2025 · Q26
Directions: 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 most appropriately and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Dairy, Dreary, Diary
- 1She quietly stored all her sacred memories in her private dairy.
- 2The proceedings of the meeting went on and on and were quite dreary.
- 3They always bought their milk products from the local diary. In which of the sentences given above has/have the words been used correctly?
EnglishUsage of Paired Words
- A1 and 3 only
- B2 only
- C2 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Sentence 1 misuses "dairy" (milk products) for "diary" (a daily record) — memories are stored in a diary. Sentence 3 misuses "diary" for "dairy" — milk products come from a dairy. Only sentence 2 uses "dreary" (dull, gloomy) correctly for the tedious proceedings. Hence 2 only.