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English Questions: Vocabulary test – 46

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation inAffairsCloud.com. Here we are providing vocabulary test based on the some difficult words from THE HINDU EDITORIALS, which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams.

  1. Thailand retained__________independence under Japanese military occupation.
    1) nominal
    2) absolute
    3) authentic
    4) kosher
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : nominal – (of a role or status) existing in name only.

  2. She was pale,_________, and weak, as if she had delivered a child.
    1) languid
    2) alert
    3) energetic
    4) vivacious
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Languid – (of a person, manner, or gesture) having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion or effort.

  3. What is the antonym of Rescind?
    1) immoral
    2) intellectual
    3) delegate
    4) revoke
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : delegate

  4. I found the___________picture so appealing that I readily paid the photographer’s high asking price.
    1) piquant
    2) proclivity
    3) pertinent
    4) pariah
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : piquant

  5. The widening___________between Church leaders and politicians.
    1) juncture
    2) fastening
    3) attachment
    4) schism
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : schism – a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief.

  6. We cannot prevent ourselves sometimes from dreaming of performing___________if not mortal sins.
    1) blameable
    2) venial
    3) unjustifiable
    4) inexcusable
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : venial – denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace.

  7. Military regimes generally have no_________about controlling the press.
    1) believe
    2) qualms
    3) question
    4) be certain
    5) None of these
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : qualms – an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct; a misgiving. (हिचक)

  8. This somewhat____________behavior requires an explanation.
    1) outcome
    2) rigor
    3) quest
    4) aberrant
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : departing from an accepted standard.

  9. Which of the following spelling incorrect in the given context ?
    1) harassment
    2) commitment
    3) breevement
    4) temperament
    5) All are correct
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : breevement

  10. My father is a_________man who usually misses all the vacation fun because he is busy reviewing travel documents.
    1) obese
    2) obviate
    3) perjury
    4) pedantic
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : pedantic





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