students don't have any market value. Taken aback, I shifted to a more serious tone and tried to start a discussion on the need for research in these globalised times. But he had already walked away. The last word on the imperatives of the 'market' had been spoken. Actually, this view of higher education should not have surprised me. Worthies who look at everything as consumer products classify higher education as a 'non-merit' good. Non-merit goods are those where only the individual benefits from acquiring them and not the society as a whole. Multilateral agencies like The World Bank have too been pushing countries like India to stop subsidies to higher education. <br><br> When Ron Brown, former US commerce secretary visited India, a public meeting was organized at IIT Delhi. At that meeting I asked him : I understand that since the 19th century all the way up to the 1970s, most land grant and state universities in the US virtually provided free education to state citizens. Was that good for the economy, or should they have charged high fees in the early 20th century? He replied, It was great for the economy. It was one of the best things that the US government did at that particular time in American history - building institutions of higher education which were accessible to the masses of the people. I think it is one of the reasons why our economy grew and prospered, one of the ways in which the US was able to close some of its social gaps. So people who lived in rural areas would have the same kind of access to higher education as people living in other parts of the country. It was one of the reasons for making America strong. <br><br> Our policy-makers seem unaware that their mentors in the US did not follow policies at home which they now prescribe for other countries. Ron Brown's remarks summarise the importance of policymakers in the US place on higher education as a vehicle for upward mobility, for the poorer sectors of their population. Even today, a majority of Americans study in state-run institutions. Some of these institutions, like Berkeley and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Texas, are among the best in world. The annual tuition charged from state residents (about $ 5000 a year) is about a month's salary paid to a lecturer. Even this fee is waived for most students. In addition, students receive stipends for books, food and hostel charges. The basic principle is that no student who gets admission to a university should have to depend on parental support if it is not available. <br><br> Ron Brown's remarks went unnoticed in India. Every other day some luminary or the other opines that universities and technical education institutions should increase their charges and that such education should not be subsidized. Most editorials echo these sentiments. Eminent industrialists pontificate that we should run educational institutions like business houses. Visiting experts from the Bank and the IMF, in their newly emerging concern for the poor, advise us to divert funds from higher education to primary education.
Who among the following supports the view that higher education should be free to everyone aspiring for it? <br><br> A. Editors and Journalists <br> B. Industrialists<br> C. Visiting Experts from the Bank and the IMF
Explanation: In the last paragraph, editors, industrialists, and visiting experts from the Bank and IMF are shown as supporting fee increases or reduction of subsidies, not free higher education. Therefore, none of the listed groups supports that view.
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words are given in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions. <br><br><br> A few weeks ago I ran into an old friend who is currently one of the mandarins deciding India's economic and financial policies. He asked, And so, how is IIT doing? As one can only indulge in friendly banter at such gatherings, I responded with, Not so well actually. Your market-friendly policies have forced us to raise the fee, so we have 50% fewer PhD applicants this year. Not batting an eyelid, he shot back: Obviously. Your PhD students don't have any market value. Taken aback, I shifted to a more serious tone and tried to start a discussion on the need for research in these globalised times. But he had already walked away. The last word on the imperatives of the 'market' had been spoken. Actually, this view of higher education should not have surprised me. Worthies who look at everything as consumer products classify higher education as a 'non-merit' good. Non-merit goods are those where only the individual benefits from acquiring them and not the society as a whole. Multilateral agencies like The World Bank have too been pushing countries like India to stop subsidies to higher education. <br><br> When Ron Brown, former US commerce secretary visited India, a public meeting was organized at IIT Delhi. At that meeting I asked him : I understand that since the 19th century all the way up to the 1970s, most land grant and state universities in the US virtually provided free education to state citizens. Was that good for the economy, or should they have charged high fees in the early 20th century? He replied, It was great for the economy. It was one of the best things that the US government did at that particular time in American history - building institutions of higher education which were accessible to the masses of the people. I think it is one of the reasons why our economy grew and prospered, one of the ways in which the US was able to close some of its social gaps. So people who lived in rural areas would have the same kind of access to higher education as people living in other parts of the country. It was one of the reasons for making America strong. <br><br> Our policy-makers seem unaware that their mentors in the US did not follow policies at home which they now prescribe for other countries. Ron Brown's remarks summarise the importance of policymakers in the US place on higher education as a vehicle for upward mobility, for the poorer sectors of their population. Even today, a majority of Americans study in state-run institutions. Some of these institutions, like Berkeley and the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin and Texas, are among the best in world. The annual tuition charged from state residents (about $ 5000 a year) is about a month's salary paid to a lecturer. Even this fee is waived for most students. In addition, students receive stipends for books, food and hostel charges. The basic principle is that no student who gets admission to a university should have to depend on parental support if it is not available. <br><br> Ron Brown's remarks went unnoticed in India. Every other day some luminary or the other opines that universities and technical education institutions should increase their charges and that such education should not be subsidized. Most editorials echo these sentiments. Eminent industrialists pontificate that we should run educational institutions like business houses. Visiting experts from the Bank and the IMF, in their newly emerging concern for the poor, advise us to divert funds from higher education to primary education.
Which of following makes the policy-makers classify education as non-merit commodity?
Explanation: The passage explicitly says that people who look at everything as consumer products classify higher education as a non-merit good. Therefore, this market-centered outlook is the reason behind such classification.
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