Vocabulary

Word Usage

Easy

Choose the expanded form of the given word from the options given below: "Charlatan."

A person who practises something for the love of it and not as a profession.

A person who believes that all events are subject to fate.

Someone who pretends to have special knowledge or ability.

One who lives in seclusion or apart from society.

✅ Correct Option: 3

A charlatan is a fraud who falsely claims expertise or skill. Option 1 defines an amateur, option 2 a fatalist, and option 4 a recluse.

2025: 26 May Shift 1

Fill in the blank in the given sentence with the correct word from the options given below:

He is guilty of _____ as he has killed his brother.

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:

This room can___ accommodate two people. How do you propose to fit in our luggage?

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

2025: 20 May Shift 2

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

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Words)
(A) The word home often _______ warmth and security.	(I) denotes
(B) Years of playing guitar gave her a large _______ on her fingers.	(II) callous
(C) In grammar, an asterisk often _______ a footnote.	(III) connotes
(D) Ignoring the beggar on the street was a _______ act.	(IV) callus

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

2025: 19 May Shift 2

Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of speech mentioned in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Expressions)	(Figures of Speech)
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(I) Alliteration
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(II) Metaphor
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(III) Personification
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks. It is east and Juliet is the sun.	(IV) Simile

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2023: 23 June Shift 3

What would be the appropriate meaning of the word "shuttle"?

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