SHAPE UP YOUR VOCAB FROM NEWSPAPER WORDLIST

Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist - 24th January 2017

Good Morning Everyone..!!

We are here with your Daily dose of Challenging Wordlist. Consider the given newspaper article as a Comprehension for your exams and do answer the questions at the end.

Today’s article, 'Connecting India’s states with good logistics’ has been picked from Live Mint.

This article talks about various infrastructure projects and their implementation status viz Freight Corridors, Sagarmala Project etc. & how GST can bring about an integration of the whole of India into one common market.

You can go through the article from the link below - 

Connecting India’s states with good logistics

Challenging Words in the Article -

• Logistics (न्यायशास्र सा) - NounMeaning - the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation
  Synonyms - coordination, strategy
  Example - It takes weeks to plan the logistics necessary for organizing a graduation ceremony for fifteen hundred students.
• Integrate (एकीकृत) - VerbMeaning - combine (one thing) with another to form a whole
  Synonyms - accommodate, blend
  Antonyms - disarrange, disperse
  Example - The data administrator is going to integrate the databases so we can work in one system instead of two.
  
• Diverse (भिन्न प्रकार का) - Adjective
  Meaning - showing a great deal of variety, very different
  Synonyms - assorted, distinct
  Antonyms - similar, alike
  Example - Our diverse student body includes individuals from over seventy countries.
  
• Strides (उन्नति) 
  Meaning - walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction (Verb)
                   a long, decisive step (Noun)
  Synonyms - stalk, tramp
  Example - He hurried down the road with long strides.
  
• Continuum (सतति)- Noun
  Meaning - a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, but the extremes are quite distinct
  Synonyms - sequence, continuance
  Example - The space-time continuum was studied by those interested in time travel.
  
• Substantial (सामंती) - Adjective
  Meaning - of considerable importance, size, or worth
  Synonyms - hefty, massive
  Antonyms - broken, worthless
  Example - A substantial amount of cash.

 Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension question, try to answer the following - 

• The world over, poor logistics often means poor trade. Explain with suitable examples why logistics is important for a good trade?
• What are the steps needed to improve the poor logistics network between states in India? What different communication networks can be employed?