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Affect and Effect
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
Hard and Hardly
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
Liable and Libel
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
censer, censor, censure
The news reports have been heavily censored.
The censure board must regulate the cinematic content.
Incense was wafting out of the censer carried by the priest.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly ?
Conscious and Conscience
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
Incredible and Incredulous
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
cite, sight, site
The officer has left for her weekly inspection of the cite.
The fresh flowers at the desk made for a pretty sight.
Journalists should site their sources accurately.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly?
Imminent and Eminent
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
Climatic and Climactic
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
pair, pear, pare
My last pair of jeans don't fit any more.
Dessert was a delicious pear custard.
They had to pare the novel down to make it into a two-hour film.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly ?
raze, raise, rays
It is expected that the young executives will ask for a raze pretty soon.
The plan proposes to raise the colonial building and construct a new memorial.
The heat rays emanated from the infrared device.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly?
List I (Word / Expression / Specialised term): A. Ascribe B. Prescribe C. Proscribe D. Inscribe
List II (Meaning): 1. Associate ownership or authorship with 2. Carve, cut or etch into a material or surface 3. Lay down a rule 4. Officially forbid
Match the words in List I with their meanings in List II and select the correct code.
crops, corps, corpse
What are the benefits of growing GM crops ?
The volunteer corps was organising a blood donation camp.
He was sleeping like a corpse.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly ?
Pontoon and Platoon
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
bear, bare, bier
She could not bare the extreme heat of Delhi in the month of May.
The walls of the store looked bear after the oil paintings had been sold.
The body was placed on a bier before the funeral service.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly ?
tire, tier, tyre
The headmaster appealed to the students not to tier the new school master unnecessarily.
Our guest could not visit us yesterday as his car's tyre got damaged.
My uncle lives on the third tire of the building.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly ?
insure, ensure, unsure
One should be wary of visiting websites they are unsure of.
Meena says she always tries to insure that she has some loose cash in her handbag.
Kewal was ensure of the possible consequences of his decision.
In which of the sentences given above has / have the word(s) been used correctly?
List I (Word / Expression / Specialised term): A. Implication B. Complication C. Supplication D. Application
List II (Meaning): 1. The act of communicating with / praying to a deity 2. A verbal or written request for an official purpose 3. A meaning not clearly stated but which can be inferred 4. A situation or condition that is complex or confused
Match the words in List I with their meanings in List II and select the correct code.
List I (Word / Expression / Specialised term):
A. Tautological
B. Ontological
C. Epistemological
D. Epidemiological
List II (Meaning):
Cursor and Cursory
Select the option that most appropriately describes the meaning of both the words.
