Vocabulary Questions

निर्देश: बाघ भारत का राष्ट्रीय पशु है। यह वनों में पाया जाता है, इसकी देह पतली और हलकी होती है। इस पर गहरी कत्थई रंग की धारियाँ होती हैं जो देखने में बहुत सुन्दर लगती है। इसका मुँह छोटा होता है और इसकी दहाड़ शेर के सामान दिल दहलाने वाली नहीं होती है, यह हमेशा टेढ़ी चाल चलता है और कभी भी अपने शिकार पर सामने से आक्रमण नहीं करता, इसका आक्रमण हमेशा छिपकर होता है। यह बहुत चालाक पशु है। इसकी छलाँग शेर से लम्बी होती है और दौड़ने का वेग भी उससे अधिक होता है। यह खूँखार मासांहारी पशुओं में स्फूर्ति के लिए प्रसिद्ध है। यह कभी - कभी वन में लगे पौधों के बीच में छुपकर गाय, बकरी आदि का शिकार करता है। बाघ स्फूर्ति, चतुराई, साहस और तीव्रता का प्रतीक होने के कारण भारत का राष्ट्रीय पशु है।
स्फूर्ति से क्या आशय है ?

निर्देश: निम्नलिखित गद्यांश को पढ़कर पूछे गए प्रश्न के उत्तर दीजिए-
एक कृषि-प्रधान देश में जीविका का प्रमुख साधन कृषि हो सकती है, परंतु रोजी-रोटी का यह साधन आमतौर से अस्पृश्यों के लिए उपलब्ध नहीं है। इसके कई कारण हैं। पहली बात तो यह है कि जमीन खरीदना उनके वश की बात नहीं और दूसरी यह कि यदि अस्पृश्य जमीन खरीदने की स्थिति में है, तो भी वह ऐसा नहीं कर सकता। देश के अधिकांश भागों में हिंदू इस बात को बर्दाश्त नहीं कर सकते कि अस्पृश्य जाति का कोई व्यक्ति जमीन खरीदकर स्पृश्य जाति की बराबरी का प्रयत्न करे। किसी अस्पृश्य के ऐसे दुस्साहस का विरोध ही नहीं किया जाता, बल्कि उसको सजा भी भुगतनी पड़ सकती है। कुछ भागों में तो उनके जमीन खरीदने पर कानूनी प्रतिबंध है। उदाहरणार्थ, पंजाब प्रांत में एक कानून है जिसका नाम है, भूमि स्वामित्व अधिनियम। इस कानून में उन जातियों का उल्लेख किया गया है, जो जमीन खरीद सकती हैं और अस्पृश्यों को इस सूची में शामिल नहीं किया गया है। इसके परिणामस्वरूप अधिकांश भागों में अस्पृश्य भूमिहीन मजदूर रहने के लिए विवश है और मजदूर के रूप में वे वाजिब मजदूरी की माँग नहीं कर सकते। वे हिंदू किसानों के लिए उसी मजदूरी पर काम करने को मजबूर हैं, जो उन्हें मालिक देना चाहे। इस प्रश्न पर हिंदू किसान मजदूरी कम से कम रखने के लिए आपस में एकमत हो जाते हैं, क्योंकि यह उनके हित में होता है। दूसरी और अस्पृश्यों के पास कोई चारा नहीं रहता। वे या तो उसी मजदूरी पर काम करें अथवा भूखों मरें। न ही उनमें मोल-तौल करने की क्षमता होती है। वे या तो निश्चित की हुई दरों पर काम करें या फिर पिटाई के लिए तैयार रहें।

अस्पृश्य से क्या आशय है?

निर्देश: बाघ भारत का राष्ट्रीय पशु है। यह वनों में पाया जाता है, इसकी देह पतली और हलकी होती है। इस पर गहरी कत्थई रंग की धारियाँ होती हैं जो देखने में बहुत सुन्दर लगती है। इसका मुँह छोटा होता है और इसकी दहाड़ शेर के सामान दिल दहलाने वाली नहीं होती है, यह हमेशा टेढ़ी चाल चलता है और कभी भी अपने शिकार पर सामने से आक्रमण नहीं करता, इसका आक्रमण हमेशा छिपकर होता है। यह बहुत चालाक पशु है। इसकी छलाँग शेर से लम्बी होती है और दौड़ने का वेग भी उससे अधिक होता है। यह खूँखार मासांहारी पशुओं में स्फूर्ति के लिए प्रसिद्ध है। यह कभी - कभी वन में लगे पौधों के बीच में छुपकर गाय, बकरी आदि का शिकार करता है। बाघ स्फूर्ति, चतुराई, साहस और तीव्रता का प्रतीक होने के कारण भारत का राष्ट्रीय पशु है।
गद्यांश में खूँखार का क्या अर्थ है ?

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Ruby fell victim to the green eyed monster.

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The teacher filled the students' minds with pessimistic thoughts about their futures.

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The boss of our organisation is considered a jack of all trades.

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She forgot to apply for her internship abroad due to the ongoing marriage preparations she had to help with and now that opportunity is lost.

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Liable to be easily broken

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What does 'unenlightened' mean in the context of the given passage?

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Superstitions are a universal phenomenon having their own peculiar place in the cultural ethos and milieu of a people. They epitomise man's fear of the unknown, fear of evil, blind faith in omens and portents. Superstitions are interwoven with myth, legend, unnatural phenomena and disaster, customs and traditions, and are mainly the outcome of ignorance. They are unreasonable and irrational beliefs that gradually become matters of faith. When certain things and happenings are rationally inexplicable, people tend to assign mysterious and supernatural reasons for their operation. Thus, a natural disaster is explained in terms of God's wrath and the failure of one's project is assigned to the black cat which crossed the path just as one set out on the errand.

The primitive human beings were mainly governed by superstitions. Superstitions were widespread before the dawn of civilisation when science had not advanced. Thus, ignorance of the primitive people and the resultant growth of superstitions were the direct outcomes of the lack of scientific advancement. Unenlightened people always tend to be superstitious. The belief in the sanctity of time and old traditions of the ancestors bind the people into knots of superstitious thought. Besides, the unscrupulous priests and religious officials exercise a dominating, unhealthy effect upon the people believing in religious orthodoxy. They encourage superstitions for their own ulterior motives. Superstitions are not only universally prevalent but even have strikingly common features whether believed in India or in as far off a place as Canada. There are some common superstitions which are shared by people all over the world. Beliefs in spirits, ghosts and witches and reincarnation are quite common among all the peoples of the world. Belief in witches still prevails in India, France, Scotland, England, and many other countries. In countries of the East, especially in India, belief in ghosts and spirits still exists. The cries of certain birds like owls and ravens and the howl of cats are regarded with superstition as portents of evil throughout the world. Then there is a very common belief that the sighting of comets portends the death of kings or great men or some unforeseen catastrophe. Shakespeare refers to such a superstition in his play/tragedy, Julius Caesar. Halley's Comet in the twentieth century evoked a similar response in many a mind.

What does the phrase 'religious orthodoxy' mean?

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Smoking is the leading cause of death from bronchogenic carcinoma of the lungs, as well as a cause of death from larynx, oral cavity, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, uterine cervix and coronary heart disease. Nicotine is the (1)______ addictive component of tobacco smoke. The additives, too, cause (2)______ to the body; for example, ammonia can result in a 100-fold increase in nicotine's (3)______ to enter the nose. Nicotine's 'kick' can be amplified by levulinic acid, an additive used to conceal the nicotine's harsh taste, by (4)______ the binding of nicotine to brain receptors. More than four thousand compounds and more than forty known carcinogens are found in cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke has been well (5)______ as a proven carcinogen and cancer cause for many years.

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Smoking is the leading cause of death from bronchogenic carcinoma of the lungs, as well as a cause of death from larynx, oral cavity, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, uterine cervix and coronary heart disease. Nicotine is the (1)______ addictive component of tobacco smoke. The additives, too, cause (2)______ to the body; for example, ammonia can result in a 100-fold increase in nicotine's (3)______ to enter the nose. Nicotine's 'kick' can be amplified by levulinic acid, an additive used to conceal the nicotine's harsh taste, by (4)______ the binding of nicotine to brain receptors. More than four thousand compounds and more than forty known carcinogens are found in cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke has been well (5)______ as a proven carcinogen and cancer cause for many years.

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Smoking is the leading cause of death from bronchogenic carcinoma of the lungs, as well as a cause of death from larynx, oral cavity, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, uterine cervix and coronary heart disease. Nicotine is the (1)______ addictive component of tobacco smoke. The additives, too, cause (2)______ to the body; for example, ammonia can result in a 100-fold increase in nicotine's (3)______ to enter the nose. Nicotine's 'kick' can be amplified by levulinic acid, an additive used to conceal the nicotine's harsh taste, by (4)______ the binding of nicotine to brain receptors. More than four thousand compounds and more than forty known carcinogens are found in cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke has been well (5)______ as a proven carcinogen and cancer cause for many years.

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Smoking is the leading cause of death from bronchogenic carcinoma of the lungs, as well as a cause of death from larynx, oral cavity, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, uterine cervix and coronary heart disease. Nicotine is the (1)______ addictive component of tobacco smoke. The additives, too, cause (2)______ to the body; for example, ammonia can result in a 100-fold increase in nicotine's (3)______ to enter the nose. Nicotine's 'kick' can be amplified by levulinic acid, an additive used to conceal the nicotine's harsh taste, by (4)______ the binding of nicotine to brain receptors. More than four thousand compounds and more than forty known carcinogens are found in cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke has been well (5)______ as a proven carcinogen and cancer cause for many years.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Smoking is the leading cause of death from bronchogenic carcinoma of the lungs, as well as a cause of death from larynx, oral cavity, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, pancreas, stomach, uterine cervix and coronary heart disease. Nicotine is the (1)______ addictive component of tobacco smoke. The additives, too, cause (2)______ to the body; for example, ammonia can result in a 100-fold increase in nicotine's (3)______ to enter the nose. Nicotine's 'kick' can be amplified by levulinic acid, an additive used to conceal the nicotine's harsh taste, by (4)______ the binding of nicotine to brain receptors. More than four thousand compounds and more than forty known carcinogens are found in cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke has been well (5)______ as a proven carcinogen and cancer cause for many years.

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A system of government by one person with absolute power

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The science of teaching

In the following sentence, four words have been underlined, out of which one word is MISSPELT. Select the option with the MISSPELT word.
The maintainance staff of the heritage hotel have decided to go on a strike from next Wednesday.

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The moment our English Instructor said the final paper is going to be tough, it was music to my ears!

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Great tiredness

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Sharon doing the work all by herself? Seems like it is possible, but is very unlikely to happen.

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The divide between the upper class and the lower class is jixtaposed in this play.

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We have been at fours and fives in the office due to network issues.

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I know you're blaming me for all that has happened but wasn't at fault alone.