Vocabulary

Word Usage

Medium

Fill in the blank with the correct option, to form a meaningful sentence.

'The Principal addressed us in the assembly and ________ the rumours of an early summer break.'

defended

quashed

cleared

rebuked

✅ Correct Option: 2

Tip: When we talk about stopping or ending false information, we often use the word that means "put an end to."

Correct option:

quashed -> put an end to, stopped completely ✅

Other options:

Defended -> supported or protected

Cleared -> made something clean or free, not a strong fit here

Rebuked -> scolded or criticized

The Principal stopped the rumours — so quashed fits best.

2025: 3 June Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the following sentence:

He was ______ for his rude behaviour and wanted to make up by treating us at the icecream parlour.

2023: 7 June Shift 2

Choose the right word as the substitute for "A place where birds are kept." :

2025: 21 May Shift 2

Fill in the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the appropriate homonyms from List-II :

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Homonyms)
(A) One should not______ the orders of one's superiors.	(i) current
(B) During the medieval times, people would often ______ the ruling kings.	(II) currant
(C) The top brass of the company were worried by the _______anti-management sentiments of the employees.	(III) deify
(D) I am very fond of _____ buns and deserts.	(IV) defy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 25 May Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate word from List-I to fill in the blanks in List-II.

List-I (Word)	List-II (Correct Usage)
(A) conscious	(I) Government should be run by ________.
(B) conscience	(II) Being a __________ worker, he never shirks work.
(C) consensus	(III) I always act according to my _________.
(D) conscientious	(IV) We should always be _______ of what is going on around the world.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 21 May Shift 1

Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:

The domestic help gradually _____from the pantry and hence his actions went unnoticed for a long time.

2022: 17 Aug Shift 2

From the options given, select the one that can rightly substitute the given expression:

Incapable of being read

(1) Indelible

(2) Illegible

(3) Incorrigible

(4) In explicable

Solution