Vocab Quiz - Lit Club of IIM Kashipur

Rules

The objective of the quiz is to identify the closest meaning of the word/phrase among the 4 options below

Q1. Fortuitous

(a) Done by custom; unbending(b) Exceptional person; unusual occurrence(c) Happening accidentally; by chance(d) Harshness; vulgarity

Ans. (c ) Happening accidentally; by chance

Q2. Conundrum

(a) Mixed with a darker colour(b) Musical discord; disagreement; lack of

harmony; inconsistency(c) Positive change(d) Puzzle; riddle; problem

Ans. (d) Puzzle; riddle; problem

Q3. Uncouth

(a) unchangeable; permanent; changeless(b) Uncultured; crude; clumsy(c) Undisturbed and calm; tranquil; quiet(d) Unrest; agitation; uproar; commotion

Ans. (b) Uncultured; crude; clumsy

Q4. Eloquence

(a) Ability to speak well(b) Argumentative; inclined to disputes(c) Being fun; festivity(d) Closeness in time or place ; resemblance

Ans. (a) Ability to speak well

Q5. Fetid

(a) Having a smell of decay; smelly; stinky(b) Having close kinship; related(c) Heavy; powerful; big(d) Inactive; quiet; peaceful

Ans (a) Having a smell of decay; smelly; stinky

Q6. Fickle

(a) Capable of being disentangled(b) Careful; cautious; watchful(c) Changeable; unpredictable; inconsistent(d) Connection; link

Ans. (c ) Changeable; unpredictable; inconsistent

Q7. Roster

(a) S drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

(b) Homeless child; orphaned(c) List of names(d) A long hooded cloak; wool of one piece

Ans. (c ) List of names

Q8. Celerity

(a) A person of exceptional reputation; giant; titan

(b) Infection of toe(c) Speed; rapid(d) Minor detail

Ans. (c ) Speed; rapid

Q9. Aseptic

(a) Difficult to penetrate(b) Echo(c) Stamping; printing(d) Keep free of pathological micro-organisms

Ans. (d) Keep free of pathological micro-organisms

Q9. Hard monotonous routine work

(a) Prow(b) Drudgery(c ) Cohere(d) Motley

Ans. (b) Drudgery

Q10. Firm courage; strength; bravery

(a) Qualified(b) Fortitude(c) Conviviality(d) yore

Ans. (b) Fortitude

Q11. Talk one has with oneself (in play)

(a) Unpretentious(b) Guile(c) Pittance(d) Soliloquy

Ans (d) Soliloquy

Q12. Salvo

(a) Place where things are stored(b) Salute given by firing all guns, as in at funeral

of a officer(c) Series of large pictures representing a

continous scene(d) A word, especially one regarded in relation to

its qualities of sound

Ans. (b) Salute given by firing all guns, as in at funeral of a officer