2026 · Q41
Directions : In the following items similar sounding words are given, followed by sentences where in each sentence one of these words has been used, and underlined. You are required to select those sentences in which these words have been used most appropriately and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
crops, corps, corpse
- 1What are the benefits of growing GM **crops**?
- 2The volunteer **corps** was organising a blood donation camp.
- 3He was sleeping like a **corpse**. In which of the sentences given above has/ have the word(s) been used correctly?
EnglishAdaptation of Borrowed Words
- A2 and 3 only
- B2 only
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
"Crops" are cultivated plants, so "GM crops" is correct. "Corps" (pronounced "core") is an organized body of people, so "volunteer corps" is correct. "Corpse" is a dead body, and "sleeping like a corpse" is an accepted figurative use meaning sleeping motionlessly and deeply. All three words are used correctly, so the answer is (D).