Contextual Vocabulary
Contextual Vocabulary is a English Language concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 4 past MPSC questions (2015, 2019, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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The writer suggests that if we don’t like some people, we should __________ them.
In the context of dealing with people we dislike, the passage advocates bearing or tolerating them rather than extreme actions like killing or banishing.
What is the meaning of the word “appallingly” as used in the passage ?
The word 'appallingly' generally conveys a sense of shock, dismay, or unpleasantly extreme conditions, making option 1 the closest synonym in contextual meaning.
अनुक्रमे (a) आणि (b) या जागांसाठी उचित शब्द वा शब्दसमूह जोडी निवडा. नव्या औषधावर जरी भरमसाठ प्रमाणात (a) स्रोत खर्ची घातले ले असूनही मानवी चाचणीत मिळालेल्या विपरीत परिणामांमुळे त्याचा विकास थांबवण्यात आला. एके काळी ज्याचे एक प्रकारे अनेक शारीरिक व मानसिक विकारांवर (b) उपचार करण्यासाठी उपयुक्त म्हणून स्वागत झाले होते ते औषध आता फक्त त्याच्या विकासांकांना दिवाळे काढायला लावणारा आर्थिक पांढरा हत्ती म्हणून आठवले जाण्याची शक्यता आहे. (1) नैसर्गिक व विनाकाम पगारे (2) नैसर्गिक व भिकारलक्षणी (3) आर्थिक व भिकारलक्षणी (4) आर्थिक व रामबाण Select the appropriate pair of words or group of words to fill places (a) and (b) respectively. Although considerable (a) resources had already been expended on the new drug, development had to be halted due to adverse effects during human testing; once hailed as a kind of (b) that could be used to treat numerous physical and mental aliments, the drug will likely be remembered only as a financial albatross that bankrupted its developers. (1) wholesome and sinecure (2) wholesome and mendicant (3) pecuniary and mendicant (4) pecuniary and panacea
The correct English translation terms are 'pecuniary' (financial/economic resources) and 'panacea' (a cure-all solution), which correspond to 'आर्थिक' and 'रामबाण' in Marathi.
The word 'grain' in the passage means __________.
In the context of wood and tree rings, 'grain' refers to the natural pattern of lines in the surface of wood.