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Word Usage Quiz

Practice quiz on Word Usage (Vocabulary). 5 questions.

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Practice quiz on Word Usage (Vocabulary). 5 questions. Word Usage Quiz is a free, 25-minute, 25-mark practice quiz on AajExam rated at medium difficulty, designed to help candidates preparing for SSC, UPSC, Banking, Railway and State PSC government competitive exams sharpen their command of Word Usage (Vocabulary). Every question on this quiz ships with a detailed step-by-step solution so you don't just learn the right answer — you learn the reasoning and shortcuts top scorers use to crack similar questions faster on the actual exam day. Why Word Usage Quiz matters in your preparation: government exam-conducting bodies repeatedly draw questions from the same chapters and the same skill-clusters across recruitment cycles. By attempting focused topic-wise quizzes like this one, you build pattern recognition — the ability to spot which formula, rule or trick applies the moment you see a question. Toppers consistently report that 5-10 quizzes on a single topic delivers more exam-day score gain than 20+ unfocused full-length mocks, because targeted drilling exposes your specific sub-topic weaknesses with surgical precision. How to use this quiz effectively: attempt it in one sitting under the 25-minute timer, without referring to notes or external resources — simulate exam-day conditions exactly. After submission, review the auto-generated analytics to see your accuracy, time per question and section-wise performance. Then go through every wrong and skipped question with the explanation, mentally tagging the underlying concept rather than just memorising the answer. Revisit this quiz after 7-10 days; your second attempt should be 15-20% faster with noticeably better accuracy. Bookmark this page and revisit weekly as we add new quizzes on related topics. AajExam quiz design principles: every quiz on the platform is curated by subject experts using the actual question formats, difficulty distributions and time pressures of the target government exams. We deliberately avoid generic "textbook" questions in favour of exam-replicating ones. Solutions are written in plain English (and Hindi where source material was bilingual), with step-by-step working for quantitative problems, grammar rules for English questions, and direct reference statements for general awareness items. Performance analytics after each attempt include accuracy, attempt rate, time spent per question, and an estimated all-India percentile so you know exactly where you stand against other candidates. This quiz is completely free to attempt. You only need a free AajExam account to track your performance across attempts, view detailed solutions and unlock the platform-wide analytics dashboard. The platform is mobile-friendly and works seamlessly on smartphones, tablets and desktops — so you can sharpen your Word Usage (Vocabulary) skills in any spare 15-minute window.

Word Usage Quiz — Questions with Solutions

All 25 questions from this quiz with the correct answer and explanation. Attempt them yourself first, then open each solution to check your reasoning.

  1. Q1.Affect vs Effect: The rain will ___ the crops?

    • A.affect
    • B.effect
    • C.afect
    • D.efect
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    Answer: A. affect

    Affect = verb (to influence).

  2. Q2.Principal vs Principle: The school ___ gave a speech?

    • A.principal
    • B.principle
    • C.principel
    • D.princpal
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    Answer: A. principal

    Principal = head of school.

  3. Q3.Stationary vs Stationery: I need to buy ___?

    • A.stationery
    • B.stationary
    • C.stationory
    • D.stationari
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    Answer: A. stationery

    Stationery = writing materials.

  4. Q4.Complement vs Compliment: That color ___s you well?

    • A.complements
    • B.compliments
    • C.complementes
    • D.complimentes
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    Answer: A. complements

    Complement = goes well with.

  5. Q5.Accept vs Except: Everyone came ___ John?

    • A.except
    • B.accept
    • C.exept
    • D.acept
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    Answer: A. except

    Except = excluding.

  6. Q6.Choose the correct word: She ____ to school every day.

    • A.go
    • B.goes
    • C.going
    • D.gone
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    Answer: B. goes

    Subject 'She' (third person singular) takes 'goes' in simple present tense.

  7. Q7.Choose the correct word: I have ____ money than you.

    • A.fewer
    • B.less
    • C.few
    • D.little
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    Answer: B. less

    'Less' is used with uncountable nouns like 'money'; 'fewer' is for countable nouns.

  8. Q8.Choose the correct word: He is ____ honest man.

    • A.a
    • B.an
    • C.the
    • D.no article needed
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    Answer: B. an

    'Honest' begins with a vowel sound, so the article 'an' is used.

  9. Q9.Choose the correct word: ____ going to the market now.

    • A.Their
    • B.There
    • C.They're
    • D.Ther
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    Answer: C. They're

    'They're' is the contraction of 'they are', correct before 'going'.

  10. Q10.Choose the correct word: The rain will ____ the match.

    • A.effect
    • B.affect
    • C.affection
    • D.effective
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    Answer: B. affect

    'Affect' is a verb meaning to influence; 'effect' is usually a noun.

  11. Q11.Choose the correct word: ____ raining outside.

    • A.Its
    • B.It's
    • C.Its'
    • D.Its's
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    Answer: B. It's

    'It's' is the contraction of 'it is'.

  12. Q12.Choose the correct word: She is taller ____ her brother.

    • A.then
    • B.than
    • C.that
    • D.this
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    Answer: B. than

    'Than' is used for comparisons; 'then' relates to time.

  13. Q13.Choose the correct word: He gave her a nice ____ on her dress.

    • A.complement
    • B.compliment
    • C.complementary
    • D.complimenting
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    Answer: B. compliment

    A 'compliment' is an expression of praise.

  14. Q14.Choose the correct word: I bought some ____ from the shop.

    • A.stationary
    • B.stationery
    • C.stationeries
    • D.stational
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    Answer: B. stationery

    'Stationery' refers to writing materials; 'stationary' means not moving.

  15. Q15.Choose the correct word: The school ____ called a meeting.

    • A.principle
    • B.principal
    • C.principled
    • D.principally
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    Answer: B. principal

    'Principal' refers to the head of an institution; 'principle' means a rule.

  16. Q16.Choose the correct word: Don't ____ your keys.

    • A.loose
    • B.lose
    • C.loss
    • D.losing
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    Answer: B. lose

    'Lose' means to misplace something; 'loose' means not tight.

  17. Q17.Choose the correct word: Can you ____ me on this matter?

    • A.advice
    • B.advise
    • C.advised
    • D.advising
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    Answer: B. advise

    'Advise' is the verb form; 'advice' is the noun.

  18. Q18.Choose the correct word: Let's discuss this ____.

    • A.farther
    • B.further
    • C.far
    • D.farthest
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    Answer: B. further

    'Further' is used for figurative extent (discussion); 'farther' is for physical distance.

  19. Q19.Choose the correct word: Divide the sweets ____ the three children.

    • A.between
    • B.among
    • C.amongst
    • D.betwixt
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    Answer: B. among

    'Among' is used for more than two; 'between' is used for exactly two.

  20. Q20.Choose the correct word: ____ did you meet yesterday?

    • A.Who
    • B.Whom
    • C.Whose
    • D.Which
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    Answer: B. Whom

    'Whom' is used as the object of the verb 'meet'.

  21. Q21.Choose the correct word: There are ____ students in this class than last year.

    • A.less
    • B.fewer
    • C.little
    • D.much
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    Answer: B. fewer

    'Fewer' is used with countable nouns like 'students'.

  22. Q22.Choose the correct word: ____ being late, he also forgot his book.

    • A.Beside
    • B.Besides
    • C.Aside
    • D.Apart
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    Answer: B. Besides

    'Besides' means 'in addition to'; 'beside' means 'next to'.

  23. Q23.Choose the correct word: Please ____ this file to the manager's office.

    • A.bring
    • B.take
    • C.carry
    • D.hold
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    Answer: B. take

    'Take' is used when moving something away from the speaker; 'bring' is towards the speaker.

  24. Q24.Choose the correct word: Can you ____ me your pen for a minute?

    • A.borrow
    • B.lend
    • C.loan
    • D.give
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    Answer: B. lend

    'Lend' means to give something temporarily; 'borrow' means to receive temporarily.

  25. Q25.Choose the correct word: Many people ____ to Canada every year.

    • A.emigrate
    • B.immigrate
    • C.migrate
    • D.emigrated
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    Answer: B. immigrate

    'Immigrate' means to come into a country to live; correct from the destination country's viewpoint.

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Word Usage questions appear regularly in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD; IBPS PO, Clerk; SBI PO, Clerk; RRB NTPC, Group D; UPSC prelims and most State PSC exams. The specific weightage varies by exam — check the exam pattern on the corresponding AajExam exam page for details.