2025 · Q29
In the following items similar sounding words are given, followed by sentences wherein in each sentence one of these words has been used, and underlined. You are required to identify those sentences in which these words have been used correctly and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Consequent, Consequence
- 1**Consequent** to the decisions taken by the committee a new set of procedures was brought into force.
- 2The past is of little **consequence** when one is willing to bravely face the challenges of the future. In which of the sentences given above has/have the words been used correctly?
EnglishUsage of Paired Words
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Sentence 1 correctly uses 'consequent to' in its established prepositional sense of 'following as a result of' the committee's decisions. Sentence 2 correctly uses the idiom 'of little consequence', meaning unimportant. Both words are used correctly.