Daily Vocabulary from Indian Newspapers (3 August 2025): DAILY QUIZ

Each day, we bring you 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on five carefully selected words from leading Indian newspapers and publications. Today’s words come from our August 3rd, 2025 edition.

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1. The historian was criticized for having conflated two distinct historical periods in her analysis, leading to erroneous conclusions about causation.

In this context, “conflated” most nearly means:

Compared systematically and objectively Compared systematically and objectively Combined or merged inappropriately Analyzed chronologically in sequence Distinguished between carefully Referenced tangentially without detail

2. The pharmaceutical company’s new antibiotic achieved complete _______ of the resistant bacterial strain in laboratory trials, offering hope for treating previously incurable infections.

mitigation suppression annihilation containment attenuation

3. The senator’s egregious violation of campaign finance laws shocked even his political opponents.

Which word is closest in meaning to “egregious”?

Flagrant Inadvertent Negligible Ambiguous Routine

4. A researcher studying workplace discrimination would most likely employ an intersectional approach when:

Examining how gender discrimination affects all women equally across demographics Analyzing how race, gender, and class combine to create unique forms of disadvantage Focusing exclusively on a single form of bias to maintain analytical clarity ) Comparing discrimination rates between different companies in isolation Studying historical patterns of bias without considering contemporary factors

5. The union members demonstrated remarkable solidarity during the lengthy strike.

Which word represents the best antonym for “solidarity”?

Cooperation Fragmentation Enthusiasm Persistence Coordination