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English Questions: Vocabulary test – 39

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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. Organizations with____________hierarchical structures.
    1) cumbrous
    2) insubstantial
    3) miniature
    4) thin
    5) None of these
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : cumbrous – large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

  2. He is seeking__________for injuries suffered at work.
    1) damage
    2) deprivation
    3) forfeiture
    4) compensation
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : compensation – something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.

  3. Sadly, law enforcement officers usually receive__________salaries in exchange for risking their lives.
    1) plaintive
    2) oscillate
    3) paltry
    4) pithy
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : paltry

  4. John is a_________blues singer who goes from bar to bar in hopes of being discovered by a music producer.
    1) nafarius
    2) nefarious
    3) nocturnal
    4) nomadic
    5) None of these
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : nomadic

  5. Waving to someone is an_________way to say goodbye.
    1) genuine
    2) untypical
    3) emblematic
    4) simplify
    5) None of these
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : emblematic – serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.

  6. Which of the following spelling incorrect in the given context ?
    1) quadruple
    2) quagmaire
    3) quadrangle
    4) quadrant
    5) All are correct
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : quagmaire

  7. Which of the following spelling incorrect in the given context ?
    1) ineffable
    2) inaccesible
    3) infallible
    4) invincible
    5) All are correct
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : inaccesible

  8. What is the synonyms of prodigal ?
    1) wasteful
    2) excessive
    3) creature
    4) leninent
    5) None of these
    Answer –  1)
    Explanation : wasteful – (of a person, action, or process) using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

  9. Which of the following spelling incorrect in the given context ?
    1) labrinth
    2) laboratory
    3) laborious
    4) library
    5) All are correct
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : labrinth

  10. 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





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