This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 26 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.
Animus
Explanation: Animus commonly means hostility, ill will, or resentment. Among the given options, Resentment is the closest in meaning, while affection, goodwill, and sympathy express positive feelings and are therefore incorrect.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Beatific
Explanation: Beatific refers to a state of blissful happiness, calm joy, or heavenly peace. Serene best matches that sense. Miserable, gloomy, and troubled all express emotional disturbance, so they are opposite in tone and meaning.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Cavort
Explanation: Cavort means to jump or dance around in a lively, playful, and carefree manner. Frolic conveys the same playful movement and mood. Linger, plod, and trudge suggest slowness or heaviness, so they do not fit.
Out of the given alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Ecumenical
Explanation: Ecumenical means broad-minded, universal, or promoting unity among different groups, especially religious groups. Inclusive is therefore the best option. Sectarian, divisive, and exclusive all go against the spirit of ecumenical thinking.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Filial
Explanation: Filial means relating to a son or daughter, especially showing love, respect, and duty toward parents. Its opposite would be something like disobedient or rebellious. Since devoted, respectful, and affectionate are close to filial feeling, Rebellious is the correct opposite.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Ignoramus
Explanation: Ignoramus means an ignorant person, someone lacking knowledge. Its opposite is a learned person, and Scholar best expresses that meaning. Simpleton, fool, and dunce are near-synonyms of ignoramus, not opposites.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Monograph
Explanation: A monograph is a detailed, specialized written study on one subject. A summary is brief and condensed, so it works as the opposite in this context. Treatise, dissertation, and thesis are all close to monograph rather than opposite to it.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Liturgy
Explanation: Liturgy refers to an established form of public worship or religious ritual. Ritual, ceremony, and worship are related meanings, so they cannot be opposites. Disorder is the only choice that stands against the idea of formal religious order and structure.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Showing blissful happiness or heavenly peace.
Explanation: The phrase directly defines beatific. The other words do not match this meaning: animus means hostility, cavort means frolic, and deportment means behavior or conduct.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A person's behavior, manners, or way of carrying oneself.
Explanation: Deportment means conduct, bearing, or manner of behavior. The other options do not fit: animus means hostility, cavort means playful movement, and ecumenical means inclusive or universal.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Relating to or befitting a son or daughter; showing respect and love toward parents.
Explanation: This is the standard meaning of filial. Ignoramus, monograph, and liturgy are unrelated in meaning, so Filial is clearly correct.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A detailed written study on a single specialized subject or aspect of it.
Explanation: A monograph is precisely a detailed study of one limited subject. Ignoramus, liturgy, and putrefy are unrelated to academic writing, so they cannot be correct.
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.
One of the many projects __________ by the Central Government is PMJDY.
Explanation: Among the given options, Accomplished is the best fit because the blank needs a verb in past participle form to describe projects done by the government. However, the sentence would sound more natural with a word like launched or implemented, which is not available in the options. So the marked answer is acceptable within the choices given.
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.
The trader’s association protested against the government’s plans to __________ the inner circle of Connaught Place to celebrate a cracker-free Diwali.
Explanation: After plans to, the sentence requires the base form of a verb, and pedestrianise fits both grammatically and contextually, because it means making an area for pedestrian use rather than vehicle use. The other options either have the wrong form or do not suit the meaning.
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.
A man who is perpetually.________ which of the two things he will do first, will do neither.
Explanation: Hesitating is the only option that matches the sense of indecision. Still, the sentence is not perfectly formed; more natural English would be hesitating over which of the two things… or hesitating about which… . So the chosen answer is correct in meaning, though the sentence itself is poorly framed.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
to spill the beans
Explanation: This idiom means to disclose secret information, often carelessly or prematurely. Therefore to reveal a secret is the correct answer, while the other options do not capture the idiomatic meaning.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
dressing-down
Explanation: A dressing-down means a strong verbal scolding or rebuke. It has nothing to do with clothes, pretending, or bandaging, so give a scolding is the right option.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
straw in the wind
Explanation: This idiom means a small sign or hint of a likely future event. Therefore an indication of what might happen correctly expresses its meaning.
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 city needs an airport 1)/ that can efficiently manage 2)/ a constantly flow of 3)/ passengers and flights. 4)/ No errors 5)
Explanation: The phrase a constantly flow is grammatically wrong because constantly is an adverb, while the noun flow needs an adjective before it. The correct phrase is a constant flow, so the error lies in part (3), making option (c) 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.
(P) I told him (Q) the story (R) in details to make him understand it fully. (S) No error
Explanation: The standard expression is in detail, not in details, when the meaning is thoroughly or fully. Therefore the error is in part (R), and 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 argument assumes that 1)/early detection of the disease 2)/will lead to an immediate drop in 3)/ the mortality rating from this disease. 4)/ No error 5).
Explanation: The proper expression is mortality rate, not mortality rating. Since the wrong word appears in part (4), the answer marking option (d) is correct.
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> In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after the incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a high-powered, brainstorming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America's leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers. Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts narrated the following gloomy scenario. <br><br> A culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two. Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find that the medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand. But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way of ending people's trust on the competence of the government. <br><br> The experts also said that the bombs used in Kenya and Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or a gelignite of previous decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific manifesto - to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on. These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people watching but not a lot of people dead. Old terrorism sought to change the world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world has gone beyond redemption , he added. Hoffman says, New terrorism has no long-term agenda but is ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain on the victim.
In the context of the passage, the culprit’s act of emptying a test tube containing some fluid can be classified as
Explanation: The passage clearly presents this act as an instance of bio-terrorism. It says that people may not realize that a terrorist attack has occurred, which shows that the act is indeed classified as a terrorist attack, not a natural calamity or merely an epidemic.
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> In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after the incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a high-powered, brainstorming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America's leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers. Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts narrated the following gloomy scenario. <br><br> A culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two. Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find that the medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand. But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way of ending people's trust on the competence of the government. <br><br> The experts also said that the bombs used in Kenya and Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or a gelignite of previous decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific manifesto - to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on. These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people watching but not a lot of people dead. Old terrorism sought to change the world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world has gone beyond redemption , he added. Hoffman says, New terrorism has no long-term agenda but is ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain on the victim.
In what way would the new terrorism be different from that of the earlier years? <br><br> A. More dangerous and less baffling<br> B. More hazardous for victims<br> C. Less complicated for terrorists
Explanation: The passage says new terrorism will be more deadly and more elusive, so statement B, More hazardous for victims, is supported. But statement A says less baffling, which goes against more elusive, and statement C, Less complicated for terrorists, is not stated in the passage. Since only B is supported and there is no option for B only, the best answer among the given choices is (e) None of these.
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> In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after the incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a high-powered, brainstorming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America's leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers. Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts narrated the following gloomy scenario. <br><br> A culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two. Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find that the medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand. But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way of ending people's trust on the competence of the government. <br><br> The experts also said that the bombs used in Kenya and Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or a gelignite of previous decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific manifesto - to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on. These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people watching but not a lot of people dead. Old terrorism sought to change the world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world has gone beyond redemption , he added. Hoffman says, New terrorism has no long-term agenda but is ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain on the victim.
What was the immediate provocation for the meeting held in August 1998?
Explanation: The passage explicitly says the meeting was held just a few days after the bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam. Since none of the listed options states that event properly, None of these is the correct answer.
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> In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after the incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a high-powered, brainstorming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America's leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers. Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts narrated the following gloomy scenario. <br><br> A culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two. Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find that the medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand. But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way of ending people's trust on the competence of the government. <br><br> The experts also said that the bombs used in Kenya and Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or a gelignite of previous decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific manifesto - to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on. These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people watching but not a lot of people dead. Old terrorism sought to change the world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world has gone beyond redemption , he added. Hoffman says, New terrorism has no long-term agenda but is ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain on the victim.
What could be the probable consequences of bio attacks, as mentioned in the passage? <br><br> A. several deaths<br> B. political turmoil<br> C. social unrest
Explanation: The passage mentions immediate human tragedy, which implies deaths, and also says there would be dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country. That supports several deaths, political turmoil, and social unrest, so all three are included.
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> In the second week of August 1998, just a few days after the incidents of bombing the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam, a high-powered, brainstorming session was held near Washington D.C., to discuss various aspects of terrorism. The meeting was attended by ten of America's leading experts in various fields such as germ and chemical warfare, public health, disease control and also by the doctors and the law-enforcing officers. Being asked to describe the horror of possible bio-attack, one of the experts narrated the following gloomy scenario. <br><br> A culprit in a crowded business centre or in a busy shopping mall of a town empties a test tube containing some fluid, which in turn creates an unseen cloud of germ of a dreaded disease like anthrax capable of inflicting a horrible death within 5 days on any one who inhales it. At first 500, or so victims feel that they have mild influenza which may recede after a day or two. Then the symptoms return again and their lungs start filling with fluid. They rush to local hospitals for treatment, but the panic-stricken people may find that the medicare services run quickly out of drugs due to excessive demand. But no one would be able to realise that a terrorist attack has occurred. One cannot deny the possibility that the germ involved would be of contagious variety capable of causing an epidemic. The meeting concluded that such attacks, apart from causing immediate human tragedy, would have dire long-term effects on the political and social fabric of a country by way of ending people's trust on the competence of the government. <br><br> The experts also said that the bombs used in Kenya and Tanzania were of the old-fashion variety and involved quantities of high explosives, but new terrorism will prove to be more deadly and probably more elusive than hijacking an aeroplane or a gelignite of previous decades. According to Bruce Hoffman, an American specialist on political violence, old terrorism generally had a specific manifesto - to overthrow a colonial power or the capitalist system and so on. These terrorists were not shy about planting a bomb or hijacking an aircraft and they set some limit to their brutality. Killing so many innocent people might turn their natural supporters off. Political terrorists want a lot of people watching but not a lot of people dead. Old terrorism sought to change the world while the new sort is often practised by those who believe that the world has gone beyond redemption , he added. Hoffman says, New terrorism has no long-term agenda but is ruthless in its short-term intentions. It is often just a cacophonous cry of protest or an outburst of religious intolerance or a protest against the West in general and the US in particular. Its perpetrators may be religious fanatics or diehard opponent of a government and see no reason to show restraint. They are simply intent on inflicting the maximum amount of pain on the victim.
The author’s purpose of writing the above passage seems to explain
Explanation: The passage mainly contrasts old terrorism with new terrorism and emphasizes the increased danger, ruthlessness, and hidden nature of modern methods such as bio-attacks. Therefore option (a) best captures the author’s purpose.
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