MPSC PYQ

Vocabulary in Context

Tested in 7 real MPSC questions across 4 years (20132021). See it in context on the interactive Concept Graph →

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Comprehension skillsEnglish vocabularyReading skillsGrammar and vocabulary integrationReading comprehensionMarathi reading proficiency

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A terrible combat ensued. The shark had seemed to roar, if I might say so, the blood rushed in torrents from its wound. The sea was dyed red, and through the opaque liquid I could distinguish nothing more. Nothing more, until the moment, when like lightning, I saw the undaunted captain hanging on to one of the creature’s fins, struggling as he was, hand to hand with the monster and dealing successive blows at his enemy. Yet unable to give a decisive one.

'A terrible combat ensued' here implies :

a)A battle between the two sharks ended
b)A contest between the captain and the shark ended
c)A battle between the captain and the shark followed✓ Correct
d)Warfare between the captain and the shark concluded

The word 'ensued' means to happen or occur afterward as a result, implying that a battle followed the encounter between the captain and the shark.

Which analogy was used for the judges in the Spycatcher's case ?

1)House of Lords
2)Contempt Jurisdiction
3)Old Fools✓ Correct
4)Law Lordship

In the Spycatcher's case literary or specific derogatory terms like 'Old Fools' were metaphorically used for the judges in the context of the legal text.

गाळलेली जागा भरून समानार्थी अर्थाची दोन वाक्ये मिळवण्यासाठी दिलेल्या पर्यायांून उचित शब्दजोडी निवडा. मित्राने व लोकशाही पद्धतीने संबोधले जाण्याची सवय असल्यामुळे अनेक अध्यापक नव्या विभाग प्रमुखाच्या सुरुवातीच्या भाषेच्या ________ शैलीमुळे अलिप्त राहिले. / Select the appropriate pair of words from given options for filling the space and make two sentences with equivalent meanings. Many senior faculty members who were accustomed to being addressed in a more collegial and egalitarian manner were alienated by the ________ tone of the new department chair's introductory remarks.

1)आशावादी आणि अनुकूल / Sanguine and Propitious
2)खिन्न आणि लाजिरवाणा / Saturnine and Ignominious
3)उद्दाम आणि लाजिरवाणा / Peremptory and Ignominious
4)अधिकारयुक्त आणि उद्दाम / Imperious and Peremptory✓ Correct

The term 'collegial and egalitarian' contrasts with a formal or authoritative tone, but in the context of the sentence completion, the correct pair matches the intended contextual gap for a strict or high-handed tone represented by the final option.

Choose the best option/s : The richness of great books shows itself in the many levels of meaning they ____________.

1)control
2)envelop✓ Correct
3)prevent
4)have

Great books contain multiple levels of meaning that they 'envelop' or hold within themselves, making option 2 the standard literary collocation.